So Rex Reed is "the Observer's best writer"? If true, that's more a judgment on the journalistic quality of the Observer than a compliment to Reed. Anyone who terms the film "Syriana" as "loathsome" and claims there's "nothing real" about Clooney's latest film must have spent the last 20 years living in the Bible Belt or somewhere in the vicinity of corporate America where the handouts for media support are generous. See the film and don't worry about it's being too complex for the average US moviegoer. It's actually very simple: it's about corporate greed and absolute indifference to harming human beings or the environment, as long as a few can line their pockets with millions of dollars at the expense of the average US citizen. That's why Reed doesn't like it.
So Rex Reed is "the Observer's best writer"? If true, that's more a judgment on the journalistic quality of the Observer than a compliment to Reed. Anyone who terms the film "Syriana" as "loathsome" and claims there's "nothing real" about Clooney's latest film must have spent the last 20 years living in the Bible Belt or somewhere in the vicinity of corporate America where the handouts for media support are generous. See the film and don't worry about it's being too complex for the average US moviegoer. It's actually very simple: it's about corporate greed and absolute indifference to harming human beings or the environment, as long as a few can line their pockets with millions of dollars at the expense of the average US citizen. That's why Reed doesn't like it.