A Serious Man

[Elessarina]

Has anyone seen this? I know FS mentioned that it should win Best Picture and I love the Coen Brothers but I thought this film was awful.. boring, I wasn't intersted in the characters, didn't care what happened and nothing seemed to happen..

I know there are some films where little happens but jeez with this it just felt like.. well I don't think it should be a Best Picture nominee at all..

I was so disappointed this is the first Coen Brothers film I have seen that I have disliked.. I just don't understand the point of it

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I loved it. It is not for everyone but I loved it. Here's what I said earlier.

http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=333891#p333891

[Elessarina]

I loved it. It is not for everyone but I loved it. Here's what I said earlier.

http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=333891#p333891

I just found it dull.. and I don't want you to think I am just some airhead who likes Avatar or purely action/sci-fi.. I have loved al the Coen brothers films I have been thus far and I love the way they portray characters I just found this terribly, terribly dull..

I have seen all the best picture nominees and my picks are:- Avatar, the Hurt Locker, Precious, An Education and District 9

The other five I just wasn't impressed with at all

[Chinaski]

Other Coen films have much more action than A Serious Man, true. But it's not dull at all, it had me riveted the entire time. And laughing my arse off as well, I might add. I need to see it again before I can comment on exactly why I liked it.

James Cameron should still kill himself for diverting so much attention from it though.

[Elessarina]

Other Coen films have much more action than A Serious Man, true. But it's not dull at all, it had me riveted the entire time. And laughing my arse off as well, I might add. I need to see it again before I can comment on exactly why I liked it.

James Cameron should still kill himself for diverting so much attention from it though.

I am not talking about "action".. I don''t mind a film with no action. I found it dull.. you may not have done, I did. I expected to really enjoy it as I do love the Coen Brothers but I thought it was was below par.

Even if James Cameron killed himself it would not stop Avatar from winning Best Picture.. in fact if he did he'd probably win Best Director as well sinking A serious Man further into obscurity.

[Animavore]

You're wrong Eli.

But so is Eli so don't worry about it.

[Elessarina]

You're wrong Eli.

But so is Eli so don't worry about it.

What? Who is Eli?

Hmm anyway I don't think I can actually be wrong if I am expressing an opinion on something I like or dislike.. can I?

[Animavore]

You're wrong Eli.

But so is Eli so don't worry about it.

What? Who is Eli?

Hmm anyway I don't think I can actually be wrong if I am expressing an opinion on something I like or dislike.. can I?

Yes

"Eli" is Eli by the way.

[Clinton Huxley]

I liked it. Not my favourite Coen film but I think it still had their trademark quirks. Made me laugh out loud more than once and I do use find myself using one of the lines from it...."Very troubling, very troubling".

I'd watch it again.

[Elessarina]

I liked it. Not my favourite Coen film but I think it still had their trademark quirks. Made me laugh out loud more than once and I do use find myself using one of the lines from it...."Very troubling, very troubling".

I'd watch it again.

ugh.. it didn't make me laugh at all and I just didn't really care what happened..

I hate it when that happens.. it's so disappointing.. I was very disappointed as I had been reading about it for a while..

[Xamonas Chegwé]

I liked it. Not my favourite Coen film but I think it still had their trademark quirks. Made me laugh out loud more than once and I do use find myself using one of the lines from it...."Very troubling, very troubling".

I'd watch it again.

ugh.. it didn't make me laugh at all and I just didn't really care what happened..

I hate it when that happens.. it's so disappointing.. I was very disappointed as I had been reading about it for a while..

Try watching it again when you are not half-starved and lusting for a cheeseburger (among other things!) It could just have been your mood at the time.

[Elessarina]

I hate it when that happens.. it's so disappointing.. I was very disappointed as I had been reading about it for a while..

Try watching it again when you are not half-starved and lusting for a cheeseburger (among other things!) It could just have been your mood at the time. [/quote]


I don't think that would make a difference tbh.. I feel reluctant to waste the two hours again. And I certainly wasn't hungry or anything.. I was full of homemade fishcakes and in a good mood when I watched it

[Animavore]

Coen brothers are terribly hit and miss to me. Some of their films are great and some are just dull. No Country for Old Men is one such example.

There. I said it.

[Elessarina]

Coen brothers are terribly hit and miss to me. Some of their films are great and some are just dull. No Country for Old Men is one such example.

There. I said it.

Now I loved No Country for Old Men, I really liked Intolerable Cruelty too.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Coen brothers are terribly hit and miss to me. Some of their films are great and some are just dull. No Country for Old Men is one such example.

There. I said it.

You lie!!

Intolerable Cruelty was crap. Ladykillers was ill-advised but not really that bad a film if you can forget the original and take it on its own merits. Everything else has been pretty good or better.

[Animavore]

Coen brothers are terribly hit and miss to me. Some of their films are great and some are just dull. No Country for Old Men is one such example.

There. I said it.

You lie!!

Intolerable Cruelty was crap. Ladykillers was ill-advised but not really that bad a film if you can forget the original and take it on its own merits. Everything else has been pretty good or better.

They made The Ladykillers
That was single-handedly the shittest film I have ever had the uncomfortable displeasure to endure. Saying it wasn't really a bad film is like saying "Ann Coulter is not a cunt".

[Elessarina]

See I really enjoyed Intolerable Cruelty.. I thought Clooney was great in it..

How we all differ eh?

[Animavore]

Yeah but up 'til now XC's and my opinions have been almost the exact same. This is a bit of a shock to me. I was sure the consensus of Ladykillers crapness was as unanimous as that of Battlefield Earth.

I've never seen Intolerable Cruelty.

[Clinton Huxley]

The Coen's have had a few duds but that can happen to anyone. Ridley Scott made G.I. Jane after all. At least they try to do different things. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. They made The Big Leboswki and for that alone they deserve their place in the pantheon of immortals.

[Animavore]

The Coen's have had a few duds but that can happen to anyone. Ridley Scott made G.I. Jane after all. At least they try to do different things. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. They made The Big Leboswki and for that alone they deserve their place in the pantheon of immortals.

Didn't like that the first time but now love it. Wasn't sure why that was.

[Elessarina]

Yeah but up 'til now XC's and my opinions have been almost the exact same. This is a bit of a shock to me. I was sure the consensus of Ladykillers crapness was as unanimous as that of Battlefield Earth.

I've never seen Intolerable Cruelty.

It's a Rom -Com (much as it pains me to say so as I don't watch those sort of films usually).. I went for this purely because it is a Coen brothers film... it's pretty entertaining with good performances..

[Elessarina]

Didn't like that the first time but now love it. Wasn't sure why that was.

Ditto.. I have it in my rewatch list

[Clinton Huxley]

The Coen's have had a few duds but that can happen to anyone. Ridley Scott made G.I. Jane after all. At least they try to do different things. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. They made The Big Leboswki and for that alone they deserve their place in the pantheon of immortals.

Didn't like that the first time but now love it. Wasn't sure why that was.

Likewise. My reaction to first seeing it was a great big
I think it helps if you watch it 3 or 4 times, preferably drunk and/or stoned. Then its greatness becomes apparent. MAybe Ele does need to watch A Serious Man again. Sometimes love does not develop at first sight but only after repeated gropings.

[Animavore]

Didn't like that the first time but now love it. Wasn't sure why that was.

Ditto.. I have it in my rewatch list

Oh yeah. I remember now. I was drunk and stoned and watching it with a group of likewise lads

You watch something like Predator or T2 in that state not The Big Lebowski.

[Clinton Huxley]

You should only put The Big Lebowski on after having had a few caucasians. Fact.