Coen!!!

What is your favourite Coen’s Film?

Barton Fink.

“O Brother, Where Art Thou.”

Miller’s Crossing:)

VERE IS THE MONEY LEBOWSKY!
VEEEEEERE IS THE MONIIIIIIII?

Barton Fink, yo
Wilson. . .You suck

Yup, I do. My bad, Karen. I thought the question related to MY favorite. Quick, thumb me down before I post again! (Truth be told, it took me several Anton Chigurh coin tosses before I landed where I did. I’m a huge fan of “Miller’s Crossing” and “Barton Fink,” what with that windblown hat a-skittering and me being a sucker for any film depicting a Faulknerian writer. In the end, I just decided to go the “old-timey” route.)

Good for you Tom! I’m with ya:)

Burn After Reading, it hit my G spot!

Already underrated, that movie.

The Big Lebowski, although Raising Arizona was the first I saw and still holds a special place for me.

I am such a ridiculously huge Coen Brothers fan that I simply couldn’t be pressed to chose one. I can tell you that I hated Lady Killers.

Barton Fink, O’Brother, Lebowski, No Country……..I couldn’t make a smaller list. oh and The Man Who Wasn’t There, super underrated.

Miller’s Crossing!

Fargo. Followed closely by Blood Simple.

#1.The dude abides…

Miller’s Crossing

Miller’s Crossing. Ooooooh man, nothing’s better then Albert Finney kicking tons of ass with a Tommy Gun.

i gotta go with blood simple. their content is so all over the place its hard to pick. blood simple is the only one i had to own.

Lebowski, followed by Fargo

I don’t think there’s one I don’t enjoy, but if I had to pick I’d go BARTON FINK. It really is brilliant. But I can’t say enough good things about FARGO, RAISING ARIZONA, or MILLER’S CROSSING, either. Those are the top tier, for me. Obviously NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is really good, too, but I’d hesitate to use the word “brilliant” when talking about it.

They really are annoyingly good, aren’t they? Nobody should be that good at what they do.

I’d like to say that I’ve liked one of their films better than the first one I saw – RAISING ARIZONA – but I just can’t. Many come very close – FARGO, THE MAN WHO WASN’T THERE and MILLER’S CROSSING in particular – but I dunno, something about that second film nails something that I don’t think they’ve quite bested yet. And I like all their films, even INTOLERABLE CRUELTY and THE LADYKILLERS.

Incidentally, my brother almost ruined NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN for me when he pointed out that, seen through the cold hard eye of objectivity, its almost a remake of RAISING ARIZONA. Think about it, the same plot summary works for both films: A shiftless schmuck living in a trailer in the southwest takes something that isn’t his. After a harrowing chase scene involving dogs, he is persued by the ultimate badass. In the final scene, a character describes a dream.

Hmm… I’d never thought about the similarities between the two before. That’s really interesting.

i have to say No Country for Old Men is my favorite Coen brothers film so far

The Big Lebowski, The man whos wasn’t there. both perfect.

It’s not easy for me to choose one favourite movie of the Coen Brothers, so I Have To Say that Oh Brother Where Are Throu? is excelent, so Big Lebowsky is Hillarious, and No Country For Old Men it’s amazing, and for me scaried, well Burn After Reading it’s twisted in funny way, so i have to stand with “No Country For Old Men” it’s muy favourite

I forgot Oh Brother that films perfect too.

Ve vant ze money, Lebowski!

The Big Lebowski is my favorite comedy of all time. It’s one of the two or three movies I quote on occasion. Unlike any other movie I’ve seen, I have a craving to watch this movie every year or so. I just start quoting the movie a lot and realize the only way to stop is to watch the movie again. Fargo and Raising Arizona are more accessible and well-structured, but The Big Lebowski rubs me in all the right places.

Not sure why Miller’s Crossing has gotten so disparaged over the years. It really was never intended to compete with Goodfellas, although that’s how it ended up. The Coens vision is way more stylized; I’ve always loved the shootout scene scored to Danny Boy, the way the car bursts into flame at the high note. I also find myself craving Fargo every six months or so, mainly for William H. Macy’s amazing performance. What I love about that film is, you never find out what he needs the money for, and yet you never really think about it. Macy realizes the character so completely that it’s not a plot hole, but an open doorway to make him oddly even more believable.

the man who wasn’t there.

by the way, what’s the big deal about fargo? i just watched it a couple nights ago. it’s entertaining, but it definitely wouldn’t be on my top 100 list. and roger ebert’s obsessed with it. are people just really really into the accent? my mom talks like that.