Excellent but atypical: Blood Simple
I've found there's an interesting subset of Coen Bros. fans who will insist until their dying day that Blood Simple is the Coens' best.
...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!
Spike ,'Selfless'
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Steph L. - Oct 18, 2004 11:33:26 am PDT #4650 of 10001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
DavidS - Oct 18, 2004 11:33:50 am PDT #4651 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Do you mean Intolerable Cruelty? (Which I thought wasn't bad, but didn't have much particularly Coen-y about it. It was pretty bland.)
That's it. See? I didn't even care enough to remember the title.
Jessica - Oct 18, 2004 11:34:18 am PDT #4652 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
If for nothing else, Blood Simple must be rented so that one may listen to the hysterical commentary track.
DavidS - Oct 18, 2004 11:34:29 am PDT #4653 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I've found there's an interesting subset of Coen Bros. fans who will insist until their dying day that Blood Simple is the Coens' best.
That is interesting. They're wrong, but that's interesting.
Sean K - Oct 18, 2004 11:35:56 am PDT #4654 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
or Irreconcilable Differnences
I think you mean Intolerable Cruely. Huh, I think you might even like it, Hec. What about it made you not want to see it?
Aims - Oct 18, 2004 11:38:21 am PDT #4655 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
The ones I have seen: Ladykillers, Raising Arizona, The Big Lebowski (I am the only person in the world that is "Eh" on Lebowski), O Brother, Intolerable Cruelty
Ones I haven't seen: The Man Who Wasn't There, Hudsucker Proxy, Blood Simple, Fargo
And for some reason, I always think A Simple Plan is Coen Bros.
Lyra Jane - Oct 18, 2004 11:42:32 am PDT #4656 of 10001
Up with the sun
Do you mean Intolerable Cruelty? (Which I thought wasn't bad, but didn't have much particularly Coen-y about it. It was pretty bland.)
What Jessica said. Zeta-Jones and Clooney are both perfectly fine, and there are a few clever lines, but the film didn't especially stick with me.
I liked Fargo, a lot, and thought OBWAT and Big Lebowski were pretty good but not as great as people told me they were. Hated Hudsucker Proxy. Liked The Man Who Wasn't There, but fell asleep 2/3 of the way through, which I'm guessing means I didn't like it *that* much. Haven't seen any of their other movies. (I think. I always get Barton Fink mixed up with Glengarry Glen Ross, and I've seen whichever one had Alec Baldwin in it.)
Jessica - Oct 18, 2004 11:43:22 am PDT #4657 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I had to turn off Hudsucker Proxy after about 15 minutes. It was just annoying me too much.
Sean K - Oct 18, 2004 11:44:48 am PDT #4658 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
And for some reason, I always think A Simple Plan is Coen Bros.
Sam Raimi.
DavidS - Oct 18, 2004 11:44:59 am PDT #4659 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
What about it made you not want to see it?
Didn't look like a "real" Coen Bros.
The Man Who Wasn't There
D'oh. Some fan, I can't even remember the titles.