A Serious Man

[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.