New Coen Movie: Hail, Caesar!

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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
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durdencommatyler wrote:Maybe this one will too?
Maybe. There are only a handful of Coens I haven't rewatched, and I think they all happen to be my least favorites of theirs. There's probably a reason for that.
which ones?
The Hudsucker Proxy, The Ladykillers, Inside Llewyn Davis, True Grit
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Maybe this one will too?
Maybe. There are only a handful of Coens I haven't rewatched, and I think they all happen to be my least favorites of theirs. There's probably a reason for that.
which ones?
The Hudsucker Proxy, The Ladykillers, Inside Llewyn Davis, True Grit
Wait, these are the ones you don't like?
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Maybe this one will too?
Maybe. There are only a handful of Coens I haven't rewatched, and I think they all happen to be my least favorites of theirs. There's probably a reason for that.
which ones?
The Hudsucker Proxy, The Ladykillers, Inside Llewyn Davis, True Grit
yeah see i'm a big fan of three of those (though i haven't seen inside llewyn davis a second time)

i loved the hudsucker proxy as a teenager, but i haven't seen it in a really long time...i think it would still stand up for me though
And they say that a hero could save us
I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Maybe this one will too?
Maybe. There are only a handful of Coens I haven't rewatched, and I think they all happen to be my least favorites of theirs. There's probably a reason for that.
which ones?
The Hudsucker Proxy, The Ladykillers, Inside Llewyn Davis, True Grit
yeah see i'm a big fan of three of those (though i haven't seen inside llewyn davis a second time)

i loved the hudsucker proxy as a teenager, but i haven't seen it in a really long time...i think it would still stand up for me though
Hudsucker is outstanding. Easily one of their best.
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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i love them so dang much
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durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Maybe this one will too?
Maybe. There are only a handful of Coens I haven't rewatched, and I think they all happen to be my least favorites of theirs. There's probably a reason for that.
which ones?
The Hudsucker Proxy, The Ladykillers, Inside Llewyn Davis, True Grit
Wait, these are the ones you don't like?
I don't dislike any of them. I just think they're kinda mediocre.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Dare we rank the Coen's?
i think i tried on here before, or maybe just did a top 5...it's too d*mn difficult
I did one a while back:

Here's my loose ranking, divided into "Amazing/Slightly Less than Amazing/A Little Disappointing":


Amazing
Barton Fink
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Are Thou?
No Country For Old Men
True Grit
Miller's Crossing

Slightly Less Than Amazing
Blood Simple
Raising Arizona
The Hudsucker Proxy
Intolerable Cruelty
The Lady Killers

A Little Disappointing
The Man Who Wasn't There
Burn After Reading
Inside Llewyn Davis
A Serious Man
Burn After Reading... but especially Inside Llewyn Davis and A Serious Man are fucking brilliant.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Maybe this one will too?
Maybe. There are only a handful of Coens I haven't rewatched, and I think they all happen to be my least favorites of theirs. There's probably a reason for that.
which ones?
The Hudsucker Proxy, The Ladykillers, Inside Llewyn Davis, True Grit
Wait, these are the ones you don't like?
I don't dislike any of them. I just think they're kinda mediocre.
I see.
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i still think it's overrated, but the big lebwoski took me four or five viewings to truly find hilarious :oops: ...it was strange
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I'm not gonna stand here and wait
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durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Dare we rank the Coen's?
i think i tried on here before, or maybe just did a top 5...it's too d*mn difficult
I did one a while back:

Here's my loose ranking, divided into "Amazing/Slightly Less than Amazing/A Little Disappointing":


Amazing
Barton Fink
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Are Thou?
No Country For Old Men
True Grit
Miller's Crossing

Slightly Less Than Amazing
Blood Simple
Raising Arizona
The Hudsucker Proxy
Intolerable Cruelty
The Lady Killers

A Little Disappointing
The Man Who Wasn't There
Burn After Reading
Inside Llewyn Davis
A Serious Man
Burn After Reading... but especially Inside Llewyn Davis and A Serious Man are fucking brilliant.
So is TMWWT.
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
lennytheweedwhacker wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:Dare we rank the Coen's?
i think i tried on here before, or maybe just did a top 5...it's too d*mn difficult
I did one a while back:

Here's my loose ranking, divided into "Amazing/Slightly Less than Amazing/A Little Disappointing":


Amazing
Barton Fink
Fargo
The Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Are Thou?
No Country For Old Men
True Grit
Miller's Crossing

Slightly Less Than Amazing
Blood Simple
Raising Arizona
The Hudsucker Proxy
Intolerable Cruelty
The Lady Killers

A Little Disappointing
The Man Who Wasn't There
Burn After Reading
Inside Llewyn Davis
A Serious Man
Burn After Reading... but especially Inside Llewyn Davis and A Serious Man are fucking brilliant.
So is TMWWT.
I agree. I like it so much, I misread it as in his Slightly Less Than Amazing category. I didn't realize he had it in the A Little Disappointing category. Nonsense.
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what actors would you most like to see in a coens' film that they haven't used yet?

the rock
charlie day
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Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.
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