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Action/Thriller/'Splosey Movie About Not Finding Weapons of Mass Destruction

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (29)

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You may remember Plamegate a few years back. If you were alive, and of age, there was really no way not to hear about it. Boiled down to the essentials, Plamegate involved Douchebag journalist Robert Novak (R.I.P.) leaking the identity of Valerie Wilson, a covert CIA operative, in his newspaper column, effectively ending her career. He learned of Wilson’s identity from Scooter Libby (probably on the orders of Dick Cheney), who released the name because former Amassador Joseph Wilson (Valerie’s husband) wrote a series of op-eds in the New York Times disputing George Bush’s stated reasons for going to war in Iraq. The leak was in retaliation.

Fine. It could make for a compelling drama with lots of yelling, walking, court-room scenes, and Congressional testimony. Aaron Sorkin would be an ideal screenwriter.

What it shouldn’t make for, however, is a Bourne-style action-thriller, but at least that’s what the trailer portends. Sean Penn and Naomi Watts are at their over-acting best — and this two-minute trailer contains more fists of ham than a hog farm. It’s exactly the kind of goddamn film for which people hate Sean Penn, and indeed, I think we may be seeing the Pacino-ization of Penn.

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Comments

How dare you talk about my wife?!? Oh snap bitch.

Posted by: Nimue at August 19, 2010 9:43 AM

*Yawn*

Inside the beltway tedium.

Posted by: , at August 19, 2010 9:49 AM

Cindy Crawford was really good in this.

Posted by: Case at August 19, 2010 9:54 AM

Indeed, Case. The only way this Fair Game could beat Crawford's Fair Game is if we get to see Sean Penn's boobs.

Posted by: RobP at August 19, 2010 10:00 AM

I wish Naomi Watts got more work, and work that showcased her true talents. She's gorgeous, intelligent, and very classically beauty. Plus, she's earned a spot in my trifecta of women I would go straight for, alongside Penelope Cruz and Christina Hendricks, because who wouldn't fall in love with any of these women.
Will I see this? Most likely. Maybe on DVD, unless the Splodey action is not as significant, more drama in court rooms.

Posted by: Kamikaze Feminist at August 19, 2010 10:06 AM

Skip. I loathe Penn and think he's a ridiculously overrated actor and self important twatwaffle.

Posted by: TylerDFC at August 19, 2010 10:06 AM

Tyler - I'll second the twatwaffle and raise you a tainttoast.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at August 19, 2010 10:09 AM

Say all you want, but Naomi is sacred. I'd pay to watch her yell at a Starbuck barista.

Posted by: sars at August 19, 2010 10:10 AM

Oooh, heavenly spiral ham. Makes me wonder about the well-intentioned defenders of the notion that actors get perpetual passes for one Good Role.

Posted by: EllenP at August 19, 2010 10:17 AM

Just one point. Scooter Libby DIDN'T "out" her. That's the conventional story however, it just isn't so. Granted, the alleged journalist "outed" her, however I do believe it was revealed that his source was other than Scooter.

However, the point remains...I agree w/ ",". That was my initial reaction.

Oh, and Mrs. Julian - I'll up the ante w/ douche water.

Posted by: UncleJR at August 19, 2010 10:22 AM

She's gorgeous, intelligent, and very classically beauty.
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And as a big fan of "21 Grams" I'll note that she also has the longest nipples I've ever seen.

And UncleJR is correct, Scooter Libby's crime wasn't outing Plame, it was being a grown man named Scooter. There's no punishment sufficient for that.

Posted by: , at August 19, 2010 10:30 AM

Is it just me or does Sean Penn look an awfully lot like Michael Douglas in that photo?

Hrmm, I may have to see this "21 Grams" after all... Either that or fire up my copy of "Mulholland Drive."

I've been a fan of Watts since her role as "Jet Girl" in Tank Girl. I always kind of liked Tank Girl for some reason. At least I remember liking it. I have no idea why.

Posted by: Forbiddendonut at August 19, 2010 10:38 AM

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Posted by: avaaa at August 19, 2010 10:41 AM

I've been a fan of Watts since her role as "Jet Girl" in Tank Girl. I always kind of liked Tank Girl for some reason. At least I remember liking it. I have no idea why.
Posted by: Forbiddendonut at August 19, 2010 10:38 AM

Because the geeky chick in the movie is always HAWT!!!!
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As for this movie, I hate the "Inspired by True Events" part. Means it's total BS. Probably skipping this.

Posted by: Kahntahmp at August 19, 2010 10:49 AM

Sean Penn = immediate pass.

He's an insufferable asshole.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at August 19, 2010 11:54 AM

Is it just me or does Sean Penn look an awfully lot like Michael Douglas in that photo?
Posted by: Forbiddendonut

That's what I thought too.

Posted by: Brenton at August 19, 2010 12:27 PM

Is it just me or does Sean Penn look an awfully lot like Michael Douglas in that photo?

I can definitely see that. My first very quick glance at it made me think David Strathairn and Joan Allen from Bourne Ultimatum.

Posted by: branded at August 19, 2010 12:31 PM

This motherfucker Sean Penn I tell ya, if I was a homo and I was into scatology I wouldn’t shit on this guy to save my life. He’s such a douchebag with his important work, traveling the globe saving everyone from themselves. To top it all off he wants to go down to Haiti and pass out a couple of bottles of water and try to dictate to that country who their next president should be. All of a sudden he’s a fucking ambassador to the world, I remember when he was a young punk running around beating up photographers and licking Madonna.

Posted by: Pookie at August 19, 2010 3:01 PM

1) Bob Novak published the info, which was leaked by Richard Armitage. Everyone knew that, but since someone had to pay for the outrage, Libby got hit. Same prosecutor that couldn't pin a meaningful charge on Blagojevich, by the way.

2) I thought it was Michael Douglas myself. In fact, when I read "Sean Penn" in the write-up, I had to go back to the picture. Spicoli got OLD, dudes and dudettes.

3) Political thrillers are always stupid because writers are apparently incapable of selling studio executives on a well-written plot. The world is going to explode TOMORROW, mostly it's someone in a position of power covering up something because an underling did something that might play poorly in the press. Then that person gets tagged with the moral guilt of TARNISHING POLITICS FOREVER and in the end only one of the 13 counts sticks, but by that point we've all moved on. Hollywood tries to sell political thrillers like they're Michael Bay movies, when in reality they're more Merchant-Ivory fare.

Posted by: BigUpstate at August 19, 2010 5:26 PM

He learned of Wilson’s identity from Scooter Libby (probably on the orders of Dick Cheney

Seriously? You are gonna repeat silly made up shit like that?

Bob Novak published the info, which was leaked by Richard Armitage.

Funny how in a movie all about the name getting leaked, the actual person who gave Novak the name is never mentioned. Why do you suppose that is?


Posted by: EricD at August 19, 2010 5:37 PM

“And as a big fan of "21 Grams" I'll note that she also has the longest nipples I've ever seen.”

Posted by: , at August 19, 2010 10:30 AM

I must disagree with you (,). Whenever you get the chance take a look at Rene Russo in “The Thomas Crown Affair.” There’s a scene of her sitting in a bath tub and the water comes up just below her nipples. Good god almighty! Her nipples were the size of shot glasses.

Posted by: Pookie at August 19, 2010 5:49 PM

Scooter Libby my ass, if you think for one second that anyone other than Dick Cheney outed Valerie Wilson I’ve got a bridge to sell you in New York. Libby and Novak, those two keystone cops didn’t know if they were on foot or horseback. We’re talking about the identity of a CIA agent, not some GS-9 contract specialist.

Posted by: Pookie at August 19, 2010 5:59 PM

it's one crappy trailer after another this week; where are the good trailers? oh, wait. that would mean good movies and hollywood doesn't make those any longer....or only rarely

Posted by: splinter at August 19, 2010 6:06 PM

Scooter Libby leaked Plame? "Valerie Wilson"?

I love it when this gaggle of hipster leftists tries to do politics, even incidentally. You barely can do movies.

Posted by: King at August 19, 2010 7:57 PM

That's what I thought too.

Posted by: Brenton at August 19, 2010 12:27 PM
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Me three.

Posted by: , at August 20, 2010 1:30 AM

I thought DeNiro.....

Posted by: Kahntahmp at August 20, 2010 8:59 AM

With all due respect, "Pookie", you are displaying abysmal ignorance regarding this issue. It's been four years since the leaker was identified as Richard Armitage from the State Department (who has since admitted it). And Armitage gave Plame's name not out of spite, but in response to head-scratching by Novak (and many others) as to why a former diplomat with no experience in WMD or counterproliferation issues was given such an assignment: oh, his wife was a honcho at CIA's Nonproliferation Directorate and she set it up - mystery solved. And, BTW, the bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Intelligence later found that Wilson lied in his NYT op-ed. Of course none of this will be in the movie, given that Hollywood over the last couple of decades has proven to be a reliable enabler of liberal lies.

Posted by: Mooner at August 22, 2010 2:36 AM

Mooner, I was inclined to rebut the points that you made but after reading the last sentence of your argument I think it is best that I bow out, but in conclusion it is beyond comprehension that you think Richard Armitage was the catalyst for America’s misadventure in Iraq.

Posted by: Pookie at August 22, 2010 2:56 PM

Um, WIlson did not lie in his op-ed, you schmuck. As his been proved pretty motherfucking clearly by the NOTABLE GODDAMNED ABSENCE OF ANY FUCKING WMD WHATSOFUCKINGEVER. Anywhere.

Posted by: Maryscott O'Connor at August 22, 2010 5:08 PM