Comments on: Michael Clooney . . . George Clayton . . . Oh, Forget It http://www.theottery.com/2008/03/michael-clooney-george-clayton-oh-forget-it/ "If an otter can't have fun doing something, it just simply won't do it." Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:23:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: BoogaFace http://www.theottery.com/2008/03/michael-clooney-george-clayton-oh-forget-it/#comment-2054 BoogaFace Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:33:35 +0000 http://www.theottery.com/2008/03/michael-clooney-george-clayton-oh-forget-it/#comment-2054 I liked the Bourne movies better too. Michael Clayton is good, but not great. Clooney's character is OK, but just OK. I agree with you that Karen Crowder (Swinton) is a much more interesting character. I was impressed that the movie was able to get the audience to feel conflicting emotions about her character, but perhaps you're right that this could have been even better. However, in addition to quality (since we know the Academy doesn't really care about such tedious notions as quality), I appreciate the publicity the movie is getting because of what I take to be its anti-corporate politics. What worries me is that most people watching the movie will just enjoy the thriller and then go home and not realize that there actually exists a company really that evil out there -- Monsanto. I mean, U/North is clearly Monsanto, right? This was the same problem I had with the Constant Gardiner and Syriana -- the movies address real things but in such a hyperbolic and sketchy way that they undermine their own puprose. As political of a person as I am, I actually prefer the fantastic and otherworldly Bourne movies. I liked the Bourne movies better too. Michael Clayton is good, but not great. Clooney’s character is OK, but just OK. I agree with you that Karen Crowder (Swinton) is a much more interesting character. I was impressed that the movie was able to get the audience to feel conflicting emotions about her character, but perhaps you’re right that this could have been even better.

However, in addition to quality (since we know the Academy doesn’t really care about such tedious notions as quality), I appreciate the publicity the movie is getting because of what I take to be its anti-corporate politics. What worries me is that most people watching the movie will just enjoy the thriller and then go home and not realize that there actually exists a company really that evil out there — Monsanto. I mean, U/North is clearly Monsanto, right?

This was the same problem I had with the Constant Gardiner and Syriana — the movies address real things but in such a hyperbolic and sketchy way that they undermine their own puprose. As political of a person as I am, I actually prefer the fantastic and otherworldly Bourne movies.

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