The American- Clooney is hollywood's Rajini

Intro- Slow, gentle caresses of long round slippery...barrels...its guns not whatever you were thinking. Subtlety in everything- dialogues, visuals, music. Its hollywood's very own superstar- George Timothy Clooney.  America's obsession with guns, fantasy of being a lonely mysterious stranger who boinks (its the new f* word) beautiful women, psychological thrillers with attempts at many layers.

Good- Though not a big fan of slow movies I could immerse myself in the whole experience, though only to a certain extent. Because this type of plot has been reproduced a million times like the McChicken burger, its hard to enjoy the flavour as you chew on it.

But as it goes down your throat, you think well maybe it has the nutrition of a vegetarian sub.  The cinematography is great, treatment screams I am a digital offbeat, serious, world cinema. The medicine had very little sugar. Mary poppins is going to be very disappointed.

Bad- At this point you are thinking I am not revealing too much about the movie. But there is nothing to reveal. I could tell you the story in 5 lines and you would be angry with me if you were a Clooney fan and you wanted to see the movie. For the rest of you, the movie in five lines-

Line 1- George Clooney and his character progression (layer 1)
Line 2- George Clooney with a dangerous girl
Line 3- George Clooney with another girl who...(suspense and build up)
Line 4- George Clooney with a spiritual dude hence adding a layer
Line 5- George Clooney with an close to extinct butterfly adding another

Don't watch the movie if you are not a Clooney fan.

Ugly- My cultural analysis is this. Like Mr. Rajini Kant and all he stands for in our culture (nobody degrade it or tamil tantrums will sock you where it hurts most) is a paralel to Mr. Clooney and all he stands for in the American culture. Style here subtly there. Punch dialogues here, no dialogues there. I think our brand of cool is so much cooler, because there is recklessness about it. It's maddness and we don't pretent otherwise. I am a big fan of Clooney but this movie is way too pretentious. As Baba is to Rajini, The American is to Clooney.


Marks- 4/10 Just passed