21 response about Coen Brothers Do Some Muckraking »

1. 

   hilarious!!!!

   Comment by murph — February 26, 2009
2. 

   I just finished watching every Coen movie the other day when I saw Intolerable Cruelty. I like every one…besides that. Awful, awful movie.

   Comment by Roy — February 26, 2009
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   Intolerable Cruelty is certainly better than Ladykillers.

   Comment by Goon — February 27, 2009
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   Wow, you’ve got to be pretty heartless to pick on THE LADY KILLERS. Is Screwball Comedy really that dead? I thought it was pretty solid (Sure it’s no Fargo, Lebowski or No Country) but still a fun watch (see also: Burn After Reading)

   Minor Coen is still pretty good filmmaking.

   Comment by Kurt Halfyard — February 27, 2009
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   Burn After Reading is my least favorite of theirs. It’s just so un-noteworthy.
   It was a string of moments that made me go “that was kinda funny”.

   There’s an awesome sense of irony to the ending though.

   Comment by Rusty James — February 27, 2009
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   Did I trash the Ladykillers? No.

   Although its my least favorite Coens movie, its mediocre to passable. But Intolerable Cruelty has more going for it, even though it feels least like a Coen movie.

   Burn After Reading gets better and better and better with every viewing, I’ve seen it 5 times now and each time I have to reconsider where I would have placed it in my top 10. I fucking love it. I doubt it will ever catch up to Big Lebowski that way, but like TBL it really does gain so much with knowing what happens and appreciating the tiny things.

   Comment by Goon — February 27, 2009
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   Do you feel like the characters get more memorable? I didn’t think there was anyone who compared to the Dude or Walter.

   Comment by Rusty James — February 27, 2009
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   oh, theres no dude, or Walter.

   But I really dig Oswald Cox, I love Pitt, I love McDormand and Jenkins… Clooney really especially got more interesting the second time around, i say “I could get a run in!” once in a while. its good.

   Comment by Goon — February 27, 2009
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   I’ve only seen it once, in the theater of course. I am just really not inlove with either Pitt or Clooney in that film. They inspire indiifference from me.
   I liked Malkovich, McDormand, JK… but didn’t love any of them.

   Comment by Rusty James — February 27, 2009
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    Speaking of Malkovich, has anyone seen Colour Me Kubrick? Pretty bad movie, but awesome performance!

    Comment by Henrik — February 27, 2009
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    Colour Me Kubrick was not only uninspiring, but completely forgettable. So forgettable that I can’t even remember Malkovich’s performance or if it was really very good or not. I do look forward to “The Great Buck Howard” though.

    As for Coens, I liked “Intolerable Cruelty” enough. It’s minor Coens, but Thornton was great in it and the Clooney/Zeta-Jones chemistry is like gold. It’s “Lady Killers” that I found mediocre at best (mediocre even by “regular” film standards).

    Comment by Andrew James — February 28, 2009
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    As far as I’m concerned, its ridiculous that RDJ got the comedy acting love and noms when it was Pitt who put in the best ’serious actor in a comedy’ performance last year.

    Comment by Goon — February 28, 2009
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    I liked The Ladykillers. I’d only rank it a spot higher than IC but it was still pretty damn entertaining. And as an avid Hanks hater, I actually liked him in this. His character was very amusing.

    But I can not WAIT for October 2. A Serious Man and Shutter Island being released on the same day. A Coen and a Scorsese.

    Comment by Roy — February 28, 2009
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    I’m also a fan of THE LADYKILLERS, that is how you do a remake folks. repurpose the heck out of the film, give us some new and interesting images (The Garbage Scow shots are awesome!) and re-invent the comedy.

    Having J.K. Simmons in your ensemble never hurts.

    Comment by kurt — February 28, 2009
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    I think in the Ladykillers the lady wasn’t so interesting. I really do need to see it again, my brain doesn’t like thinking not much of one of their films, even if its not a hate thing. I really did want more out of Tom Hanks in a Coen movie though. When i first saw his character in the trailer I grinned for several minutes.

    Comment by Goon — February 28, 2009
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    Roy – that is also my birthday, another fine reason to celebrate.

    Comment by Jonathan — February 28, 2009
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    ugh. Pitt is over-rated in that movie. Him and Clooney just mugging their way through the movie. “how ’bout those floors!”

    Comment by Rusty James — February 28, 2009
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    nuh uh

    “you think thats a Schwinn!” is possibly my favorite line of the year.

    Comment by Goon — February 28, 2009
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    Must be some bicyclist humor.

    Comment by Rusty James — February 28, 2009
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    His character is basically retarded, but he’s still an expert about some things, so when in the middle of this thing he needs to conscendingly correct Cox over the bike, thats awesome.

    Comment by Goon — March 1, 2009
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    Goon: Absolutely agreed on the Schwinn. Signature Coen’s humour.

    Comment by kurt — March 1, 2009

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