Man, that was embarrassing and excruciating at the same time. I love Josh Brolin as an actor, especially in 'no country for old men' and essentially he is playing the same character except that he is trying to be funny and whoa, what a collosal failure - I haven't seen such a sever lack of comedic timing in awhile. He just couldn't be funny. It is like they spent that whole time out there in the woods not searching for 'atypical' whitetail (which is quite a funny line, but Brolin again couldn't pull it off) but searching for comedic timing and even McBride, who can sometimes be one of the funniest men on the planet, was tripping all over Brolins awkwardness in this genre, The sad truth is that Brolin was alot funnier in No Country, not trying to be....and maybe that is the secret with him as an actor ( or for anyone for that matter) is not to try to be funny.
In Brolin's defense there is probably a wide gap between the Coen brothers directing and writing than Bell's. On the other hand, you just can't teach comedic timing, you either have it or you don't....
In Brolin's defense there is probably a wide gap between the Coen brothers directing and writing than Bell's. On the other hand, you just can't teach comedic timing, you either have it or you don't....