I need a cigarette!
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eumeliaThank you for smoking
"Thank you for smoking" is probably one of the best movies I've seen in the past six months, it was funny, witty, well acted and it didn't feel derivative and it didn't spoon feed the audience silly platitudes about "The right thing to do" and "I'll be a better man if I do..." you know what I mean.
Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) the protagonist is a man with a job he's good at, that's how he thinks of himself and that's how we (or at least I) related to him in the movie. He's witty and smooth talking and a real charmer, unfortunately he works for a company that is out to disprove the fact that cigarettes are, ultimately, bad for you.
Throughout the movie we see how much this job actually affects his life, his boss is jealous of him (A wonderful performance by J.K. Simmons) and the Big Boss adores him (Robert Duval's character was a very over the top, old fashioned tobacco mogul, it would have been nice to have him for a little bit more screen time, but *shrug* what can you do).
We see how his son (Cameron Bright, if he doesn't get sucked dry before 15 he has a great chance to become more) inherited his gift of the gab, we also see that even though he is hated by so many other people, he takes in stride, in a "That's life" kind of attitude.
It's refreshing to see a man with an attitude like that in a movie who isn't a "bad" guy, because basically Nick admits to being morally flexible and you know what... that's okay, because the average human being will also make all sorts of decisions that could possibly hurt other people, but that's a choice we all make and that's what the movie is about. Making the right choice for the individual, you can't please everyone at the same time and you can't deny yourself for too long before you go crazy.
I'm probably over analyzing the flick, but that is the way I viewed the whole thing, plus it was just so funny, the comedic timing was spot on and the host of quirky, weird but "so true" characters was amazing.
Rob Lowe, was just hilarious, his very serious executive personality in contrast with his characters sheer weirdness was just too funny.
William H. Macy, and I love the fact that he's gone beyond the character actor in movies, was just great as the Senator who takes himself a little too seriously.
Go see the movie, you'll have a great time.
"Thank you for smoking" is probably one of the best movies I've seen in the past six months, it was funny, witty, well acted and it didn't feel derivative and it didn't spoon feed the audience silly platitudes about "The right thing to do" and "I'll be a better man if I do..." you know what I mean.
Nick Naylor (Aaron Eckhart) the protagonist is a man with a job he's good at, that's how he thinks of himself and that's how we (or at least I) related to him in the movie. He's witty and smooth talking and a real charmer, unfortunately he works for a company that is out to disprove the fact that cigarettes are, ultimately, bad for you.
Throughout the movie we see how much this job actually affects his life, his boss is jealous of him (A wonderful performance by J.K. Simmons) and the Big Boss adores him (Robert Duval's character was a very over the top, old fashioned tobacco mogul, it would have been nice to have him for a little bit more screen time, but *shrug* what can you do).
We see how his son (Cameron Bright, if he doesn't get sucked dry before 15 he has a great chance to become more) inherited his gift of the gab, we also see that even though he is hated by so many other people, he takes in stride, in a "That's life" kind of attitude.
It's refreshing to see a man with an attitude like that in a movie who isn't a "bad" guy, because basically Nick admits to being morally flexible and you know what... that's okay, because the average human being will also make all sorts of decisions that could possibly hurt other people, but that's a choice we all make and that's what the movie is about. Making the right choice for the individual, you can't please everyone at the same time and you can't deny yourself for too long before you go crazy.
I'm probably over analyzing the flick, but that is the way I viewed the whole thing, plus it was just so funny, the comedic timing was spot on and the host of quirky, weird but "so true" characters was amazing.
Rob Lowe, was just hilarious, his very serious executive personality in contrast with his characters sheer weirdness was just too funny.
William H. Macy, and I love the fact that he's gone beyond the character actor in movies, was just great as the Senator who takes himself a little too seriously.
Go see the movie, you'll have a great time.
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Date: 2006-04-03 02:20 pm (UTC)i'll be reviewing the movie in my community,
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Date: 2006-04-03 11:56 pm (UTC)I'm not a smoker, but one of my good friends is... I'm the only one who lets her go out to the balcony and not leave the building in order to smoke ;) does that make me a pro smoking non-smoker? :D
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Date: 2006-04-04 12:53 pm (UTC)