Burn After Reading: Awesome idea, horrible execution

[The Fake Shemp]

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."

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

[Howard Alan Treesong]

another awesome movie opinion from Willco

[The Fake Shemp]

I should write a memoir!

[fistfulofmetal]

because of some dickface on gaf
someone who posts here too

i had a major event spoiled.

thanks dickface

[The Fake Shemp]

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.

[drew]

the movie is only worth it to see

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george clooney shoot brad pitt in the head

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[The Fake Shemp]

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.

[Madrun Badrun]

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 

[Cheebs]

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

[The Fake Shemp]

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.

[Great Rumbler]

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

[Madrun Badrun]

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.

 

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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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[drew]

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

[Madrun Badrun]

you've obviously never been to fuckmachines.

[drew]

  no

[AdmiralViscen]

dildo chair

[Cheebs]

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.

[TakingBackSunday]

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.

[Eel O'Brian]

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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[Cheebs]

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

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

[The Fake Shemp]

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

[Joe Molotov]

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

[drozmight]

I didn't like the movie...

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