Awful Cohen brothers movie...

Rating: 1/10 (28 January 2009)

I really don't understand what all the hype is about. The Coen brothers' film skewers every aspect of American society: our shallow obsession with looks; our need to create impersonal bureaucracies; our inability to stay married and/or faithful to our partners; and our lack of understanding that the world around us contains anything but ourselves. Yet nothing is so mercilessly mocked as our current intelligence agencies. Mired in political struggles and incompetence, they are completely clueless as to how to deal with the real crisis that faces them in the form of Osbourne's ill-advised memoirs.I always ask myself is, would I buy this when it is released? My answer is no. Everything in this film intersects, but nothing connects. I know you'll all rain down on me but just ask yourself why you enjoyed it, was it really that entertaining? Please don't mention anything to do with Brad Pitt in reply. Filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen show that "stupid is as stupid does", in their greatest dark comedy since "Raising Arizona."