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Post by boojam on Feb 3, 2016 16:07:22 GMT
Fargo or Miller's Crossing are their best movies imo. But I love most of them tbh. Definitely both in my top 5 of theirs. I adore A Serious Man. It's my number 1 for sure. No Country for Old Men is obviously a great one. I also watched The Man Who Wasn't There recently and it was really solid. Gandolfini had a nice little part and Billy Bob Thornton was awesome.Fargo season two took a decent bit of inspiration from it. Still need to see a handful of their movies though. Coens kind of odd with comedy , perfect with Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski , uneven with O Brother, Where Art Thou? and seemingly indifferent to their material with Burn After Reading. Their comedy is also quite off center not fitting exactly any particular trope. Which is what I like. I don't consider Fargo a comedy.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 16:14:55 GMT
Definitely both in my top 5 of theirs. I adore A Serious Man. It's my number 1 for sure. No Country for Old Men is obviously a great one. I also watched The Man Who Wasn't There recently and it was really solid. Gandolfini had a nice little part and Billy Bob Thornton was awesome.Fargo season two took a decent bit of inspiration from it. Still need to see a handful of their movies though. Coens kind of odd with comedy , perfect with Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski , uneven with O Brother, Where Art Thou? and seemingly indifferent to their material with Burn After Reading. Their comedy is also quite off center not fitting exactly any particular trope. Which is what I like. I don't consider Fargo a comedy.As you shouldn't. I definitely consider it Crime/Drama.
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Post by MarcusAntonius on Feb 3, 2016 16:21:59 GMT
I forgot about Inside Llewyn Davis. I enjoyed that one a fair bit as well.
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Post by Admin on Feb 3, 2016 17:11:20 GMT
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Post by Admin on Feb 3, 2016 17:27:21 GMT
I'm not as crazy about the Coen Brothers as many are. I've disliked more movies of there's that I loved. Most are just okay. Burn After Reading, I wasn't crazy for, but Brad Pitt was so funny in it. I loved that. Burn after Reading is hysterical and it is in the strongest supporting actor line up I ever had - Pitt and Malkovich in that, Ledger in TDK, Downey in Tropic Thunder, Shannon in Revolutionary Road, Fiennes in In Bruges There are actual revews up too. Not that there is a difference, movie goers opinions mater It's true, tho I only like well reasoned opinions well put. Right and the 'critics' have monopoly on that
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Post by day dreamer on Feb 3, 2016 18:19:14 GMT
The only Coen film I would say I *love* is No Country for Old Men.
The rest range from just okay to zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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Post by barristanwhitebeard on Feb 3, 2016 20:01:32 GMT
Definitely both in my top 5 of theirs. I adore A Serious Man. It's my number 1 for sure. No Country for Old Men is obviously a great one. I also watched The Man Who Wasn't There recently and it was really solid. Gandolfini had a nice little part and Billy Bob Thornton was awesome.Fargo season two took a decent bit of inspiration from it. Still need to see a handful of their movies though. I really need to see A Serious Man. I don't think anything will ever beat Fargo for me though. I just love that movie so much. And Marge Gunderson might be my favorite female character from any movie ever. Also, Buscemi is pure gold in that movie. My top 5 favorite: 1) Fargo 2) Barton Fink 3) The Big Lebowsky 4) No Country For Old Men 5) Raising Arizona Fargo is the perfect compendium of the brothers sensibilities as filmmakers: black humor, unconventional characters and plots, homages to film noir and classic Hollywood...
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Post by boojam on Feb 3, 2016 21:18:40 GMT
I'm not as crazy about the Coen Brothers as many are. I've disliked more movies of there's that I loved. Most are just okay. Burn After Reading, I wasn't crazy for, but Brad Pitt was so funny in it. I loved that. Burn after Reading is hysterical and it is in the strongest supporting actor line up I ever had - Pitt and Malkovich in that, Ledger in TDK, Downey in Tropic Thunder, Shannon in Revolutionary Road, Fiennes in In Bruges It's true, tho I only like well reasoned opinions well put. Right and the 'critics' have monopoly on that Fair enough. There is a proliferation of 'professional' critics. Over on Rotten Tomatoes(Critic Reviews), Meta Critic and the collection at IMDB have some awful reviews. Tho back in the old days only had to deal with air heads like Michael Medved , Gene (Shallow) Shalit and that idiot Rex Reed.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 23:10:34 GMT
Turns out it's getting good reviews after all. It's Rotten Tomatoes score's gone up since I napped not down.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2016 23:22:39 GMT
The Alamo emailed me to tell me that tickets for The Witch are being sold. Those fuckers have my number.
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Post by barristanwhitebeard on Feb 3, 2016 23:27:36 GMT
The Alamo emailed me to tell me that tickets for The Witch are being sold. Those fuckers have my number. Considering the enthusiastic reviews and my love for good atmospheric horror films, I'm really hyped to see it too.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 1:20:17 GMT
I really need to see A Serious Man. I don't think anything will ever beat Fargo for me though. I just love that movie so much. And Marge Gunderson might be my favorite female character from any movie ever. Also, Buscemi is pure gold in that movie. My top 5 favorite: 1) Fargo 2) Barton Fink 3) The Big Lebowsky 4) No Country For Old Men 5) Raising Arizona Fargo is the perfect compendium of the brothers sensibilities as filmmakers: black humor, unconventional characters and plots, homages to film noir and classic Hollywood... My top 5 would probably be: Fargo Miller's Crossing The Big Lebowski Raising Arizona No Country for Old Men
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 2:56:12 GMT
i liked Miller's Crossing, Fargo and The Big Lebowski.
Found the others i've seen (no country for old men and a serious man) incredibly boring.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 2:57:09 GMT
i liked Miller's Crossing, Fargo and The Big Lebowski. Found the others i've seen (no country for old men and a serious man) incredibly boring. I thought I was the only one who thinks No Country For Old Men was GODAWFULLY boring.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 3:02:23 GMT
i liked Miller's Crossing, Fargo and The Big Lebowski. Found the others i've seen (no country for old men and a serious man) incredibly boring. I thought I was the only one who thinks No Country For Old Men was GODAWFULLY boring. Nope I'll probably need to rewatch it, but i just have not motivation for that. I found it so boring haha
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 3:03:51 GMT
I loved No Country for Old Men. Oh my god, you guys!
I like their comedies best though. My favorite by far is The Big Lebowski. I watch it over and over. It's one of the only movies I can do that with. And second is Raising Arizona.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 3:04:26 GMT
I thought I was the only one who thinks No Country For Old Men was GODAWFULLY boring. Nope I'll probably need to rewatch it, but i just have not motivation for that. I found it so boring haha I watched it twice, because I fell asleep during my first watch. It was that boring.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 3:06:54 GMT
I loved No Country for Old Men. Oh my god, you guys! I like their comedies best though. My favorite by far is The Big Lebowski. I watch it over and over. It's one of the only movies I can do that with. And second is Raising Arizona. I don't know what it is... tbh. Maybe I'm too European and gay for their movies.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 3:12:13 GMT
No Country For Old Men is the Coen Brothers plus Cormac McCarthy. So perfect by definition. The best current screenwriters working with the best current author.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2016 3:13:20 GMT
No Country For Old Men is the Coen Brothers plus Cormac McCarthy. So perfect by definition. The best current screenwriters working with the best current author. I read every analysis of that movie and every review, because I thought something must be wrong with me. But I seriously think it's a bad movie.
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