So, they're officially gone after one bad movie? (According to you since you didn't see Intolerable Cruelty)
and you people STILL left out "the Man Who Wasn't there" and "The Hudsucker Proxy." my guess is they've gone Hollywood with their last two films, "Intolerable Cruelty" and "The Ladykillers." what makes the former TEN films great, to me, is their independent, quirky spirit, their use of witty dialogue, and their emphasis on location in their stories. Blood Simple- Texas Raising Arizona- uh, Arizona Millers Crossing- Chicago Hudsucker Proxy- new York Barton Fink- Hollywood(specifically) Fargo- Minnesota, ND The big Lebowski- Los Ang-elese O Brother- the deep South in their best movies, the main character is usually involved in a plan gone terribly wrong, whether it is a robbery or a hire-for-murder situation. look at fargo, Jerry Lundegard is a pathetic man who pays to have his wife kidnapped, she ends up being murdered. Maybe this new film follows some of the clasic Coen formulas, but I don't see it being included in the classis Coen. Bros. canon. also, about the profanity, Nomar, you must have missed "the big Lebowski." In my opinion, the best Coen film of all. It is a throwback to "The Big Sleep" a classic film noir picture from the 40's. "I'm a brother Seamus" "what Like an Irish Monk?!"
I love Tom Hanks, he's great but this movie SUCKED ASS!!! It had a few funny moments and Tom Hanks was good but not entertaining at all. I should have gone to see Never Die Alone instead, at least I would have been entertained and heard some new DMX jams. Peace.
I wasn't offended or anything. But the profanity in Lebowski is different. The whole joke in Ladykillers sometimes was that the character cursed. Ha, Ha.
I have relatives in Fargo who hate the Coen bros. Everytime my cousin visits all my friends say "Oh ya! You betcha!" That whole type of speaking is actually more common around Wisconsin.
The Coen brothers have always been about unusual characters and great visual style. This movie has both. In most of their movies, the characters still manage to seem like the belong in the same movie/time period. In the Ladykillers, the main characters are so exaggerated in their oddness, that they don't seem to fit together in the same movie at all. I also thought this movie involved more gross out comedy and slapsticky type humor than many of their films. The pacing was a bit off in my opinion too. It moved to slowly at times and to quickly at others. Overall, I actually think it might have been the funniest Coen Bros movie I have seen. At the same time, while I still be quoting and rewatching the Big Lebowski 20 years from now, I probably won't even remember a lot of this movie a week from now. For reference, in terms of my enjoyment (not artistic merit or deeper meaning to the story) I'd group The Hudsucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski, and Fargo at the top. O Brother would be on a slightly lower level. Ladykillers and Raising Arizona would be a bit below that. Barton Fink and the Man who Wasn't There are below that. I haven't seen Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, or Intollerable Cruelty.
I thought the purpose of a trailer was to tittilate and build excitement and interest in a film. This trailer instilled nothing in me. This film just looks stupid. It looks like it is trying to be artsy for the sake of being artsy. I have been less interested in very few movies.
How much of a re-make of the original is this? Is it fairly close, or does it just borrow the name mostly? BMoney is right, Sellers and Guinness were amazing.
