Hail, Caesar! Blu-ray Review - Recommended (1 Viewer)

[Kevin EK]

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Hail, Caesar! Blu-ray Review

Hail, Caesar! invades Blu-ray, with a solid technical presentation of a surprisingly enthusiastic ode to 1950s Hollywood.



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[Winston T. Boogie]

Nice review, Kevin. I liked this film and enjoyed the Coens doing another goofy comedy but I think this film has been sort of a love it/hate it sort of affair for people. I think maybe if people watched it again they might get into it a little more but these days with so much content out there it is sort of hard I think to ask people to go back and watch something they did not like again.

 

[Kevin EK]

I agree. I'm hoping I can reach people who didn't see it before.
My initial reaction to the title when I heard about was to think this would be another "Burn After Reading". I was pleasantly surprised and I hope that I may convince some other people to give it a chance.

 

[Stephen_J_H]

It has been polarising for many, including our beloved Mr. Ron Epstein. Personally, I loved it, likely because I'm fascinated by this era and have read and listened to a LOT of material on the blacklist, studio "fixers", etc.

 

[Race Bannon]

I thought I was going to love it based on the Coen factor and the concept. Then the reviews were not good, and that was a disappointment, so I skipped it in theaters. Figured I'd watch at home. A couple of weeks ago I watched it on the airplane, thinking whatever, it's probably mediocre. But I loved it!

What's wrong with you people?

 

[Steve...O]

Thanks, Kevin. My wife and I saw this theatrically and enjoyed it. Is it the greatest comedy ever made? No, but it is enjoyable and entertaining while being pleasing to the eye. Can't ask more than that. Definitely worth at least a rental for those who haven't seen it.

 

[TonyD]

I'm a huge Brothers fan.

But I can't decide if this or Burn After is a more boring and dull movie.

I do appreciate those that like it but just because it's a Coen film isnt good enough for me.

Not sure if it was supposed to be funny, a satire or a commentary.
Meh.

 

[Kevin EK]

From what I see in it, the movie is intended to be a funny satire of 1950s Hollywood, both in style and content. There have been some articles written about the various people they are lampooning in the movie, which go beyond Hedda Hopper and the more obvious jokes to some much subtler humor. But that submarine is a big indicator that they were shooting the moon in the satire area...

 

[JoeDoakes]

What did you think of Raising Arizona? Seemed like a very entertaining and exhilarating comedy to me.

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

I'm a huge Brothers fan.

But I can't decide if this or Burn After is a more boring and dull movie.

I do appreciate those that like it but just because it's a Coen film isnt good enough for me.

Not sure if it was supposed to be funny, a satire or a commentary.
Meh.

I definitely thought it was supposed to be funny and, yes, satiric but I think that the Coens in their more recent comedies are not really...um...pushing you to laugh by telegraphing the jokes or giving you a nudge that this is the funny part. I found this to be a goofy sort of comedy but goofy in I guess a film nerd kind of way...which might take more than one viewing for some folks to get into.

 

[theonemacduff]

I loved this one too, saw it at the cinema with my amused but also slight bemused wife. And it's not just a valentine to 50s Hollywood, but also the socialist realist films of the Soviet period, especially the shots of the writers going out to meet the sub; or maybe it's a sly dig at 40s films like "Mission to Moscow" or "Armoured Attack."

 

[Peter Neski]

while this film looks great,it sure has a funny idea ,but there are some big holes

 

[Race Bannon]

I loved the commie aspect of it -- having fun with a topic that for too long has been the subject of PC "relitigating" of the issue. I love John Wayne's Big Jim McClain, which is an un-ironic depiction of a commie group that is very similar to the one depicted in Hail! Caesar.

 

[Tino]

Loved it

 

[JoeDoakes]

For anyone who thought that the meeting with the submarine was too far out, the footage of Bernie Sanders's 1988 trip to the USSR is not that far off: