That wasn't slash. Slash is usually subtext.

[gryphonrhi]

I'm not even going to try to be coherent about Hail, Caesar!  Here.  Have some bullet points that pretty much come down to 'Yeah, go see that!'

• This movie is solid crack when it's not solid sex.  Okay, fine.  It's kind of crack/satire/Hollywood movie set piece all laid over as much sexual symbolism, innuendo, and crotch shots as they could manage.

Comments

[slb44]

Thanks for reporting on this. I've been wondering if it was a case of all the good bits being in the trailer which would leave me massively disappointed. Now I know better.

[gryphonrhi]

I don't remember the last time Dragon and I have still been snickering that long after the movie ended. (I don't remember seeing the trailers, honestly.) But yes. It was a lot of cracktastic fun.

[slb44]

Really? That's excellent!

[gryphonrhi]

::laughing:: I wrote up a rec for it. It was a lot of fun!

[sockkpuppett]

Yes to all of this.

EDIT: LJ posted tihs before I was done.

It has moved up to just behind The Big Lebowski in my pantheon of awesome Coen Bros movies. The humor is cracky, incredibly fast-paced, and the casting is inspired. I laughed at Jonah Hill, fergodsake. Once again, Tilda Swinton is a gift to humanity, and Channing Tatum was worth the price of admission.

[gryphonrhi]

Yeah, that was absolutely hilarious! I still don't believe they put Clooney in and turned him into the MacGuffin. Fun!

[not_hathor]

I was trying to describe your review to my husband last night, and he asked if it was like Monty Python, and I said it sounded more like Mel Brooks meets Japanese anime fan-service -- Unfortunately, if we go to a movie this weekend it will be more likely to be STAR WARS --- nothing against SW:TFA, I'd love to see it again, but I also love me some Christopher Lambert not matter how small the cameo!

[gryphonrhi]

I'm not sure what it's like. ::amused:: I have no idea what that was, but it was fun!