Hey, do you enjoy movies directed by the Coen Brothers? I sure do. Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading; Love love love. Here is the thing though, about the Coen Brothers movies: when you try to explain the plot, they just take too fucking long to talk about. It is better to just go see them, if you are a fan at all. So, instead of writing a proper review, which would take me most of the remaining days of my life, I am just going to offer up a fun Top Ten List of stuff I liked about Hail Caesar!, a preview of which I saw earlier this week, and which you might like as well.
OK, here we go.
Fat Jonah Hill. You know how Jonah Hill was fat in Superbad, and everyone loved him? And then he got real thin and in-shape, but then everyone decided they liked him better when he was fat? Well, he’s fat again in this movie.
If you like Old/Classic Hollywood Films, say, from the ‘40s, you will dig that this film takes place inside the Hollywood film industry during that time period.
Scarlett Johansson in Synchronized Swimming Scenes!
Did you know that Channing Tatum can sing and dance like Fred Astaire? I had no idea, but he is AMAZING!
Tilda Swinton as Identical Twin Gossip Columnists! Yes, I just typed that!
Alden Ehrenreich. Have you ever heard of this guy before? Me neither, but the story goes that he was “discovered” at age 14 at a Bar mitzvah attended by Steven Spielberg. Truth is stranger than fiction. He is terrific in Hail, Caesar! playing a Singing Cowboy Movie Star who gets hilariously miscast as a romantic lead in a straight drama.
Wait until you see Channing Tatum’s Character’s House. It is just insane, and I want to live in it.
Christopher Lambert, star of the most important ’80s genre pic ever, Highlander, has a brief supporting role, and shares a scene with the move’s primary lead actor, Josh Brolin. The fun thing about this onscreen pairing is that both actors are ex-husbands of actress Diane Lane! Trivia!
George Clooney was born to wear a Gladiator outfit and Roman Sandals!
The Submarine scene.
Hail, Caesar! hits theatres on February 5th, 2016!
I’m not the biggest Coen bros. fan, but I try really hard to get their stuff. They’re sort of hit or miss with me. This one looks pretty fun! I’ll probably wait until Blu-ray, but Tilda and Scarlett? YUP.