Ladykillers is a Coen Brothers movie that I have been avoiding for a while now. Since Fargo, which I liked a lot, I've found that I love some of the references, some of the scenes, some of the plot devices in their movies but I hardly ever leave one of them satisfied. Ladykillers is one of those. It's a caper film base on a previous film of the same name that starred Alec Guinness. I saw that one, too. It wasn't any better. Tom Hanks leads a band of silly criminals. Their plan is to tunnel into a bank from the basement of a house where Hanks has rented a room. The owner of the house is a little gullible and thinks the criminals are playing music in her basement. The Coens spend the first two thirds of the movie setting up the final events and I was interested in how it will turn out until the first event happened. After that, the rest are too predictable and take way too long. Despite a stellar cast and some funny moments, Ladykillers is a waste of time.
5 song iTune shuffle:
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Quote of the Day
I don't want my NFL owner to give injury updates. I don't want him on the sidelines or in the locker room. I want him up in his box, and I want him to stay there. I want him to hire a strong personality with expertise and fire, and preferably lots of experience. Then I want the owner to get out of the way, period.
Michael Ventre, MSNBC.com
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Quote from said blog: "Since his poor outing in Week 2 against the Giants, Romo has thrown 18 touchdowns and just four interceptions while averaging close to 280 passing yards per contest. Friends, that is flat-out elite quarterbacking."
Rob: Funny you mention this. My nephew just put this on the other night and I never warmed up to it. Have also watched "The Hangover" and "Up in the Air" this week. I was disappointed in "The Hangover," but watched parts again when said nephew replayed it, and thought it was actually OK (if mostly predictable and crass). In other words, it had its moments. Saw "Up in the Air" in a theater and liked it very much. Good performances all around and the story doesn't quite pan out the way you think it might.
I want to see Up In The Air, Dan. I've been watching the trailer for it for several months now. The Hangover doesn't really appeal to me.