Intelligience needs rest too.

You know, I don't know why it is that it's the arses with no sense of humour who try to critique the slapstick films, and the idiots with no understanding of literature who try to critique the thoughtful films. It's just bizarre.

Anyway, watched Burn After Reading with parental units today. Sooooooo worth it. I mean, this is the leave-your-brain-at-home kind of madness. So people who's brains are getting fried from overwork should watch this movie.

Coen bros, man... this is their trademark straight-in-your-face shameless laugh. Their stuff were made for the 'educated' people who no longer have the ability to take a breather from thinking.

Did that make sense? Didn't think so.

Anyway, I've no idea how Brad Pitt did in Legends of the Falls; never got to see that one. I do know, however, that pure character-wise, this is his best out of all the Pitt-movies I've seen (repeat, out of those that I've seen). Believe it or not, it takes a serious genius to play an idiot with such aplomb. Man, I love playing idiots and madmen, but I do the madman thing much better; probably explored that a bit more than the idiot charade. Goodness knows how much training it takes to get to this level, to play the idiot smoothly, convincingly and still comically. Reminds me of Sean Connery in the fourth Indiana Jones film, playing the dad. Taking roles people don't expect them to take, and bringing them to life such like no one else can do.

Pitt hasn't broken that frame the audience has put him into (I get the feeling he doesn't intend to), but he certainly tweaked that frame for this movie.

Clooney plays his usual suave guy role for comedies, no surprise there; he's good at it.

Malkovich may not have smiled a lot in the film, but mark my words: He enjoyed every bloody bit of it. No pun intended. God, this movie is nothing without Malkovich holding as pillar, the other pillar being, of course, Swinton.

There was something about Swinton's performance, that contrasted with the rest of the cast; I just can't figure what it is. I could say she played her role straight, only Malkovich played it equally straight, if not more so, so that can't be it... I can't define what it is, but it may have something to do with the fact that, unlike most of the other cast, her role was not specifically written for her. She played it excellently, no doubt, but I just can't put my finger on what made it different.

Gah, need sleep. Another time. I've got 3 papers to write, one to rewrite and some ads to critique.

BTW, in case you haven't figured, "Burn After Reading" can mean "render this piece of information into carbon ashes", but can also mean "Burn a CD (of this) after reading". Good?