I loved this movie! The continuous contrast between what you see on the screen and the fragments of presidential motivational speeches (crap) is presented in a genius way and the ending speech of brad Pitt about thomas Jefferson just tops the cake! F'in perfect!
Putting me to sleep softly.
Let me sum up Killing Them Softly for you, a basic mob movie that wants to be more than that so Dominik concocts some pretentious connection between the mob and U.S. politics so that they can convince themselves their basic mob movie is more than that. The political connection doesn't even make any sense. It's basically "hey the government is similar to the mob because they both have an economy!" It sounds like a teenagers attempt at edgy satire. Not only is the connection incredibly pretentious and over the top, it's also shoved down the audiences collective throats. Dominik presents his satire with the subtlety of a Michael Bay movie, constantly placing in political speeches to try to be clever. He treats his audience like kindergartners and insults their intelligence. I probably would have liked it better if he had just completely skipped his pretentious satire and just stuck to a basic mob movie, at least then I wouldn't feel spoonfed. The visuals are more impressive than your average movie, especially with one of the execution scenes. Overall though it just feels like a waste of time that will insult your intelligence on the side. Terrible movie, just an absolute waste of my time.
"America is not a country it's a business."
Damn, Brad Pitt is so good in this. Stellar performances all around if I'm being honest. The first time I watched this I was a little bored, but I was pretty young. I was wrong. This is gritty and good, and I like the conversations about the state of this country.
KTS is an excellent “high brow” take on the mob/hitman thriller. Brad Pitt and James Gandolfini give some of their most convincing film performances and the supporting cast is decent too. Well worth a watch.
I really enjoyed this one pretty simple premise
two amateurs still a bunch of money from some very dangerous gangsters at a card game
they hire a seasoned enforcer to get the money back
this movie isn't overly action-packed
but it feels a lot more realistic than some of the more shoot them up type of mob movies
there's a lot of great dialogue great characters
you really get a sense of history with a lot of the criminals in the movie which really helps the world building in the movie
Pretentious and incoherent, Killing Them Softly is a poorly made and monotonous crime drama. The story follows a mob enforcer who’s called in to restore order when it’s suspected that a poker heist was an inside job. There are some impressive actors in the cast, Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta, James Gandolfini, and Richard Jenkins, but the performances (aside from Pitt’s) are underwhelming. And the script is atrocious, full of insipid dialog that seems to go on forever. Yet, more than anything else, it’s the directing (which accentuates all of the film’s problems) that really makes Killing Them Softly the inane piece of tripe that it is.
the ending saved the movie...
Pretentious snooze fest zzzzz zzzz
Middle management in the criminal underworld. Richard Jenkins is a delight.
I liked it, but I had to take off a star for being a Winestein production (and another for being so slow)
Killing Them Softly is an intense crime thriller with stylish direction and strong performances. Brad Pitt delivers a great performance as Jackie Cogan, a hitman tasked with investigating a mob robbery. His character is both menacing and charismatic, and he brings a depth to the role that few actors could. The film's themes of corruption and greed are explored in a thought-provoking and way, making it much more than just a typical shoot-'em-up.
I went into this having only read the synopsis. I expected a nice action flick a la Jason Statham or Liam Neeson.
Instead I got lots of swearing and senseless violence. Some weird, bad mix of Big Lebowski (all the fucks!), Ocean's (casino heist, ha-ha) and Purge (violence) I suppose. It was not my cup of tea, and I was kinda disappointed.
The acting Brad and James are excellent, but this film is as boring as going to church. The climax seems like it's never going to come, and when it does, it goes by as fast as an avocado.
I liked Ben Mendhelson. I got nothing to say about the movie.
Well, not bad but neither is it a really good movie IMHO. While I like the quite different take on gangsters and crime (they are all depicted so different to the stereotypes depicted by Hollywood normally presents as nowadays: an accountant-type of person is quite a big shot hierarchy-wise and instead of crunching numbers hires assassins, the hit-man doesn't want to kill persons he knows personally because it gets too emotional and no high-tech equipment or weapons are to be seen anywhere ) the plot is rather boring and besides Brad Pitt the characters are all very wooden (heck even Pitt's performance is mediocre). I do not regret having watch this flick but I'm also not going to watch it again!
Amazing cinematography, great dialogues, poor story. Pitt looks good though.
Killing Them Softly by Andrew Dominik. Now, despite this only being his third film, I've come to understand that he's got a little bit of recognition in the film scene. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford has been on my watch list for quite some time, and I still haven't seen it (story of my life). But now that I've seen this movie, even though I wouldn't call it phenomenal, it's got me more than interested to check out his previous works. This movie not only serves as a mobster crime story, but is also able to make a lot of statements on America's financial system for anybody paying attention. All of the performances are great, and the characters are consistently well written, but what really brings it home is how uniquely stylised it is, with some really interesting choices in audio editing. Now unfortunately, despite praising the choices made for audio editing, there was at least one moment where I heard some clipping, but overall this is a very well done film. The pacing and conclusion are a little bit unconventional, so try not to get caught up in your expectations for where the story goes, but I found this movie to be very entertaining, and I'm looking forward to checking out his others.
Very Good! One thumb up, one shot off!
A movie with brad pitt in a main role and a ganster plot ? Win, huh ?
Not really. The story is to base and the whole movie is not as smart as Snatch and other gangster movies.
But it's also not a very bad movie. It's more like its average movie. You will forget it 10 minutes after you have seen it.
Ray Liottas role is so 2d and lame. I like him very much, but the director just waste his talent. what a shame.
6/10, only for Brad Pitt and Richard Jenkins as the middleman
i liked it. nice characters, good dialogues
people have missed the point. I loved the film...the dialogue is amazing. Like a 90 minute version of the Sopranos. Top notch camera work..The car door camera was genius..Characters were fantastic. Who ever said there was character development was wrong and anyhow sometimes and in all the best movies we are left to fill in the blanks...oh and the soundtrack is proper.
Didn't liked :/
I wanted to like the movie... but this movie will be something I'll only remember by the lack of a decent, in-depth story.
Nope. Not funny as a Snatch, not good as a Goodfellas, so this is an useless movie.
"America is not a country, it's just a business. Now fucking pay me."
Awesome punchline! ;)
liked this a lot, very stylish and gritty
The trailer for "Killing Them Softly" has all the makings of a great gangster film, a very good cast, a promising leading actor and a very decent plot. Watch the film and be ready to change those comments the next day. "Killing Them Softly" is a slow art-film with very good dialogues but very little character development. The story is acceptable and very interesting but the only way to appreciate this film is if you are really into films. From the slow tempo to the very hidden meaning of the constant political tone set on this film, "Killing Them Softly" is a good film with its flaws... but a bad film for the casual movie watcher.. .definately a film not for everyone.
Shout by kayakBlockedParent2013-06-03T21:32:30Z
Bit boring.
It is not all about dialogues