Posted on 02/06/2016 8:29:37 PM PST by fireman15
He's the Eddie Mannix character.
Go ahead, keep feeding the hollywood beast that’s doing all it can to destroy this country.
Put more money in looney clooney’s pocket while you’re at it.
It’s hard for me to believe the commenters at the hollywood reporter are more aware than what I’m seeing here.
Disgusting!
OK then! Thank you for sharing your comments and concerns. You have a nice day too.
Yes, regardless of what Eddie Mannix was like in real life... he is the protagonist in the movie.
There was an interview my wife saw that said Brolin completely wrapped George Clooney’s “smart car” with cellophane during filming as a joke. Apparently, Clooney didn’t appreciate it much.
Nice!
It sounds like a great movie.
The review I read took kind of a moralistic stance, saying in effect, “Look, the Josh Brolin character in the movie is admirable, but the guy he’s modeled on wasn’t at all.”
I liked the review because the real story of Eddie Mannix is interesting in itself.
*** Spoiler Alert ***
In real life Mannix of course had multiple affairs, no kids and reported Mafia connections while in the movie he is portrayed as good family man. As I said previously there are a great deal of inside jokes to old movie lovers.
Sorry, I see we had a cross post where we were both typing at the same time. It is not the greatest movie ever, but we were very satisfied. I heard a little grumbling from two old men we walked out behind. I don’t think they got the Coens sense of humor at all. I think it is funnier if you know a little bit about old movies and those who made them.
“The Big Lebowski” is one of my all-time favorites.
I can imagine how the recreation of old Hollywood in the new movie would be entertaining in and of itself.
I use my purse to show disgust for various folks.
Dixie Chicks, very talented and I have three of their albums. Then Natalie decided to crap on Bush and they never got another moment of my interest.
George Clooney is another slug that will NEVER get a penny of mine.
These maggots can take their liberal bent on life and shove it.
I saw it and thought it cute but nothing you had to see.
#3 Interesting story about George Reeves
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2006/nov/18/features.weekend1
Toni probably had Sunset Boulevard in mind when she, like Norma Desmond, gave George a pocketwatch inscribed with the legend “Mad About The Boy”. And he was a very kept boy - house, car, clothes, furniture, vacations: Toni Mannix owned George Reeves, lock, stock and barrel-chest. But it was a loving relationship conducted in the full expectation of marriage once the ailing Eddie finally succumbed to one of his frequent heart attacks. Their house on Benedict Canyon Drive was always full of their friends, the drink flowed freely from breakfast-time onwards, and even Eddie was known to show up and grunt his way through the occasional barbecue.
Saw it yesterday. It has some redeeming moments, but not many. It was mostly plodding and dopey. These best thing about it were the campy costumes and movie scenes.
Coen bros can do serious movies too like True Grit remake and Millers Crossing
Their comedies are quirky to say the least
Not John Waters quirky but odd
I never got The Dude
But I did get Raising Arizona
Their best movie: Blood Simple
It is an extremely unconventional movie with several competing storylines which are tied together by their connection to the protagonist. If one isn’t very familiar with who or what is being parodied I am sure it is not nearly as entertaining.
After watching literally dozens of films depicting the rooting out of communists who had infiltrated Hollywood as the worst thing our country has ever done... we thought it was hilarious to finally have the commies portrayed as the idiots they really are. We also loved many of the other old movie spoofs and characters, especially the cowboy. To me it seems lie a film that will grow on you as time goes on.
I know looking at the “audience” scores that a lot, maybe even most people feel the way you do.
We do the same thing. But we also try to reward those that are helping our side. We have seen EVERY Dinesh D'Souza film on the first day that they were released. The same goes for many Christian movies. We want to support those who make an effort to get decent material on the big screen. If someone doesn't... no one will make these films and the movie industry will continue to make the crap they are most known for.
From a conservative perspective and the primary reason that I mentioned that we watched the film on this forum... This is the only film I have ever seen that portrayed the communists who infiltrated Hollywood after WWII as IDIOTS and not heroes. It also portrayed Clooney’s character as an easily manipulated alcoholic dope who needed a good slapping to bring him back to his senses. Regardless of how you feel about the individual actors and I know that many of them are despicable human beings, the movie trod on sacred leftist ground and I salute it for that. I am completely sick of films that portray communists who were trying to manipulate public opinion during the cold war as heroes who were victims of terrible abuse. Regardless of the Coens’ actual motives they did something no one else has dared to do in the last 60 years.
This was the first film ever to portray Communist Screen Writers as the villains.That's a great idea, that would only come from them. They did something analogous in "Oh Brother" -- the "ree-form" candidate, IOW, the New Deal Demwit, was the Grand Kleagle of the local KKK.
It got a four-start review in my local rag.
One of the things that I think probably makes “O’ Brother” more entertaining to many people than this one is that they were on a journey from start to finish which is what most people tend to expect. This movie is basically compilation of all the stuff that the leading character is having to deal with on a daily basis. There are many diversions unrelated to the commie villains kidnapping the big star and his eventual return.
As old movie lovers, my wife and I found all the diversions to be very entertaining, but some people want a more direct storyline to follow. So your enjoyment depends a bit on being able to “smell the roses” and if you do not have some familiarity with movies from the 40s and 50s “the roses” may not have a great deal of meaning to you other than they are still quite outrageous.
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