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Burn After Reading

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    This movie was the epitome of short and sweet. It was perfect and not bloated or dragged on or did nothing like that.

    It's a movie you won't forget, because it's just so...unique. It has that funny-but-almost-sad vibe to it, none of the characters are relatable or even entirely human, and the whole thing is really an experience. I really enjoyed it as an experiment in comedy.

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    man I related to Brad pitt's character

    he was awesome

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  • LucentLucent Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I fucking saw this a few weeks ago and it was goddamned amazing.

    Everyone in the movie was just fantastic. Normally I can't stand John Malkovitch, but he was just fucking phenomenal in it. The story revolving around the Gym manager was just so goddamned sad though.

    The ending totally takes the cake though, with the abrupt cut away that leads into the office discussion. Wonderful.

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  • ZombiemamboZombiemambo Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Raneados wrote: »
    man I related to Brad pitt's character

    he was awesome

    Hm, maybe it was just me, but nobody felt 3-dimensional, except for maybe Malkovich's character

    It's not a bad thing, it turns the characters into objects that propel the completely insignificant plot forward

    I left the movie thinking pretty hard about what it was I had just witnessed

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  • RialeRiale I'm a little slow Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Raneados wrote: »
    man I related to Brad pitt's character

    he was awesome

    Hm, maybe it was just me, but nobody felt 3-dimensional, except for maybe Malkovich's character

    It's not a bad thing, it turns the characters into objects that propel the completely insignificant plot forward

    I left the movie thinking pretty hard about what it was I had just witnessed

    yeah, this exactly

    i don't know how the fuck they did it but the coens made a silly comedy with unbelievable characters that still has a lot of depth to it.

    i really think it's a better movie than The Big Lebowski.

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  • Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Frances McDormand's character was pretty believable. Although she was really the only normal character in that movie.

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Frances McDormand's character was pretty believable. Although she was really the only normal character in that movie.

    more normal than the manager guy? or the CIA director?

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  • Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    Frances McDormand's character was pretty believable. Although she was really the only normal character in that movie.

    more normal than the manager guy? or the CIA director?

    I'm talking more about the main characters in the film.

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  • DislexicDislexic Creepy Uncle Bad Touch Your local playgroundRegistered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I loved the sound of utter disappointment on the CIA director's voice when he heard about the lack of death thing

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited September 2008
    I loved his disdain for the FBI and the utter disinterest in detaining George Clooney's character

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  • langfor6langfor6 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    You're a fucking Mormon! Compared to you everyone has a drinking problem!

    Sorry, I just saw this two days ago. Malkovich was aces in this film.

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  • Lucky CynicLucky Cynic Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    You guys know what is fucking retarded. A local theatre decided to stop showing Burn after reading. I asked why but they said that it was just empty every showing.... -_-

    Meanwhile they had that Beverly Hills Chuwahua movie starting every 30min...

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  • RialeRiale I'm a little slow Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    people have horrible taste. news at 11.

    let's hope it at least does okay in dvds, because this film deserves praise.

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I just saw it yesterday. I'm kind of surprised that everyone is calling it so funny. I mean, it had a lot of funny parts, especially any part with Brad Pitt, but overall it was sort of sad to me.

    Still, very good, and I need to get around to seeing it again before it leaves theaters.

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  • IskanderIskander Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I just saw it yesterday. I'm kind of surprised that everyone is calling it so funny. I mean, it had a lot of funny parts, especially any part with Brad Pitt, but overall it was sort of sad to me.

    Still, very good, and I need to get around to seeing it again before it leaves theaters.

    It wasn't particularly sad because as others said, the characters are completely absurd and unrelateable. They serve only as instruments to deliver this movie's message and story.

    What I took away from it was the feeling of relativity and misunderstanding. Something that may mean the world to one person can be utterly insignificant to another. As long as there is no clear communication each person will operate in their own set of relative importance and remain ignorant to everything else.

    I also laughed my fucking ass off at the movie. Especially
    the pink dildo bobbing up and down while Clooney is trying to destroy the chair :D

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Iskander wrote: »
    I just saw it yesterday. I'm kind of surprised that everyone is calling it so funny. I mean, it had a lot of funny parts, especially any part with Brad Pitt, but overall it was sort of sad to me.

    Still, very good, and I need to get around to seeing it again before it leaves theaters.

    It wasn't particularly sad because as others said, the characters are completely absurd and unrelateable. They serve only as instruments to deliver this movie's message and story.

    What I took away from it was the feeling of relativity and misunderstanding. Something that may mean the world to one person can be utterly insignificant to another. As long as there is no clear communication each person will operate in their own set of relative importance and remain ignorant to everything else.

    I also laughed my fucking ass off at the movie. Especially
    the pink dildo bobbing up and down while Clooney is trying to destroy the chair :D
    The characters were definitely absurd, but for me the absurdity mostly came from how unbelievably self-absorbed the three main characters are. They all think that the world revolves around them and them alone, and because of that they get tangled up into this huge mess that ruins their lives and creates a lot of problems for innocent bystanders, like the gym manager. By the end,
    the only one who gets what they want is Linda, but what she wants is superficial, and she sacrificed two people that legitimately cared for her in order to get it.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    The end scene had me in stitches. I was still laughing pretty hard even when I walked out of the theater.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    no my favorite line is still YOU THINK THAT'S A SCHWINNNNNN

    i was giggling for five minutes straight

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  • Speed RacerSpeed Racer Scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratch scritch scratchRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Faricazy wrote: »
    no my favorite line is still YOU THINK THAT'S A SCHWINNNNNN

    i was giggling for five minutes straight

    I liked

    "Did you get the money?"

    "He hit me!"

    I don't know, something about his expression and the way he seems like a little kid running to his mommy is just so perfect.

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  • HacksawHacksaw J. Duggan Esq. Wrestler at LawRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Clooney's freakout in the park was also a great moment. The expression on his face was absolutely priceless.

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  • Beef AvengerBeef Avenger Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Who are you!

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  • suttbeckssuttbecks Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    somebody get me a screencap of the brief shot of brad pitt's face
    right before he gets shot in the head

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  • UrianUrian __BANNED USERS regular
    edited October 2008
    suttbecks wrote: »
    somebody get me a screencap of the brief shot of brad pitt's face
    right before he gets shot in the head

    Don't think anyone'll get that till the dvd comes out, but yeah that was hillarious.

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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Faricazy wrote: »
    no my favorite line is still YOU THINK THAT'S A SCHWINNNNNN

    i was giggling for five minutes straight

    Yeah, me too. He just had such utter disdain for his lack of knowledge in his voice.

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    no my favorite line is still YOU THINK THAT'S A SCHWINNNNNN

    i was giggling for five minutes straight

    Yeah, me too. He just had such utter disdain for his lack of knowledge in his voice.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjoXlnk0H0

    just gonna keep watching this on repeat

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    i got a Zenith catalog in the mail

    this is the cover

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    Osborne.....Cox?

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    what's wrong with that dude's face

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Mr. Black?

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  • IskanderIskander Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    he's doing a chadface

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  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited October 2008
    he's doing a "this face looks like it was photoshopped on" face

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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    his hair is more suspect that his face i think

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  • YaYaYaYa Decent. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    bumpin this one up

    it just came out in Aus tonight and it's the hardest I've laughed in a long long time

    the closet scene alone had me cracking up for about three minutes straight

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  • potatoepotatoe Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    oh hey i saw this

    good times

    very good times

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  • Penguin IncarnatePenguin Incarnate King of Kafiristan Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I just watched The Man Who Wasn't There.

    It was fucking awesome. It's shame no one ever talks about the damn thing.

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  • jotjot Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I just watched The Man Who Wasn't There.

    It was fucking awesome. It's shame no one ever talks about the damn thing.

    Penguin tell me something about The Man Who Wasn't There
    I watched it ages ago. I recall the basic plot but then
    there were some kind of ufos I guess and I was all like what just happened and then it was over

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  • RialeRiale I'm a little slow Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I went to see The Man Who Wasn't There, but he wasn't there!

    instantrimshot.com

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    While I was walking up the stair
    I saw a man that wasnt there
    he wasnt there again today
    I wish that man would go away

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  • DrIanMalcolmDrIanMalcolm Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    This came out in New Zealand yesterday

    I enjoyed it

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  • FutoreFutore Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I'm thinking about watching Citizen Kane tonight. I hear it's a decent romantic comedy. the typical college flic to pass the time

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  • PiptheFairPiptheFair Frequently not in boats. Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Futore wrote: »
    I'm thinking about watching Citizen Kane tonight. I hear it's a decent romantic comedy. the typical college flic to pass the time

    Shit yeah. You should watch High Noon after that. Pretty good action flick and it's got some smoking mexican chick.

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