Hail, Caesar! (2016)

[Ezen Baklattan]

15 hours ago, Baumer said:

An enormous pile of horse shit.  A mess and one of the most ridiculous films I've ever seen.

 

Still better than MJ2, but not by much.

 

1.5/10

 

I knew you'd hate it! 

[BourneFan #1]

So dumb and yet so boring at the same time. Josh Brolin was a very good lead though, and some comedic notes hit.

5/10

[The Renaissance Fan]

We liked it. Review here.

[Jake Gittes]

Many of the individual scenes are smart and funny, and I like both the take on Hollywood/movies as religion that can bring people comfort regardless of the films' artistic worth (with Mannix as a suffering Christ figure) and the way some of the movie stars within the film "become" what they play (Hobie gets to be a hero by bringing Whitlock back, and Tatum gets to go out to sea in the most absurdly hilarious sequence). My problem is that the whole feels less than the sum of its parts - as clever as it all is, I wasn't invested in it nearly as much as in the Coens' earlier lighter comedies, and the only reason I'd revisit it would be to see it in English. Good but very much a lower-tier Coen. 

 

Also, Alden Ehrenreich handily out-shined all the veterans around him in this one. Dude should be a star. 

[Jake Gittes]

On 07.02.2016 at 2:27 AM, Telemachos said:

Dolph Lundgren was the sub commander! DOLPH LUNDGREN! 

 

(Did we even see or hear him, or was his appearance cut entirely?)

 

I'm sure I saw him in silhouette, he just doesn't have any lines or even show his face. That chin though is a great comic actor all on its own. 

[TheMovieman]

On 2/15/2016 at 6:56 PM, Baumer said:

An enormous pile of horse shit.  A mess and one of the most ridiculous films I've ever seen.

 

Still better than MJ2, but not by much.

 

1.5/10

 

I generally agree. Worse of all, it was dull as hell. Let me put it this way, I laughed twice while watching the god-awful Zoolander 2, that's twice more compared to Hail, Caesar. The only good thing about it was the production, costumes and Deakins' cinematography, otherwise I couldn't wait for it to end. Not sure how this was written and directed by the same brothers from Fargo, The Big Lebowski and Inside Llewyn Davis is beyond me.

 

*¾/*****, (D, 3.5/10, 1.25/4)

 

On 3/3/2016 at 8:31 AM, Jake Gittes said:

 

 

Also, Alden Ehrenreich handily out-shined all the veterans around him in this one. Dude should be a star. 

 

Yeah, he was the best part.

Edited May 28, 2016 by TheMovieman

[redfirebird2008]

Turned it off after 40 minutes. Crap story.