1. "LMAO @ Julia Roberts being a better actor!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" In response to Reply # 0
************************************** "I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg
"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos
11. "Yup, b/c she can act circles @ ole one-trick Julia." In response to Reply # 9
************************************** "I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg
"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos
2. "Better story? It's Ocean's 11 meets Mr. and Mrs. Smith" In response to Reply # 0 Wed Nov-26-08 07:41 PM by SoulHonky
The story looks about as stale as Clive Owen's other new film The International or IMO Michael Clayton.
What elevated Michael Clayton was that it was an art house version of The Firm so it had deeper characters and better monologues. This film doesn't look like it has either. It looks like a standard heist movie.
7. "*smh*" In response to Reply # 2 Thu Nov-27-08 03:34 PM by dunk
cause Mr. & Mrs. Smith was a groundbreaking story we've never seen before. imo the story looks more interesting. I thought Michael Clayton was really good. agree to disagree i guess
6. "Most overrated bitch in Hollywood. I'd rather watch Tara Reid." In response to Reply # 4
************************************** "I'm sick of followin' my dreams. I'm just gonna ask where they goin', and hook with them later." - Mitch Hedberg
"I don't think muthafuckas went to the moon either, but that's just me."-Mos
14. "I think Michael Clayton is overrated" In response to Reply # 12
A solid enough film with a couple of top notch scenes but overall nothing all that amazing and not worthy of the praise that some people are heaping on it (like a top 100 movie of all time and shit).
15. "but who calls it a top 100 movie?" In response to Reply # 14
i've never heard that. plus, Juno got a best pic nod last year. They screwed up a couple of times last year the nods so you can't be mad that a good movie like this got more love than it normally would
16. "RE: but who calls it a top 100 movie?" In response to Reply # 15
>i've never heard that. plus, Juno got a best pic nod last >year. They screwed up a couple of times last year the nods so >you can't be mad that a good movie like this got more love >than it normally would
YES HE CAN!!!
I'll see it on the strengths of all the other actors tho
17. "I just wasn't that impressed" In response to Reply # 15
I didn't think Juno was the amazing film that people made it out to be either but that doesn't make it better than Clayton got overrated as well.
And it wasn't top 100 all time, my bad. It was a new classic by EW, top 100 since '83 but I shouldn't be citing Entertainment Weekly at all since they are usually full of shit.
21. "Saw it at the press screening last week..." In response to Reply # 0 Wed Mar-18-09 01:59 PM by DeeKay
It's really good, fun in the vein of the Oceans movies. Very enjoyable to watch, the two leads had great chemistry and it was actually consistently pretty funny.
Oh and I forgot to mention that the trailer is no indication of how good the film is. Based on the trailer I had no real interest in seeing the film, but it far surpassed my expectations.
25. "Really fun, very enjoyable." In response to Reply # 0 Thu Mar-19-09 10:38 PM by ZooTown74
It was a nice throwback to them ol' comedies of the 30's and 40's... gotta see it again, though, I was a bit confused by the plotting, though you certainly understand the main beats...
I bought both Julio and Shoulda-Been-Bond as the leads, Tom Wilkinson was good once again, Giamatti was funny, and I also liked the chick who played a crucial role early on as someone Clive has to get intel from...
Even though I sat in a suck-ass seat for the free screening, it looked great... wasn't quite fond of the score, however...
Bottom line is, I don't give a fuck about how bad/good Julio Robertz looks, or how much bread this movie pulls in this weekend, Tony Gilroy wins again. ________________________________________________________________________ > Tate Forcier accepted your friend request.
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27. "Light, fun, mildly predictable con flick. Good for dates." In response to Reply # 0
The comedy got tired after a bit... "You don't trust me?" "Well, you don't trust me either!" Har har har. Still, Gilroy keeps the dialogue fresh, and it's well-handled.
More than the leads, I enjoyed the chick Zoo was referring to, and Denis O'Hare doing always fantastic supporting work. Giamatti and Wilkinson lend proper weight to their roles.
The chemistry's good. I'm sure folks will like it, and it does have a throwback vibe to it. Gilroy is showing he can handle multiple genres-- great for his career. A light, disposable date flick, good for spring.
31. "it was enjoyable a light heist movie *slightly spoilerish*" In response to Reply # 0
julia and clive were good (is there something in the damn water in britain? how does he manage to look so good in his mid 40s? really?)
but the supporting characters were the best..tom wilkinson, paul giamatti, carrie preston (arlene from true blodd was hilarious as the woman clive dug out to get intel from), and the director of The Visitor, The Station Agent--the Stephen Glass reporter from the final season of The Wire forget his name...
the supporting characters were great....
*****SPOILER ALERT!!! SPOILER ALERT!!*****
the ending was kinda blah for me (I was expecting and hoping they'd get away with the money....)
32. "It was fine." In response to Reply # 0 Sun Mar-22-09 05:51 PM by SoulHonky
Gilroy's dialogue is always good but the movie dragged for me. And he really needs to quit it with the playing with chronology. It didn't add anything here (and could have been used better).
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