tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post4398169442477427301..comments2024-03-25T21:14:49.666-04:00Comments on Joel Swagman (Reviews / TESOL): Burn After ReadingJoel Swagmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post-73262909304593672492017-07-20T10:05:52.819-04:002017-07-20T10:05:52.819-04:00Thanks for the link. An interesting read. I gues...Thanks for the link. An interesting read. I guess add this to the "the Trump presidency has made satire impossible" pile?Joel Swagmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post-14792733897423922222017-07-19T15:48:11.262-04:002017-07-19T15:48:11.262-04:00Or perhaps Burn After Reading is best viewed as pr...Or perhaps <i>Burn After Reading</i> is <a href="http://www.avclub.com/article/let-us-compare-idiots-burn-after-reading-idiots-tr-258186" rel="nofollow">best viewed as prophecy</a>.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post-23950681781023200712009-10-26T03:24:07.479-04:002009-10-26T03:24:07.479-04:00Yes, I think I'd go along with that assesment ...Yes, I think I'd go along with that assesment (although I'm always reluctant to pass judgement on these films). Not a classic, but enough good points to justify watching it.Joel Swagmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14948746083822200906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5940197.post-27055619974836426752009-10-22T09:32:11.062-04:002009-10-22T09:32:11.062-04:00I thought it was another assembly-line Coen Brothe...I thought it was another assembly-line Coen Brothers movie: not on par with their most emotionally powerful work, but still astonishing in spots. I can't get over how capable they are of surprising me, and nothing recently has caught me as off-guard as the Clooney character's obscene chair. And I loved Malkovitch's constant "What the <i>fuck</i>?" refrain.Whisky Prajerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14076228013022881173noreply@blogger.com