Comments on: Review: ‘The Counselor’ Starring Michael Fassbender, Javier Bardem, Cameron Diaz, Penelope Cruz & Brad Pitt

By: Ian

Ian — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

It was okay, but ultimately disappointing. McCarthy's literate dialogue looks great on paper, but comes across as heavy-handed on film. Still, an interesting movie.

By: Harry Corbin

Harry Corbin — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

Worse movie of the year. Probably the worse movie of the 21st century. Two hours later, the movie is over, the lights come up, and you are still sitting in the movie theater wondering what the hell just happened. The longer you think about it, the more you realize that you just do not know. What you do know, is that you just spent over two hours of your life that will forever be gone – forever. Once you realize that, you race out of the movie theater in search of the closest bar, because you are going to need a few shots and a few beers to numb the pain. Hopefully you'll find a happy hour, so that you can drink more and pay less. At least that will be some consolation for the past 125 minutes that you just wasted. Even if I disliked someone, I would still not recommend that they go see this film. That would be cruel and unusual punishment. I do not dislike anyone that much, but if you do then…

By: Carissa

Carissa — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

"Stripped by genre trappings, his tableaus are tacky and fetishistically untouched." <<< what is that supposed to even mean? Talk about PRETENTIOUS!

By: Penelope

Penelope — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

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By: Glass

Glass — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

***SPOILERS***

Brad Pitt's death scene made me forget how lame the rest of the movie was for 45 seconds. Cameron Diaz's final monologue made me cringe extra hard. Then it cut to black lol

By: Josh

Josh — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

Haven't seen it yet, but damn its hard not to feel disappointed. The cast, writer and trailer all made me believe this was going to be Ridley Scott's best movie since Black Hawk Down.

By: henry

henry — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

I saw it screened a couple of weeks ago. I really wanted it to like it, but it's just simply not very good.

What little plot there is makes little sense, and everyone talks and talks, but it always sounds like it may as well be the same character talking, and by the time the end credits roll – you don't really care.

By: MIKE

MIKE — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

I apologize for my earlier comments in this thread. I'm an idiot please disregard anything I say.

By: Mr. Pharmore

Mr. Pharmore — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

I read the script and it was masterful. Can't freakin' wait to see this movie! (And, no, I don't mind dark movies either).

By: Dan

Dan — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

Well Ridley Scott has lost a lot of his skills lately, story sounds dull, trailer was boring, reviews are crap so I am not interested in this anymore.

By: hank

hank — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

I'd take this review with a grain of salt. This particular reviewer only writes negative reviews.

By: dav

dav — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

The comment that Ridley's deceased brother would have made a better movie out of the script was unnecessary.

By: Susie

Susie — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

I'm going to see it tomorrow. Even the reviews that are negative haven't discouraged me. I don't mind bleak and nihilistic, I don't need a happy ending, and I don't care about relatable characters, if the film is strong enough. This one sounds as if it might be.

By: Robert De Niro

Robert De Niro — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

I'm not giving up hope. Some critics (not a lot, I know) are flat out raving about it. It sounds really, really, really bleak and dark. Combine that with a challenging lyrical screenplay and Greek tragedy-like archetype characterization and you're in trouble. The thing is, the film is likely divisive as hell. Not unlike Killing Them Softly (a masterpiece) or maybe closer to Only God Forgives (also a cinematic masterpiece in my opinion). This seems like the kind of film you have to see before you have any idea about what kind of beast it is. Great review.

By: yer

yer — Sun, 22 May 2016 03:13:08 +0000

Although obviously not the be all end all, that's really a shame because the screenplay by Cormac is every bit as good as his novels and reminded me a lot of NCFOM. It really featured some beautiful prose and was written more in novel format than anything. I doubted Scott as a director for this piece from the start and although it might seem cliche I thought the Coens would have been a nice fit to work with McCarthy again if they decided to go back into serious mode.