Also, in the theater (Edward's Greenway), there was an awful lot of old white guys there. Was it an old white guy kind of movie? It didn't seem like it to me, but perhaps the title "The American" entices a certain demographic of Constitution-wielding patriots? One of them that sat behind me took exception to the fact that Clooney was holding the scope too close to his eye. He was in disbelief they could ever get that wrong! I think the quote was: "You would never hold a scope that close to your eye. Never in a million years!" I had a strong urge to stand up and yell "AMERICA!!! F**K YEAH!!" in the middle of it, too. Is that wrong?
I've yet to see it, but I'm looking forward to catching the flick. It's perplexing to me that there's so much criticism of Mr. Clooney's work here. He's one of my favorite actors, one of the guys that I always make sure to see in his latest film. Some films stand out for me. His work in From Dusk to Dawn, Three Kings, O Brother Where Art Thou?, The Perfect Storm (lousy script... not his fault), Intolerable Cruelty, Solaris, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (also directed), Good Night, and Good Luck (also directed), Syriana, Michael Clayton, and Up in the Air are all outstanding, in my opinion. If you compare his work in From Dusk to Dawn, Three Kings, and Michael Clayton to O Brother Where Art Thou? and Intolerable Cruelty, you see the range Clooney has as an actor. Solaris, Michael Clayton, and Up in the Air in particular display his ability as a dramatic actor. Clooney has never been afraid to take risks, and some have failed at the box office, but regardless, I enjoy what he does. I've yet to see The Men Who Stare at Goats and, as I said earlier, The American, but I'll get to them. He's proven to be an excellent director with Good Night, and Good Luck and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. He has that aspect of film making to look forward to as he gets rather old for playing the leading man (but not too old yet!) Clooney has paid the bills with entertaining fluff like the Oceans flicks. I saw them, as well. Oh, and I really liked Burn After Reading.
Even though he played a bit role, Welcome to Collinwood is one of my favorites of his if you like off beat, quirky type of films. I think he was an executive producer and pushed for the film to be made. Great script and actors - Clooney, William H Macy, Isaiah Washington, Sam Rockwell, Michael Jeter, Luis Guzman and some Gabrielle Union for eye candy lol
I still think he would have made an excellent OLDER Batman but that abomination of a movie he got cast in probably ruined most folks perception of him in that role. Clooney as Bruce Wayne with a director like Nolan would have made for a darn good movie but at least we got Seth Gecko, which IMHO is still one of the best anti-heroes of this generation.
Hes a great actor. He was in 3 of my favorite movies of last year in Up in the Air, Fantastic Mr Fox, and the Men Who Stare at Goats. And I loved Burn After Reading too. Good Night and Good Luck was good too Sure not everything he makes is good, but few actors make amazing movies, and usually its not his fault as much as the script/directing
It looks interesting. I hear it was advertised terribly though and not an action film at all like it was made to look in the trailers. I figure a lot of people are going in with the wrong mindset
Clooney's good move vs bad movie percentage is wayyy better than most actors. And he is versatile from funny to pretty boy to badass he can do it all
I would say Leo Decarpio has the best percentage now. All his latest movies have been awesome. Tom Hanks is another guy who just makes good movies.
I used to hate Clooney until he did O Brother and I saw he could do a decent job. (Coen Brothers bring out the best in everyone -- they even made it look like Nicolas Cage could act.) I've been liking Clooney better by degrees since then. Given the other opinions of the OP, I can see we don't agree, so I'll ignore his advice on The American (though it's unlikely I'll see it anyway).
I've heard The American is not much of a movie but Clooney is an excellent actor. Michael Clayton and Up in the Air are excellent movies and he's had a pretty strong history overall.
Did anyone see that movie he did with J. Lo called "Out of Sight?" I thought that was a criminally underrated movie and he was fantastic in it. To cinema geeks who have seen it, the "love" scene with J. Lo about 2/3 of the way through the movie was an absolute master class of filmmaking. The dialogue and especially the editing was phenomenal. At the risk of sounding like a huge nerd, I thought it was amazing.
