Squint! Squint at the grandeur!

Rating: 10/10 (7 February 2016)

The promise of satire combined with so many negative audience reviews immediately got my hopes up for Hail, Caesar! Of course I chastised myself because high hopes are easily dashed. To my extreme delight this movie was not a disappointment, and had plenty of laugh out loud moments. The only thing I'd change would be to flip the second-to-last scene with the last scene to avoid ending the movie on a flat note. The complaints such as "Meh! Not enough Jonah Hill, boo-hoo." His character was perfect in execution, and screen time. Everything in this movie was coherent and flowed beautifully. You really do need to have a variety of knowledge to get the real humor, not just the slapstick "Ha-ha, Sailors looking gay in a musical scene." Josh Brolin's scene with the religious leaders was hilarious. Now I know satire is not for many, even my friend was worried a lot would go over her head. If you are someone who does enjoy it though, and you have knowledge on a variety of topics, this movie is definitely for you. I would absolutely see it in the theaters a second time. I'm sure there's so much more to discover in a second viewing. While this movie does satirize Hollywood's Golden Era, it really is relevant to today. Such as everyone complaining about this movie who try to appear cultivated and learned would be the Communist screen writers, and the ones who complain about not getting the movie and that the jokes weren't funny would be Baird Whitlock, and honestly I feel like I'm Hobie Doyle. This is not just some period piece. This current world is unfortunately overrun with Professor Marcuses, Communist Writers, and Baird Whitlocks, because I hear their nonsense spouted everyday. Satire exposes these things in a clever and humorous way, that's what it is.