The Coen brothers..... 10:50 - Jul 21 with 5805 views | christiand | they have made some terrific films over the years. Any personal favourites or recommendations out there in TWTD world? | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 10:52 - Jul 21 with 5795 views | blue_oyster | Fargo. Never liked the TV series though. Probably because it's got Martin Freeman in it, whose total skills add up to pulling silly faces in The Office. | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 10:53 - Jul 21 with 5786 views | chicoazul | Raising Arizona. | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 10:54 - Jul 21 with 5785 views | christiand |
The Coen brothers..... on 10:52 - Jul 21 by blue_oyster | Fargo. Never liked the TV series though. Probably because it's got Martin Freeman in it, whose total skills add up to pulling silly faces in The Office. |
Yes, I liked that too - not the TV series. Have you seen Burn after reading? | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 10:55 - Jul 21 with 5778 views | LankHenners | Raising Arizona probably just about at the top for me. Fargo and The Big Lebowski just behind. Burn After Reading and A Serious Man are two great more recent ones (ASM in particular) that tend to get overlooked. Edit - somehow forgot about No Country For Old Men, superb film [Post edited 21 Jul 2017 10:57]
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The Coen brothers..... on 10:55 - Jul 21 with 5770 views | blue_oyster |
The Coen brothers..... on 10:54 - Jul 21 by christiand | Yes, I liked that too - not the TV series. Have you seen Burn after reading? |
I have, but I didn't seem to leave any lasting impression, as I can't remember anything about it. | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 10:55 - Jul 21 with 5768 views | Josebadleg | No Country For Old Men or O Brother Where Art Thou? | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 10:59 - Jul 21 with 5737 views | Herbivore | Barton Fink is a good one, alongside the others mentioned. | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 11:25 - Jul 21 with 5700 views | blue_oyster | The best films were made by Joel Coen, even though known as 'Coen Brothers' films. They didn't make the films together until years after this term was coined, curiously. | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 11:30 - Jul 21 with 5685 views | Dolly2.0 | O Brother Where Art Thou? Superb, and very different from anything else (although loosely based on Homer's The Odyssey). | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 11:55 - Jul 21 with 5655 views | Gogs |
The Coen brothers..... on 10:52 - Jul 21 by blue_oyster | Fargo. Never liked the TV series though. Probably because it's got Martin Freeman in it, whose total skills add up to pulling silly faces in The Office. |
Fargo in my top 3 films ever. the series are good too. Martin Freeman is only in the first one, the second series with Kirsten Dunst in it was excellent. They are all stand alone series, so I'd recommend giving them another look. | | | |
The Coen brothers..... on 11:58 - Jul 21 with 5646 views | blue_oyster |
The Coen brothers..... on 11:55 - Jul 21 by Gogs | Fargo in my top 3 films ever. the series are good too. Martin Freeman is only in the first one, the second series with Kirsten Dunst in it was excellent. They are all stand alone series, so I'd recommend giving them another look. |
Handy to know, thanks. | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 12:00 - Jul 21 with 5640 views | rexron | The big Lebowski is my favourite. Love it. | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 12:05 - Jul 21 with 5620 views | Mullet | It's easier to weed out the ones not worth watching, which tend to be the recent ones. Burn After Reading was a bit flat for me. Inside LD was terrible. Intolerable Cruelty was more a warning than a title too. Fargo, Big Lebowski, and Miller's Crossing are the best three out of a long body of excellent work. | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 13:48 - Jul 21 with 5563 views | FrowsyArmLarry |
The Coen brothers..... on 12:05 - Jul 21 by Mullet | It's easier to weed out the ones not worth watching, which tend to be the recent ones. Burn After Reading was a bit flat for me. Inside LD was terrible. Intolerable Cruelty was more a warning than a title too. Fargo, Big Lebowski, and Miller's Crossing are the best three out of a long body of excellent work. |
don't forget Blood Simple and The Man Who Wasn't There. Both great movies | | | |
The Coen brothers..... on 13:38 - Jul 22 with 5465 views | WeWereZombies |
The Coen brothers..... on 12:05 - Jul 21 by Mullet | It's easier to weed out the ones not worth watching, which tend to be the recent ones. Burn After Reading was a bit flat for me. Inside LD was terrible. Intolerable Cruelty was more a warning than a title too. Fargo, Big Lebowski, and Miller's Crossing are the best three out of a long body of excellent work. |
Disagree completely on 'Burn', 'Intolerable' and 'Llewelyn', 'The Ladykillers' remake was, however, an awful mistake from start to finish. | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 17:10 - Jul 22 with 5392 views | fabian_illness | Dumb and dumber and taledega nights were really funny. | | | |
The Coen brothers..... on 19:51 - Jul 22 with 5321 views | Clapham_Junction |
The Coen brothers..... on 10:55 - Jul 21 by LankHenners | Raising Arizona probably just about at the top for me. Fargo and The Big Lebowski just behind. Burn After Reading and A Serious Man are two great more recent ones (ASM in particular) that tend to get overlooked. Edit - somehow forgot about No Country For Old Men, superb film [Post edited 21 Jul 2017 10:57]
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Have to say I thought A Serious Man was one of the worst films I've ever seen at the cinema. It was clearly a beautifully made film - the attention to detail was fantastic - but they seemed to overlook the fact that a film has to have a decent storyline. | | | |
The Coen brothers..... on 23:24 - Jul 22 with 5269 views | WadeyBlue | All of them. But the one that i have watched over and over and pretty much could recite the whole script is 'The Big Lebowski' | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 23:27 - Jul 22 with 5266 views | feelingblue |
The Coen brothers..... on 19:51 - Jul 22 by Clapham_Junction | Have to say I thought A Serious Man was one of the worst films I've ever seen at the cinema. It was clearly a beautifully made film - the attention to detail was fantastic - but they seemed to overlook the fact that a film has to have a decent storyline. |
A brilliant film, with a fantastic storyline. Quite subtle, though. | | | |
The Coen brothers..... on 23:54 - Jul 22 with 5247 views | Swansea_Blue |
The Coen brothers..... on 10:52 - Jul 21 by blue_oyster | Fargo. Never liked the TV series though. Probably because it's got Martin Freeman in it, whose total skills add up to pulling silly faces in The Office. |
Rubbish. He can pull silly faces in Sherlock too! | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 01:16 - Jul 23 with 5225 views | LankHenners |
The Coen brothers..... on 19:51 - Jul 22 by Clapham_Junction | Have to say I thought A Serious Man was one of the worst films I've ever seen at the cinema. It was clearly a beautifully made film - the attention to detail was fantastic - but they seemed to overlook the fact that a film has to have a decent storyline. |
Well, opinions eh? Loved the subtlety and pathos of the gradual decline of a man whose life just goes from worse to worse, excellently performed by Michael Stuhlbarg. Includes one of my favourite Coen Brothers shots - the camera is on the roof as you look into the clear, bright blue sky with the lip of the roof at the bottom of the shot. A ladder is placed on the side of the house and I bet you could measure it to the millimetre the ladder would lie perfectly in the centre of the frame. Beautiful. | |
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The Coen brothers..... on 08:24 - Jul 23 with 5176 views | Mullet |
The Coen brothers..... on 13:38 - Jul 22 by WeWereZombies | Disagree completely on 'Burn', 'Intolerable' and 'Llewelyn', 'The Ladykillers' remake was, however, an awful mistake from start to finish. |
Ladykillers was a strange choice, but I sort of give it a pass as it was a remake so it doesn't really feel like theirs. Perhaps I shouldn't be so lenient. Burn had some great casting and decent moments but I left the cinema feeling it missed something. My mate is a huge Dylan/Young/Americana buff and loved ILD, but I found it twee and hard to feel anything for the main character - that's usually what makes a Coen bros film for me. Catherine Zeta Jones is appalling, apart from High Fidelity where she's the embodiment of an awful ex-girlfriend. I can't watch anything with her in and not be irritated by her. I won't go back and check that one to make sure I feel the same. | |
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