movies

[Jocephus]

hey guys i just saw "heat"!

[TimeForGuinness]

Iron Man 2 was ok...kinda a let down for me...but still good.

[JL21]

So the mouths-sewn-to-buttholes movie, Human Centipede, is far better than you'd think. Obviously we aren't talking about Lawrence of Arabia here but it's more than just some dumb grossout movie and it's higher quality than your average horror that comes out these days.

And yes, I realize this is all moot because none of the rest of you will watch it.

[Leroy]

So the mouths-sewn-to-buttholes movie, Human Centipede, is far better than you'd think. Obviously we aren't talking about Lawrence of Arabia here but it's more than just some dumb grossout movie and it's higher quality than your average horror that comes out these days.

And yes, I realize this is all moot because none of the rest of you will watch it.

I could barely stomach the trailer, so I'm out on the movie.

[PujolJunkie]

So this is going to raise some serious Hell, especially on here, but I tried to watch Raising Arizona and I couldn't do it. Got about 35 minutes in and kinda gave up. The only thing that I could bare to laugh at was John Goodman. First Coen brothers movie that I can honestly say I disliked. I was iffy on Fargo at first, but I grew to love it. Not sure that I'll be able to ever get into Raising Arizona.

[lukethedrifter]

So this is going to raise some serious Hell, especially on here, but I tried to watch Raising Arizona and I couldn't do it. Got about 35 minutes in and kinda gave up. The only thing that I could bare to laugh at was John Goodman. First Coen brothers movie that I can honestly say I disliked. I was iffy on Fargo at first, but I grew to love it. Not sure that I'll be able to ever get into Raising Arizona.

http://gatewayredbirds.com/forum/viewto ... na#p949506

I'm just going to use this as the catchall Coen Bros thread so as not to talk about Raising Arizona in the True Grit thread.

I watched it again for the first time in many years the other night. Though there are some great lines and some fine comedic acting along with great camera work, I just didn't love it. Not enough laughs for a comedy.

[ghostrunner]

So this is going to raise some serious Hell, especially on here, but I tried to watch Raising Arizona and I couldn't do it. Got about 35 minutes in and kinda gave up. The only thing that I could bare to laugh at was John Goodman. First Coen brothers movie that I can honestly say I disliked. I was iffy on Fargo at first, but I grew to love it. Not sure that I'll be able to ever get into Raising Arizona.

http://gatewayredbirds.com/forum/viewto ... na#p949506

I'm just going to use this as the catchall Coen Bros thread so as not to talk about Raising Arizona in the True Grit thread.

I watched it again for the first time in many years the other night. Though there are some great lines and some fine comedic acting along with great camera work, I just didn't love it. Not enough laughs for a comedy.

My recollection is that it was really fresh at the time. The incredibly long intro (12 or so minutes before the opening credits roll), the music, and the typical Coen dialogue. I think it's been imitated a lot since then. Miller's Crossing isn't a comedy but it has a lot of the same comic timing. In retrospect, it's (RA) also fairly sentimental for a Coen brothers movie.

The camera work when Hi's stealing the baby is excellent. Barry Sonnenfeld never should have quit cinematography for directing.

[Cronos]

Galifiniakis killed it in "It's kind of a funny story".

[TimeForGuinness]

I thought Galifiniakis would sell out in a much cooler way than he currently is...

[InvincibleCakeEater]

I thought Galifiniakis would sell out in a much cooler way than he currently is...

Like his VH1 talk show in 2002?