Burn After Reading; my thoughts
Good weekend. Whatever is left of it. I jogged around the lake this afternoon. And my left knee is hurting me now. It is not easy being in tip-top shape. With a sculpted body. At least that is what I once read in a book…
So, I went to see Burn After Reading. I am willing to watch anything with Brad Pitt and George Clooney, provided it is NOT Ocean Eleven 17. Or any further installment of the Ocean Eleven dynasty. When will it end?
The WSJ did not have a favorable review for BAR. Then again, with the stock/financial market doing so poorly, I take everything from Wall Street with a grain of salt. For the occasion, I wore my Cindy McCippah. My Kippah was not heckled even once during the film.
Things you need to know about the experience:
1) I bought a package of Twizzlers at the concession stand. The only candy with an OU
2) The theater was FULL. This was an early Sunday evening showing. Impressive.
3) Everyone in attendance was between the ages of 20-35.
4) There was lots of laughter in middle of the movie
5) The city of Seattle had a small cameo in BAR. And the theater erupted in a rather tame applause for our city
BAR runs for 96 minutes and even that felt too long! John Malkovitch was outstanding. Personally, I enjoyed Vicky Cristina Barcelona a lot more. This was no Fargo. No Big Lebowski either.
It was great to see Sledge Hammer in Burn After Reading! Sledge Hammer was an awesome TV show starring David Rasche. Rasche is a funny, funny man and IMO, should have been given more of an opportunity to showcase his comedic talents.
The end.
Here’s a few Sledge Hammer Clips a rolled into one:
September 18th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Man, thats funny stuff, Sledgehammer rocked. That was back when Hollywood still made great entertainment.
I love the Coen Brothers. Arizona is exactly the way they depicted it in Raising Arizona (well, at least it was like that when I moved here in 1987). As I’m sure Minnesota is exactly like the depicted it in Fargo as well. OK, I can’t say EXACTLY since the Coens are notorious for depicting things in hyper-reality. For instance, Hudsucker Proxy, which I enjoyed quite a bit. Big Lebowski was really funny, but not my fave.
I guess BAR is more like Intollerable Cruelty (which I cant stay awake through either). I blame BAR’s mediocrity on Clooney… boring….
MOVIE TRIVIA: Before making Blood Simple, Ethan Coen was the editor on Evil Dead.
September 19th, 2008 at 6:10 am
WOW! Finally. I discover someone else who liked Sledge Hammer. It was a brilliant show. None of the cheap humor in today’s entertainment.
You can find more Sledge Hammer clips on YouTube.
Thanks for the trivia. The Coen brothers are a talented duo.
September 20th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
Brad Pitt can be so funny, as long as he’s not taking himself too seriously… in any case, it’s about time someone made good use of his habitually spastic arm movements