Which (if any) George Clooney films don't you like?

Taking this from another thread:

LizzyNY wrote:I've been trying to come up with a George movie I don't like but I can't think of one. There are a couple I don't love, but for the most part I can find something watchable in all of them - even "Batman". (I try really hard not to think of when his movies were made. Doesn't just make him seem old - makes me feel old, too! )

I'm curious to know if there are any of his movies that COH posters don't like.

Interested if there are any films that Clooney fans aren't fans of?

Yes.  I'm not very found of "The Three Romantic Relationships and My Wife with Children" movie.

The last ones starting from monuments men till this moment  I do not know why but he lost his spark from that movie ...I tried to watch 15 m but could not and all the movies /tv after it .

There were lots of things I liked about "Monuments Men", but somehow it didn't work as a whole. I can't put my finger on why it didn't work, but I think it had to do with the pacing and editing - although maybe in some places it was the script. I don't know.

I thought "Catch 22" was really well done.

I really liked it, BUT for your average audience these days it's tricky if any image on the

screen lasts longer than three seconds. It was a complicated story about and of people of a

certain demographic now, covered several countries and several pieces of art - so not necce

sarily a blockbuster. But a largely unknown tale. I took a great friend of my father's to see it

and he was very impressed with lots of it - and related to many of the wartime scenes....but i

t was several episodes rather than just the one - like 'Dunkirk'....

I think that's the problem I have with some of the movies he writes/directs. There are episodes within each that I really like, but the project doesn't seem to come together as a whole.

The ones I think are most successful are "Good Night and Good Luck" and "The Ides of March" - although I thought the ending of IOM was too predictable. I liked MM too, but for me the parts were greater than the whole and I think it was due to the pacing of the film. It needed to be a little bit tighter - maybe a little more connected.

One other point: I think Hugh Laurie was totally wasted in "Catch 22". Whether his part was under-written or cut, he could have saved himself the trouble. I hope he at least had fun on set.

I love "The Man Inside, the Untold Story" based on a true story; It's my favorite.

Ah, yes, Lizzy, Hugh Laurie. Pretty amazing in some brilliant tv (which of course is where he

started with the review and funny stuff with Stephen Fry) but I think he is very selective with

long gigs - mostly because he'd rather play jazz and blues piano around the world and so to

dip into projects with folks he knows, mean he can do that.


Oh Lizzy - the Micky stuff. Easy to find at the mo as every single naff story about George online is by them.

So Google and there it all is....








at the mo - almost
every story about George is from them

PAN, by who?

Thanks for the info about mickey. I hadn't noticed.

I've seen some of the things Hugh Laurie did with Stephen Fry (who I LOVE!) and of course "House", which is still on the air here. He's such a good actor that it disappoints me when he takes parts that amount to little more than cameos.

what's mickey?

Read PAN's post.

I did not understand Pan's post, that's why I asked PAN-who and you- what.

"mickey" seems to be a website that among other things posts tabloid garbage about George. You can google them if you want.

Google it, Heartlove. Not difficult. And it's Micky apparently.....

I did, I got Mickey Mouse

(Sorry!   Couldn't help it!)

Seriously, if it's that important to you, keep trying. The site is out there so you're bound to find it eventually.

PAN if you have the website, can you please post the link?

Are we going down another rabbit-hole yet again here?

Go to the start of the thread Katie posted on this non-story

Lizzy, for you.

Two chats from Clooney and Laurie

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And he also retweeted this:

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President Obama runs rings around Trump with his Intelligence and common sense none of which Trump will ever  have.

Thanks, PAN. I had already seen the Kimmel clip, but not the interview. I don't know why it constantly surprises me how funny Hugh Laurie is. There was a link to him on the Graham Norton show that also included him performing with his band. I knew he was a musician, but I didn't expect good old down-home blues to come out of his mouth! He's really good!

Which of them retweeted Obama? (I subscribe to Brian Tyler Cohen, but haven't checked in for a while.) I wonder if George is following any of the anti-Trump Republican sites that are springing up. Some of what they're creating is absolutely vicious. Sadly, I don't think anything will make much of a dent in drumpf's base.

Back to the topic (sort of): Nobody seems to have a least-favorite George movie. Is there one that, if it turns up on tv, you absolutely won't miss? Is there one you'd probably only watch if you have nothing better to do?

(PAN - I just discovered "Kingdom" with Stephen Fry on Hulu. Is this an old show or something new?)

Oh damn, my least favourite film just occurred to me the other day, then slipped my mind again.  Let me have a think.

Folks: can we keep the non-George Clooney related discussion to the monthly chit chat?  Thanks

Got it! The Good German. I can probably live without Leatherheads too.

Sorry, Katie. Sometimes things just get connected.   Will definitely try harder!

I've only seen "The Good German" once, quite a while ago and don't remember it very well, so I guess it didn't impress me very much. "Leathernecks " doesn't bother me. It's cute but harmless. The one I'll skip if there's something else to do is "Ocean's 12" - and, depending on my mood- "Up In The Air". It's a great film but sometimes I just find it too depressing.

I would not go out of my way to watch ‘Monuments Men’ again.  Great cast but the storytelling really lacked excitement.  I didn’t find it compelling at all.  It just seemed too conventional for a George directed movie.  

I still haven’t seen ‘The Good German’.

Don't go out of your way to find it. You're not missing much.

Lizzy, I think Katie gave me the same advice a couple of years ago.  Between the two of you I’m convinced 

Just to be fair, it isn't a horrible film - not "Killer Tomato" awful, for sure. It just isn't worth going out of your way to watch.

TBH, I think Killer Tomatoes may have been better! Sorry!

#1 (Tie) O, Brother, Where Art Thou and Hail, Caesar! (plus any future film he does with the Coen bros.

#2 Burn After Reading

#3 (Tie) The Men Who Stare at Goats and Leatherheads

ps The Good German tried way too hard to be a suspense thriller, when it was really just a character film that somebody got a hold of and tried to elevate with name actors. Didn't work.

Way2Old - No "Good Night and Good Luck"? "Michael Clayton"? (Two of my favorites.) "Out of Sight"?  - or was that a list of your least favorites?

( Welcome back.)

Lizzy, did you really think that could be a list of anyone's favorites?  I know they all have their fans, but I wouldn't pick them out of a sale bin at the dollar store.

Way2Old - Well. idk. Lots of people really like the movies he did with the Coen brothers. I love the music in "O Brother", and I enjoy the movie - but, then, I'm pretty easy to please. After all, one of my favorite Clooney flicks is FDTD.

I do agree with you about the rest of your list, although I don't find them that bad - just not anything special.

Am I the only one who likes "One Fine Day"?

For me, One Fine Day was a nice, sweet, light comedy but nothing outstanding. Sorry

No problem. That's pretty much how I think of it. It's just one that I will watch if I see that it's on - unlike some of his other films.

I like One Fine Day. Not great cinema, and very formulaic, but it's entertaining. And George and Michelle P are engaging and easy on the eyes. I also get a kick out of seeing Mae Whitman as a cute little kid. You can tell she's a natural.

1996 - Crikey, it's over twenty years old. Very sweet film and never a dull moment. Really

like it.........

I know why I give it the edge over some of his other so-so movies - IT'S GOT KITTENS!

Haha!  Fair enuff.  

Can't help thinking that it may have been improved by the additions of a couple of dinosaurs too, though!  

"One Fine Day In Jurassic Park"?

The Sequel......

Just when you thought it was safe to fall in love again . . .

Oh wait, that was sharks, wasn't it?

Way2Old4Dis wrote:ps The Good German tried way too hard to be a suspense thriller, when it was really just a character film that somebody got a hold of and tried to elevate with name actors. Didn't work.

Is it just me, or did this seem like a  major rip off of Casablanca????

Yup. Although maybe I wouldn't say rip-off so much as pastiche. I think it was meant to be a homage to the old B&W film classics, but just missed by a mile.

Admin wrote:Just when you thought it was safe to fall in love again . . .  

Oh wait, that was sharks, wasn't it?

Sharks, dinosaurs.... potato, potato - same difference! Some things ain't never safe!  


PP - Sorry. I don't remember it that well. Maybe Way2Old can help you.

Gotta go look outside, I think every fire truck on the planet just roared past my window!!!!!!!!!!!!!!