Coen Brothers Appreciation Thread!

[Rabidclam]

Joel & Ethan. Fargo, No Country for Old Men, Burn After Reading, O Brother Where Art Thou, The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, etc. Brilliant.

BRILLIANT. :bow:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow:bow:love::lov e::love::love::love::love::love::love:;)

[pickslide]

I'm in on this one. Possibly my favorite movie makers. Lebowski is in my top 5 movies ever!

[Rabidclam]

Love Fincher and Ritchie too

[zztomato]

Blood Simple too!

[dnauhei]

Love the banjo yodelling soundtrack in Raising Arizona. Son, you got a panty on your head!

[esoteric pete]

lebowski....end.

[A-Bone]

I have loved their work since I saw Blood Simple as a teenager.

[Blue Light]

Their movies are just loaded with great surprise lines, but there's nothing arcane about the prose. Usually. It's often just plain speech. But the lines are just loaded with portent!

Millers Crossing: "If she's such an angel how come you're looking for her at three in the morning?"


No Country For Old Men:
"Look, I need to know what I stand to win."
"Everything."

Raising Arizona:
"You know what, I'm gonna be a better person from here on out."

[Mike9]

Those guys are def NOT in a rut.

[Greggy]

Barton Fink was their masterpiece.

[readymade]

Love their stuff. Maybe it's too new, but I always forget how freaking amazing "No Country" is--really, a near-perfect film.

[PVH5150]

Fargo & Lebowski are in my top 10 of all time. Sheer genius.

[Mayo5]

A Simply Man was great too.

True Grit will be awesome as well.

[Frankee]

I'm a sucker for Coen Bros flicks.

[Rabidclam]

SUPER Stoked for True Grit

[jimmyj]

Ranking my favorite Coen Bros.

1. Lebowski
2. tie-Simple Man, No Country
3. tie-Barton Fink, Burn After Reading
4. tie-Fargo, Arizona
5. tie-Oh Brother, The Man Who Wasn't,
6. tie-Intolerable Cruelty, Lady Killers

[NB_Terry]

A Simply Man was great too.

True Grit will be awesome as well.

Absolutely. I can't wait to see TG.

[Jetrow]

Coen Bros.

That's all I need to see to rent it. Love their stuff. Oh Brother Where Are Thou is a favorite of mine.

[pitbull45]

I really dig Miller's Crossing and Fargo. O' Brother and Lebowski are good but I don't get all the adoration.

Did not like Old Country and couldn't even finish Burn.

I loved Razing AZ at the time but it doesn't hold up for me -- seems kind silly

Their other stuff leaves me flat.
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[Pietro]

Best line in a movie ever...

"Say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, at least it's an ethos"

I don't know what's more brilliant, the writing, or John Goodman's amazing delivery...

[marcher5877]

Is True Grit the new one coming out Christmas 2010? I think I saw a preview for it a few weeks and the wife and looked at each other and said "There goes our Christmas afternoon plans"

[kludge]

Why hasn't anyone here acknowledged that Miller's Crossing is the greatest gangster movie ever yet?

A bandmate and I have a plan to do an entire Miller's Crossing concept album someday, called "We Can't Pin This on the Dane".

[Frankee]

Why hasn't anyone here acknowledged that Miller's Crossing is the greatest gangster movie ever yet?

A bandmate and I have a plan to do an entire Miller's Crossing concept album someday, called "We Can't Pin This on the Dane".

I'd buy that.

[Mayo5]

Why hasn't anyone here acknowledged that Miller's Crossing is the greatest gangster movie ever yet?

A bandmate and I have a plan to do an entire Miller's Crossing concept album someday, called "We Can't Pin This on the Dane".

I don't think it's the greatest gangster movie ever, but I do love that one. I'm surprised to see it get little recognition when talking about gangster/mob films.

[The Last Rebel]

Is True Grit the new one coming out Christmas 2010? I think I saw a preview for it a few weeks and the wife and looked at each other and said "There goes our Christmas afternoon plans"
Yep, that's the one. I can't wait to see it. Western + Coen Brothers + Jeff Bridges = very happy me.

[rhinocaster]

It simply does not get any better than the Coen brothers. Their respect for the source material and movie making talent are as good as it can possibly get. :)

[TNJ]

"Mah hair..."

"I'm a Dapper Dan Man."

"I'm the Pater Familias!"

"And stay out of Woolworth's!"

"I think we better R-U-N-N-O-F-T!"

"I'm feelin' a might peckish.."

Too many quotable quotes. :D

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[John H]

They're not infallable (my $.02), but, when they're great, they're great. "Big Lebowski", "No Country...", "Fargo", "Miller's Crossing" are among my all-time favorites.

Personally, I thought "Burn After Reading" was unbearable cruelty.

[ventilator]

Like them all, even the underrated Hudsucker Proxy.

[n8b]

My first exposure to the Coens was when Fox ran Raising Arizona on TV back in the 90's when I was a teen. It made an impression on me and I have been a fan ever since. I've seen all of their films except for A Serious Man and always find something to enjoy in even their worst (which I consider to be Ladykillers, Intolerable Cruelty, and Burn After Reading). My favorites are O Brother Where Art Thou, No Country for Old Men, Miller's Crossing, and Barton Fink. Of course, I've watched Big Lebowski more times than I can count, and it is probably the most watchable of their movies. Honorable mention for The Man Who Wasn't There, one that sticks with me, but is sort of depressing to watch.

[Guitar55]

I have to admit I recently saw "Lebowski" for the first time. What was I waiting for?? Great film.

Favorite Cohen Brothers line: "We thought you was a toad!"

[kludge]

Hell, I couldn't even do a favorite line from Miller's Crossing. Hell, we have whole songs (or at least ideas for songs) from that lovely language. A love song called "What's the Rumpus?" A song called "Artist" ("The old man's still an artist with a Thompson"). And a love song for the only romance in the film given selflessly and with real loyalty (the Dane's love for Mink).

Yeah, someday we should finish that album.

[cg]

Love them all!!

[Blue Light]

"Give me back my child, you warthog from hell!"



That line from Raising Arizona just jumped into my head this morning as I was scrambling some eggs for my kid. As I served her the plate at the table, I barked the line and made her jump.



@ Kludge. "What's the rumpus?" Yeah, that brings it all back!