What movies are you watching?

[VinylGuy]

damn i lose

[lennytheweedwhacker]

The Coens have never made a bad movie (aside from Ladykillers). It's just a matter of preference which ones you like most.

I honestly don’t even think it’s bad. It’s entertaining enough, just suffers greatly when compared to the rest of their work.

[Anders]

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is excellent

Yes

[Anders]

Side Effects

Bored with this. Disappointing.

[Anders]

Feature films directed by Joel Coen (with or without his brother):

1. Fargo
2. No Country For Old Men
3. Barton Fink
4. O Brother, Where Art Thou?
5. The Hudsucker Proxy
6. Miller’s Crossing
7. The Big Lebowski
8. The Man Who Wasn’t There
9. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
10. Inside Llewyn Davis
11. True Grit
12. Burn After Reading
13. Blood Simple
14. Intolerable Cruelty
15. Raising Arizona
16. A Serious Man
17. Hail, Caesar!
18. The Ladykillers

Not yet seen: The Tragedy Of Macbeth
Not counting: Paris Je T’Aime - seen it, ok movie, decent Coens scene

[tragabigzanda]

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.

[VinylGuy]

All the simpletons trash Lady Killers. That movie straight up rules. Hanks in unhinged and Simmons is right behind.

i havent seen Inside Llewyn Davis nor Hail Caesar! and the netflix one. I felt a little tired with them after True Grit.

Omg

but those are bottom films 4 you

I'm OMGing your take on True Grit, an instant classic.

Side Effects

Bored with this. Disappointing.

It's mid-tier Soderbergh.

i liked TG enough. I was just tired of them.

[Anders]

True Grit was good, just not as good as the original.

[Coach]

watched half of The Tender Bar, will finish at some point.

[BurtReynolds]

i don't think i can watch something with that title. I get a feeling of visceral disgust when I see it.

[lennytheweedwhacker]

i don't think i can watch something with that title. I get a feeling of visceral disgust when I see it.

Tender Bar?

[tree_]

i'm about to give Lawrence of Arabia a try

[lennytheweedwhacker]

i'm about to give Lawrence of Arabia a try

I remember really digging it, but it was a long time ago. I’m down for a rewatch

[tree_]

i'm about to give Lawrence of Arabia a try

I remember really digging it, but it was a long time ago. I’m down for a rewatch

I'm about an hour in and it's pretty grand. I really don't know anything about T.E. Lawrence so this is all pretty interesting. I've also been doing some internet research and it turns out he was probably gay too. Fascinating character. This thing is nearly 4 hours long. Gonna have to finish it tomorrow.

[tree_]

got about an hr and a half left... some of the visuals are really great, but a lot of the dialogue and tone feels off.. probably because it's from 1962.. i have a hard time getting into old movies and this is no exception; i don't love it and frankly don't get the hype.. I get why this was quite the spectacle when it was released but not sure it holds up so great now

[tree_]

For instance, he's standing on the roof of a train they just derailed and took over, he gets shot by a pistol on the shoulder and falls onto the ground from about 15 feet. When he lands it's as light as if on a soft mattress. Then, for a moment he's in shock, looking at where he was shot in the shoulder and is grunting and shivering in pain. A moment later he's just walking around as if there's no pain at all. And the makeup is weird; they use too many bright colors on faces. Just so many things add up for this to be an inconsistent, weird experience.

[epilogue]

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is excellent

Yes

Absolutely.

I think about Mr. Pocket almost every single day of my life.

[tree_]

Also the G rating doesn’t help. It’s full of battle scenes you would think they could at least hint at a little more violence than they do. I just don’t see how this holds up for people. Like I said I can see how beautiful many of the shots are but for me that’s virtually its sole redeeming quality. But if I’m watching something just for that I would watch planet Earth

[Anders]

I love classic movies, although like with new ones, there are good and bad movies. I think that sometimes a movie from the 40s or 50s can feel timeless, and one from the 70s can feel outdated, it all depends.

However, Lawrence of Arabia is a 10/10 or five out of five stars. Probably seen it 4-5 times. Loved it every time.

[Anders]

Been watching some Norwegian classics. Don’t really post about them here. Gotten to 1961. The best of the best are great classics, but the standard drops quite a bit when you dive into it. Hollywood was further ahead in those days, then they are now.