Went to see Hail, Caeser! the latest movie from the Coen Brothers last night.
Here’s my take on it:
- It is a wack job of a movie. But I mean that in a good way. There is almost no way to summarize what it is except for perhaps Woody Allen and Mel Brooks have a love child.
- It references a huge number of old movies, many of which I’m sure I didn’t catch. But here several that I noticed being referenced:
- Singing in the Rain
- Sunset Boulevard
- Ben Hur
- The Front
- Any of a number of Esther Williams films.
- On The Town
- The Bad and the Beautiful
- Iron Man 3 (Yes, this is a relatively current movie, but the house overlooking the ocean is a dead ringer for Tony Stark’s house.)
- Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (Not really, but Dead Men quotes actual footage from a large number of vintage black and white movies.)
If you love vintage movies and wacky comedies, you need to see this. And see it in a theater. Don’t wait for the video. Go ahead – Deadpool will wait.