Good Night, Good Luck

No I think one of the most over rated movies in recent memory is probably Boreback Mountain. Beautifully shot, but a snoozefest overall.

Anyway, on Goodnight... I really enjoyed it. It felt true to its period and almost felt like you were right there as it happened, not watching a recreation.

I liked the look of it, very well acted, and I enjoyed Clooney's direction overall.

There are movies of far less aesthetic that not only won Oscars but garnered more praise, IMO. Very RARELY does a movie warrant all the hype and buzz that spin doctors cleverly get paid to spin, but I thought this movie deserved some praise. It was very well done. I'd see it again.
 
I really liked the movie but felt a bit let down.

I think the acting, cinematography, and directing were all top notch and worthy of praise. However, I can't help but feel it felt more like a documentary than an actual movie. It focused so purely on the facts and the polotics that it seemed to have lost the human factor.
 
yagfxg33k said:
I thought Clooney was great in "Oh brother, where art thou?".
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That is also the movie that made George Clooney stand out to me. In my mind the guy was overhyped because of ER and knowing him from his mullet days but he has turned out to be one cool dude.
 
I saw this the other night and I really liked it. Maybe it was the historical aspect. But I can see why some folks didn't.

In the end what impressed me was how they could take a story that I knew the end to, involving no physical action and through the writing, acting and directing, make it so interesting. There were a few times it reminded me of Apollo 13, (maybe because of all the people smoking, wearing ties and sitting at controls) but it didn't have the benefit of rockets, explosions, and imminent death. But it still held my attention. Was it one of the best of the year...? I don't know. But for me, it was a worthwhile 90 minutes.

The closest comparison I could make would be All The President's Men, as far as the premise. I liked this better.
 
Yea that's a good comparison.

One thing that always bothered me about All the President's Men was the ending.

I always felt a bit cheated when they just cut straight to the wire rattling off the endictments.

I felt there was more story to tell.
 
Exactly. It was a good movie, despite Redford's pomposity and Hoffman's mumbling. But the end...It was like, "Oh well, you all know how the rest goes, so we won't show any of that."
 
I was a little worried before watching this movie that I would be inundated with Clooney's polictical ideas. I almost didn't watch it for that reason. My daughter rented it, so I watched it.

I was pleasantly surprised. I found it to have a interesting and engaging story. Sure there was a little politics involved it was not heavy handed and to ignore the politics in this story would not have been possible because of the nature of the material itself. Personally, I enjoyed the documentary feel. Black and white was an excellent choice. Two high profile movies in one year, b&w? While I liked the choice in both movies, this one and Capote, I was bored to death by Capote and really enjoyed Good Night, and Good Luck.
 
Capote was not B&W. I just watched that film last weekend, and really enjoyed it. But I know for certain it was not B&W.
 
briceman said:
Capote was not B&W. I just watched that film last weekend, and really enjoyed it. But I know for certain it was not B&W.
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You're right. It just felt b&w...my mistake :embarasse
 
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