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The Coen Brothers are spectacular.
I watched A Serious Man for the first time a few weeks ago and enjoyed it a lot.
Man did the end of No Country make me feel old-Miller's Crossing is such a great gangster movie, the scene with Albert Finny getting away from the assassination was fabulous.
The thing about the Coens is the way they make each scene memorable-how about The Dude getting his head dunked in the toilet(Lemme take another look) or the bleak snow scenes(a bunch)in Fargo
Yeah, I'm waiting for True Grit-Jeff Bridges is one of my favorites.
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The cranky old man in me just don't cotton to the remaking of True Grit. Some things, ya best leave em be.
Bridges plays a great Curmudgeon; e.g. Wild Bill. It'll be edgier than Duke's version.
There's a better movie than The Big Lebowski?
Casca
Great comments, but somehow you all leave out the best of their movies: O Brother, Where Art Thou?
I know it gets slagged for being too commercial, but it's the one of their movies that you could put on endless repeat and I'd never get tired of. Okay, The Big Lebowski never gets old, either.
I have it in 1st place Slim
general Coen Bro fan.. but I found Barton Fink unwatchable. I could not stand the main character.
Assume Barton Fink is a comedy. Now watch it again. Barton is a riot, in a very dry way.
"I thought you was a toad."
In order to "get" much of the humor in "O Brother," it helps to be from the rural, cultural South. I saw this movie when I was living in exile in New Jersey and I was the only one laughing through half the film.
ChaddinFl
Disagree, Chad.
I live in Australia, and rarely hear a bad word about "O Brother", even from cultural morons.
It has a universal appeal, methinks.
In the '90s, I rated Fargo best movie of all times, then along came Oh Brother ... and I found a new #1, despite my personal dislike for Rosemary's baby.