I wasn’t impressed with the first trailer but the second one was pretty good so yeah, I’m looking forward to it now. Good to see them use so many actors they’ve used before (it’s almost their trademark now). A few of Brad Pitt’s facial expressions (those funny ones) reminded me of those of George Clooney in O’ Brother Where Art Thou? and then Clooney does it as well in the trailer so I’m loving that. You can tell Pitt and Clooney will be hilarious in this and just having a good time. The film seems like a mix between Fargo, Raizing Arizona and a bit of Intolerable Cruelty. Would take something special to top No Country, let’s just see what happens.
Regarding the comment about the Ocean’s films and it seeming like it’s the actors mucking about together as opposed to the characters, well that’s the reason I like it, and I’m pretty sure that’s the thing Soderbergh was going for. It’s amusing seeing the actors (especially Pitt, Clooney and Damon) taking shots at each other, just having fun and stuff. The rapport between them is amazing and shows how it probably is in real life. I love that. The films were just excuses to show those actors having fun, it’s far more interesting than making a real-life documentary about them having fun together. The films, and especially the 3rd one are full of references to real life or film-culture. For example, I love when Danny tells Pacino’s character “What I want, what’s most important to me…” (Godfather reference). Also, how at the end in the airport, Pitt’s character tells Clooney to “keep the weight off between jobs” (Clooney’s weight in Syriana reference) and how Clooney says to him “Settle down, have a couple of kids”. I know they’re smalll things, but I get a kick out of knowing that I’m watching the actors playing themselves almost, and just having fun together. It’s less about the actual plot or story for me.
I like Ocean’s 11. It was a pretty good film. Ocean’s 12 on the other hand.
13 I haven’t seen.
go coens go! 
Can’t wait for this one. Its the next big movie I must see.
This looks hilarious… a return to their true comedy movies like Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski. The trailer alone is better than Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers. I’m so glad they made No Country For Old Men because that seems to have brought them “back”.
Any more news on that western movie they’ve been discussing?
I’m eagerly awaiting this one, I checked on the Coens imdsb page and they’re working on three more movies! They’re like machines, impressive it is isisisis.
Ocean’s 12 was a demonstration of how smug Clooney and Pitt had become.
I’m looking forward to Burn After Reading, but certainly not because Pitt and Clooney are in it. It’s a Coen brothers film and I expect nothing more than their usual greatness. (Even if I wasn’t a fan of NCFOM)
I remember I used to hate the Coen Bros. just cause Fargo was their first movie I saw and being a Minnesotan I was kind of offended by the accents. Then I watched a few more movies and realized that their characters are sort of always just caricatures and I just went with it. Now when they make a movie it’s at the top of my must see list. I think it was O’Brother Where out Thou and The Big Lebowski that turned me around.
I went Friday to see the movie. It was really good. It takes a while for the comedy to sit in, but after that the story just goes smooth. Pitt was really funny.
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This looks great and can’t wait to see it but sometimes I think a film can be brought down by having too many famous faces.
Like when I was watching the Oceans movies it got to the point where I felt I was watching Brad Pitt and George Clooney mucking about with their mates as opposed to the characters in the movie.
Its like sometimes writers think “it would be really cool to see Brad Pitt do this or say that”. Reminds me of little girls playing with their Ken dolls.
But then again this does look good so I hope its not the case in this instance.
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I think that was actually the part that I liked about those films. After a while, you don’t really want to see another heist film unless it can offer something else. What I got from the Ocean films was this candid natural conversation that was kind of refreshing in place of the usual forced coolness. But yeah, I never really thought of those films as anything more than popcorn films.
I thought this was the third slapstick comedy with Clooney! Its not! Still, I like it very much but the laughs are very deep and dark. Thats not a bad thing, just not what I expected. The story is one well executed cluster fuck that reminds me more of Fargo than O Brother…and thats not a bad thing.
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I thought this was the third slapstick comedy with Clooney! Its not! Still, I like it very much but the laughs are very deep and dark. Thats not a bad thing, just not what I expected. The story is one well executed cluster fuck that reminds me more of Fargo than O Brother…and thats not a bad thing.
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Very well said, KK. Could not’ve said it better myself.
Definitely clooney’s best outing with the Cohens. It’s not for everybody of course, I watched it with a friend who was like “what was the point of all that?” when it ended. But I loved it, really enjoyed it.
I was very much into the “What’s the point of all that”. The actors are moueh, only Brad Pitt is very good and very funny. Frances McDormand and Clooney seemed cliché to me. The whole story was funny but nothing more. A good movie for a sunday night after a depressing and busy week. On monday - you’ll have forget everything, ahah. More seriously, I didn’t feel any empathy for the characters, I didn’t feel surprised or sad when someone died. I didn’t really want to know how it ends. There are every ingredients for a Coen flick but didn’t pass that time.
Brad is the obvious choice to choose as the funniest, because his ‘humour’ is spoonfed to you, but for those who believe that, you have totally overlooked the understated brilliance of J.K. Simmons.
To me, he was the stand out. Not overdoing it, no slapstick, just naturally very funny with the slight raise of an eyebrow. His delivery was perfect and if you took the gormless performance from Brad Pitt out of this, it wouldn’t be missed. He and Clooney might be the stars, but it’s J.K, John Malkovich and Frances McDormand who bring this to life.
I was a bit disappointed. I mean, it didn’t really grab me and it was over when I thought now shit will hit the fan. it was certainly weird enough and the acting was great, but it lacked the intensity and the i dont know… depth of earlier works
Yeah, I wasn’t blown away by it. It was worth watching though.
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Brad is the obvious choice to choose as the funniest, because his ‘humour’ is spoonfed to you, but for those who believe that, you have totally overlooked the understated brilliance of J.K. Simmons.
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Don’t get me wrong, I love JK Simmons and he’s also awesome in the movie… but could you recall everybody how long he appears in the movie ? 5 mins ? So yeah, my bad if I forgot to mention him. And I wouldn’t call that humour, he’s more like ironic or sarcastic character. While all the others actors I mentionned, tried their best to be funny. He doesn’t. He ain’t funny. He’s sarcastic.
I saw this movie about a month ago and honestly don’t remember anything about it besides the “dildo rocking chair” and Brad Pitt’s final scene.
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Don’t get me wrong, I love JK Simmons and he’s also awesome in the movie… but could you recall everybody how long he appears in the movie ? 5 mins ? So yeah, my bad if I forgot to mention him. And I wouldn’t call that humour, he’s more like ironic or sarcastic character. While all the others actors I mentionned, tried their best to be funny. He doesn’t. He ain’t funny. He’s sarcastic.
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No, he is funny and he doesn’t have to prance about like a dickhead to prove it.