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I just rewatched it. Damn, what an outstanding film. Clooney has never been more effectively used on screen. I loved Tilda Swinton in her Oscar-winning role, and Merritt Wever was terrific.
In hindsight I would have been happy if either it or There Will Be Blood had won Best Picture. Despite my affection for Cormac McCarthy’s novels, I’ve never felt a need to rewatch No Country for Old Men.
| by Anonymous | reply 17 | May 25, 2020 7:14 PM |
I think the Clooney and Swinton scene at the end is spectacular.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 25, 2020 1:09 AM |
One of my favorite movies.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 25, 2020 1:13 AM |
There Will Be Blood should have won that year but Clayton was a superb movie.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 25, 2020 1:13 AM |
I loved that film and want to watch it again.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 25, 2020 1:15 AM |
That's a great movie. What I loved most was the writing. That dialogue was absolutely brilliant. The Gilroys rock.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 25, 2020 1:24 AM |
I'm a fan. This is the movie that got me to pay attention to Denis O'Hare. He was so intense as the hit-and-run business mogul.
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | May 25, 2020 1:35 AM |
I don’t remember Merritt Wever, one of my favorite performers.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 25, 2020 1:41 AM |
R2's scene was filmed on the third floor of the New York Hilton and Towers. For twenty years, I participated in an academic conference there.
Anyway, I love this movie. It stands up well with the passage of time.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | May 25, 2020 1:46 AM |
Never miss it when it’s on (or Up in the Air and the Descendants for that matter). All three are truly great films, and all three are testaments to Clooney’s acting skills. I never get tired of watching them - or O Brother...
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | May 25, 2020 2:09 AM |
Ides of March is better than Michael Clayton but they are my two favorite Clooney movies. Tilda Swinton owns Michael Clayton!
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 25, 2020 5:26 AM |
Is it crazy that I think Sydney Pollack might have been a better actor than director?
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 25, 2020 2:01 PM |
Not completely, r12. As an actor, Pollack was great in Tootsie, Husbands and Wives and Tootsie. As a director, he had several hits, but Tootsie is the only one I really love. I'll admit, I considered him a DILF, even though he wasn't handsome.
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 25, 2020 5:25 PM |
R13 I also loved him in Tootsie, Tootsie and Tootsie.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 25, 2020 5:30 PM |
My favorite scene is when Karen is preparing her speech to the board while packing, laying out her clothes. It's like a one act play.
Great Oscar speech, "Oh, no". She gave the Oscar to her agent!
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 25, 2020 5:53 PM |
Excellent film. As much as I like Tom Wilkinson, I was surprised that Clooney didn't cast his Good Night And Good Luck star David Strathairn in that role. I think DS would have been even better than Wilkinson.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 25, 2020 7:13 PM |
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