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Burn After Reading Review
Replies: 10Last Post Feb. 15 10:56pm by ocho cinco
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Ah yes, Burn After Reading. My friends recommended this movie as I always had it on the list to watch, but found reasons not to watch it. It was a spent 2 hours (not well/bad spent).

Basically these low-lifes get their hands on a CD with CIA documents and other bullshit. So like all middle-class Americans, they don't wanna give something for a lot of nothing. Their plan? Blackmail and make the owner pay for the data back.

Sadly though, the movie doesn't have a lot going for it. It has a lot of big namers in it - Brad Pitt, George Clooney, and John Malkovich - but like a lot of over-budgeted movies, there isn't much to say about it.

The Good:  
+ Couple funny moments
+ A lot of big name actors/tresses
+ Like 3 different stories going on at once
+ A new concept for a movie...

The Bad:  
- ...but didn't follow through with what could have been  
- Malkovich's lines were 80% f-bombs
- Too much emphasis on getting surgery for bigger breasts, better face of female's part

Final Say:  
Put it this way, the movie can be summed up by the last line of the movie. That's how bad the story/plot is. I waited the WHOLE movie for something interesting to happen to spark up a point to the movie, but never really got it. Like I said though, there's not a lot to say about it. Watch it and let me know what you think...

Rating:  
6.0/10

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I liked it

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I'd give it a 2/10- for the first hour that I watched it.

Way too many F bombs, and I'm not one to refrain from cussing. It just became too pointless, laughable and annoying. It dragged on way too much, and I didn't really find it that funny.

I feel bad for all the people who paid 10 bucks to see this in the theaters.

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Never heard of it, but OK.

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Quote: from Eclipse2005 at 10:34 pm on Feb. 15, 2009

I waited the WHOLE movie for something interesting to happen to spark up a point to the movie, but never really got it.


thats the whole point of the movie!!!!!

and i loved it :D

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My boyfriend and I watched that last night, I fell asleep not even halfway into the movie.

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It sucked.

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My parents saw it.
They said it was good.
But I never wanted to see it cuz I thought it looked pretty bad.

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I didn't like it much

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I didn't like the fact that most of the main characters died or went to jail... O.o

Post edited at 10:52 pm on Feb. 15, 2009 by BehindBars

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it was ok. sucks becuase i really wanted to see it.

6.0/10 is about right.

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