The Counselor (2010) – Ridley Scott film written directly for the screen by the great Cormac McCarthy. I remember being interested in seeing this on the strength of the Trailer but it didn't last long in the cinema and the reviews were middling. Roger Avary discussed it on Rogan when talking about how Ridley Scott's body of work isn't adequately appreciated. He felt this particular film was an important story about how the world really works. Michael Fassbender is an attorney planning to propose to Penelope Cruz, possibly the greatest underrated beauty in movies. Her real-life husband, Javier Bardem, plays a drug lord client of Fassbender. Talky in that it's a series of philosophical conversations to that lead later to consequences. Things start getting going when Fassbender negotiates a drug deal with Bratt Pitt, also philosophical, but about the practicality of their business and what he needs to know. Pitt knows Fassbender isn't cut out for it, but he won't take the hint. Due to a coincidence and the cartel doesn't believe in coincidences, Fassbender is in the jackpot, as Bardem tells him. One thing leads to another. It's Cormac so it gets bleak, and real. People don't go back to see this again so the drop off at the box office was inevitable. Still, this one must have stayed with people for a while.
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