George Clooney is willing to stick to his guns artistically and politically and I have to give him props for that. I mean, a lot of actors would look at the box-office receipts for Iraq-war/anti-terrorism movies and stay away from that shit like it was Kryptonite, but not George. He's willing to stick his neck out...hence his purchase of the rights to The Challenge, a book about a man who is currently rotting in Guantanamo Bay for the crime of being Osama Bin Laden's driver. A little man is swallowed up by the big bad American imperialist machine but keeps on swinging away with the help of a Navy lawyer who loses his job and marriage over his moral stand. George will be playing the Navy lawyer probably. I smell another Oscar nomination. And another flop like Lions for Lambs, Rendition, The Valley of Elah (which I thought was fantastic so fuck all y'all) and Stop Loss (which sucked the fat one).
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Artistic Cojones
George Clooney is willing to stick to his guns artistically and politically and I have to give him props for that. I mean, a lot of actors would look at the box-office receipts for Iraq-war/anti-terrorism movies and stay away from that shit like it was Kryptonite, but not George. He's willing to stick his neck out...hence his purchase of the rights to The Challenge, a book about a man who is currently rotting in Guantanamo Bay for the crime of being Osama Bin Laden's driver. A little man is swallowed up by the big bad American imperialist machine but keeps on swinging away with the help of a Navy lawyer who loses his job and marriage over his moral stand. George will be playing the Navy lawyer probably. I smell another Oscar nomination. And another flop like Lions for Lambs, Rendition, The Valley of Elah (which I thought was fantastic so fuck all y'all) and Stop Loss (which sucked the fat one).
