The Counselor looks good and the soundtrack is
cool, but that's not enough of a reason to watch it. The plot is laid out
poorly, and the dialogue is pretentious and out of place. Whatever they were
going for didn't work.
It's been two months since I've seen a movie. So much for
my "one movie a week" plan. The Counselor was a really disappointing
return to movies. I didn't get a clear idea from the trailer what the movie was
even about, but it looked slick. Roeper really steered me wrong on it - I can't
believe he gave it an A+! I should've checked it out on IMDb; they're closer to
the mark with a rating of 5.5. The actual movie was a lot like the trailer. I
had no idea what was going on a lot of the time, and some things still weren't
clear by the end.
