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Mickey wrote:
Amazing True Grit No Country For Old Men Fargo The Big Lebowski O Brother, Where Are Thou? Burn After Reading
Slightly Less than Amazing Hail Caesar! A Serious Man Raising Arizona Miller's Crossing
A Little Disappointing Inside Llewyn Davis Blood Simple The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Still Need To See The Man Who Wasn't There The Hudsucker Proxy Intolerable Cruelty The Lady Killers Barton Fink
From two months back. I've seen Intolerable Cruelty now and I'd slot it in ahead of Buster Scruggs.
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VinylGuy wrote:
its really tiresome to see these ¨good guys¨ talking about any political stuff in tv while also being kinda funny and hip and cool....its just...please enough of this shit.
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47127 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
i didn't know they were shot-for-shot remakes, that was really interesting to see...
My memory of the original, which I haven't seen for a long time, is that Rooster and Mattie both come across as kind of hokey. The dialogue's not the same, is it? If it is, then maybe I need to watch it again.
But man, I just loved the chemistry between Bridges and Steinfeld. I don't remember that being nearly as good in the original, it felt like there was no humor whatsoever. And in the new one, at the core of the film is Mattie's ability to disarm all these grown men with her vocabulary and gritty personality. Did the original have that stuff in it as well? I remember watching it on TV when I was younger and it just felt very lame.
i didn't know they were shot-for-shot remakes, that was really interesting to see...
My memory of the original, which I haven't seen for a long time, is that Rooster and Mattie both come across as kind of hokey. The dialogue's not the same, is it? If it is, then maybe I need to watch it again.
But man, I just loved the chemistry between Bridges and Steinfeld. I don't remember that being nearly as good in the original, it felt like there was no humor whatsoever. And in the new one, at the core of the film is Mattie's ability to disarm all these grown men with her vocabulary and gritty personality. Did the original have that stuff in it as well? I remember watching it on TV when I was younger and it just felt very lame.
The True Grit is Mattie in my mind. So of course, Mattie needed to be tough in both movies.
Hailee Steinfeld did a fantastic job, better than Kim Darby, but I don’t think Bridges was anywhere close to his best. There are other actors who could have done better.
I've yet to see Miller's Crossing and Blood Simple. Need to see those soon I think.
Miller's Crossing is a bonafide masterpiece, but it's a bit impenetrable on the first viewing. The dialogue is fast, deep, and the accents are heavy. Consider watching with captions on!
I love Blood Simple. But it's kind of a minor Coens film, in that they improved on the core formula in their later works.
1. The Searchers 2. Rio Bravo 3. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 4. Stagecoach 5. Red River 6. Fort Apache 7. The Shootist 8. El Dorado 9. True Grit 10. The Quiet Man 11. The Longest Day 12. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
old westerns may by my biggest cinematic blind spot, which is weird because I know I will probably love them. I loved Good Bad and Ugly.. just saw that for first time several months ago.
It’s not for everyone, but there are a lot of good westerns out there. I’ve seen just about all of them.
Amazing No Country For Old Men Fargo A Serious Man Miller's Crossing The Big Lebowski Barton Fink Burn After Reading O Brother Where Art Thou
Slightly Less than Amazing Hail Caesar! True Grit Raising Arizona The Man Who Wasn't There Intolerable Cruelty
A Little Disappointing Inside Llewyn Davis Blood Simple The Ballad of Buster Scruggs The Lady Killers
Still Need To See The Hudsucker Proxy
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Jorge wrote:
I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
The Hudsucker Proxy is probably my second favorite CB movie, behind Barton Fink and just barely ahead of Fargo.
I’ve always loved The Hudsucker Proxy. I did put it 6th on the list I made on the previous page, which is still very high, but for pure enjoyment it’s higher.
I LOVE the first 2/3 of Hudsucker, but it kind of loses me in the third act.
I can't really fault that criticism. But the whole thing just works perfectly for me. It was maybe my introduction into full magical realism, which is a sub-genre that has captured my heart ever since. I sometimes wonder if I would have ever found David Lynch (for example) if not for The Hud.
Given what the CB do best, maybe it's a little to pat, a little too tight and bow-wrapped, but that's also something that I respect the hell out of when it's executed well. And The Hud is just so perfect.
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47127 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
epilogue wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
I LOVE the first 2/3 of Hudsucker, but it kind of loses me in the third act.
I can't really fault that criticism. But the whole thing just works perfectly for me. It was maybe my introduction into full magical realism, which is a sub-genre that has captured my heart ever since. I sometimes wonder if I would have ever found David Lynch (for example) if not for The Hud.
Given what the CB do best, maybe it's a little to pat, a little too tight and bow-wrapped, but that's also something that I respect the hell out of when it's executed well. And The Hud is just so perfect.
Yes! That's exactly what bothers me about that ending! Not that it's magical realism, but because it's such an abrupt and tidy ending to things!
I LOVE the first 2/3 of Hudsucker, but it kind of loses me in the third act.
I can't really fault that criticism. But the whole thing just works perfectly for me. It was maybe my introduction into full magical realism, which is a sub-genre that has captured my heart ever since. I sometimes wonder if I would have ever found David Lynch (for example) if not for The Hud.
Given what the CB do best, maybe it's a little to pat, a little too tight and bow-wrapped, but that's also something that I respect the hell out of when it's executed well. And The Hud is just so perfect.
Yes! That's exactly what bothers me about that ending! Not that it's magical realism, but because it's such an abrupt and tidy ending to things!
That makes total sense to me. Again, I happen to love it, but I totally get why it would rub some the wrong way, for sure. And it's weird because there are definitely other films where that bugs the shit out of me!
Probably because the movie has always been a sort of post-modern fairytale to me. So that tidiness makes sense.
in light of monte hellman's death, i'm watching THE SHOOTING
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Jorge wrote:
I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
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