Author Topic: Burn After Reading (Read 1533 times)

AdmiralViscen · « **on:** September 15, 2008, 12:59:56 AM »

Anyone here seen it yet?

I caught it today, I enjoyed it. It sometimes felt like a rehash of Lebowski and Fargo though, so I don't have a mega boner for it. Maybe a rewatch will help me appreciate it on its own.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #1 on:** September 15, 2008, 01:03:28 AM »

George Clooney was fucking awesome in it

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #2 on:** September 15, 2008, 01:07:25 AM »

Yes he was, so was Pitt.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #3 on:** September 15, 2008, 01:09:45 AM »

I enjoyed it. I thought it was okay, but not great. Yeah, Pitt and Clooney were great in it though.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #4 on:** September 15, 2008, 01:13:02 AM »

Pitt was awesome. Up until the point he showed up, I was pretty meh on the movie, but it got better as it went along, and the ending was perfect. I also liked Malkovich more than Clooney, but that's probably because I don't like Clooney too much.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #5 on:** September 15, 2008, 07:32:58 AM »

For some reason, he reminded me of a current version of his character from O Brother Where Art Though

Greatness Gone · « **Reply #6 on:** September 15, 2008, 08:28:50 AM »

Really good movie. I can't belive GAF bitched about the ending <3 <3 <3

Kestastrophe · « **Reply #7 on:** September 15, 2008, 10:51:53 AM »

I think it is an allegory to the Iraq war

Bush= Francis McDermott, the aloof and clueless character fixated on plastic surgery (i.e. Saddam or oil, etc.). The means of getting it are based solely on insignificant information (i.e. faulty intelligence). Also, the violence of the film reflects real and visceral consequences.

Bloodwake · « **Reply #8 on:** September 15, 2008, 10:55:58 AM »

I need to see this.

Joe Molotov · « **Reply #9 on:** September 15, 2008, 02:01:40 PM »

Quote from: Greatness Gone on September 15, 2008, 08:28:50 AM

Really good movie. I can't belive GAF bitched about the ending <3 <3 <3

The ending was one of the best parts! I loved the scenes with the two guys just trying to figure out what was going on.

"We have her."
"To do what with?"

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #10 on:** September 15, 2008, 02:32:29 PM »

I loved it too.

"Jesus Fucking Christ...what a clusterfuck"

Beardo · « **Reply #11 on:** September 15, 2008, 02:59:22 PM »

My favorite part was the look on Brad Pitts face when

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he got shot

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And his shifty eyes.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #12 on:** September 15, 2008, 03:00:26 PM »

Yeah that was funny

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #13 on:** September 15, 2008, 05:12:58 PM »

"You can be a spy too, madam!"

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #14 on:** September 15, 2008, 06:12:48 PM »

Quote from: Beardo on September 15, 2008, 02:59:22 PM

My favorite part was the look on Brad Pitts face when
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he got shot
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And his shifty eyes.

Seems to be just about everyone's favorite part. Pitt > all.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #15 on:** November 12, 2008, 07:52:07 PM »

Just saw this today. Amazing movie, and hysterical.

How could anyone hate this movie.

Robo · « **Reply #16 on:** November 12, 2008, 08:00:51 PM »

John Malkovich doesn't get enough credit. He is the best, hammiest actor of all time. There is no competition.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #17 on:** November 12, 2008, 08:04:58 PM »

Yeah, like I said, I thought Malkovich was the second-best in this movie after Pitt. He was great. Clooney is overrated.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #18 on:** November 12, 2008, 08:26:29 PM »

Also what was up with his fucking invention

Tucah · « **Reply #19 on:** November 13, 2008, 12:40:27 AM »

Yeah, it's a great movie. Lots of great performances, great ending, just a fun ride throughout.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #20 on:** November 13, 2008, 01:21:43 AM »

I quite liked it.

The Coen's need to do a horror movie someday, they'd kick ass at it. The staging and direction of the

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closet hiding/face shooting

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was gasp-inducing. The opening scene in Intolerable Cruelty had another ace non-horror horror scene when Geoffrey Rush surprised his wife and her lover and only saw and heard fleeting glimpses of them both. Heck, No Country For Old Men was halfway there already.

but yeah, Burn After Reading was quite funny and I never tire of Clooney's enthusiastic twits.

trippingmartian · « **Reply #21 on:** November 13, 2008, 01:31:38 AM »

Zaniness for the sake of it. Not a single endearing character in the movie. And I like The Big Lebowski.

ch1nchilla · « **Reply #22 on:** November 13, 2008, 10:48:14 AM »

It was okay... would have been absolutely terrible if not for Pitt and Clooney.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #23 on:** November 13, 2008, 10:58:55 AM »

Fuck that, Malkovich > Clooney.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #24 on:** November 13, 2008, 11:01:19 AM »

They both rocked.

To be honest, I'd say that Frances McDormand was the weakest part of the cast, and she STILL was great.

Clooney I thought stole the show though.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #25 on:** November 13, 2008, 11:05:25 AM »

I guess I just don't get the Clooney love. I never have.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #26 on:** November 13, 2008, 11:06:04 AM »

He's dead sexy

although I understand where you're coming from. He seems to always be the same character in most of the movies he's in. But I just like how suave he is, and I don't think I've ever disliked a movie he's been in.

Including Batman and Robin.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #27 on:** November 13, 2008, 11:18:10 AM »

Well, for example, Brad Pitt is also dead sexy. But the movies he's been in, and his performances, are on a much higher plane than Clooney's.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #28 on:** November 13, 2008, 11:31:10 AM »

I agree, but I just think Clooney happened to be superior in this flick.

Whereas Pitt owns face in the Oceans movies.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #29 on:** November 13, 2008, 11:32:29 AM »

Everyone I saw it with or talked to liked Pitt the best. :\

I've only seen Oceans 11 and thought it was OK.

TakingBackSunday · « **Reply #30 on:** November 13, 2008, 11:56:37 AM »

Eh, maybe I just have a soft spot for those movies. I like big star castlist movies like that.

Avoid 12, read a synopsis, and then watch 13.

Robo · « **Reply #31 on:** November 13, 2008, 12:34:34 PM »

Pitt has the better character. "HA HA, YOU THINK IT'S A SCHWINN"

But Clooney's satyric paranoid has its moments: the machine, hauling around his stupid sex pillow, and particularly the end when he completely loses it.

CajoleJuice · « **Reply #32 on:** November 13, 2008, 12:36:55 PM »

Quote from: RoboJ on November 13, 2008, 12:34:34 PM

Pitt has the better character. "HA HA, YOU THINK IT'S A SCHWINN"

I completely forgot about that line.

Powerslave · « **Reply #33 on:** November 13, 2008, 01:11:03 PM »

I think the message of the movie is how coincidence can get people tangled up in situations they can't understand.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #34 on:** November 13, 2008, 02:33:41 PM »

Clooney rocked in O Brother.

drozmight · « **Reply #35 on:** November 13, 2008, 03:08:03 PM »

When the woman went on that terrible date early on in the movie it was so depressing.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #36 on:** November 13, 2008, 03:10:13 PM »

Nah it just reassured me how much of a great date I am.

It was depressing seeing him at the end again though lol.

trippingmartian · « **Reply #37 on:** November 14, 2008, 03:06:50 AM »

Quote from: RoboJ on November 13, 2008, 12:34:34 PM

Pitt has the better character. "HA HA, YOU THINK IT'S A SCHWINN"

That was a funny bit.

Upon further reflect, I think I actually did kind of like that character.

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Author Topic: Burn After Reading (Read 1533 times)