Burn After Watching

Rating: 3/10 (15 October 2011)

For those who don't know this is a BLACK COMEDY (like myself) will be the real blow to you. Here on the Saturday night looking forward to some light comedy movie and it turn out to be a real massacre ain't my kind of fun. The trailer doesn't imply it to be black comedy either. I felt cheated and robbed of my valuable holiday.
Synopsis: a man and women found an ex-CIA memoir that contains what they believe was a valuable national security. They next plan trying to black mail that ex CIA to giving them money. The problem arises when he refused to pay the money.
What I believe is that - people are trying too hard having seen this is as Ethan and Joel's films they force themselves into like it. I on the other hand didn't quite enjoy it at all. The first 2/3 part of the film are complete pointless and only almost close to the end when things start to get interesting.
Frankly, I watch this movie because of them (Ethan and Joel) having seen No Country for Old Men (and really like it) I wanted to see what movie they will do next. I also believe that most (if not all) watch this movie of the same reason. The cast also add to that. But that doesn't help one bit.
The casting was probably the highlight of this movie with G. Clooney, F. McDormand, J. Malkovich, T. Swinton and Brad Pitt (even though he appears in like ½ hour or so). The actors of this caliber need not be said how good they are. Still that doesn't help me one bit.
The movie do consist couple of humors though not kind of laugh-out-loud and not the thing you were going to look forward to.
Overall, It left me wondering if it wasn't for the two brothers would it even be made let alone famous? If it wasn't for the two would any of the cast still willing to appear in the movie? If it wasn't for them would it have gone straight to DVD kind of movie instead of theatre? Anyway, this is probably the only time I will ever watch this movie. I count myself lucky this time having not going to see this movie in the theater, otherwise I would have been so mad.
Recommendation: Sorry, but I can't recommend this to anyway one that do not enjoy black comedy.
Rating: 3/10 (Grade: F)