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  • #1

    Burn After Reading

    Not the Coen brothers best, but not bad if you have acquired a taste for them as I have. Best line of the movie:

    Agent Palmer: You have a drinking problem.

    Osbourne Cox: You're Mormon. Next to you we all have a drinking problem.
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  • #2
    Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
    Not the Coen brothers best, but not bad if you have acquired a taste for them as I have. Best line of the movie:

    Agent Palmer: You have a drinking problem.

    Osbourne Cox: You're Mormon. Next to you we all have a drinking problem.
    Yeah, that line got one of the biggest laughs of the whole movie here in Houston.

    I'm a big fan of the Coen Brothers -- I definitely put this one well below Fargo and No Country in my rankings, though. I wouldn't mind watching it again though.

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    • #3
      Finally got around to seeing this one. I can honestly say that I only laughed out loud once, and mildly chuckled a few other times. An interesting/clever plot, and a great cast, so I can't quite explain why I didn't enjoy it more. On a semi-related note, ever since seeing The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe, I can't stop picturing Tilda Swinton as the White Witch. It semi-ruined her role in Michael Clayton for me, and did the same here. Also, Fran McDormand looked like hell in this movie. Did she pack on the weight specifically for this role, or is the just that lumpy these days? Not that she was ever much of a looker, but geez.
      Prepare to put mustard on those words, for you will soon be consuming them, along with this slice of humble pie that comes direct from the oven of shame set at gas mark “egg on your face”! -- Moss

      There's three rules that I live by: never get less than twelve hours sleep; never play cards with a guy who's got the same first name as a city; and never go near a lady's got a tattoo of a dagger on her body. Now you stick to that, everything else is cream cheese. --Coach Finstock

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      • #4
        Amongst the Coen brothers dozen films, I put this in the middle of the pack. I still laugh at the idea of Brad Pitt's character (I.Q. 80 or 90) trying to blackmail John Malkovich, then gets in his car and gets punched in the nose. "Give me my *$&%ing disk!!"

        And the look on Brad's face when George Clooney opens the closet and sees him hiding. He plays a great idiot.

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        • #5
          It beats the crap out of The Big Lebowski
          Everything in life is an approximation.

          http://twitter.com/CougarStats

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
            It beats the crap out of The Big Lebowski
            You shut your whore mouth!
            "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
            "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
            "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
              You shut your whore mouth!

              http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showpo...22&postcount=1
              Everything in life is an approximation.

              http://twitter.com/CougarStats

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
                It beats the crap out of The Big Lebowski
                You watch R rated movies?

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by UtahDan View Post
                  You watch R rated movies?
                  I wear a scarlet R on my chest. Of course, around here, people think that means I like Rutgers, but for the properly initiated, they know my shame.
                  Everything in life is an approximation.

                  http://twitter.com/CougarStats

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
                    http://www.cougaruteforum.com/showpo...22&postcount=1
                    Touche'.

                    You get back to me when Burn After Reading spawns a new religion.

                    http://www.dudeism.com/
                    "There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
                    "It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
                    "Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Indy Coug View Post
                      I wear a scarlet R on my chest. Of course, around here, people think that means I like Rutgers, but for the properly initiated, they know my shame.
                      Your fantasy that you are not one of us is falling apart one piece at a time.

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