The Monuments Men

[keg in kc]

George Clooney, Matt Damon, Bill Murray, John Goodman and Cate Blanchett...

Synopsis for those who aren't familiar with the book upon which it was based:

Based on the true story of the greatest treasure hunt in history, The Monuments Men is an action-thriller focusing on an unlikely World War II platoon, tasked by FDR with going into Germany to rescue artistic masterpieces from Nazi thieves and returning them to their rightful owners. It would be an impossible mission: with the art trapped behind enemy lines, and with the German army under orders to destroy everything as the Reich fell, how could these guys – seven museum directors, curators, and art historians, all more familiar with Michelangelo than the M-1 – possibly hope to succeed? But as the Monuments Men, as they were called, found themselves in a race against time to avoid the destruction of 1000 years of culture, they would risk their lives to protect and defend mankind’s greatest achievements.

Opens December 18th

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Originally Posted by Deberg_1990

I really dont think Clooney is a very good director at all. His movies are boring to me. He lacks pacing and rhythm for whatever reason.


Looking at the box office, this has actually made a decent amount of coin.

Haven't seen this movie yet but I enjoyed The Ides of March. Leatherheads, on the other hand, was one of the worst movies I've seen

[bowener]

I loved confessions of a dangerous mind.

[Cannibal]

Only 34% of critics and 54% of users liked it on Rotten Tomatoes.

6.5 out of 10 on IMDB.

I'll wait for HBO on this one, if I watch it at all.

[Anyong Bluth]

I think the # of posts speaks as to it's place in the cinematic pantheon. Wish is was better, and it virtually had no opening competition at the box office.