The Movies of the Coen Brothers

[The Dude]

OK, so I mention The Big Lebowski every chance I get. But I've really enjoyed pretty much all of the Cohens' movies (except for Intolerable Cruelty). And they have a knack of creating great characters and finding the perfect vioce for the actors they choose: Jeff Bridges as the Dude and Tim Blake Nelson as Delmar O'Donnell in "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou" and on and on. And their body of work is peopled with all sorts wackos and jackballs. And the dialogue always cracks me up.

So what's you favorite Cohen Movie?

[the deta]

The Big Lebowski , hands down. But i enjoy most of their stuff, including Intolerable Cruelty. I also liked the Ladykillers, which i find gets mixed reviews at best. Fargo is classic. well i am just going to stop listing their movies, Like i said i can enjoy pretty much any Cohen Brothers film, But Lebowski may be my all time favorite comedy.


on a side note.... ever see "Welcome to Collinwood" it had a certain Cohen Brothers feel to it that made it enjoyable.

[planetkpop]

Raising Arizona is good.

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"Anyone found bipedal in five wears his ass for a hat!" :?

[Aejotz]

They spell their name "Coen". (Sorry, I'm an editor.)
My fave Coen Bros. films are "Miller's Crossing" (a clever re-do of Hammett's "The Glass Key") and "The Man Who Wasn't There" (which is the best Film Noir tribute I'm aware of).

I haven't seen all their films, but I will before I die.
Aaarrgghh!!! I was wrong.
thud.

[The Dude]

They spell their name "Coen". (Sorry, I'm an editor.)
My fave Coen Bros. films are "Miller's Crossing" (a clever re-do of Hammett's "The Glass Key") and "The Man Who Wasn't There" (which is the best Film Noir tribute I'm aware of).

I haven't seen all their films, but I will before I die.
Aaarrgghh!!! I was wrong.
thud.

Oops, nice catch, some fan I am! Yeah, Man Who Wasn't There was very under-rated. As are all of the Coens' films. Barton Fink was brilliant. Even little touches like treating the hotel as a "character" to help convey the mood.

[Mini Dickman]

Only seen one movie of theirs, Fargo, which I thought was damn good. Been meaning to see Lebowski

[the deta]

Only seen one movie of theirs, Fargo, which I thought was damn good. Been meaning to see Lebowski

DO IT TOMORROW!!!!

[The Dude]

Only seen one movie of theirs, Fargo, which I thought was damn good. Been meaning to see Lebowski

DO IT TOMORROW!!!!

Yeah, do it tommorrw or Sunday...but not Saturday (Shomer fucking Shabbos!)

[Don Berman]

Raising Arizona is my favorite Coen Brothers movie followed by The Big Lebowski - "Shut the fuck up, Donny"

[TheWagesofSin]

Hmm, I've always thought of their movies as good but not great... and everyone tells me I'm wrong.

Guess there's no accounting for taste.

Plus, I've never seen The Big Lebowski, though I used to bowl at the place (now defunct) where it was filmed.

[melon]

I gotta see Lebowski, on accounta the run it gets here. Raising Arizona and Fargo are the only Coen films i've seen, both great movies.

[Booze]

on a side note.... ever see "Welcome to Collinwood" it had a certain Coen Brothers feel to it that made it enjoyable.

Yes! Terrific film! And it does feel like a Coens movie. :tipofthecap: :tipofthecap: :tipofthecap:

The bit where they finally get through the wall, only to find the old guy standing there in his baggy underpants making coffee made me have a mud evacuation.lmao

To get back on topic, I have to go with Lebowksi as my number 1, without a doubt.

Runner up is Fargo. I love the way that, although the subject matter is really dark & there are some truly horrific moments in it, it's one of the funniest films i've ever seen. I laughed almost all the way through it. And there were moments when I felt like a sick bastard for doing so.

Third, & just beating Arizona, I'd have to go for Miller's Crossing. That set piece where Albert Finney turns the tables on the would be assassins whilst 'Danny Boy' is playing is great cinema. Then you've got all that great dialogue & the business with the hats.

Oh man, I want to watch them all again, now.

[Spooner]

They spell their name "Coen". (Sorry, I'm an editor.)
My fave Coen Bros. films are "Miller's Crossing" (a clever re-do of Hammett's "The Glass Key") and "The Man Who Wasn't There" (which is the best Film Noir tribute I'm aware of).

I haven't seen all their films, but I will before I die.
Aaarrgghh!!! I was wrong.
thud.

Tossup 'tween "Miller's" & "Man Who Wasn't There." I had to rehash my favorite quote in "Man Who Wasn't There," when Billy Bob and Scarlett Johansen are flying through the air in slow-mo, about to crash because she's giving him an unexpected rimmer: "Heavens to Bessy, Birdie!"

If you've ever read Ethan's screenplay for "Miller's," it's so well written that its scene and character descriptions are better than the actual movie.

[Dr. P]

Lebowski has held up for multiple viewings best for me, over Arizona (which was possibly the best movie ever- any genre- after the first watch). Intolerable cruelty is one I haven't seen and will put in my queue, on accounta I liked some aspect of every film they've done. I love the catchphrases and accents they use everytime. And Steve Buschemi, John Goodman, et al are used perfectly.

[The Dude]

Lebowski has held up for multiple viewings best for me, over Arizona (which was possibly the best movie ever- any genre- after the first watch). Intolerable cruelty is one I haven't seen and will put in my queue, on accounta I liked some aspect of every film they've done. I love the catchphrases and accents they use everytime. And Steve Buschemi, John Goodman, et al are used perfectly.

Intolerable Cruelty has the misfortune of being badly cast. Clooney and Zeta-Jones don't cut it in this flick.

[Boss]

Love the Coen Bros.

Raising Arizona, Fargo, O' Brother are probably my favs. Although Barton Fink didn't work for me, you can't blame it on the cast--John Turturro, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Tony Shaloub.

Ladykillers was a bit different for them. It never really felt like a Coen Brothers movie. It didn't completely suck, but it was far from their best.

BTW, they have 3 flicks in the pipeline currently.

[Dr. P]

I loved Barton Fink (haven't seen it since theatre), didn't "like" Ladykillers so much. Any info on the upcoming films?

[Boss]

Any info on the upcoming films?

No Country for Old Men (2007)
Plot Outline: Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.

Hail Caesar (2006)
Plot Outline: A 1920's theater troupe stages a production of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar".

[Spooner]

Ethan Coen's obviously one of my favorite screenwriters, but I had to submit this as one of his best lines (from "O' Brother"), when Clooney first hops up in the rail car, hoping one of the hobos can saw off his shackles (2nd to the wasn't using my soul line):

"Say, uh, any a you boys smithies? Or, if not smithies per se, were you otherwise trained in the metallurgic arts before straitened circumstances forced you into a life of aimless wanderin'?"... then BLAM! Pulled right off camera by the chain slack running out. Beautiful stuff.

Anyone dig M. Emmett Walsh's stellar performance in "Blood Simple"?

[Booze]

Coincidentally, The Ladykillers was on Sky Movies over here last night.

I enjoyed it, but couldn't help comparing it to the Ealing Comedy original. Which wasn't fair, really, as this was so different. Still hard not to think how inferior Tom Hanks, who I dig, on the whole ( Oh, i suppose that makes me :gay: , does it?#-o ) was to Alec Guinness.

The big minus for me was losing that kind of gothic post war central London setting though. Especially the old lady's house. Which was almost a character itself, like I think Russy said about the hotel in Barton Fink.

It didn't make me want to see it again, which is not like the Coens.

If you haven't seen the original Ladykillers though, check it out.

[Don Berman]

"Alright ya hayseeds, its a stick-up. Everybody freeze, everybody down on the ground............................"

So many great one liners in Raising Arizona.