Movie Rev. The Ides of March

I just wanted to throw out my gut reaction to this movie tonight.

Fucking Terrible.

A weak political thriller with no thrills. Just because George Clooney directed it doesnt make it good.

Synopsis.
A press secretary for Clooney gets dicked over by the other campaign manager, and then he blackmails Clooney to get that guy fired.

I kid you not thats the movie, and its ending left you sitting there wondering why the hell you wasted 10 dollars and nothing happened.

There was some nice cinematography and the acting was fine. Paul Giomatti was good, and Philip S. Hoffman was decent. Ryan Gosling has more charm in the movie Drive than he does here, which was a much better movie btw. Clooney was fine, he acted like a politician. Smiled a lot, and then looked stern in some parts. All of acting overshadowed by the poor plot, lack of intrigue and crappy ending.

Rotten tomatoes gives it an 83% saying "While not exactly exposing revelatory truths, The Ides of March is supremely well-acted drama that moves at a calm, confident clip."

I read a review of this movie by the denver post and i really liked what he had to say. There are 2 other movies out there are show the down and dirty of different worlds, moneyball for baseball and the social network for computer stuff, and this movie here lacked what those movies had. Maybe cause those are movies about the underdog and making it from nothing that appeals to people. Nobody could care less about politions being corrupted, everybody already believes that. Show us something we havent seen.