Burn after reading

I havn't got much time for Johm Malkovich. He's always the same.

how can u not like JM?

Just got done watching it. Pitt was great, but Malkovich really made the movie. Alot of the violence caught me off guard, but then the lighthearted CIA conversation at the end really tied the whole thing together nicely. Has that Coen stylistic stamp on it you can spot from a mile away.

[edit] Also, the "Who are you?" scene was beautifully done.

  playbynumbers said:

burn after reading is completely shallow bullshit nihilism; not funny, not interesting, not anything.

  zaphod said:

  playbynumbers said:

burn after reading is completely shallow bullshit nihilism; not funny, not interesting, not anything.

I know you really liked this, Zaphod. It'll be our secret.

the negative opinions about this make me really glad i'm not all electronic music with my movies

I wish Mirezzi were still alive. He'd have something scathing to say about this film.

  zaphod said:

  playbynumbers said:

burn after reading is completely shallow bullshit nihilism; not funny, not interesting, not anything.

Sorry to disappoint, but I'll take my review of this from PBN's clipboard.

I'd only add what Theo added much earlier, that the film should have been subtitled with, "Burn after watching."

Okay, one more thing, I'm amazed that so many people gagged on the Pitt performance. That shit required about one ounce of creativity. "Ohhh, we'll have Brad Pitt play this super aloof fitness freak!" Then, of course, there's Malkovich parodying himself.

From a marketing perspective, this was a clever move. It was the Coens' Ocean's Eleven, effectively lowering their bar while making a movie and chewing gum at the same time.

what are your top 10 movies, mirezzi...i am truly curious, cuz you seem to hate everything...

i thought it was a pretty good, funny film, but i guess that makes me a dimwitted tasteless retard.

I thought the movie was great...

afaik it was until the more recent years that both directors have been for the most part equally involved in the directing.

anyway... i think apart from Brad's wtfawesome grin before he takes it in the face, my favorite parts are the exchange between the CIA Superior and CIA Officer.

I just got done watching Intolerably Cruelty for the first time and liked it much better. I much prefer the more whimsical, lighthearted Coens of that, O Brother, and The Big Lebowski to the depraved and graphically violent Coens of Burn After Reading and No Country.

Mirezzi doesn't know shit about film.

I thought it was alright as a comedy of errors. Very depressing in a similar way though.