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Posted on 8/23/25 at 9:24 pm to nealnan8
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I can't disagree to much with your list, but I just wanted to say that I think Miller's Crossing is the most rewatchable. What a great flick. Jesus,Tom...
I think so. I was talking to a friend about the Raymond Chandler novel "The Glass Key," and he asked if I had seen Miller's Crossing - apparently somewhat based on the Glass Key. Ended up watching it several times all the way thru.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 10:13 pm to thenza
No Country for Old Men is clearly their best movie. The Big Lebowski is their best comedy.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 10:18 pm to Lester Earl
The only child role I remember is the whiny, crying, fat, Italian kid.
Posted on 8/23/25 at 10:48 pm to thenza
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That’s exactly how this works.
Wrong
Posted on 8/24/25 at 11:16 am to thenza
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Perfect tier:
Raising Arizona
Miller's Crossing
Barton Fink
Fargo
Big Lebowski
O Brother, Where Art Thou
True Grit
Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Good list, but not perfect. No Country for Old Men 100% belongs there.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 1:18 pm to thenza
Swap No Country for Old Men with Barton Fink, and I agree.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 6:45 pm to Lester Earl
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My mom made me audition for Miller’s Crossing
The I will assume that you are from the New Orleans area. I had a friend who lived in the apartment building (Barton Arms in the movie) where the last murders took place. This was on St. Charles, at the corner of either Fern or Burdette on the river side. The Coens painted the entire exterior of the building for that one scene. When they were finished, they repainted it back to the original color. Turns out that they were not happy with the scene, and the next week, they repainted it again.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:33 pm to thenza
O, Brother is my favorite. Maybe my favorite movie of all time. Every character is so great. Plus it led to a revival of traditional/bluegrass music.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 10:51 pm to PhilipMarlowe
Raising Arizona is a masterpiece.
Posted on 8/24/25 at 11:09 pm to thenza
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I’m not trying to dis that movie. I just don’t love it the way I do Raising Arizona, Big Lebowski, their other fun movies.
That's crazy because it pisses all over Big Lebowski, pun intended.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 8:43 am to Ace Midnight
How could you tell Bridges was great? They shot the movie with a bag of marbles in his mouth.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 8:53 am to Saint Alfonzo
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I actually really like Hail Caesar.
it was a failure of marketing. It was marketed as kind of kidnap thiller but really just a day in the life of a 50s movie studio head. It is B tier Coen's but i really like it
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:05 am to Dire Wolf
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It was marketed as kind of kidnap thiller but really just a day in the life of a 50s movie studio head. It is B tier Coen's but i really like it
It almost plays like a Wes Anderson film at times. From a source material standpoint, it is more alike than different from L.A. Confidential, although the POV and tone make them dramatically different stories.
It also echoes (although somewhat less absurdly) some of the issues the Coens covered in Barton Fink. Not the writer's block portion (in the hotel), but Hollywood politics.
I think it will age well. I think folks will re-evaluate it and based on the quality of the components - the film just tried to do a little too much and fell short of its own ambitions. However, on its own, it is still very enjoyable. I think the problem is - most Coen films, especially the comedies, are immensely rewatchable. I'm not sure Hail Caesar! will ever be in that same category.
This post was edited on 8/25/25 at 2:29 pm
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:17 am to Tangineck
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Burn After Reading is probably my 2nd favorite comedy all time (Dr Strangelove #1). I feel like it's routinely underrated. Malkovich drunk raging in a downward spiral for the 2nd half of the movie makes me laugh in every scene.
I honestly do not know why people don't rate it higher. One of my favorite movies. Pitt, Malkovich and Clooney are all great in it.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:30 am to Saint Alfonzo
I also really liked Hail, Caesar!
I feel like Alden Ehrenreich is king of being good in good movies that ultimately flop.
I feel like Alden Ehrenreich is king of being good in good movies that ultimately flop.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 9:55 am to thenza
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Really really good tier:
Blood Simple
Hudsucker Proxy
Ladykillers
No Country for Old Men
Burn After Reading
A Serious Man
Posted on 8/25/25 at 10:56 am to thenza
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What an amazing run
Agreed. But the agreement ends about there. Your tiers are terrible
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Tried to watch Inside Llewelyn Davis but I got bored.
Posted on 8/25/25 at 11:00 am to thenza
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Tried to watch Inside Llewelyn Davis but I got bored.
Inside Llewyn Davis is top tier. I'd put the soundtrack up there with O Brother, Where Art Thou
Posted on 8/25/25 at 12:18 pm to PowerTool
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Raymond Chandler novel "The Glass Key,"
Hate to be that guy, but The Glass Key is a Hammett novel.
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