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What is your favorite Coen Brothers movie ?

Posted on 11/28/18 at 1:28 pm
Posted by midnight1961
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Posted on 11/28/18 at 1:28 pm
What is your favorite Coen Brothers movie ?

My favorites were Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men, and the True Grit remake, but I have to say their new movie Ballad of Buster Scruggs, which comprises six short stories from the old west, may have upscaled them all.

I think it may be their best work.

Have any of y'all watched it, and what did you think ?

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This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 1:32 pm
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
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Posted on 11/28/18 at 1:29 pm to
I recently seen True Grit again and I was surprised at how much I liked it, it would probably be that one.

EDIT: actually I would have to say Burn After Reading.
This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 1:31 pm
Posted by Carson123987
Middle Court at the Rec
Member since Jul 2011
66377 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 1:29 pm to
No Country.

Don't think I'll ever have as magical a theater experience as I did with it. A masterwork.
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 1:30 pm to
1. The Big Lebowski
1A. Fargo
2. No Country
3. Raising Arizona
4. O Brother

ETA:

As I think about these 5 films, I realize they might all be in my top 30ish all time. That is impressive.

This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 1:33 pm
Posted by TheCaterpillar
Member since Jan 2004
76774 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 1:31 pm to
quote:

No Country.

Don't think I'll ever have as magical a theater experience as I did with it. A masterwork.


First time viewing is pretty surreal. No music at all in the film and you just hold your breath the entire time.

Posted by NfamousPanda
Central
Member since Jan 2016
785 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 1:33 pm to
Wow it's super tough to rank Coen's for me. If I had to, I'd probably go like this

1. Big Lebowski
2. O Brother
3. No Country
4. Fargo
5. Buster Scruggs
Posted by midnight1961
Member since Jan 2007
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Posted on 11/28/18 at 1:35 pm to
Forgot to mention, it was made for Netflix, so if you have a Netflix account, you should give it a try.
This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 1:36 pm
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51241 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 1:52 pm to
O Brother was the first Coen movie I saw, so that'll always been #1 for me.
Posted by Mad_Mardigan
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2012
1924 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:06 pm to
So close but I can't pick just one favorite.

1a) No Country
1b) Raising Arizona
3) Big Lebowski
4) Fargo
5) O'Brother
Posted by Salmon
On the trails
Member since Feb 2008
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Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:09 pm to
Fargo, easily

Posted by finchmeister08
Member since Mar 2011
35588 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:10 pm to
what exactly is No Country about?
Posted by Brosef Stalin
Member since Dec 2011
39165 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:14 pm to
I'll go ahead and say it, Lebowski is in the bottom half of Coen movies. Its not bad, but they have so many better movies than it.
Posted by AU_251
Your dads room
Member since Feb 2013
11559 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:14 pm to
Llewyn Davis.

Will watch every time
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
89480 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:15 pm to
quote:

Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No Country For Old Men


Clearly their elite work along with Raising Arizona.

The other films all have their own merits, but tend to be more flawed in pacing, style - I'm a huge fan, but sometimes they veer too far off course. I will say, for a rookie effort, Blood Simple is a damned fine movie as well. (ETA: And I'll echo that O'Brother should be up there as well.)

quote:

True Grit remake


Meh. Probably my least favorite film of theirs. Really meh. I waited a really long time to watch it, too - I remain a huge fan of the original. I'm not saying their remake was bad - just meh. I expected more.

quote:

Ballad of Buster Scruggs


Haven't seen it, yet.
This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 2:16 pm
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
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Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:34 pm to
Posted by Shawn Spencer
The Spirit World
Member since Nov 2011
1185 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:37 pm to
1a. Big Lebowski
1b. Miller's Crossing
Posted by Yesca11
Minneapolis
Member since Aug 2008
1820 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:42 pm to
Lebowski for me

Buster Scruggs was very good too. The Tom Waits parts was incredible
Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
Atlanta GA - ITP
Member since Sep 2012
24933 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:47 pm to
Miller's Crossing and No Country are tied at the top for me.

Under that, A Serious Man, Lebowski, Llewyn Davis, Fargo and Barton Fink.

Man Who Wasn't There is I think the most underrated film they have. True Grit or O'Brother are the most overrated.

Hail Caesar, Intolerable Cruelty and Ladykillers were just bad.
This post was edited on 11/28/18 at 2:48 pm
Posted by chinese58
NELA. after 30 years in Dallas.
Member since Jun 2004
30357 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:48 pm to
1. No Country
2. Fargo
3. Blood Simple
4. O Brother, Where Art Thou?

Who didn't love young, white-trash Frances McDormand?


Posted by nes2010
Member since Jun 2014
6753 posts
Posted on 11/28/18 at 2:50 pm to
Raising Arizona
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