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"The Counselor:" DON'T expect your usual caper-gone-wrong action blast, even though it's

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Cormac McCarthy written and directed by Ridley Scott: it's cerebral, dark, and kind of makes "No Country" seem almost comedic.
Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, Michael Fassbender, and a bunch of other stars in smaller roles round out the cast--- though Cameron Diaz steals the show: looking like she's lived a very hard life, she makes her character seem even harder and rawer.
Like "Traffic," this is a realistic, tough indictment of the drug culture, both from the use and the supply side.
Expect something different and you'll enjoy it.

Edits: 05/30/14

Follow Ups:

Loved the irony of casting Dean Norris in that small role. PERFECT!...N/T - musetap 21:39:36 05/31/14 (0)
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"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" - Michael McClure
I really liked how the journey of the honeywagon was used... - Steve O 16:11:09 05/31/14 (0)
...as a plot device to hold everything together. Ingenious! ;-)
so tired - mbnx01 12:56:31 05/31/14 (1)
So very, very tired of the 'big crime drug empire' genre.

So tired.

It's more overdone than vampires.

"The problem with quotes from the internet is that many of them just are just made up."
-Abraham Lincoln
- It's always been a big genre. And now, those cartels have more clout than ever did the bad ol' Mafia. nt - tinear 13:56:51 05/31/14 (0)
  dsf
The little gadget with the motor inside and the motorcycle scene steal the show. Ridley's one sick dude. nt - geoffkait 12:55:34 05/31/14 (0)
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You missed a lot of timely discussion on this one . . . - Billy Wonka 21:26:18 05/30/14 (2)
Diaz was right at the limit of her range. AAMOF, she was over the line. Fassbender was melodramatic while Bardem was a super star and my favorite character. Pitt was good also. After a few viewings the dialog really becomes stilted. Scott does an excellent job of telegraphing the plot but one wonders what Diaz true motive really is...like her cats, the thrill of the kill?
- It got pretty bad Rot Tom so I passed the theater and waited for Netflix. Anyhow, I think - tinear 07:21:41 05/31/14 (1)
  Diaz was perfect; only problem was she may have been a tad too deadly and evil looking---- how didn't Cruz or Fassbdender get a clue? Javier noticed, but he seemed not to give a damn, the excitement was key for his character.
  I think Tarantino or the Coens would have made a better film, but they wouldn't have kept the insanity of the philosophizing. It may have been also more entertaining as a caper film and that's why this was so successful: it balanced the violence with the moral.
  I bet a viewer with a taste for the white stuff will think about a headless young woman before her/his next snort.
  To make too exciting or entertaining, in the classical sense, a film would have been pornographic, in a deep sense. There's nothing fun about the drug trade, about the cartel, about their heartlessness and savagery. Comparing them to cheetahs, even, is an insult to the felines.
  - This is one of the best things Cruz has done . . . - Billy Wonka 09:27:35 05/31/14 (0)
    She really added a special touch to being an innocent, good person unaware of what her fiance really was. She taught us a good point: When running away from danger don't drive your car to the airport and park it far away from the elevator---take a freaking cab.

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