Ep. 38 | Review: The Informant

Episode description:

REVIEW: The Informant; NEWS: Battleship gets a director/release date, DC has no plans for Superman, Star Trek 2 to include modern-day allegory, Christopher Waltz cast as Green Hornet villain; TRAILERS: It’s Complicated, The Blind Side, Capitalism.

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The Spoiler Warning Episode 38 | Show Notes

Hosts:
Christopher Schnese (personal blog, film blog, twitter)
Nathaniel Keifer (personal blog, twitter)

News:
Battleship gets a director/release date (read)
DC has no plans for Superman (read)
Star Trek 2 to have modern-day allegory (read)
Christoph Waltz cast as Green Hornet villain (read)

Trailers:
It’s Complicated (trailer, IMDB)
The Blind Side (trailer, IMDB)
Capitalism: A Love Story (trailer, IMDB)

Films Reviewed:
The Informant (trailer, IMDB)

Posted on September 19, 2009 by .
  • http://sdavidmiller.wordpress.com Stephen

    I think this is the first time I've ever radically disagreed with both of you. (The "both" part is important. I radically disagree with Nathaniel on a daily basis.) I thought this movie was hilarious.

    Maybe it was because I knew more or less exactly what type of movie to expect, after watching a few interviews with Damon. And maybe it helped that the audience I saw it with shared my enjoyment. But I really liked it. I thought the neurotic, anal (get the laughs out, Chris) POV narration was really funny. And the story, which I'd never heard of before, seemed wonderfully twisted.

    So yeah. I'm a little surprised, but I guess I can see why someone wouldn't be into it. I was definitely a fan, though.

    • http://intensedebate.com/people/JustBecauseiCan Christopher Schnese

      I'll admit that the quirkiness had a little bit of entertainment value and was maybe a little more funny than I led on, but I think it was more distracting than funny. I think I was just looking a little too forward to the actual story of what happened.

      Personally I could only take the audience collectively saying "Oh my god" every time Damon admitted he "may not have told the entire truth" before I just wanted to throw up. Maybe if Soderbergh could have knocked 30 minutes or so off the runtime it may have been more palatable.

      Though I do stand behind my opinion, I don't feel so strongly that it matters if someone thought it was good. I just really disliked it.