Hail, Caesar! is the Coen Brothers love letter to 50's Hollywood that I just did not love or even enjoy for that matter.
Hail, Caesar! is a movie about Eddie Mannix (Josh Brolin), who is the head of production at Capital Pictures, and what he has to deal with while trying to get movies made. The main marketing of Hail, Caesar! shows that Eddie must deal with his lead actor, Baird Whitlock (George Clooney), being kidnapped and held for ransom, but that't not all that takes place. He has a type casted actor that struggles when they try to make him branch out into different roles; an actress who's image they are trying to keep clean once she becomes pregnant; and journalists who are trying to get dirt on a scandal taking place at the studio.
What I liked about Hail, Caesar! was the characters. I thought they were all unique and brought a certain flare to the movie. The actors playing this characters did a fantastic job bringing them to life and making them enjoyable. The main highlight of the film was Channing Tatum's characters song and dance.
I may have enjoyed the characters in Hail, Caesar! but the story in which they take place in was boring. I didn't care about what they were doing on screen. They all seemed like fun and interesting people, but they were never given time to grow and develop. I think there was just too many people. I would have enjoyed it more if the Coen Brothers had just focused on one, maybe two, of the characters storylines and just gave the audience more time and information about them. There are people in this movie that you see their entire screen time in the trailer. If you can fit their entire storyline into a 90 second trailer, why have them in the film at all?
I was really looking forward to Hail, Caesar!. I really enjoy a lot of the Coen Brothers other films but this one was all over the place with it's story. Outside of Eddie, you never spend a lot of time with all the other characters even though the actors make you want to. I found myself completely bored and looking forward to the movie ending. Hail, Caesar! was a huge disappointment.
2 1/2 Stars
1 comment:
I couldn't tell if this would be good or not from the trailer. Looks like kind of a weird movie but had good actors. You made some really good points. Now I can spend 2 hours watching something better. Thanks man.
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