Ensofter Overrated and overhyped

Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

Kaydan Christian A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

Matylda Swan It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties.

ragou My friend, Jefferson's an American saint because he wrote the words, "All men are created equal." Words he clearly didn't believe, since he allowed his own children to live in slavery. He was a rich wine snob who was sick of paying taxes to the Brits. So yeah, he wrote some lovely words and aroused the rabble, and they went out and died for those words, while he sat back and drank his wine and pucked his slave girl. This guy wants to tell me we're living in a community. Don't make me laugh. I'm living in America, and in America, you're on your own. America's not a country. It's just a business. Now pucking pay me. And that is all. I've browsed almost fifty reviews and no one mentioned this.Pity.

loganholley This paragraph is a quite a tangent, but, if you are interested in seeing this movie, I highly suggest you read it. This is not, and I mean NOT (N-O-T), an action movie. There are some scenes with a bit of action in them, but they're all very brief. This movie is a slow- moving thriller, and is very reliant on it's dialogue.So, I just saw Killing Them Softly recently, and these are my thoughts.Killing Them Softly is a Crime Thriller that does not focus on the glorification, nor the extreme shame, that the actual Crime gets in other movies. This movie is actually about the people that commit those Crimes. Killing Them Softly is interesting, due to the fact that almost every single character is a terrible person, who has done terrible things, but, they are also one of the most strangely relate-able bunch of characters I've seen in a while. Every single character has at least something going for them, and, despite their aberrant flaws, it's shocking when something happens to them. I also really enjoyed the little bits of Dark Humor in this film (at least, that's what I thought it was), the performances (especially from Brad Pitt), were really good, and the cinematography was decent.However, this movie is NOT perfect! Although there are more flaws if you nitpick it enough (as with anything), there is one main flaw I found this movie: it's not-so great presentation of story. Don't get me wrong, this film has a very interesting story, and when it opens up, it actually provokes a bit of thought... however, that stuff didn't hit me until more than half-way through the film. The way the filmmakers chose to write the story is very troublesome in the bits and pieces before that more-than-half-way mark, mainly because it's pretty hard to follow. Throughout the opening, I kept saying to myself 'Okay, now you've lost me', which is a bad sign.In total, I'm glad I saw Killing Them Softly. Perfect? No, but not as mediocre as some people will tell you it is.

jameslinton-75252 This film could have been so good. It has Brad Pitt, James Gandolfini and Ray Liotta in main roles, but it never really came together. I was vastly disappointed when I watched this.Firstly, I was severely disappointed with Gandolfini's contribution who hardly appears in this film, despite being a phenomenal actor who was one reason why the Sopranos was so good.I also felt that the film tried way too hard in being arty and the time and effort it put into this could have been better spent elsewhere.Maybe I'm being unfair, this film wasn't all bad. It was funny at times. It made me laugh on occasion. Once or twice. Once.Read my full review here: http://goo.gl/pFHffd

SquigglyCrunch I watched this movie because my copy of Child 44 was broken, so instead of going upstairs to grab a new movie I stayed where I was and switched on Netflix. I really wish that I'd just taken the effort to go upstairs instead. Killing Them Softly is a gangster movie about the most boring and uninteresting parts of being a gangster. The plot is a day in the life of a gangster, and it's really not all that interesting. Right from the get-go I wondered if I should really stick with this movie. The movie gets right into it, no explanations, nothing. I had no clue what the characters were talking about. As the movie progressed I figured it out, but it was just so unclear at first. The rest of the plot is fine, but it's so slow and uninteresting. There's no interesting plot twists or anything, and sometimes things weren't even clear. Again, they're explained more thoroughly afterwards, but considering the fact that the dialogue could barely explain something as simple as 'kill this guy because he stole from us' it really makes it hard to enjoy. I actually had to see the guy get shot before I understood. The characters, oh boy. The amount of interest that I had in them was nonexistent. And yet the movie tried to develop them. I know none of these characters are really all that important, so why force all these annoying, drawn-out, pointless 'conversations' with them? They're so uninteresting and the movie would have been better without them. At times I would zone out and when I came to the characters would say: "Now, to business" and I'd think 'well it's about bloody time'. The 'character development' was such an unbelievable pain to sit through. Character development isn't just about how long someone can ramble about topics that don't mean anything to anyone. It requires action in addition to conversation. The only good thing about this movie is the stylish violence. There was one scene that was very cool to watch. But was this enough to warrant a more positive rating? No. All the rest of the violence is just regular old violence. No style, nothing. I liked exactly one scene in this movie. Everything else? Not so much. Overall Killing Them Softly was a waste of time. It's slow, boring and uninteresting. But hey, at least there's one good scene. Maybe I just need to watch it with the right mindset, but because of my experience with it I highly doubt that I'll ever bother to re-watch it. In the end I would not hesitate to not recommend this movie.