Comments on: Syriana http://www.the-editing-room.com/syriana.html Abridged Scripts for Movies Tue, 07 Feb 2012 14:45:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Disbeliefhttp://www.the-editing-room.com/syriana.html#comment-30637 Disbelief Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:29:43 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=236#comment-30637 4.5 stars? Really? If you actually liked this movie that much, you should come check out my toilet bowl. Its full of things like this movie, especially after I eat Mexican... 4.5 stars? Really? If you actually liked this movie that much, you should come check out my toilet bowl. Its full of things like this movie, especially after I eat Mexican...

]]> By: Alex Bogatiryovhttp://www.the-editing-room.com/syriana.html#comment-9051 Alex Bogatiryov Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:05:02 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=236#comment-9051 Dude, the audience was not that stupid and the 4 plots were not really complicated if one was not stoned during the movie. Why did not you mention anything about Clooney's nails being ripped out or the 20 minute Beduin goat crossing. Great comment about the SUVs. Dude, the audience was not that stupid and the 4 plots were not really complicated if one was not stoned during the movie. Why did not you mention anything about Clooney's nails being ripped out or the 20 minute Beduin goat crossing. Great comment about the SUVs.

]]> By: 7http://www.the-editing-room.com/syriana.html#comment-6495 7 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:17:55 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=236#comment-6495 MICHAEL CLAYTON: THE ABRIDGED SCRIPTFADE IN: George Clooney sits in his lavish mansion on his private island in Italy or France or wherever watching "SYRIANA" and thinks, "This is a socially relevant and thought-provoking film, perhaps the most important film of the 21st century. It's so good, it needs to be remade."TONY GILROY: Guess what? I watched "Syriana" too. Here's the script for "Michael Clayton." It's like "Syriana" instead of the oil industry being the malevolent force you discover has turned you into an unscrupulous amoral asshole who helps the badguys, it's big corporations who stomp on the little guy. Oh, and here's a copy of "A Civil Action" and "The Rainmaker." Watch those.MICHAEL CLAYTON: I am feeling bad about myself because I help big corporations stomp on the farmers and the little guy.TOM WILKINSON: I feel bad for the same reason, except that I feel SO bad that I go batshit crazy and start telling everybody about it.SHADY BIG CORPORATION STRING PULLER #1: This guy is talking too much. What do people like us do in movies like this?SHADY BIG CORPORATION STRING-PULLER #2: Hitmen.SHADY BIG CORPORATION STRING-PULLER #1: Oh yeah.TOM WILKINSON is killed by HITMEN, which no one in the audience was expecting.GEORGE CLOONEY: Wilkinson is right. We are on the wrong side. I'm going to follow his lead.HITMAN #1: We got to do Clooney too.HITMAN #2: Nice.GEORGE CLOONEY talks to his UNREALISTICALLY WISE AND KNOWING SON. Because he is GEORGE CLOONEY, he gets out of his car right before the car explodes.GEORGE CLOONEY confronts SHADY CORPORATE STRING-PULLER.GEORGE CLOONEY: You're an asshole. I resign.CRITICS: I've never seen anything like this before! Brilliant! Socially relevant! Clooney does it again!END. (George Clooney gets a blowjob back at his mansion.) MICHAEL CLAYTON: THE ABRIDGED SCRIPT

FADE IN: George Clooney sits in his lavish mansion on his private island in Italy or France or wherever watching "SYRIANA" and thinks, "This is a socially relevant and thought-provoking film, perhaps the most important film of the 21st century. It's so good, it needs to be remade."

TONY GILROY: Guess what? I watched "Syriana" too. Here's the script for "Michael Clayton." It's like "Syriana" instead of the oil industry being the malevolent force you discover has turned you into an unscrupulous amoral asshole who helps the badguys, it's big corporations who stomp on the little guy. Oh, and here's a copy of "A Civil Action" and "The Rainmaker." Watch those.

MICHAEL CLAYTON: I am feeling bad about myself because I help big corporations stomp on the farmers and the little guy.

TOM WILKINSON: I feel bad for the same reason, except that I feel SO bad that I go batshit crazy and start telling everybody about it.

SHADY BIG CORPORATION STRING PULLER #1: This guy is talking too much. What do people like us do in movies like this?

SHADY BIG CORPORATION STRING-PULLER #2: Hitmen.

SHADY BIG CORPORATION STRING-PULLER #1: Oh yeah.

TOM WILKINSON is killed by HITMEN, which no one in the audience was expecting.

GEORGE CLOONEY: Wilkinson is right. We are on the wrong side. I'm going to follow his lead.

HITMAN #1: We got to do Clooney too.

HITMAN #2: Nice.

GEORGE CLOONEY talks to his UNREALISTICALLY WISE AND KNOWING SON. Because he is GEORGE CLOONEY, he gets out of his car right before the car explodes.

GEORGE CLOONEY confronts SHADY CORPORATE STRING-PULLER.

GEORGE CLOONEY: You're an asshole. I resign.

CRITICS: I've never seen anything like this before! Brilliant! Socially relevant! Clooney does it again!

END. (George Clooney gets a blowjob back at his mansion.)

]]> By: Lunafyshhttp://www.the-editing-room.com/syriana.html#comment-1963 Lunafysh Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:56:46 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=236#comment-1963 Coginitive dissonace - the reason 90% of assholes act like they do. Coginitive dissonace - the reason 90% of assholes act like they do.

]]> By: Sihttp://www.the-editing-room.com/syriana.html#comment-379 Si Sun, 15 Jul 2007 11:06:53 +0000 http://localhost/wordpress/?p=236#comment-379 Two smart digs here, Rod - firstly, at Clooney's weight gain and beard (He is a good actor, but was there really any reason for the physical change apart from to bring attention to himself?).Secondly, at the fact that these big message movies really don't seem to be making that much of a difference - "The AUDIENCE leaves the theater, stopping to fill up their SUVs on the way home". Your final line in the Crash script dug into this theme pretty well too. Two smart digs here, Rod - firstly, at Clooney's weight gain and beard (He is a good actor, but was there really any reason for the physical change apart from to bring attention to himself?).

Secondly, at the fact that these big message movies really don't seem to be making that much of a difference - "The AUDIENCE leaves the theater, stopping to fill up their SUVs on the way home". Your final line in the Crash script dug into this theme pretty well too.

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