The Counselor = Cormac McCarthy + Ridley Scott + (Fassbender + Pitt + Cruz + Bardem et al)

also ppl couldn't follow the plot, wtf?

ncfom is flawless and p much without a view on morality imo

$8 million weekend, even worse than expected

Even with Brad Pitt, does the multiplex crowd really want to see a movie that gives the impression of being another No Country For Old Men?

now with pretty movie stars dying horribly

on my way out this really country white chick was saying to her bf "... i wouldnt have even wanted to see it if brad pitt wasnt in it!"

A friend/colleague just told me that its more fun to analyze than it is to watch.

Andrew O'Hehir, not at all prone to hyperbole

http://www.salon.com/2013/10/26/meet_the_worst_movie_ever_made/

(you shdn't read that if u intend to see. also he just gets some of the narrative WRONG i bleeve)

Heh. The same friend I was just talking to referenced that review.

so this is basically breaking bad except with the actual human beings replaced with blinged-out thriller caricatures?

i cant tell if your asking b/c uve seen it or bc u havent

i've seen the trailer

that may be enough

I liked the sort of stillboen quality it had

Don't get me wrong, it will not be in my top 40 films of this year

I shouldn't have been STOKED

A solid B. but yeah: almost more fun to think about than watch.

Reviewing tonight, will post when it runs.

the cheetahs look cool, might see it just for the cheetahs

On my way to a 9:50 show.

Loved it, basically.

"Redemption" is the most overused word and concept in Hollywood today, and here's a story with no opportunity for it. Plus, the movie is all consequences to decisions that we barely see--we're just seeing the aftermath.

Would be very interested in hearing how the movie goes over in the Southwest and in Mexico.

Also found the most moving scene (vague here, not spoiling) was a moment late in the movie when he's most alone and most in danger and discovers that he's actually not alone and has something in common with a huge chunk of society, at least south of the border.

"Don't even think i'm making this up. You can't make this up," Bardem's character says about the car-fucking, but the same thing holds true time and time again in the stories in the 'drugs, murder, and mexico' thread.

This review basically spoils everything but makes the case for it being better than 12 Years A Slave as stories of unstoppable cruelty.

oh hey I just figured out what was on that DVD

lol

what'd you think he was crying about? Bunheads being cancelled?

some telenovela called HOLA!

coulda just been some movie they watched together y'know

besides "oh hey this must be what brad Pitt told me about bcz sledgehammer foreshadowing #2"

http://splicetoday.com/moving-pictures/witness-a-reptilian-cameron-diaz-more-cheetah-than-cougar

The Counselor vs Clair Denis' Bastards

http://www.fandor.com/blog/the-film-in-the-shadows-ridley-scott-vs-claire-denis

http://www.film.com/movies/the-cult-of-the-counselor

Is the film worth it? “The Counselor” is a didactic movie about how a) women are predatory whores (Cameron Diaz is tattooed with cheetah spots to drive the point home) b) a man defines his character by being appropriately stoic about death. It’s an idiotic exercise in some respects, but a rare opportunity to watch talented performers (Diaz aside) figure out the rhythms of non-naturalistic dialogue that’s quite fascinating when you ignore its offensiveness; it’s not quite “Cosmopolis” or Harold Pinter, but the exercise is in the same ballpark. Novelty filmmaking perhaps — another 20 movies like this simply wouldn’t do — but the multiplex is better for it, and it’s proof our internet Red Alert mechanisms are working faster than ever.

"Women are predatory whores" vs. "Cameron Diaz's character is an aggressive predator."

I think it's essentially being pulled from theaters after today btw.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/07/fashion/in-the-counselor-fashions-and-furnishings-play-a-pivotal-aesthetic-role.html?src=me

Oh man this movie

Definitely "worth seeing"

I liked it,kinda

pretty much my feelings.

i look forward to seeing it again actually. something tells me it'll play well on cable.

it really reminded me of Cosmopolis--particularly in that it seemed to revolve around a series of rather abstract conversations. intriguing.

Ha that was almost a haiku

Self xpost

But yeah, ryan otm

Also, it doesn't become clear for a while that half the movie at least must be conversations between The Counselor and a character who only appears in a single scene.

really want that ruben blades coffee service

on motorized decapitations

http://somecamerunning.typepad.com/some_came_running/2013/11/cormac-mccarthy-truman-capote-herschell-gordon-lewis.html

lol there's three names I never expected to see together

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-blog/10447186/The-Counsellor-when-good-scripts-go-very-bad.html

what sux about the movie is mostly in the script

Wasn't that bad, did have some interesting bits, but seemed to overstretch the amount of subplots and be self-consciously amoral which is probably totally oxymoronic.

Saw it in a cinema with one other person in the audience which is a bit weird. Guess word of mouth is out about the film. I enjoyed some of it quite a bit.

imo the best things about it are the peculiar digressions and the particular flavor of mccarthy's dialogue and ideas

And that one sunflower Versace shirt Bardem wears.

I've been saying "I've seen it all; it's all shit" pretty regularly since I saw it. I love pithy nihilism tho.

I haven't finished watching it but ws penelope cruz + fassbender in that opening scene daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn

extended disc cut in Feb, 21 mins longer

no thx really