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[Tripe]

Well I did find one featuring him standing next to some singer called Rhianna (is that the right spelling?) and he looked pretty bad in that too.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

Well I did find one featuring him standing next to some singer called Rhianna (is that the right spelling?) and he looked pretty bad in that too.

Shit, piss and corruption!

Maybe it's not surgery and it's something that will wear off.....

Does botox wear off?   

[Tripe]

Sort of, I mean there's still some residual damage but after a few the system repares itself a little.

But if you keep doing it obviously it becomes more permanent.

[mrbasehart]

He's also had his hair "re-done".

[Tripe]

I think he should have followed Chicklis' example and gone shaven headed.

[gbeenie]

I've seen a lot of previews in the last week.  Here are my thoughts - I'd like to hear yours.

- Burn After Reading.  I'll give any Coen Bros. film a fair shot, because I actually like their work.  Little concerned about Brad Pitt's appearance in this one, but ... maybe Malkovich can save him?

I always thought Brad Pitt was at his best playing the Amiable Doofus. He hasn't done it in a while, and I'm really looking forward to this one (if you get a chance, see the "Red Band" trailer)..

- The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.  Again, no thank you.  As far as I can tell from the previews, there isn't even really a "mummy" in this movie.

I was completely disinterested in this movie until I saw the previews.

- Swing Vote.  Kevin Costner, playing a beer-swilling, dead-beat, slightly red-neckish bum who calls himself "Bud"?  I have a theory about actors being able to pull of some of their best work when placed in roles that allow them to be in their natural environment (c.f. Colin Farrell in Bruges, where the Irishman plays an Irishman, and actually does a decent job of it) - so maybe this won't be so bad?

The concept is interesting, but two things threaten to scare me away: Kevin, and Costner.

[Tripe]

- Swing Vote.  Kevin Costner, playing a beer-swilling, dead-beat, slightly red-neckish bum who calls himself "Bud"?  I have a theory about actors being able to pull of some of their best work when placed in roles that allow them to be in their natural environment (c.f. Colin Farrell in Bruges, where the Irishman plays an Irishman, and actually does a decent job of it) - so maybe this won't be so bad?

The concept is interesting, but two things threaten to scare me away: Kevin, and Costner.

Plus he passed on the opportunity to make that drunk an ex Detroit Tiger, c'mon Kevin, that was a golden opportunity for you to do the same backstory all over again.

[Plastic Self-Cleaning Duck]

He's also had his hair "re-done".

And he's still a good actor either way so....   

[flickage]

I always thought Brad Pitt was at his best playing the Amiable Doofus. He hasn't done it in a while, and I'm really looking forward to this one (if you get a chance, see the "Red Band" trailer)..

You are quite right about Brad Pitt.  I'm more concerned that there's the potential of over-Doofination here, and that would be a real shame.

The concept is interesting, but two things threaten to scare me away: Kevin, and Costner.

Ah, but it's Kevin Costner in all his beer-chugging, "Bud"-being honesty, as opposed to Kevin Costner pretending to be thoughtful, reflective, manly, suave, etc.

I don't know, it could be fun.  At least, fun in the same way that it was fun to watch Shia LaBeouf get his nads all beat to hell in Crystal Skull.  Not a great performance, but at least he was getting his junk jangled on-screen.  Maybe we'll get to see similar embarrassment ladled out to Costner.

[Bob]

Red Band Trailer.

This looks WONDERFUL

In case it gets yanked by Youtube...

http://www.livevideo.com/video/embedLink/59C744785CEE44598C80EB494593EA24/649415/burn-after-reading-trailer.aspx

[mrbasehart]

Looks fantastic! Great cast, too.