Current Events > ITT: I rate the films of the Coen Brothers

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Doe 12/12/19 12:40:11 AM #1:	How does this make you feel Spot On Pretty Good Okay Disagree That's Just Like, Your Opinion, Man How does this make you feel - Results (4 votes) Spot On 0% (0 votes) 0 Pretty Good 50% (2 votes) 2 Okay 0% (0 votes) 0 Disagree 25% (1 vote) 1 That's Just Like, Your Opinion, Man 25% (1 vote) 1 Number One: Inside Llewyn Davis https://i.imgur.com/suVuQjx.jpg It's just flawless. On first watch it can feel outside of their body of work (perhaps thanks to the departure of Roger Deakins, cinematographer) but upon further consideration I think it fits perfectly into their ethos. Two: A Serious Man https://i.imgur.com/pO9o5Zj.jpg "I seriously fucked your wife!" Three:The Big Lebowski https://i.imgur.com/cnctpXk.jpg You don't need an introduction. It's perhaps their most optimistic film and most forgiving to humanity. A different spin on coenesque. Four:Barton Fink https://i.imgur.com/Glz6ZTD.jpg A leftist playwright signs a Hollywood contract to write some screenplays. Hard for me to talk about this one, it just has to be seen. One of their most playful, pensive, and inscrutable movies. Five:No Country For Old Men https://i.imgur.com/qS4U7vk.jpg Obligatory. It's hard to believe Cormac McCarthy wrote this and not the Coen Brothers themselves, though they crown their version as definitive with the ending scene. Six: The Man Who Wasn't There https://i.imgur.com/Tent0AL.jpg One of their most beautiful movies. Billy Bob Thornton gives a striking performance. Seven:Fargo https://i.imgur.com/CW2cuX9.png They successfully pulled off a film noir comedy in the white-blanketed hills of rural North Dakota. Eight:Blood Simple https://i.imgur.com/rpz8nxZ.jpg Their first film is a well-directed thriller that keeps you thinking, engaged, and on-pace with the film's horror and suspense. Codifying their ethos, Blood Simple takes film noir into the unassuming American suburb, and miscommunication and mischance is the engine of its tragic events. Nine:Raising Arizona https://i.imgur.com/GzqfRhm.gif Their second movie and first full comedy, Nicholas Cage gives a really fun performance in a film where his criminal inclinations escape his mind and take on material reality. Its psychedelic qualities presage Barton Fink. It's ending sequence is noteworthy for its wistful sentimentality that rarely returns in later films of the Coen Brothers. Ten: True Grit https://i.imgur.c <cite>Doe posted [p:931455162] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote> How does this make you feel Spot On Pretty Good Okay Disagree That's Just Like, Your Opinion, Man Vote View Results How does this make you feel - Results (4 votes) Spot On 0% (0 votes) 0 Pretty Good 50% (2 votes) 2 Okay 0% (0 votes) 0 Disagree 25% (1 vote) 1 That's Just Like, Your Opinion, Man 25% (1 vote) 1 Show Voting Form Number One: Inside Llewyn Davis https://i.imgur.com/suVuQjx.jpg It's just flawless. On first watch it can feel outside of their body of work (perhaps thanks to the departure of Roger Deakins, cinematographer) but upon further consideration I think it fits perfectly into their ethos. Two: A Serious Man https://i.imgur.com/pO9o5Zj.jpg "I seriously fucked your wife!" Three:The Big Lebowski https://i.imgur.com/cnctpXk.jpg You don't need an introduction. It's perhaps their most optimistic film and most forgiving to humanity. A different spin on coenesque. Four:Barton Fink https://i.imgur.com/Glz6ZTD.jpg A leftist playwright signs a Hollywood contract to write some screenplays. Hard for me to talk about this one, it just has to be seen. One of their most playful, pensive, and inscrutable movies. Five:No Country For Old Men https://i.imgur.com/qS4U7vk.jpg Obligatory. It's hard to believe Cormac McCarthy wrote this and not the Coen Brothers themselves, though they crown their version as definitive with the ending scene. Six: The Man Who Wasn't There https://i.imgur.com/Tent0AL.jpg One of their most beautiful movies. Billy Bob Thornton gives a striking performance. Seven:Fargo https://i.imgur.com/CW2cuX9.png They successfully pulled off a film noir comedy in the white-blanketed hills of rural North Dakota. Eight:Blood Simple https://i.imgur.com/rpz8nxZ.jpg Their first film is a well-directed thriller that keeps you thinking, engaged, and on-pace with the film's horror and suspense. Codifying their ethos, Blood Simple takes film noir into the unassuming American suburb, and miscommunication and mischance is the engine of its tragic events. Nine:Raising Arizona https://i.imgur.com/GzqfRhm.gif Their second movie and first full comedy, Nicholas Cage gives a really fun performance in a film where his criminal inclinations escape his mind and take on material reality. Its psychedelic qualities presage Barton Fink. It's ending sequence is noteworthy for its wistful sentimentality that rarely returns in later films of the Coen Brothers. Ten: True Grit https://i.imgur.c</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AFrench2 12/12/19 12:44:32 AM #2:	Burn After Reading is meh. --- Ohh boy <cite>AFrench2 posted [p:931455307] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Burn After Reading is meh. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGoldenEel 12/12/19 12:45:24 AM #3:	This is a ranking, not ratings --- The words of The Golden Eel have been revealed... Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/ <cite>TheGoldenEel posted [p:931455339] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>This is a ranking, not ratings </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
TheGoldenEel 12/12/19 12:45:48 AM #4:	Also burn after reading is my favorite --- The words of The Golden Eel have been revealed... Games: http://backloggery.com/wrldindstries302 \\ Music: http://www.last.fm/user/DrMorberg/ <cite>TheGoldenEel posted [p:931455354] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Also burn after reading is my favorite </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 12/12/19 12:45:50 AM #5:	TheGoldenEel posted... This is a ranking, not ratings damn, you're right Truly coenesque --- https://i.imgtc.ws/sQvRQV7.jpg https://imgtc.ws/i/lT4IPDD.png <cite>Doe posted [p:931455356] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>TheGoldenEel posted... </cite> <quote>This is a ranking, not ratings</quote>damn, you're right Truly coenesque </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
nevershine 12/12/19 12:46:17 AM #6:	Burn After Reading is worth it just cause of Brad Pitt. --- "There are no men like me. There's only me."-Jaime Lannister <cite>nevershine posted [p:931455371] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Burn After Reading is worth it just cause of Brad Pitt. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
boxington 12/12/19 12:48:51 AM #7:	my favorite is No Country for Old Men, but Inside Llewyn Davis is up there, for me. and I know that they're generally highly regarded, but I wasn't feeling Fargo (I love the TV series, though) or The Big Lebowski. --- b-bb-box <cite>boxington posted [p:931455443] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>my favorite is No Country for Old Men, but Inside Llewyn Davis is up there, for me. and I know that they're generally highly regarded, but I wasn't feeling Fargo (I love the TV series, though) or The Big Lebowski. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MrToothHasYou 12/12/19 12:50:18 AM #8:	hard disagree, O Brother Where Art Thou? is an instant classic --- http://weareontherun.bandcamp.com ^^^^^ HEY! ^^^ LISTEN! ^^^^^ <cite>MrToothHasYou posted [p:931455494] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>hard disagree, O Brother Where Art Thou? is an instant classic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 12/12/19 11:06:55 AM #9:	Bump --- https://i.imgtc.ws/sQvRQV7.jpg https://imgtc.ws/i/lT4IPDD.png <cite>Doe posted [p:931469776] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Bump </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Romulox28 12/12/19 11:09:41 AM #10:	you should watch burn after reading, it's pretty good --- https://imgur.com/LhwwG <cite>Romulox28 posted [p:931469907] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>you should watch burn after reading, it's pretty good </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Doe 12/12/19 2:00:13 PM #11:	Just watched Hail, Caesar! Great movie, some skits better than others. I think my main problem is the grounding detective character isn't that interesting, gets upstaged by everyone else, I didn't really follow his struggle about what job to take. --- https://i.imgtc.ws/sQvRQV7.jpg https://imgtc.ws/i/lT4IPDD.png <cite>Doe posted [p:931477318] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Just watched Hail, Caesar! Great movie, some skits better than others. I think my main problem is the grounding detective character isn't that interesting, gets upstaged by everyone else, I didn't really follow his struggle about what job to take. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
BruceWayneJr 12/12/19 2:01:24 PM #12:	Burn After Reading is incredible. --- Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. <cite>BruceWayneJr posted [p:931477360] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Burn After Reading is incredible. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DoGCyN 12/12/19 2:02:14 PM #13:	Put No Country for Old Men at the bottom and I agree. --- --- <cite>DoGCyN posted [p:931477404] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Put No Country for Old Men at the bottom and I agree. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Dorfmann_ 12/12/19 2:02:31 PM #14:	MrToothHasYou posted... hard disagree, O Brother Where Art Thou? is an instant classic <cite>Dorfmann_ posted [p:931477415] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>MrToothHasYou posted... </cite> <quote>hard disagree, O Brother Where Art Thou? is an instant classic</quote> </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
The Trent 12/12/19 2:03:24 PM #15:	ballad of buster scruggs was fucking dope great little vignettes --- i swear to God most of y'all cats just don't know The Trent you barely know yourself so i guess most of y'all should be offended <cite>The Trent posted [p:931477442] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>ballad of buster scruggs was fucking dope great little vignettes </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
boxington 12/12/19 2:03:47 PM #16:	unpopular opinion, but I ended up enjoying The Ladykillers. Tom Hanks plays a great, and amusing, villain. --- b-bb-box <cite>boxington posted [p:931477458] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>unpopular opinion, but I ended up enjoying The Ladykillers. Tom Hanks plays a great, and amusing, villain. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
masterpug53 12/12/19 2:15:10 PM #17:	boxington posted... unpopular opinion, but I ended up enjoying The Ladykillers. Tom Hanks plays a great, and amusing, villain. It has its moments. I was surprised that I actually enjoyed the original better. Alec Guiness was terrific; Herbert Lom was great; pre-fame Peter Sellers was a bonus; and I liked that Guiness tried to rope the old lady into their scheme by tricking her into thinking she was an accomplice. --- Simple questions deserve long-winded answers that no one will bother to read. <cite>masterpug53 posted [p:931477920] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>boxington posted... </cite> <quote>unpopular opinion, but I ended up enjoying The Ladykillers. Tom Hanks plays a great, and amusing, villain.</quote> It has its moments. I was surprised that I actually enjoyed the original better. Alec Guiness was terrific; Herbert Lom was great; pre-fame Peter Sellers was a bonus; and I liked that Guiness tried to rope the old lady into their scheme by tricking her into thinking she was an accomplice. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Smashingpmkns 12/12/19 2:26:12 PM #18:	Part of me thinks Hail Caesar was better at release because one of the story beats was about how Alden Ehrenreich's character was holding back production because he was a bad actor and that supposedly was actually happening in real life with his role in Solo lol --- Clean Butt Crew <cite>Smashingpmkns posted [p:931478438] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Part of me thinks Hail Caesar was better at release because one of the story beats was about how Alden Ehrenreich's character was holding back production because he was a bad actor and that supposedly was actually happening in real life with his role in Solo lol</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
IShall_Run_Amok 12/12/19 2:28:06 PM #19:	Top 3 match my own. --- Fair enough, but I think everything you said is wrong and I hate you and you're crazy. <cite>IShall_Run_Amok posted [p:931478520] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Top 3 match my own. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Shotgunnova 12/12/19 2:28:35 PM #20:	Miller's Crossing is a SAINT! BTW, Burn After Reading sucks. One of the few Coen Bros. movies I absolutely couldn't stand. --- Take me down from the ridge where the summer ends And watch the city spread out just like a jet's flame <cite>Shotgunnova posted [p:931478550] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Miller's Crossing is a SAINT! BTW, Burn After Reading sucks. One of the few Coen Bros. movies I absolutely couldn't stand. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Crayon_Lover 12/12/19 2:28:47 PM #21:	Where's Garfield? --- Cleveland sports fan <cite>Crayon_Lover posted [p:931478559] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Where's Garfield? </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Machete 12/12/19 2:39:43 PM #22:	nevershine posted... Burn After Reading is worth it just cause of Brad Pitt. "We have... your shit." --- #TrampledTrump #LockTrumpUp <cite>Machete posted [p:931479033] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>nevershine posted...</cite> <quote>Burn After Reading is worth it just cause of Brad Pitt. </quote> "We have... your shit."</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
boxington 12/12/19 2:52:10 PM #23:	masterpug53 posted... It has its moments. I was surprised that I actually enjoyed the original better. Alec Guiness was terrific; Herbert Lom was great; pre-fame Peter Sellers was a bonus; and I liked that Guiness tried to rope the old lady into their scheme by tricking her into thinking she was an accomplice. I should watch that one of these days --- b-bb-box <cite>boxington posted [p:931479593] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>masterpug53 posted... </cite> <quote>It has its moments. I was surprised that I actually enjoyed the original better. Alec Guiness was terrific; Herbert Lom was great; pre-fame Peter Sellers was a bonus; and I liked that Guiness tried to rope the old lady into their scheme by tricking her into thinking she was an accomplice.</quote>I should watch that one of these days </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ledbowman 12/12/19 2:56:50 PM #24:	Great 1. No Country for Old Men 2. The Big Lebowski 3. Miller's Crossing 4. A Serious Man 5. Blood Simple Very good 6. True Grit 7. Fargo 8. Intolerable Cruelty Good 9. The Ladykillers 10. Inside Llewyn Davis 11. The Hudsucker Proxy 12. The Man Who Wasn't There 13. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 14. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 15. Burn After Reading Not bad 16. Barton Fink 17. Raising Arizona 18. Hail, Caesar! --- I wish we all waved <cite>ledbowman posted [p:931479810] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Great 1. No Country for Old Men 2. The Big Lebowski 3. Miller's Crossing 4. A Serious Man 5. Blood Simple Very good 6. True Grit 7. Fargo 8. Intolerable Cruelty Good 9. The Ladykillers 10. Inside Llewyn Davis 11. The Hudsucker Proxy 12. The Man Who Wasn't There 13. O Brother, Where Art Thou? 14. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 15. Burn After Reading Not bad 16. Barton Fink 17. Raising Arizona 18. Hail, Caesar! </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
PatrickMahomes 12/12/19 2:57:24 PM #25:	Please @ me into the big lebowski topic --- My hand hurts Shoutout to LordFarquad1312 for informing me that the weird furry anime where the fox thing hates her job or something is called Aggretsuko. <cite>PatrickMahomes posted [p:931479841] in ITT: I rat... [t:78247568]...</cite> <quote>Please @ me into the big lebowski topic </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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