Comments on: Film review – In the Loop (2009)

By: roger steppe

roger steppe — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:20:05 +0000

Yes, political despaire over the US political process. I just hate it when I laugh at the expense of my own “…land that I love, stand beside her and guide her…” there is no more polyanna. Where did our simple innocence go. I do remember the emergence of the dialogue that got our socio-political juices flowing in that slapstick Archie Bunker. But how far have we come with Vietnam, Panama, Libya, Iran, just to name a few, and oh yes the “awakening” from our sheltered Andy of Mayberry, with the Nixon scramble, to having to have at least one eye on our arrogant Pride, now shamlessly laughing to tears at the f-er Tucker spewing his colorful profanity. Are we really here at this moment in time Someone should have predicted it. Gandolfini, did set his future odor with The Last Castle, and he keeps it wafting in his role here.

By: samwasson

samwasson — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:24:59 +0000

Yes! Moment to moment, and line to line, here was a script that never quit, a script so ornately verbal, and so in love with language, that watching the movie, it was difficult not to imagine its writers hunched over a dozen volumes of the OED, debating every word down to its every syllable. And I do mean syllable: rhythmically, In the Loop is an astounding, almost musical feat of film comedy – one of the best in quite a while – and to see the picture gain Oscar visibility, even if it doesn’t go on to win, felt like some kind of personal vindication.

By: Benicio

Benicio — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 05:37:24 +0000

Happy to hear you liked this movie. The original tv series The Thick of It is even more charming with loose camera work and a great deal of adlibed scripting – Highly recommended viewing.

I could listen to Malcolm Tucker all day long :)