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tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:10 pm

McParadigm wrote:

Davis and Caesar were both collections of absolutely great scenes in unfocused narrative packages. The sums were inexplicably less than their parts, but many of the parts were so, so good.

I'd say this is spot on for Caesar. I'm more inclined to go with Plat's take on Davis:

theplatypus wrote:

I liked Hail Caesar way better than Llewyn Davis, which was miserable

Yep. Beautifully shot, well constructed somber tone and capture of a certain time and place, all lead by a class-A asshole of a character who I don't care to ever revisit again.

tree_ · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:12 pm

what's the arm consensus toward their A Serious Man and Burn After Reading

I enjoyed them both quite a bit but rolled my eyes at the end of Burn and prolly never want to watch a serial man agagin

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36252

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

A long time ago I would have been so stoked for that...these days I don't even care about all that Netflix content. Im also really tired of the Coens, I'm not sure why because I haven't even seen their last two or three movies.

You saw True Grit though, right? Because that's an A+ movie.
Inside Llewyn Davis was very well made, I just didn't care for the story very much. I'd give it a C relative to the rest of their filmography. And Hail Caesar, while it had its funny moments, is bottom-of-the-barrel Coens.

Yeah True Grit was a good remake but thats the last thing I saw from them that I was kinda interested.

McParadigm · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 1:56 am **Posts:** 21841

I barely remember burn after reading

bune · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:20 pm

We watched True Grit and it was very well done, really liked it. I have ILD in my queue for when I can trick/convince everyone to watch it. I saw HC on the airplane coming back from Europe and liked it well enough.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:30 pm

tree_ wrote:

what's the arm consensus toward their A Serious Man and Burn After Reading

I enjoyed them both quite a bit but rolled my eyes at the end of Burn and prolly never want to watch a serial man agagin

My take on A Serious Man is that it's probably a magnificent film that I'll never fully appreciate, because it's so specifically geared towards the Jewish suburban 1960s type.

I like Burn After Reading more than most, I think. It's a fun sendup of the Tony Scott style of movies. Not their strongest work, but not as lifeless as the critics seemed to think it was. Lots of great rubbery, cartoon-like face work from everyone in the movie.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:32 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

A long time ago I would have been so stoked for that...these days I don't even care about all that Netflix content. Im also really tired of the Coens, I'm not sure why because I haven't even seen their last two or three movies.

You saw True Grit though, right? Because that's an A+ movie.
Inside Llewyn Davis was very well made, I just didn't care for the story very much. I'd give it a C relative to the rest of their filmography. And Hail Caesar, while it had its funny moments, is bottom-of-the-barrel Coens.

True Grit might be their single worst movie.

I’m really curious to revisit Davis and Caesar. I haven’t really been able to get the latter out of my mind since I saw it. I think there’s something there.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:33 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

A long time ago I would have been so stoked for that...these days I don't even care about all that Netflix content. Im also really tired of the Coens, I'm not sure why because I haven't even seen their last two or three movies.

You saw True Grit though, right? Because that's an A+ movie.
Inside Llewyn Davis was very well made, I just didn't care for the story very much. I'd give it a C relative to the rest of their filmography. And Hail Caesar, while it had its funny moments, is bottom-of-the-barrel Coens.

True Grit might be their single worst movie.

I’m really curious to revisit Davis and Caesar. I haven’t really been able to get the latter out of my mind since I saw it. I think there’s something there.

jesus christ, just when i think we've hit our stride

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:34 pm

I absolutely fucking love A Serious Man and Burn After Reading. The ending of BAR is so important! It’s the key to the whole movie!

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:34 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

I absolutely fucking love A Serious Man and Burn After Reading. The ending of BAR is so important! It’s the key to the whole movie!

Yeah the ending is awesome, some of JK Simmons's best work

tree_ · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:36 pm

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

I absolutely fucking love A Serious Man and Burn After Reading. The ending of BAR is so important! It’s the key to the whole movie!

cause, like.. it's a punchline saying none of it really matters who gives a shit or something?

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:43 pm

tree_ wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

I absolutely fucking love A Serious Man and Burn After Reading. The ending of BAR is so important! It’s the key to the whole movie!

cause, like.. it's a punchline saying none of it really matters who gives a shit or something?

Yes. It’s classic Coen Bros existential absurdism. That has been their bread and butter their whole careers. And rarely has it been as bluntly, horrifyingly, hilariously, honestly tragic and ludicrous as that final moment, in which it is so beautifully made clear that none of us know what the fuck we’re doing.

tree_ · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:44 pm

bune · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:47 pm

So you're saying there's a chance.

LoathedVermin72 · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 4:48 pm

bune wrote:

So you're saying there's a chance.

Who cares at this point?

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36252

Burn After Reading might be the last time I really enjoyed a movie from them.

epilogue · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 8:09 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:

First trailer for the Coen's Netflix movie just dropped. Looks mostly great, Tim Blake Nelson and Stephen Root in particular, but I could do without James Franco, and the episodic nature (it's six mini-stories) could much things up a bit.

I thought they scrapped the series. I thought this was just a movie now.

epilogue · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 8:10 pm

Inside Llewyn Davis is majestic.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 8:13 pm

durdencommatyler wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

First trailer for the Coen's Netflix movie just dropped. Looks mostly great, Tim Blake Nelson and Stephen Root in particular, but I could do without James Franco, and the episodic nature (it's six mini-stories) could much things up a bit.

I thought they scrapped the series. I thought this was just a movie now.

it is, but it's an anthology film with six mini-stories

epilogue · **Posted:** Wed September 12, 2018 8:23 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

First trailer for the Coen's Netflix movie just dropped. Looks mostly great, Tim Blake Nelson and Stephen Root in particular, but I could do without James Franco, and the episodic nature (it's six mini-stories) could much things up a bit.

I thought they scrapped the series. I thought this was just a movie now.

it is, but it's an anthology film with six mini-stories

Ah. I don't see that as a hiccup for a Coen film, but I get what you're saying now.

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