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FeastForCows posted:Any more examples of actors/actresses with names that sound more like a character rather than a real name, like Moon Bloodgood? Dane Dehaan
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Oct 28, 2018 03:50
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Apparently Anton Chigurh's look was inspired by a man in a photo in the book Boystown: La Zona De Tolerancia. Anybody happen to know where I can see that picture online?
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the_tasman_series posted:Maybe ‘moral tale’ isn’t the exact right words. I was more thinking of a systematic/structured/not-too-subtle approach to theme. Parable seems like it fits. Allegory’s in the ballpark. Didactic seems related, but it does seem like didactic implies one-dimensionality. no country is absolutely their masterpiece film and also a parable imo
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Parachute posted:no country is absolutely their masterpiece film and also a parable imo I take umbrage with your use of the singular “masterpiece.”
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Oct 29, 2018 20:04
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I saw No Country long before I'd seen any other Coen brothers movies (in fact I think it inspired me to seek out other McCarthy novels rather than to watch other Coens movies) but having done so in the years since it's fantastic how well it fits in with their other work despite being an adaptation. I suppose Joel and Ethan Coen are a bit like Cormac McCarthy with more of a sense of humour, though. :p
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Oct 29, 2018 20:12
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I know I am in a minority but I think O Brother, Where Art Thou? is their best work.
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Oct 29, 2018 20:27
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It's hard for me to pick a favourite because there's still a few I have not seen (mostly their comedies - haven't seen Huduscker Proxy, Ladykillers, Intolerable Cruelty, Serious Man, Hail Caesar or Suburbicon).
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Oct 29, 2018 20:34
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Raising Arizona will always have a special place in my heart, sure sure. But Hudsucker Proxy is their best.
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Oct 29, 2018 20:51
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A Serious Man is the best of that bunch, and one of their bests in general, but I also haven’t seen Intolerable Cruelty. I think they only produced Suburbicon though.
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Oct 29, 2018 21:18
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Intolerable Cruelty is so fun, I love it, O Brother as well, I've seen it a couple dozen times
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Oct 29, 2018 21:33
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Krispy Wafer posted:But Hudsucker Proxy is their best. I'm not sure it's their best, but it's definitely their most underappreciated.
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Oct 29, 2018 21:35
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I'll go to bat for Inside Llewyn Davis since nobody else seems to be, though I'll admit that A Serious Man is probably objectively their best.
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Oct 29, 2018 21:36
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I haven't seen Inside Llewyn Davis either.
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Oct 29, 2018 21:43
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See it. It's wonderful.
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Oct 29, 2018 21:47
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I know it's kinda basic to say it but The Big Lebowski is loving incredible and I don't think any of their other films (many of them fantastic in their own right) match it from start to finish.
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Oct 29, 2018 21:51
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I think Fargo tops The Big Lebowski by just the tiniest, eenciest sliver. But they're both basically perfect movies.
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Oct 29, 2018 22:03
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Spatulater bro! posted:I think Fargo tops The Big Lebowski by just the tiniest, eenciest sliver. But they're both basically perfect movies. 1A and 1B, definitely.
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Oct 29, 2018 22:04
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My top 2 are A Serious Man and Burn After Reading, because while broad Coens and dramatic Coens are good, I'm a sucker for that really dry, funny Coen work.
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Spatulater bro! posted:I'm not sure it's their best, but it's definitely their most underappreciated. That's the beauty of it
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syscall girl posted:That's the beauty of it You know, for kids. It also had the best cast by virtue of Paul Newman alone. Looking forward to The Ballad of Buster Scruggs in a couple of weeks.
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Oct 30, 2018 03:56
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Y'all have a funny way of spelling Barton Fink Edit: Basically there's a lot of really good Coen Brothers films
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Oct 30, 2018 19:12
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Purple Monkey posted:Y'all have a funny way of spelling Barton Fink Yeah, I'm starting to suspect they might be pretty good at movies.
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Oct 30, 2018 19:38
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What would be the worst / least good one?
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Oct 30, 2018 19:54
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Wheat Loaf posted:What would be the worst / least good one? Most people would say Ladykillers or Intolerable Cruelty. Hail Caesar! is the only one that did basically nothing for me (except for Would That It T'were and the dance number), but I probably owe it a rewatch
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Oct 30, 2018 19:56
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Wheat Loaf posted:What would be the worst / least good one? The common consensus is usually The Ladykillers.
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Oct 30, 2018 19:57
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The Ladykillers, easy.
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Ladykillers deffo, but even that has a lot of strengths going for it. Tom Hanks performance as bizarre throwback G.H. Dorr is great.
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Oct 30, 2018 20:32
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J.K. Simmons is worth a star and Tom Hanks is worth another star so that makes 2 out of 5 stars for Ladykillers. I still remember being 9 or 10 and seeing Blood Simple and about making GBS threads my pants with the newspaper against the window scare. Also the knife through the hand was pretty gnarly.
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Oct 30, 2018 21:46
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Ladykillers by a long way.
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Okay, which Coen brothers movie other than Fargo would also be a good basis for a television series which could use the same setting and explore the same themes?
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Oct 30, 2018 23:57
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Wheat Loaf posted:Okay, which Coen brothers movie other than Fargo would also be a good basis for a television series which could use the same setting and explore the same themes? A Serious Man
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therattle posted:Ladykillers by a long way. Still worth a watch. Wouldn't rewatch without someone else wanting to though and I guess for all the others I would so faint praise relatively speaking.
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Wheat Loaf posted:Okay, which Coen brothers movie other than Fargo would also be a good basis for a television series which could use the same setting and explore the same themes? Blood Simple, or more bowling alley tales from Los Angeles
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Oct 31, 2018 00:03
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I was something like 14, and my parents were going to let me see an R-rated movie in the theater for my birthday (my parents were/are strict Christian Conservatives, this was a big deal). Which movie did I pick? The Ladykillers. I don't actually remember anything too bad in it, but I was just so disappointed that I'd wasted a rare opportunity on such a mediocre film.
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Klungar posted:I was something like 14, and my parents were going to let me see an R-rated movie in the theater for my birthday (my parents were/are strict Christian Conservatives, this was a big deal). Which movie did I pick? The Ladykillers. I don't actually remember anything too bad in it, but I was just so disappointed that I'd wasted a rare opportunity on such a mediocre film. 
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Oct 31, 2018 00:19
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The Ladykillers was my first Coen brothers movie and I saw it in theaters with my dad as a 13-year old. Nowhere to go but up! (Since then I've seen the whole catalogue and yeah, that one's easily the worst)
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Klungar posted:I was something like 14, and my parents were going to let me see an R-rated movie in the theater for my birthday (my parents were/are strict Christian Conservatives, this was a big deal). Which movie did I pick? The Ladykillers. I don't actually remember anything too bad in it, but I was just so disappointed that I'd wasted a rare opportunity on such a mediocre film. The Dawn of the Dead remake came out 2 weeks earlier, so depending how late in the run you saw Ladykillers it was probably still in theaters. Of course if your conservative Christian parents were watching it with you, they probably would have taken you out of the theater within the first 20 minutes. The only other R rated films from that time period I recognise the names of are semi-indy flicks so you probably wouldn't have heard of them at 14 (Dogville and Ned Kelly). Oh Kill Bill 2 came out April 16th, but I wouldn't recommend watching that without seeing the first one.
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I was working in a theater when Ladykillers was out and I remember a lot of old people going to see it and me not understanding why. Still don't!
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Teriyaki Hairpiece posted:I was working in a theater when Ladykillers was out and I remember a lot of old people going to see it and me not understanding why. Still don't! They probably had fond memories of the original.
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