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Title: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 19, 2008, 09:24:04 PM

Did the Coen Bros. write this thing like during a late night while watching syndicated television and drinking Red Bull?

The only stuff that made me laugh were the briefing sessions with JK Simmons.  "God no, burn the body." :lol

... I will say they created these great characters and just kind of misused all of them.

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: Howard Alan Treesong on December 19, 2008, 09:26:50 PM

another awesome movie opinion from Willco

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 19, 2008, 09:31:30 PM

I should write a memoir!

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: fistfulofmetal on December 19, 2008, 09:32:35 PM

because of some dickface on gaf
someone who posts here too

i had a major event spoiled.

thanks dickface

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 19, 2008, 09:35:05 PM

I can guess at what it was and that certainly sucks.  I walked in without knowing much outside the preview, but my expectations were pretty high because it was the Coen Bros.  Maybe I expected too much. :-\

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: drew on December 19, 2008, 09:37:55 PM

the movie is only worth it to see

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george clooney shoot brad pitt in the head

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Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 19, 2008, 09:38:50 PM

Eh, it was a funny scene, but I thought the reveal of...

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... Clooney's homemade rocking dildo chair...

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... was a lot funnier.

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: Madrun Badrun on December 19, 2008, 09:39:42 PM

Quote from: Willco on December 19, 2008, 09:38:50 PM

Eh, it was a funny scene, but I thought the reveal of...

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... Clooney's homemade rocking dildo chair...

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... was a lot funnier.

I figured out what it was before the dildo popped up  :-[

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: Cheebs on December 19, 2008, 09:42:13 PM

I loved Brad Pitt's character in it.  Best part of the movie.

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 19, 2008, 09:45:54 PM

Quote from: Father_Mike on December 19, 2008, 09:39:42 PM

I figured out what it was before the dildo popped up  :-[

I'm not sure how you'd know unless it was from personal experience...

And yeah, Brad Pitt rocked in a performance that had very little screen time.  I really thought almost ALL the characters were well written save for the wives of the two main married guys (Clooney and Malkovich).  Coen Bros. do a great job at creating these unique characters and usually telling great stories, but this seemed more like an exercise and not really a finished product.

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: Great Rumbler on December 19, 2008, 10:00:13 PM

It's a good minor Coen movie, nothing more.

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: Madrun Badrun on December 19, 2008, 10:20:17 PM

Quote from: Willco on December 19, 2008, 09:45:54 PM

Quote from: Father_Mike on December 19, 2008, 09:39:42 PM

I figured out what it was before the dildo popped up  :-[

I'm not sure how you'd know unless it was from personal experience...

And yeah, Brad Pitt rocked in a performance that had very little screen time.  I really thought almost ALL the characters were well written save for the wives of the two main married guys (Clooney and Malkovich).  Coen Bros. do a great job at creating these unique characters and usually telling great stories, but this seemed more like an exercise and not really a finished product.

 :shh

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actually i remembered the steel hinge thing and so when it cuts to the chair you see the hinge and from there it's obvious what is going to happen

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Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: drew on December 19, 2008, 10:22:27 PM

Quote from: Father_Mike on December 19, 2008, 10:20:17 PM

actually i remembered the steel hinge thing and so when it cuts to the chair you see the hinge and from there it's obvious what is going to happen

i have never seen a dildo rocking chair and i am privy to some pretty fucked up shit man

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: Madrun Badrun on December 19, 2008, 10:24:15 PM

you've obviously never been to fuckmachines.

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: drew on December 19, 2008, 10:25:44 PM

 :lol no

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: AdmiralViscen on December 19, 2008, 10:45:05 PM

dildo chair :drool

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: Cheebs on December 20, 2008, 12:03:16 AM

Quote from: Willco on December 19, 2008, 09:45:54 PM

but this seemed more like an exercise and not really a finished product.

I was fine with that, after their last film you needed kind of a Coen Brothers little desert flick. They did this big oscar winning drama and give a very light Coen brothers quirky comedy as the followup. Which was exactly what was needed after NCFOM.

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: TakingBackSunday on December 20, 2008, 12:06:22 AM

Yeah, I never really went in or expected it to match the quality of No Country and Fargo.  It was very forgettable but it was still a pretty good flick.  I wouldn't say its horrible exectution, I just think it's a movie that's easy to glance over and forget.

George Clooney was fucking hysterical.

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: Eel O'Brian on December 20, 2008, 01:24:38 AM

no one ever talks about blood simple, and it is one of their best movies

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although i can pretty much recite every line of dialogue in raising arizona

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Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: Cheebs on December 20, 2008, 08:26:07 AM

Quote from: Eel O'Brian on December 20, 2008, 01:24:38 AM

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although i can pretty much recite every line of dialogue in raising arizona

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:bow

Raising Arizona will always be my favorite Coen Brothers movie. I watched it like 100 times when I was like 7.

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: The Fake Shemp on December 20, 2008, 11:41:32 AM

I could watch a whole movie of Malkovich drop the f-bomb.  He makes "fuck" sound so classy. :-*

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: Joe Molotov on December 20, 2008, 12:25:32 PM

I wasn't blown away by it, but I liked Burn After Reading. The best parts definitely were the briefing sessions.

Title: Re: Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution
Post by: drozmight on December 20, 2008, 06:16:55 PM

I didn't like the movie...

started watching it and then got distracted by something more interesting and stopped.