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.p ... 91#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.p ... 91#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.