Burn before reading.

Spiritoftheseventies

I never really got this movie at at all. To me it seemed like a star vehicle especially for Brad Pitt and George Clooney. Just never took off. However i did like the cameo from the guy who used to Sledgehammer. As someone who has pretty much seen most of the Coen brothers films i would put near the bottom of their best works. Fargo is still my favorite even though NCFOM won them the oscar for best movie.

MrStuffins

Isn't it called Burn After Reading?

I loved this movie, i thought all of the performances were spot on and it was hilarious, as well as great all around!

Spiritoftheseventies

MrStuffins wrote: »

Isn't it called Burn After Reading?

I loved this movie, i thought all of the performances were spot on and it was hilarious, as well as great all around!

good spot. could be I always expect a terrific film out Coen brothers. just thought this was film was a bit of a departure for them and especially after NCFOM.

purple_hatstand

bayviewclose wrote: »

good spot. could be I always expect a terrific film out Coen brothers. just thought this was film was a bit of a departure for them and especially after NCFOM.

The Coens have been doing absurd srewball-style dialogue-driven comedies for years - Raising Arizona, O, Brother Where Art Thou?, The Big Lebowski, Intolerable Cruelty (Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, Hudsucker & Fargo fit loosely here, too).

If anything, NCFOM is the odd-one-out.

Spiritoftheseventies

No you look at NCFOM and there is a bit of Blood Simple there, a bit of Raising Arizona there and definitely a bit of Fargo there. I just thought that Brad Pitt(who was good in Seven (and yes i know Coens didnt direct it) and George Clooney (equally good in O Brother where art thou) over played it a bit.

FreeOSCAR

Osbourne Cox? I thought you might be worried... about the security... of your ****.

Driver 8

You're a mormon! Compared to you we all have a drinking problem!

Spiritoftheseventies

Driver 8 wrote: »

You're a mormon! Compared to you we all have a drinking problem!

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humanji

It's a quote from Burn After Reading.

I think it's an odd film. I remember watching it and being really bored by it at the start and then laughing hysterically by the end. I think the story itself isn't great, it's the acting in it that makes it enjoyable. Nobody swears like Malkovich!

Valmont

humanji wrote: »

Nobody swears like Malkovich!

Yeah, I really wanted to swear like mad when I finished watching this movie.

speedboatchase

Lol "Burn Before Reading", "Re-read Thread Before Posting" maybe

m83

Brad Pitt's funniest role ever perhaps.

Spiritoftheseventies

m83 wrote: »

Brad Pitt's funniest role ever perhaps.

Brad Pitt funnier in friends.

purple_hatstand

m83 wrote: »

Brad Pitt's funniest role ever perhaps.

True Romance?

Spiritoftheseventies

purple_hatstand wrote: »

True Romance?

was okay in that. but De Niro does funnier!

Valmont

purple_hatstand wrote: »

True Romance?

He was funny in True Romance but I laughed more at his Burn After Reading character.

Spiritoftheseventies

best scene was in the car scene with Malkovic.

Eirebear

I only got around to watching this last week after picking it up on DVD, i enjoyed it a lot.

Im surprised to be honest that you mention fargo as your favourite Coen brothers film yet didnt get this, as for me it was a brightly coloured, faster paced fargo in many ways.

The story certainly wasnt as strong as fargo, but i think the way its filmed and edited carries it through...almost like fargo on speed i suppose.

Someone mentioned being bored untill about halfway through and then finding themselves laughing hysterically at the end...i was exactly the same, but then i find coen brothers films can be like that in general because they dont tend to reveal anything to you untill late on in the film, by which time youve warmed to the characters and feel a little more like you know them.

CurlieSue

all i can say is two hours ill never get back, what a load of rubbush!!!!!!!!!

Karl Hungus

I think it's a film that gets better with repeat viewings.