10.10.07
Michael Clayton
I had no clue what Michael Clayton was about when I went to see it. I knew it was ’supposed to be good’ and that I would watch George Clooney read the phone book or stare at the camera for minutes at a time and enjoy it.
So, it was good and George Clooney does stare at the camera for minutes at a time and I did enjoy it. Score.
It’s hard to draw comparisons between this movie and others. It definitely has elements of little-guy-lawsuit-against-evil-corporation movies like A Civil Action or The Rainmaker but it’s a lot more than that too. The title would suggest it’s a character study, which it kind of is, too.
I don’t know, I really don’t want to give too much of it away since I really liked it going in with zero prior knowledge.
George Clooney is so hot. I know, that’s like the revelation of the century, but come on. It needs to be said.
He’s a lawyer with a kid and gambling problem who works at a huge law firm that’s defending some chemical company that Tilda Swinton works for. There’s like intrigue and scandal and, I just realized, no real love story. Interesting. It’s good.
Christ is George Clooney hot.