I loved it; I hated it

Rating: 5/10 (2 December 2007)

I know it means I'm an unsophisticated dope, but I think the resolution of this movie makes the case why they don't make movie endings like this. I'm fine with movies that leave things undone and I don't need happy endings. But I'm very annoyed at the way we are brought into caring about Josh Brolin and they knock him off like that. I don't mind that he was killed, I mind that it came off like he walked off the set and they didn't have any ideas about how to kill him so they put a stand-in in the hotel room.
But mostly, I am getting fairly annoyed with Joel and Ethan inserting themselves into every camera shot like a couple of smug UCLA film grad students. You are always aware of them trying to show how much they know about film making. It's just tedious.
Really seems like an overrated film.