Good Night, And Good Luck.

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modage

#30
October 08, 2005, 12:53:46 AM
short review: this movie was good.  B
Christopher Nolan's directive was clear to everyone in the cast and crew: Use CGI only as a last resort.

cron

#31
October 08, 2005, 02:41:39 PM


anyone else thinks clooney kicks ass in that pic? he kicks ass.

EDIT: HE FUCKING KICKS ASS.
context, context, context.

72teeth

#32
October 08, 2005, 02:43:14 PM
looks like he could play a pretty convincing Saddam...
Doctor, Always Do the Right Thing.

Yowza Yowza Yowza

cron

#33
October 09, 2005, 03:05:44 AM
c'mon, i don't mean to insist but seriously, don't you people think that picture is awesomeness itself? why are they carrying him in a mesianic way? and why is he dressed like kubrick?. best picture ever.
context, context, context.

72teeth

#34
October 09, 2005, 03:13:10 AM
Quote from: cronopiowhy are they carrying him in a mesianic way?

is it in a mesianic way? with the guns behind him, it looks like they might be escorting him outa there
Doctor, Always Do the Right Thing.

Yowza Yowza Yowza

matt35mm

#35
October 09, 2005, 03:21:41 AM
Quote from: 72teeth
Quote from: cronopiowhy are they carrying him in a mesianic way?

is it in a mesianic way? with the guns behind him, it looks like they might be escorting him outa there
Well... it's like a modern day Passion.  Passion of the Clooney or something.  I dunno, there's a way to make that idea work.  Big-bearded Clooney who seems to be loved by both men and women around the world even after gaining all that weight...

You can't deny it.  Clooney has become more than just a man, and those dudes with the guns are too afraid of his power.

Pozer

#36
October 09, 2005, 01:20:52 PM
One of those "what the fuck was I thinking with that post?" was here.
Gots to lay off the home grown.  Sorry about that renee.

edit: rane (see what I mean).

The Perineum Falcon

#37
October 09, 2005, 04:52:24 PM
buddy, can you turn the geekdom down a notch or two?
We often went to the cinema, the screen would light up and we would tremble, but also, increasingly often, Madeleine and I were disappointed. The images had dated, they jittered, and Marilyn Monroe had gotten terribly old. We were sad, this wasn't the film we had dreamed of, this wasn't the total film that we all carried around inside us, this film that we would have wanted to make, or, more secretly, no doubt, that we would have wanted to live.

Ultrahip

#38
October 12, 2005, 11:07:03 PM
I loved this. I smoked five cigarettes in a row afterwards. And I got a free poster! And the movie was free! Fun all around.

MacGuffin

#39
October 13, 2005, 12:03:23 AM
Quote from: Ultrahip Lobster SupperI loved this. I smoked five cigarettes in a row afterwards. And I got a free poster! And the movie was free! Fun all around.

Until you get CANCER!
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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Ultrahip

#40
October 13, 2005, 12:56:29 AM
Well Mac, you have to die of something - may as well be cigarettes.

Pozer

#41
October 13, 2005, 06:01:45 PM
HaHa- no.

Ultrahip

#42
October 13, 2005, 06:23:16 PM
Agree to disagree.

Gamblour.

#43
October 13, 2005, 09:10:23 PM
Just saw this. As a friend put it, it's very monotonous. The movie's cool and very short, but between lengthy archive footage and long takes of Murrow speaking, this is like an anthology of highlights. The b story lines were so secondary they didn't matter. It escalated to something we already knew, which amounts to nothing.

The opening shot in black and white, smoke flowing, jazz music, was amazing and set up what should have been pretty good. Its message is not very relevant. I'd say the message of the film applies more to politics, so get to that movie Georgie.

I agree with mod, B.

Edit: Some post movie thinking.

This movie is what it is. It chronicles, very plainly, the efforts of Edward Murrow. It exists as this and nothing more. Facts and events are thrown at you, very evenly and concisely, with no real anchoring. Just the strong monotonous voice of Murrow pounding away. It's kind of poetic in its understatement and stoicism. There is weight with everything Murrow says, there is consequence and controversy. I honestly remember thinking how no reporter could exist like Murrow today because no one is so brave or unafraid to say their views (specifically left ones). So in that sense, it is relevant. And McCarthy will always be relevant.

As a film, it could've been three hours and I would've liked it more. It is so short and succinct in what it has to say that it could have said it for much longer and been a great epic tale of modern history, maybe something like JFK. But it's nothing like that and doesn't want to be. It's pretty amazing the more I think about it. Just that Straitharn had a conversation with McCarthy and I didn't bat an eye is saying a lot. It's so real and straightforward, it's easy to think there's not much more to it. It's a smart film that doesn't stick around long enough to shove it in your face. I think I'll give it B.99999, because I'm on the edge of saying it's great.
WWPTAD?

dropsomescience

#44
October 14, 2005, 10:59:59 AM
out of everything he's done, I've only sen like three roles in which I really liked GC as an actor. But he has a lot of promise as a director. I'm stoked to see this and hope to god that he stops getting roles so he'll start making more films..... IMO
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