Michael Clayton - "I'm not a miracle worker, I'm a janitor"

[nedalnekbrad]

I don t get it . He s hinted at being an exceptional fixer . If you look at the deleted scene he mentions an arsony case that proves he's bloody good at it although they never explain how he does his magic . yet throughout the movie and especially in this scene he's somewhere between normal and plain blad . Change of heart ? it seems a bit weak as an explanation especially considering he's also bad at the beginning of the U/North case when dealing with karen .

[sensfan22]

Did anyone other then me know that this movie is actually based on Monsanto. I mean the events r fictional but this is exactly the kind of things Monsanto is involved in. Considering that Monsanto is rated the most unethical company in the world and just so happens to be an multinational agricultural biotechnology corporation that made seeds that caused cancer and poisoned water supplies

[1214gaia]

@sensfan22 -- Oh yeah, definitely. Anyone who knows anything about Monsanto knows they're the bad guys in this film.

[ghostfacecripkilla]

@1214gaia lolololol u/north is exactly like monsanto

[qhubbles]

—That's the police, doesn't it?

—No, the don't call

[eviola11]

@qhubbles That couldn't be further from what he actually said.

[mavericksf16]

@qhubbles If you applied to be a transcriptor you wouldn't get a license - sorry

[qhubbles]

@mavericksf16 I know! lol

[fateplus1]

better than no country for old men, not saying that old men was bad but this is just a great movie

[platinumsalamander]

i'm sorry but dennis o'hare simply outshined clooney before this scene. u could really feel his frustration, helplessness and panic.

[bloomsdayeire]

Absolutely riveting movie, highly absorbing and intelligent picture

[jumpoutatree]

I watched this scene about ten times, and came to the conclusion that the phrase "The math on this is simple" should have been cut out. It just should have been "I'm a janitor; the smaller the mess, the easier it is for me to clean up."

[TheIllmaro]

Acting Acting Acting Perfect

[justentime77]

I thing the best screne is in the end when he lowers the boom.

[leeemo]

I noticed throughout the movie that the theme of 'miracles' gets brought up. Like when Michael's son claimed to have eaten waffles, and when Michael leaves Arthur a message "game over, I believe in miracles."

I noticed it like, the 5th time I watched it. Very subtle directing and screenplay, props to Gilroy.

[kirkjamestkirk]

Yep actually the way he didn't get killed is some kind of miracle :P

[fallxbackxcrush]

Fierce.

[laverduga]

Highly have to disagree. Don't get me wrong, this scene is by far sick. But the best is the ending scene. "I'm not the the guy you kill! I'm the guy guy buy!. .. . . . . Are you so fucking blind, you can't see what I am? I'm a fixer, I'm the bag man. I do everything from shop lifting wives to bent congressmen, and you're gonna kill me?

[JoshFi]

I think that scene between Clooney and Tilda Swinton will go down in film history as one of the best confrontational acting scenes. That scene won Swinton her Oscar.

[jumpoutatree]

best scene in the movie, yo

[stockshunter]

absolutely not, the best scene is when he just admiringly looks into the three horses, and towards the end when he ultimately says , I am Shiva, the god of hell.