Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz. I'd never heard of it, and yet in scene after scene another star. Script is by Cormac McCarthy (I learned later), which explains the awesome dialog to go with the excellent acting. Ridley Scott is the director, so it looks good too.
The gist of the plot is that The Counselor (you never learn his name, kind of like The Driver movie) tries to make a bunch of money on drugs and now has to live with the fallout. His phone call with Ruben Blades is worth the price of admission alone. Yet HBO only had it as a 1-star movie. Fuck the critics, each of the scenes are little masterpieces, actors firing on all cylinders. Maybe the total plot is a little off, I don't know since I've only seen half the movie. But so what.
Here's a shot of Penelope Cruz receiving oral sex, in the part of the movie I didn't see. But will soon.
