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Never judge a movie by its trailer. I haven't quite learned that one and was completely surprised at how smitten I was with this ode to big studios, big production numbers, and the early rise of commies in show business.
The casting director deserves an Oscar. So many faces all over the place. All having the 40's to 50's look down pat. Christopher Lambert was the biggest surprise to me.
Brolin played the studio head perfectly who was constantly beset with problems from of his stars. Clooney's kidnapping was the central piece of he plot but not the tight focus of the film. There were rich and entertaining performances from beginning to end. Swinton was brilliant in her manners and expressions as twin gossip columnists. And, Channing Tatum performed in a truly great dance scene with plain to ugly guys playing sailors in a bar. (Where did they find dance professionals like this?)
I guess I sound enthusiastic but the Brothers have made a really good one this time. Hail, Ceasar will re-punch your Coen Brothers ticket.
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Coen comedies they put out between the masterpieces and the duds.
But some of their comedies ARE masterpieces.
Thanks for chiming in, I respect your film POV though
really have to question why you didn't mention Scarlett
J. as a mermaid.
That alone could be an entire Coen Brothers topic.
Perhaps a series.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
Without having see this, it might be the best whack at the Hollyweird glory days since The Producers.
A topic that's a bottomless pit for satire.
about religion and faith. Quite a few cheap laughs were milked from the subject. I really enjoyed the theological panel that met in the beginning to discuss if 'Hail. Caesar!' was inoffensive to all faiths. The rabbi was priceless.
...appears you got it.
Only 78% on the Tomato Meter? What's up with that? Actually most reviewers gave it relatively high praise on Rotten Tomatos. Or at least restrained high marks. Of the reviews more closely aligned to my own views on the movie I submit the following excerpt from one of the reviewers on Rotten Tomatos, one who gave Hail, Caesar! a green blob, which one assumes must be a rotten tomato."The trailer for "Hail, Caesar!" wants you to think that the proverbial laff-riot awaits. It doesn't, by a long shot. Indeed, this Coen confection, obviously a homage to the great Preston Sturges, struck me as a dour reminder of a time when Hollywood was down for the count. It's a hit-or-miss — mostly miss — succession of in-jokes (Wallace Beery and Bob Stack are among names dropped), double entendres and backlot vignettes enlivened by Roger Deakins' cinematography and the occasionally inspired snicker. The best moments belong to Ralph Fiennes and Alden Ehrenreich as, respectively, a snooty British director and a popular cowboy star being groomed for drawing-room comedies. The scene in which the increasingly exasperated Fiennes takes the hayseed aside to coach him on how to deliver the line "Would that it were so simple" is hilarious. Also watch for Frances McDormand's chain-smoking editor, who nearly dies for her art."
Edits: 02/07/16
cinch your saddle around.
"Once this was all Black Plasma and Imagination" -Michael McClure
I never squat with my spurs on.
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