movies

[The Third Man]

I watched Magnolia this morning before work. There are about a billion things I could complain about - it's overindulgent, contrived, manipulative, melodramatic, overambitious, preachy, heavy-handed, self-consciously quirky, and so on. And I still totally freaking loved it. The cinematography was fantastic, the Aimee Mann soundtrack was awesome, the characters were all extremely memorable (and all of the performances stellar), etc. On an emotional level it hits every beat perfectly.

[Maclowery]

Ya, gross-out movies are gross. Blech.

I just watched The Saint tonight. Nice harmless fun caper flick and Elizabeth Shue looking hot trying to kiss Val Kilmer's enormous lips.

[go birds]

finally got a chance to see A Serious Man after Netflix finally got enough of the blu rays in (I'm getting snobbish on blu ray vs DVD...it's pretty aggravating since I could have watched the dvd version months ago). Loved it. Upsets me even more that it got a nothing release and wasn't well recognized.

Next up is The Road. I'll couple those two with a viewing of the sure to be idiotic A Team this weekend, too. Hopefully I'll fit in Toy Story 3, too, since I'm going to be on call and a theater pariah for the next 6 weeks straight.

Man... you shouldn't waste your time.

Like...i didn't read the book, but i was so looking forward to this movie because it had so much potential.

It failed to deliver.

[Richie Allen]

finally got a chance to see A Serious Man after Netflix finally got enough of the blu rays in (I'm getting snobbish on blu ray vs DVD...it's pretty aggravating since I could have watched the dvd version months ago). Loved it. Upsets me even more that it got a nothing release and wasn't well recognized.

Next up is The Road. I'll couple those two with a viewing of the sure to be idiotic A Team this weekend, too. Hopefully I'll fit in Toy Story 3, too, since I'm going to be on call and a theater pariah for the next 6 weeks straight.

Man... you shouldn't waste your time.

Like...i didn't read the book, but i was so looking forward to this movie because it had so much potential.

It failed to deliver.

Read the book and enjoyed it but knew better than to see the movie. I felt it had no potential as a motion picture.

[heyzeus]

finally got a chance to see A Serious Man after Netflix finally got enough of the blu rays in (I'm getting snobbish on blu ray vs DVD...it's pretty aggravating since I could have watched the dvd version months ago). Loved it. Upsets me even more that it got a nothing release and wasn't well recognized.

I loved the living hell out of A Serious Man. I love it as a dark comedy in classic Coen Brothers style. I love it as a warped coming of age story. I love it as a meditation on what it means to be a Jew in America. I love it as a clever allegory to the Book of Job. In that sense, it's similar to Oh Brother Where Art Thou, but A Serious Man's allegorical viewpoint is way more subtle and, to me at least, therefore more rewarding when you get what they're doing.

[heyzeus]

I watched Miller's Crossing last night to see what the Coen's would do with a noir gangster movie. Not surprisingly, it's a dark and moving take on the wiseguys n' dames genre. I feel like some of the themes are similar to No Country for Old Men, in that some people live by a code, but others do not. Some great cinematography here. I can't believe it's taken me this long to watch every last Coen brothers movie. Blood Simple is up next.

[Maclowery]

My little brother - a big, big Coen brothers fan - speaks very highly of Blood Simple. I watched his copy, and while I respected the film-making, I just couldn't get past all the awful characters. And that's no beef to the actors, writers, or direction - they are *supposed* to all be awful characters. They're all just bad, selfish people. Blech. Blood Simple does a terrific job showing four characters pushed into an unresolvable situation. Anyone that loves a gritty, no-nonsense film noir will love it.

[clevername]

I also still need to see Blood Simple.

Their movies stick with me for a while after I see them. Still going over A Serious Man.

The Road destroyed me almost as much as the book did. It's a different entity, but I felt like it captured so much of what the book did that it delivered. It's not a light hearted affair, but one shouldn't expect it to be.

[omaha_red]

blood simple is my favorite coen bros. movie..

[Radbird]

Ok, movie buffs. Make me proud (I'm definitely not and only got 18 out of 60).

Can you name the highest-grossing film adaptations from the works of these authors (US box office)?