tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955691.post8946671825797243943..comments2023-08-24T06:08:41.201-05:00Comments on Scouring Monk: #637. The failure of The CounselorTony Laplumehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955691.post-84573625448251566992013-11-26T09:28:23.573-05:002013-11-26T09:28:23.573-05:00Pat, the vulgar public is never right! Except whe...Pat, the vulgar public is never right! Except when it is!<br /><br />Squid, it's only fair to go that way.Tony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955691.post-66391214952741723462013-11-25T20:26:37.648-05:002013-11-25T20:26:37.648-05:00I'm guessing we'll give this one a pass.I'm guessing we'll give this one a pass.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955691.post-61990720175160006172013-11-25T14:40:28.413-05:002013-11-25T14:40:28.413-05:00I think it's more that you're a contrarian...I think it's more that you're a contrarian who wants to like whatever the vulgar public dismisses. But sometimes the vulgar public is right.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955691.post-4289125763976774672013-11-25T11:27:17.970-05:002013-11-25T11:27:17.970-05:00Pat, I remember your poor review of Killing Them S...Pat, I remember your poor review of <i>Killing Them Softly</i>, but we tend to have different tastes. I would suggest there's a difference of patience between us.<br /><br />Maurice, these days the early audience is key. They just want to be first to an event. If they show up at all, it's what they say after they've seen it that's so crucial to later audiences. And the trailerTony Laplumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07854455859399339169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955691.post-45625350581491816092013-11-25T09:47:45.407-05:002013-11-25T09:47:45.407-05:00A bad trailer can kill a good movie, but a great t...A bad trailer can kill a good movie, but a great trailer can give a mediocre film a boost. In the end the movie will sell itself, but the trailer can sway early audiences.Maurice Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15338165486757095191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3955691.post-52482870646411943632013-11-25T09:46:28.241-05:002013-11-25T09:46:28.241-05:00Killing Them Softly sucked so hard. The whole mov...Killing Them Softly sucked so hard. The whole movie could have been wrapped up in about 10 minutes but Brad Pitt was too lazy to kill the guys himself...but (spoiler alert) then he ends up doing it anyway! And so easily that again why didn't he do this 50 minutes ago and save us all a bunch of trouble?<br /><br />I think part of the problem for "The Counselor" is that "PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.com