Review of The Counselor (2013) by Bruuz — 01 Mar 2014

Just saw it for a second time.

I'm a lot more appreciative of the movie in this second viewing.

The production design is simply awesome.

It also completely revisited my view of Malkina, who I now believe is not a mastermind. In fact, IJust saw it for a second time.

I'm a lot more appreciative of the movie in this second viewing.

The production design is simply awesome.

It also completely revisited my view of Malkina, who I now believe is not a mastermind. In fact, I believe she identifies more with the jackrabbit, but has a fascination with the cheetah (represented by the cartel). Greed being the ultimate motivator. Revisit her lines, in the enddialogue, or her last conversation with Reiner. Imo, she's not the malign mastermind I also took her for after the first viewing, her character is more complex, a lot more human (as she explains what humans are in the end).

The first time through, the philosophical dialogue doesn't give you enough time to digest it. So, unfortunately, it comes over as blasé mumbojumbo. The good news is that once you get a grasp on it in subsequent viewings, it starts to make sense and you can relate to it through the imagery.

This is a movie with some consistence, where the simple dialogue lines hide a lot of information.

I'm not going to pretend that everything in this movie works, but it's an effort I can really appreciate, an attempt at something a little different than the fast-food movies we're consuming all too often.