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'Johnny Thanatos' flips through the Coens' BURN AFTER READING!!

I'm sure it will be fine by macheesmo3	Sep 5th, 2008 02:55:37 AM
Even their misses are better than most hits !
Great. But AVATAR will be fucking our eyeballs in 2009... by Motoko Kusanagi	Sep 5th, 2008 02:58:21 AM
...and nothing else matters.
Nice review! by Marxeffect	Sep 5th, 2008 03:03:31 AM

I really hope Richard Jenkins is nominated for The Visitor by IndustryKiller!	Sep 5th, 2008 03:11:35 AM
just beautiful understated work. The best lead actor performance I've seen so far this year. it's about time Jenkins came into his own. With The Visitor he proved that he's interesting enough an actor to say very little and still be completely riveting. I hope the film is recognized too, that final image of him beating the drum still sticks with me.
I read the script by pleasebanme	Sep 5th, 2008 03:27:36 AM
Think Fargo meets Intolerable Cruelty. I'm fairly positive it will be disregarded as one of their weaker efforts, but the script is classic Coen lunacy.
Swinton not Swanson by wuher da brewer	Sep 5th, 2008 04:21:47 AM
I'll see it. I wish it was opening this weekend.
Motoko... by TheRealMoriarty	Sep 5th, 2008 04:29:25 AM
... I hope you keep it up every day until the actual release of AVATAR, and then I hope you just spend every day of the theatrical release signing off with "AVATAR IS FUCKING OUR EYEBALLS! AVATAR IS FUCKING OUR EYEBALLS!" Please? For me?
tilda swanson... by dingus khan	Sep 5th, 2008 04:59:54 AM
...never heard of her.
The Visitor by Bruarvatn	Sep 5th, 2008 05:38:07 AM
Yes that was a great movie and Jenkins was superb. The best movie of the year for me so far.
What was wrong with The Ladykillers? by Freaky_Zeke	Sep 5th, 2008 05:57:10 AM
But yeah, Intolerable Cruelty was pretty bad.
I wonder how much of the recent bizarre and by CreasyBear	Sep 5th, 2008 06:27:53 AM
apparently intentionally unsatisfying endings from the Coen Bros. comes from some enlightened artistic genius, and how much from just some perverse need to be different and fuck with the audience (and are there people who consider that art in itself). Like most everyone else here, I loved Raising Arizona and Fargo, and Miller's Crossing had its good moments, but I can't for the life of me understand how anyone could look at No Country for Old Men -- especially its empty, random excuse for a conclusion -- and think it's a great movie. Great performance by Bardem, sure, but the movie itself was hollow. Oh, wait, maybe I'm just not artsy and cool enough to appreciate how the suburban car crash thing at the end had anything to do with anything, considering it had no effect on the story or characters at all. Not trying to bait the movie's many defenders, by the way, just saying what I think.
"The man who wasnt there" is indefensible. by Optimus Primal	Sep 5th, 2008 06:54:04 AM
I love me some Coen brothers as well. But lately they strike out about as often as then hit it out of the park.
Chaplin, Coens by scottishnutjob	Sep 5th, 2008 07:01:40 AM
Agreed, I'm there. This will be a treat. There is Chaplin, and then the Coens. Everyone else is rehashing their youth.
Motoko by kwisatzhaderach	Sep 5th, 2008 07:02:09 AM
Your enthusiasm is infectious. Like you, Dec 09 cannot come soon enough for me.
CreasyBear by Nice Marmot	Sep 5th, 2008 07:05:42 AM
Do you expect us to believe nobody's already explained to you that the No Country film ends just as the book does? Bitch about McCarthy, not the Coens.
But...doesn't it hurt to get fucked in the eyeball? by DerLanghaarige	Sep 5th, 2008 07:06:34 AM
This been said: Can't wait for a new Coen movie!
CreasyBear by mynemaborat	Sep 5th, 2008 07:13:06 AM
my thoughts exactly... i know its like slapping the pope in vatican city to speak ill of the coen brothers on this site but shit... their 'genius' borders on pretention. and the way they are fully aware of this 'genius' kind of irritates me. no country beating there will be blood was just a case of the coens being critical darlings
nice marmot by mynemaborat	Sep 5th, 2008 07:15:13 AM
yeah i read the book... its terrible... mccarthy is the literary equivilant of the coens... i don't understand why people think totally fucking with grammar and punctuation, or ignoring it completely, demonstrates some kind of mastery of written word... once again - pretentious
also by mynemaborat	Sep 5th, 2008 07:17:11 AM
from reading my posts it looks like i hate the coens... i don't, i like lebowski, o brother, fargo etc... i just think they're overated
Why... by matalo	Sep 5th, 2008 07:24:14 AM
the fuck did I read the spoiler section? I was even warned. I am a dumb shit.
"and I’m a trauma-specific medical illustrator by day" by ironic_name	Sep 5th, 2008 07:31:23 AM
gotta work that into conversation, man. I’m a trauma-specific medical illustrator by day, a love machine by night.
so, he was building a fucking machine? by ironic_name	Sep 5th, 2008 07:34:45 AM
that bullshit! still, seeing brad shot = me watching.. but not on the big screen.
Thanks Ironic_name by Ted Brautigan	Sep 5th, 2008 07:49:07 AM
Assbag
defending all coens by LORDRANDO	Sep 5th, 2008 08:16:02 AM
at least they try different things. If they were like other directors they would just make dark crime dramas for about 10 years now to milk the shit out of no country. and the man who wasnt there is brilliant. the most existential movie of the modern era. If it was French, people would put it in top lists of all time.
this is a fucking spoiler sec - we're here to discuss this by ironic_name	Sep 5th, 2008 08:25:55 AM
and it sounds like a dumbass concept.. I'll still see it, but it sounds a little too "cute".. a fucking FUCKING MACHINE? WTF COENS?
..discuss this movie by ironic_name	Sep 5th, 2008 08:27:00 AM
i meant to write.
Interesting how this site/talkback has changed over the years... by Rameses	Sep 5th, 2008 08:50:14 AM
about 6 or so years ago , during a talk back about the Coen Bros , nearly every talk backer was positive , and because I posted, that I wasn't 100% struck all all their films and that there was something smug about their movies...I nearly got torn a new one !Now talk backers seem a lot less happy with the C Bros.i thought No Country was brillient , even with the strange ending {which is oddly close ,to the ending of the more obscure movie American Perfect }and I liked Big Lowbroski , Raising Arizona Blood simple and Fargo.But the trailer to Don't Burn looked like shit, of the most unfunny Ladykillers kind possible.
i'm there by T 1000 xp professional	Sep 5th, 2008 08:52:07 AM
I don't even know why i'm on this talkback.. this review is kind of pointless for me. It's a Coen brothers' movie, buy your tickets already...
for every hudsucker or fink theres a cruelty or man who wasn't t by ironic_name	Sep 5th, 2008 09:01:55 AM
the coens should stick to thrillers, they seem better at them than comedy, IMO.
What exactly is a frozen puppy's bedside manner like? by spacehog	Sep 5th, 2008 09:03:42 AM
For instance, how does it differ from a frozen full-grown dog's bedside manner? I'm just trying to get a sense of what Swinton was going for.
The ending of NCFOM was brilliant. by TheLastCleric	Sep 5th, 2008 09:15:14 AM
The ending is jarring, abrupt and anticlimactic, and that’s precisely what it is supposed to be. People thought they were watching some sort of thriller/action flick about a drug deal gone bad but under the surface there was a much more thoughtful and methodical deliberation on mortality, morality, the nature of evil and how each generation confronts that darkness. The ending is constructed to illustrate that life isn’t an action flick with a large, bombastic climax and a saccharine resolution but rather shows that death can come swiftly and without warning, taking the decent man just as easily as the criminal. I was shaken by the ending as well, but it really does promote introspection and discussion, which is why I think it’s so brilliant. Also, The Cohens don’t make bad films, ever. They’ve simply made some failed experiments that were not as successful as their more shinning works. Incidentally, the Lady Killers is an underrated gem; funny as hell and some of Hank’s finest work.
Great review. Looking forward to this now. by V'Shael	Sep 5th, 2008 09:36:59 AM
Tilda may be an ice queen, but she's got a certain something.
Intolerable Cruelty and Ladykillers are GREAT. by Stereotypical Evil Archer	Sep 5th, 2008 10:16:11 AM
I love those films. I like the Coens' comedy stuff. No Country For Old Men was cool, but give me Raising Arizona, Hudsucker, and Lebowski any day. I didn't read the spoilers, I always read spoilers. Not this time. I'll be seeing this at a midnight showing for sure. The Big Lebowski is their greatest moment.
There's no reason to apologize for liking IT and Ladykillers by Nasty In The Pasty	Sep 5th, 2008 10:27:05 AM
The former was a great screwball comedy in the classic Hollywood tradition, and the latter was full of great Looney Tunes physical mayhem and had a GREAT performance from Tom Hanks. I still say the weakest Coen movie was the agonizingly pretentious Barton Fink.
ironic_name's comment spoiler? no way. by onezeroone	Sep 5th, 2008 11:02:45 AM
But the ones who called it out have sure turned it into a spoiler. his comment says 'building a fucking machine'. Somehow I read the fucking as in 'gimme a fucking break' and I don't mean it in a 'break so that I can go fuck'
i dig everything Coen by fartedinthefaceofhollywood	Sep 5th, 2008 11:03:26 AM
Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, No Country, The Ladykillers...i enjoyed the hell out of all of those. i dig their movies for the characters, dark humor, and turn-on-a-dime stories...so more than likely ill enjoy this movie.
Mountain Girl would ride you to jelly! by General Crom	Sep 5th, 2008 11:06:41 AM

mynemaborat by Nice Marmot	Sep 5th, 2008 11:07:49 AM
Yeah, cause if McCarthy used punctuation, nobody would be digging his stuff. I'm glad I don't let what I consider overrated bother me so damn much.
Awesome......!!!! by TheWaqman	Sep 5th, 2008 11:24:08 AM
I was very excited for this movie. Glad to hear you liked it, can't wait for it to hit theatres. And Motogo I agree....Avatar will fuck the shit out of our eyeballs.
Raising Arizona is their best film, hands down by slone13	Sep 5th, 2008 12:04:41 PM
That is all. Good day.
onezeroone by matalo	Sep 5th, 2008 12:18:42 PM
Read the whole post and you will see why people harped on him.
onezeroone by ironic_name	Sep 5th, 2008 12:50:46 PM
I did mean it, because I thought everyone would've read the spoiler. I should've thought about it, and posted my "WTF? clooney - in a coen brothers movie - builds a mechanical dildo??" in the main area, but I put it in the header, because I guess you're gonna hafta read it at some point, and it just sounded like thanatos was making it up,or the coens have lost the plot. anyways, if I ruined the movie for anyone apologies.
Ladykillers was great, but the only thing good in IT was rush by ironic_name	Sep 5th, 2008 12:52:44 PM
and from what I remember billy bob.
Spoilers by Johnny Thanatos	Sep 5th, 2008 01:52:51 PM
And here I was debating on whether or not to post Spoilers... I suppose next time my spoiler heading should read "SPOILERS! Please don't repeat the following in the talkback, since some talkbackers actually avoid reading the spoilers, hence the REASON for this warning's existence."
Great review by Aeghast	Sep 5th, 2008 02:36:21 PM
Can't wait to see it :)
maybe you should've added.. by ironic_name	Sep 5th, 2008 02:42:25 PM
"spoilers! don't READ the following if you don't wanna know!"
I can't believe someone trashed Man Who Wasn't There by myspoonistoobig	Sep 5th, 2008 04:50:16 PM
IMO the Coens' best picture. Funny and dramatic in equal measure, beautiful cinematography, pitch-perfect twisted logic. Lebowski is second and then perhaps Hudsucker third, which is amazing except for the deadly dull "rich" party that Robbins and Leigh attend and he talks about gazelles -- it could have worked, but it always grinds the movie to a dead halt for me.
Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty Suck by bottombrick	Sep 5th, 2008 05:07:42 PM
And the ending to No Country is great for all the reasons LastCleric said, but also because of what it means for Bardem's character. Sometimes the coin gets flipped on him, and he doesn't have the option of going to a hospital or crying about it, its an incredibly lonely existence his path. And the character Barton Fink is pretentious not the movie, there is a difference idiot. John Goodman is great in that movie and so is Turturro.
Lebowski sucks.... by TheWaqman	Sep 5th, 2008 06:02:31 PM
don't know how that movie got its cult status, it was terrible.
I'm dumb by The Dum Guy	Sep 5th, 2008 06:13:54 PM
I read the spoiler, and now I wish I hadn't. I got the feeling from the trailer that it was Clooney that died, so I just had to see if I was right.
The trailer was cute....But looked scarily like... by WhinyNegativeBitch	Sep 5th, 2008 07:10:17 PM
...Intolerable Cruelty or Ladykillers territory. This review seems to have staved off my fears.
ironic_name, Nasty In The Pasty - Please... by Mundungus	Sep 5th, 2008 08:41:22 PM
What film does "IT" refer to? You're Killing me with that.
Mundungus by ironic_name	Sep 5th, 2008 10:36:21 PM
I'm a moron, IC not IT well, dyslexic, I hear theres a dyslexia for cure
IT = Intolerable Cruelty. by Nasty In The Pasty	Sep 6th, 2008 12:18:56 AM
You know...for kids!
Waitaminute...that's IC!!! by Nasty In The Pasty	Sep 6th, 2008 12:19:22 AM
[smacks forehead]
Unfortunately this movie will bomb... by Six Demon Bag	Sep 6th, 2008 01:38:31 PM
Expectations will be too high from the general movie-going public NOT familiar with the Coen Bros filmography that they will be expecting something totally different...this is being marketed wrong...Nonetheless I will be in line.

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