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7th November 2008, 08:49 AM
#21
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Finally got a chance to watch Burn After Reading. An intelligent film on a bunch of morons. The film does not have a central character like The Dude but all of them do exceptionally well. Brad Pitt was the most hilarious followed by Malkovich and Clooney. Loved Clooney's state of paranoia in the Brad Pitt-Closet scene and in his final scene Found Frances McDormand very good - awesome acting. And the CIA superior's "Jesus, What a Cluster****!" comment at the end sums the whole movie up. A must watch
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7th November 2008 08:49 AM
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7th November 2008, 03:40 PM
#22
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Dark Knight and now this from Thalaivargal....
Thilak,
inga release pannuvaingala? Eppo?
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7th November 2008, 09:50 PM
#23
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Naanga dhan sonnom'la
Originally Posted by
Nerd
Finally got a chance to watch Burn After Reading. An intelligent film on a bunch of morons. The film does not have a central character like The Dude but all of them do exceptionally well. Brad Pitt was the most hilarious followed by Malkovich and Clooney. Loved Clooney's state of paranoia in the Brad Pitt-Closet scene and in his final scene
Found Frances McDormand very good - awesome acting. And the CIA superior's "Jesus, What a Cluster****!" comment at the end sums the whole movie up. A must watch
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7th November 2008, 10:20 PM
#24
Originally Posted by
crajkumar_be
Thilak,
inga release pannuvaingala? Eppo?
Bala, Not much chance of a release.
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9th November 2008, 07:33 AM
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9th November 2008, 07:38 AM
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Holly Hunter was good too .
Originally Posted by
thilak4life
Raising Arizona is a must-watch. It's simply the purest Coen's film. The critics didn't take it kindly because it subverted the general "tropes" of filmmaking, at least the ones existent around the time. It was also seen as "butchering" the styles of earlier films from hollywood studios, "disrespect" even. But I find it a thoroughly entertaining humorous film with lot of in-your-face symbolism. Nic Cage's acting is starkly different from any other roles he has done.
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9th November 2008, 02:19 PM
#27
Originally Posted by
ajithfederer
The stunts were equally Absolutely B-grade stuff.
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10th November 2008, 09:35 PM
#28
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But they were very unique, IMO.
Originally Posted by
thilak4life
Originally Posted by
ajithfederer
The stunts were equally
Absolutely B-grade stuff.
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17th November 2008, 01:01 AM
#29
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Burn After Reading - Absolutely enjoyed it. Not in the league of Fargo or TBL, but good nonetheless. John Malkovich and Frances McDormand were both superb as usual. ('Drinking problem? You are a Mormon. Compared to you everyone has a drinking problem' ).
Is it just me, or do Coen brothers have a tendency to side with their women? In this one, the plot is essentially set in motion by the women, but it is they who emerge unscathed. While all the male characters' lives are changed forever, the female characters get to move on with their lives as if nothing ever happened!! Neat, very neat .
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17th November 2008, 10:40 AM
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Originally Posted by
kannannn
Is it just me, or do Coen brothers have a tendency to side with their women? In this one, the plot is essentially set in motion by the women, but it is they who emerge unscathed. While all the male characters' lives are changed forever, the female characters get to move on with their lives as if nothing ever happened!! Neat, very neat
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Interesting point! I never considered it because I thought they were fairly unsympathetic towards Tilda Swinton's character. My take was that the more innocent and well meaning the person is the more certain they are to get trampled over.
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