I swear to God I'm NOT in love with the Coen brothers. But even after many people told me that Burn After Reading was not very good, and so I put off watching it for months, and then I watched it last night... I f*cking thought it was great (ok, maybe I am in [heart] with Joel and Ethan). I think all of their movies are good or incredible. With this one, maybe I now think it could have something to do with expectation setting, but really, there are many appealing things about it. While this film is more of a dark comedy instead of a dark drama, it's a lot like Fargo in that it features "locals" who are about as sharp as a bowing ball and keep getting themselves deeper and deeper into trouble because of it.
Another totally cool thing about this movie is a "goofy" Brad Pitt. I mean, how many times do we need to see "stud" Pitt. Here, he is probably the roundest of all the goof [bowling] balls of all and is also traveling down the alley for a surprising and explosive strike. That's another thing that's great about a Coen brothers movie... you just don't know what's going to happen next. When George Clooney takes Frances McDormand down into his basement, I was scared sh*tless. And when John Malcovich is on screen, who the f*ck knows what could happen. Just watch the movie trailer and read on because...
FilmBender is Funny Movie Reviews. George Clooney comes with one of the most classic and freakin' hilarious faces of paranoia towards the end of the movie... I burst out laughing. Tilda Swanson is also in the film and plays a character that's harsher than the angles of her cheeks, and Richard Jenkins, I've never ever noticed this guy before in my life, and now I've seen him in three movies in about three weeks. Odd. That's a Coen brothers' movie for ya.
Brad Pitt is my favorite actor and this was one his most loved movies. I also liked other movies of him like inglorious bastards, the tree of life and Mr. and Mrs. smith.
Posted by: Watch the tree of Life online | Monday, May 30, 2011 at 02:25 AM