George Clooney - Spoiled Ass

[SkullNinja]

Seems little George got all p**sed off at a movie critic who called Solaris boring.

"I find you fascinating. You crack me up, man. You just wanted to get up and be a rat, you know that? You just wanted to get up and say something rotten. What a jerk! I mean honestly, you know, what a s**t thing to say! You make a lot of films, do you? You make a lot of films yourself? Yeah, I'd like to see you make a film first before you get to talk about it. What a jerk!"

To paraphrase Dante, over at Dante's Inferno, another wonderful bad movie review website - Somebody doesn't need to be a chef to tell you when the cake you baked tastes like s**t, either. Grow up George and learn how to really act while your at it instead of playing George Clooney.

"Hi, Freeze, I'm George Clooney . . .er, Batman."

[Gerry]

What's your source?  I'd be interested to read the whole article.

Personally I can't stand Clooney...I've never understood why people like him.

[SkullNinja]

imdb.com one of the new stories for today.

[Evan3]

You can find this story archived in any website (I know of Drudge Report and Yahoo News).

Anyways, wouldnt you be spoiled too if people gave you and your friends (Julia Roberts, Clooney, and Steven Soderburgh seem to be joined at the hip) millions of dollars to make any movie u desire. Wouldnt you be spoiled knowing you are the last Batman for a long time? Man, I wish everyone and their friends could get millions to make a movie of them hanging out (Full Frontal anyone)?

[Gerry]

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[Evan3]

What does your post even mean Gerry?

[Pete B6K]

Gerry's just bulking up the number on his user profile. :)

I saw some of Clooney's outburst on TV, and it was pretty funny.  Funny in the 'George Clooney's an idiot' way rather than 'isn't George Clooney a funny guy' way.  I think in that position the best response would clearly have been, using the words of the Dude, 'Well, that's just, like, your opinion, man.'  Or perhaps, in the words of a 5 year old 'Your Mum's boring', or 'Not as boring as you'.  Any of the above would have been more intelligent than what he actually said.

Pete

[Funk, E.]

Multiple points:

a) Clooney is a git. However, it is a natural reaction for people to be defensive about their work particularly work with poor results.

b) Though it doesn't take a chef to tell when a cake is bad It takes a knowledge and sophistication to understand what went wrong AND a maturity to realize one bad cake does not a lousy chef make. Most critics I think have less expertise than they are given credit for. Boring is a subjective term. The Addiction was boring for most people, but I thought it was fascinating. Subjective condemnation is a flimsy criticism.

c) It is harder to make something than it is to critique it. Even a bad movie or cake took effort that tasting or watching it did not. My favorite derision of critics was "Those who can not do, teach. Those who can not teach, critique." It's a lazy skill judging the efforts of others. I'm a lousy skier, but when someone who doesn't even ski criticizes my ability I respond very differently than when an excellent skier criticizes me. One of them has rights to their claim so to speak. I as a casual observer of a movie have the right to decide and speak for myself when I say "It sucked" If my opinion is to be the basis of whether or not anyone else should watch the movie I SHOULD take great pains in what I say about the movie. Most critics that I've read don't do that, which is a legitimate criticism of critics

[Gerry]

"Thanks (end of message)"...I was just thanking SkullNinja for citing his source.  Sorry for the obscurity of my reply.

[Pete B6K]

Oh right. I hardly ever even look at message headings any more. So first time I read it I thought you'd just posted a full stop.

Pete

[The Burgomaster]

If he loses a bit more hair, Clooney will start to resemble John Saxon. With any luck, his career will end up where Saxon's ended up . . . in the B-Movie toilet.

[Flangepart]

Nice one, Funk E. The third one in particular. The subjectivity of criticisim keeps me from takeing it too seriously.
I think most of use  here are confident in our tastes. My reaction is to Looney Clooney's attitude. What a jerk!  Its just a movie,It ain't the Holy Grail, George, and you are NO Graham Chapman!

[Funk, E.]

Thank you Flange

[Pancho]

I don't want him in my B movies.  With any luck he'll continue to be in movies I don't give a damn about anywa.

[Mike]

Ah, Dante.  I wish that site was around when I was 12.  Dante and Stately Wayne Manor would have made puberty a lot easier.  Not to mention the Hungover Gourmet!