george clooney weekend! March 8, 2008
Last weekend yosefblog and I happened to have two Clooney films come up in our cue (and our mailbox) at the same time. This Synergeorgey led to a weekend of salt ‘n pepper hair and understated smooth. Michael Clayton was actually a surprisingly simple film, given that it was sort of a thriller-ish sort of movie. And Tilda totally deserved the Oscar on that one; unlike Michael Clooney-Clayton, who will, upon seeing the car that should have killed him blow up, run straight up to it and throw all of his electronics in it in order to fake his death, thereby buying the time necessary to devise the perfect payback to screw the evil fertilizer conglomerate, Tilda’s character will fall to the ground, stricken by her own crippling guilt and fear, while Clooney coolly swaggers away in victory. It’s the ultimate commentary not only on the abuse of power, but on the difference between the way that women and men handle that power. Is it a coincidence that the phrase Clooney uses to indicate to Swinton that she has lost the game of brinkmanship is “You’re so fucked”? Hmmm…probably coincidence, but still…
And then there was “Ocean’s Thirteen”. Mexican factory strikes. Love potions. Prosthetic noses. Men being men; gotta love it. “Remember that thing with that guy in that place?” Yup.
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