The Emporer's New (No) Clothes

Rating: 6/10 (23 November 2007)

What is all the hype about? An eight point nine IMDb rating as of 11-23-07? Can't anyone see the emperor has no clothes here? I went to this movie based on the IMDb rating and the fact that it was a Coen Brothers movie, but I have to say I wasted 8 bucks and could've waited for the DVD. I was ready for a good, satisfying story of underdog revenge (the way it was marketed) and ended up with "why old men shouldn't retire, because it was just as bad in the old days as it is now." Josh Brolin could've been another Russell Crowe (a la Gladiator - so good was his performance), but it wasn't to be.
I felt like I was sold a bill of goods. To blame is both the marketeers and the ignorant voters on IMDb. Rarely does IMDb fail me, but I have been noticing of late a genuine shift into hyped up voting based on writer/director reputation and/or underground buzz. It was a great movie two thirds of the way through, but the last third leaves so much to be desired (because of plot change) that I began wondering if the emperors Coen were caught in their skivvies.