CardiffGiant

Good Night, and Good Luck is my favorite Clooney film. Up in the Air is my favorite Clooney performance. I was pleasantly surprised to find that I've seen all but one of the films (Solaris) on the list.

In general, I like him in just about everything he's been in.

slop101

Out of Sight

I'm not understanding the love for Michael Clayton. It was alright, bu nothing too special, and calling the "greatest of the decade" is pure hyperbole. Take away the cast and you have an above average made-for-TV movie.

PopcornTreeCt

Agreed.

gmanca

Favorite movie with Clooney in it: Burn After Reading

Favorite film with Clooney's best performance: Michael Clayton.

Michael Clayton is the whole package; of course if you take away a good cast from any film you will have a drop-off in quality but it take a good to great director to get quality performances out of actors, even the great ones. If a director is just going through the motions, they won't try to create the best take. I really like the imagery, James Howard Newton's score, and the non-linear start to the film, all top-notch.

Compare that to a film like Righteous Kill where De Niro and Pacino are just sleep-walking through the film even though Avnet should have known better from his earlier failure with Pacino in 88 Minutes.

superdeluxe

dusk till dawn

dino88

Up in the Air

Had you made the poll this time last year, I would have said Three Kings.

fmian

Definitely Intolerable Cruelty.

JOE29

I must admit that I haven't seen a whole lot of Clooney films, but out of the ones that I have seen i'd have to pick Leatherheads. A quirky old fashioned football comedy. Besides after I bought the movie I lent it to my mother and she loved it so much that she said she watched it 3 times in one week.

Sessa17

Nobody called it the "greatest of the decade". I only said the script was one of them. I totally get why people don't like it or find it dull, its just completely missing the point of a completely original take on a neo-noir filtered through modern corporate esthetics. Its a fascinating characters study that for the first time uses Clooney in his proper potential oustide of the same cornball-smug role that every other person here sites as their favortie work of his.

Dr Mabuse

'Michael Clayton'... as a whole in its entirety, is a nearly perfect film. Brilliance comes together from every part of the film making process in that movie to make an amazing film.

I'm not one for the whole 'best' thing, but it's one of the best films of the last ten years, on a very short list of them, and it's an American classic that stands up with great films from any time period.

It's like a throwback to the 70's, in that window of excellent film making, only it's better than a lot of those films that are remembered as masterpieces today.

Sessa17

mwbmis

Out of Sight.

Say what you want about Clooney, but after he made Batman and Robin he took control of his career. I may not like all of his movies since, but I understand the artistic decision making behind why he made them. I respect Clooney for that and because of that I'll see anything he's in b/c I know it will be interesting, whether it's successful or not.

Solid Snake

I didn't know what to expect honestly...I really enjoy FDTD, cuz the things that QT and RR like...I like as well so....it's a film w/ a bunch of elements I enjoy. But I don't think it's his best film but it is my favorite one though.

I think you may fail to realize that it's poll for favorite film, not his best film.

slop101

Difference, to me, was that those '70s movies weren't boring like Clayton was. When it was over, I'm like "okay, so what?"

PopcornTreeCt

I disagree. In the film's climax, he was ultimately playing the cool, confident Clooney. Conversely, in Up in the Air, we saw him shaken to his core, in what may be considered the climax.

My favorite is still Out of Sight, because I think it's the epitome of Clooney's "coolness". From Dusk Till Dawn represented the closest we've ever seen him to playing a villain.

Mike86

Think I'm going to have to go with Up in the Air. Its one of my favorite movies in a while and I can re-watch it a lot without getting tired of it. I also liked From Dusk til Dawn and the Ocean's movies are fun too (especially the first, but the sequels are okay).

jfoobar

Not at all, and the results of this poll still make me a little sad.

That'sAllFolks

To me, it's probably more of what movie in that list is my favorite. There's nothing special to me about George Clooney as an actor. I'd have to go with Ocean's eleven.

Hokeyboy

Totally disagree. Your definition of "star vehicle" is "movie designed to play off a crappy actor's inability to show any depth or range whatsoever'. See Rob Schneider, Pauly Shore, etc.

Fist of Doom

For the record, I only used the term "Clooney vehicle" to see how long it would take someone to post "the Batmobile".

It took two posts.

SkullOrchard

O Brother Where Art Thou?

johnbook

In Order!

Leatherheads
O Brother Where Art Thou?
A Perfect Storm
Batman and Robin
From Dusk Till Dawn

The rest i"ll pass on....

Giantrobo

I appreciate the multiple choice option.

Solaris
O Brother, Where Art Thou

Not listed(Other):
Intolerable Cruelty.

ken_572002

Don't really care for him, but The Fantastic Mr. Fox was well done.

kaycee

What, no one's mentioned Batman and Robin? (kidding)

Personally not a big fan of the guy, but Michael Clayton was freakin' amazing. Maybe George should do more films with Tom Wilkinson, heh.