Seen recently at Aksarben Cinema
An A-list cast does not an A-list movie make.
History is filled with good political drama (Munich, Three Days of the Condor, name your favorite here), and although The Ides of March looks and sounds like a good one (they got the cinematography right), it's just not. The problem? The script. Maybe it's just me, but I'm tired of Hollywood's portrayal of women on screen. In Ides, you're either a doting sap (Jennifer Ehle's Connie Morris), a hooker with a heart of gold (Evan Rachel Wood's Molly Stearns) or a harpie shrew (Marisa Tomei's Ida Horowicz).
We all know power corrupts the well meaning as well as the weak. You don't have to be a Washington insider to experience it - just watch politics at the local level. So, writer/director George Clooney, if you're not going to reveal some new truths, at least give us a plot line that's worth our ticket investment, plus popcorn.
Bonus Bones: 0
The campaign trail is no place for the furry and four-legged.
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