I don't get it. Pure and simple. There's a host of names and all are familiar faces their performances as taken from all their great films, and then nothing. The plot is hair thin. Giving no idea as to taking this even slightly serious or canning this as some artsy film that got the wrong attention and had to do better. I wonder as to the quality of the Coens,they have made such memorable films and are obviously tired of going the same path that leads to instant success. I see this as an example of extremely skilled Hollywood trying to do a spoof on itself and hitting some kind of internal censorship and then crippling itself from the first intent. The one thing that comes across as memorable are some lead-ins to a story that never get's any further explanation and the some lead-outs that never had a starting point. I like that ! Stories don't have to make sense. But the movie has got to obey it's own rules. The commy gay sailor can leap a long way and land securely, this is set up in a dancing scene and gets a payoff in the deflection to the submarine. Great ! But this is only happens once in the film and there isn't anything close to that again. The Cowboy lasso routine get's the same treatment without a rewarding payoff. Sorry Coen let's get into something more enticing next time.
Review of Hail, Caesar!
