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JamesG · 10-25-2013, 11:13 PM

Movie Reviews: The Counselor

The Counselor, based on the original film screenplay by Cormac McCartney, had the great pleasure of England's Ridley Scott at its helm to direct the thriller to the big screen. A film that is guaranteed to visually pleasure cinemagoers and frequently contain violence, as is expected with Scott's recognizable style, boosts an immensely talented cast of A-list actors.

Michael Fassbender leads the pack which also features Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, and Javier Bardem. They depict a tale of greed, life and death as an unnamed counselor (Fassbender) makes the life changing decision to partner with a drug dealing criminal he has been defending for years.

The operations take place on the border between Texas and Mexico, an area ideal for drug cartels to take their product stateside, but the naïve counselor may have underestimated of what he got involved in when trying to make the easy money.

The premise of the movie should deliver a captivating thriller and it has a more than capable cast to do so, but critics are undivided in feeling Scott's attempt lacked direction, delivering a dreary and hollow plot.

Kenneth Turan from The Los Angeles Times thought:

"As cold, precise and soulless as the diamonds that figure briefly in its plot, The Counselor is an extremely unpleasant piece of business."

Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle equally buried the film.

"It contains memorable dialogue, vivid characters and several superb scenes, and yet it still manages to be wrong, a complete miscalculation."

Chris Nashawaty from Entertainment Weekly added:

"Considering the deep bench of A-list talent involved, Ridley Scott's new Southwestern noir, The Counselor, is a jaw-dropping misfire."

However, Kofi Outlaw from ScreenRant defended McCartney's screenplay, suggesting:

"The Counselor is a novelist-turned-screenwriter experiment likely to be met with mixed reception between the 'get it' and 'don't get it' types in the audience."

-IMDb News

isiahthomas · 10-28-2013, 01:27 PM

I saw this yesterday and i was disappointed. It sucks and i fell asleep on some of it because it was boring. Too much talking and not enough action. Good actors in it though. LOL@scene when Cameron Diaz does a split on the top of a car in front of Javier Bardem and she starts ****ing the car hahahahahahahahahahaha. Before she did this, she gave Javier her panties LOL.

10-25-2013, 11:13 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,136	Movie Reviews: "The Counselor" Movie Reviews: The Counselor The Counselor, based on the original film screenplay by Cormac McCartney, had the great pleasure of England's Ridley Scott at its helm to direct the thriller to the big screen. A film that is guaranteed to visually pleasure cinemagoers and frequently contain violence, as is expected with Scott's recognizable style, boosts an immensely talented cast of A-list actors. Michael Fassbender leads the pack which also features Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, and Javier Bardem. They depict a tale of greed, life and death as an unnamed counselor (Fassbender) makes the life changing decision to partner with a drug dealing criminal he has been defending for years. The operations take place on the border between Texas and Mexico, an area ideal for drug cartels to take their product stateside, but the naïve counselor may have underestimated of what he got involved in when trying to make the easy money. The premise of the movie should deliver a captivating thriller and it has a more than capable cast to do so, but critics are undivided in feeling Scott's attempt lacked direction, delivering a dreary and hollow plot. Kenneth Turan from The Los Angeles Times thought: "As cold, precise and soulless as the diamonds that figure briefly in its plot, The Counselor is an extremely unpleasant piece of business." Mick LaSalle of the San Francisco Chronicle equally buried the film. "It contains memorable dialogue, vivid characters and several superb scenes, and yet it still manages to be wrong, a complete miscalculation." Chris Nashawaty from Entertainment Weekly added: "Considering the deep bench of A-list talent involved, Ridley Scott's new Southwestern noir, The Counselor, is a jaw-dropping misfire." However, Kofi Outlaw from ScreenRant defended McCartney's screenplay, suggesting: "The Counselor is a novelist-turned-screenwriter experiment likely to be met with mixed reception between the 'get it' and 'don't get it' types in the audience." -IMDb News

10-28-2013, 01:27 PM	#2
isiahthomas Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Aug 20, 2002 Location: Cleveland, Ohio Posts: 10,704	I saw this yesterday and i was disappointed. It sucks and i fell asleep on some of it because it was boring. Too much talking and not enough action. Good actors in it though. LOL@scene when Cameron Diaz does a split on the top of a car in front of Javier Bardem and she starts ****ing the car hahahahahahahahahahaha. Before she did this, she gave Javier her panties LOL.