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The Film Thread

Tony Montana

Seen the trailer for Conviction and it seems a routine film.

What do people make of the Coen brothers?

USArsenal

not a fan of Coen movies.. only one I can remember liking up to now except No Country for Old Men.. the rest i could do without

Ricky1985

otfgoon wrote:
I'm a Di Caprio fan too.

Am I the only one that liked Catch me if you can? Everyone I speak to seems to thing it's a boring/average film.

Loved it. One of my favourites of his. The fact that all that crazy stuff actually happened made the film all the more enjoyable.

Burnwinter

Love the Coens, but they're slightly erratic.

Absolutely love Barton Fink, Fargo, Miller's Crossing, No Country.

Though there's something slightly patronising about the way they slice up the "biomic quartiles" of US society more like zookeepers than storytellers. Each new film is a new slice of Americana. There's something rather NYC hipster about it all, it's not very affectionate.

I have an advance copy of True Grit that I'm going to watch over the weekend. Pretty psyched about it because I have a soft spot a mile wide for Jeff Bridges - like most of the world apparently.

Ricky1985

Let us know what you think, mate. Liking the look of the trailer.

USArsenal

otfgoon wrote:
I'm a Di Caprio fan too.

Am I the only one that liked Catch me if you can? Everyone I speak to seems to thing it's a boring/average film.

nope, your not the only one.. we saw it, and it was much better than we had anticipated it being..

Leo is a good actor for me.. The Aviator, Departed, Blood Diamond, Shutter Island, even Titanic (shut up).. he was good in all of them. he was good in Basketball Diaries (an early movie of his)..

Burnwinter

He's pretty good in the Luhrmann Romeo and Juliet as well. I re-watched that the other day - it's a great version and it's easily Luhrmann's best ever work (not saying very much there though).

Pepe LeFrits

I really liked Catch Me If You Can in the cinema but if I recall correctly it drags pretty badly on repeat viewing.

Klaus

I enjoyed Catch Me If You Can a lot.

Burnwinter wrote:
Love the Coens, but they're slightly erratic.

Absolutely love Barton Fink, Fargo, Miller's Crossing, No Country.

You could add The Big Lebowski and The Hudsucker Proxy too. Great movies.

I liked True Grit. I don't know, it might've been because I was in a particular mood when I watched it but it's better than the original in my opinion. Jeff Bridges and Hailee Steinfeld both put in performances that should make sure to earn them nominations come the end of the year.

asajoseph

I thought A Serious Man was absolutely superb - some of the dialogue was brilliant.

GaelForce

Klaus wrote:
Burnwinter wrote:
Love the Coens, but they're slightly erratic.

Absolutely love Barton Fink, Fargo, Miller's Crossing, No Country.

You could add The Big Lebowski and The Hudsucker Proxy too. Great movies.

Blood Simple, O' Brother and Raising Arizona are all brilliant too, love the Coen Brothers. Haven't seen the Hudsucker Proxy though, and hated A Serious Man.

y va marquer

The Man Who Wasn't There is another Coen directed film that's worth a look.

Billy Bob Thornton is totally detached in it.

Speaking of Billy Bob - Bad Santa - out of season now but still very funny.

Tony Montana

I quite enjoyed Burn After Reading.

Thought it was funny. Not an amazing film just a good watch. Thought Malkovich was funny.

USArsenal

all these Coen brothers movies that you guys are mentioning are the ones I can't stand.. Burn After Reading, Raising Arizona, O Brother..., Hudsucker, Lebowski, Barton Fink, Millers Crossing...

a few were OK.. Fargo, i liked No Country.. but otherwise, not my favorite stuff.. dont particularly like their brand of humor (or satire)

lorddulaarsenal

Micahel Parks is one of me fave actors too

ibby

USArsenal wrote:
all these Coen brothers movies that you guys are mentioning are the ones I can't stand.. Burn After Reading, Raising Arizona, O Brother..., Hudsucker, Lebowski, Barton Fink, Millers Crossing...

a few were OK.. Fargo, i liked No Country.. but otherwise, not my favorite stuff.. dont particularly like their brand of humor (or satire)

That's true in my opinion. The Coen brothers definitely need an acquired taste. I think they are brilliant and can do no wrong for me. Raising Arizona is probably my favourite film by them, the robbery scene is just insanely good.

Timbob

USArsenal wrote:
all these Coen brothers movies that you guys are mentioning are the ones I can't stand.. Burn After Reading, Raising Arizona, O Brother..., Hudsucker, Lebowski, Barton Fink, Millers Crossing...

a few were OK.. Fargo, i liked No Country.. but otherwise, not my favorite stuff.. dont particularly like their brand of humor (or satire)

;-)

asajoseph

Saw the Kings Speech tonight. Was excellent.

Ricky1985

Good to hear, off to see that tomorrow. Was worried it might be a little boring.

Claudius

Tony Montana wrote:
I quite enjoyed Burn After Reading.

Thought it was funny. Not an amazing film just a good watch. Thought Malkovich was funny.

True. I also thought Brad Pitt was hysterical.

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