Rate You 3 Favorite Coen Brother's Movies

[Otter]

Everyone gets 3 picks:

[rabblerouser]

O Brother Where Art Thou
Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona

[Easy 6]

Fargo
O Brother
Miller’s Crossing

MC is maybe the most underrated gangster movie of all time

[frozenchief]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

O Brother Where Art Thou
Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona

I agree, but my top two are O Brother and Big Lebowski. TBL is in my top 5 of all movies anyway.

There are a lot that could be third. Miller’s Crossing is great. Hudsucker Proxy doesn’t get its due. Fargo could easily be third, as could No Country. I loved their True Grit. Intolerable Cruelty is another one that doesn’t get its due.

I’d watch their movie If I know nothing more than their involvement.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by frozenchief

I agree, but my top two are O Brother and Big Lebowski. TBL is in my top 5 of all movies anyway.

There are a lot that could be third. Miller’s Crossing is great. Hudsucker Proxy doesn’t get its due. Fargo could easily be third, as could No Country. I loved their True Grit. Intolerable Cruelty is another one that doesn’t get its due.

I’d watch their movie If I know nothing more than their involvement.

I've always been a little surprised Intolerable Cruelty doesn't get more love. It's not quite the romantic comedy that O Brother is, but it's still really good.

It has stars in Clooney and Catherine Zeta Jones so its not like its obscure casting.

[Third Eye]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

O Brother Where Art Thou
Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona

Those were mine as well.

[DrRyan]

Originally Posted by rabblerouser

O Brother Where Art Thou
Big Lebowski
Raising Arizona

These are my votes. O brother and lebowski have so many references I hear amongst friends abs overhear from taksim people in passing.

[Rain Man]

Raising Arizona
O Brother Where Art Thou
No Country For Old Men (the first one on the poll, not the second one)

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

Raising Arizona
O Brother Where Art Thou
No Country For Old Men (the first one on the poll, not the second one)

That would probably be my vote, though I would have to put a lot of thought into whether O Brother or The Big Lebowski takes the 3rd slot.

The Coens, along with Tarantino, are on my autopass for movies. I've never been disappointed in anything they've done. Not once. Even their 'worst' is usually at least a lot of fun. And their best is the best there is.

Gotta admit, TBL took multiple viewings to absorb, just because somehow you expect it to be something different than it is, so your initial viewing is a little disoriented and you miss so many hilarious and beautifully crafted bits that just drift by.

I have a lot of affection for Barton Fink because we first watched it on a quasi group date type thing. 4-5 guys and their GFs all lounging around for a movie night, back in college, and the guys LOVED it and the girls HAAAAATED it. Not in an angry or 'charges of misogyny' kind of hate, but just they all thought it was too weird and convoluted and 'stupid,' while the guys were laughing their asses off. Never seen such a gendered divide in reaction before or since.

I don't know how many people have seen Blood Simple, because it was their first movie and didn't do a lot of box office, and it kind of even predated home rentals. But I highly recommend it, because it's like a thesis on their style. It's great the first time around, and when rewatching it you see so much of their signature flourishes that still liven up a movie to the present. It's a noir black comedy with a good bit of blunt, but not overly gory, violence. As much as I love Tarantino, Blood Simple is 10x the debut film that Reservoir Dogs ever dreamed of.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

That would probably be my vote, but The Coens, along with Tarantino, are on my autopass for movies. I've never been disappointed in anything they've done. Not once. Even their 'worst' is usually at least a lot of fun. And their best is the best there is.

Gotta admit, TBL took multiple viewings to absorb, just because somehow you expect it to be something different than it is, so your initial viewing is a little disoriented and you miss so many hilarious and beautifully crafted bits that just drift by.

I have a lot of affection for Barton Fink because we first watched it on a quasi group date type thing. 4-5 guys and their GFs all lounging around for a movie night, back in college, and the guys LOVED it and the girls HAAAAATED it. Not in an angry or 'charges of misogyny' kind of hate, but just they all thought it was too weird and convoluted and 'stupid,' while the guys were laughing their asses off. Never seen such a gendered divide in reaction before or since.

War of the Roses says hi. I saw it in the theater with a date. The guys cheered on Michael Douglas; the girls cheered on Kathleen Turner. Couples starting fighting before it ended, and were going at it on the way out of the theater. I had the first (of many) arguments with that particular girlfriend that night. What a shitshow. I actually thought going in that it was a sequel to Romancing the Stone because it had Douglas, Turner and Danny DeVito in it. Oops. Had I known what it was actually about I would have never gone to see it. The poster should have a warning label on it - DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE WITH A DATE.

[Baby Lee]

Originally Posted by Frazod

War of the Roses says hi. I saw it in the theater with a date. The guys cheered on Michael Douglas; the girls cheered on Kathleen Turner. Couples starting fighting before it ended, and were going at it on the way out of the theater. I had the first (of many) arguments with that particular girlfriend that night. What a shitshow. I actually thought going in that it was a sequel to Romancing the Stone because it had Douglas, Turner and Danny DeVito in it. Oops. Had I known what it was actually about I would have never gone to see it. The poster should have a warning label on it - DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE WITH A DATE.

War of the Roses WAS a shitshow, but everyone I watched it with, male and female, hated it.

It wasn't ineffective in what it did. It was professionally written and acted. But it somehow went too far. I like black comedy, but WotR was like black death speed metal comedy. Maybe it's a testiment to the writing and acting, but it was TOO affecting. You left the theater feeling like you actually watched a married couple hate each other to death.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

War of the Roses WAS a shitshow, but everyone I watched it with, male and female, hated it.

It wasn't ineffective in what it did. It was professionally written and acted. But it somehow went too far. I like black comedy, but WotR was like black death speed metal comedy. Maybe it's a testiment to the writing and acting, but it was TOO affecting. You left the theater feeling like you actually watched a married couple hate each other to death.

I don't think I ever went to see another movie in the theater without reading a review first.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

War of the Roses WAS a shitshow, but everyone I watched it with, male and female, hated it.

It wasn't ineffective in what it did. It was professionally written and acted. But it somehow went too far. I like black comedy, but WotR was like black death speed metal comedy. Maybe it's a testiment to the writing and acting, but it was TOO affecting. You left the theater feeling like you actually watched a married couple hate each other to death.

War of the Roses is probably one of the worst two movies I've ever seen, and it's definitely the worst big-studio movie. It was basically sitting in a room watching people who hate each other fight for two hours. I have no idea how it made it past the big-studio focus group process.

It was probably my second date with my to-be wife, and we went to see it. The cast looked good, so we took a shot. I apologized to her afterwards.

[Deberg_1990]

Originally Posted by Frazod

War of the Roses says hi. I saw it in the theater with a date. The guys cheered on Michael Douglas; the girls cheered on Kathleen Turner. Couples starting fighting before it ended, and were going at it on the way out of the theater. I had the first (of many) arguments with that particular girlfriend that night. What a shitshow. I actually thought going in that it was a sequel to Romancing the Stone because it had Douglas, Turner and Danny DeVito in it. Oops. Had I known what it was actually about I would have never gone to see it. The poster should have a warning label on it - DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIE WITH A DATE.

Romancing the Stone did have a sequel. Jewel of the Nile. But it paled in comparison to the original.

I vaguely remember War of the Roses? Didn’t they both die at the end? Hope that’s not a spoiler?

As for the Coens, tough one, but probably Raising Arizona, Inside Llewyn Davis and No Country.

[Chief Pagan]

Originally Posted by Baby Lee

I don't know how many people have seen Blood Simple, because it was their first movie and didn't do a lot of box office, and it kind of even predated home rentals. But I highly recommend it, because it's like a thesis on their style. It's great the first time around, and when rewatching it you see so much of their signature flourishes that still liven up a movie to the present. It's a noir black comedy with a good bit of blunt, but not overly gory, violence. As much as I love Tarantino, Blood Simple is 10x the debut film that Reservoir Dogs ever dreamed of.

There is a Chinese remake/adaption of Blood Simple, A Simple Noodle Story. If you do ok with foreign films, it's worth checking out.