Coen Brothers

[Nerd]

Finally got a chance to watch Burn After Reading. An intelligent film on a bunch of morons. The film does not have a central character like The Dude but all of them do exceptionally well. Brad Pitt was the most hilarious followed by Malkovich and Clooney. Loved Clooney's state of paranoia in the Brad Pitt-Closet scene and in his final scene Found Frances McDormand very good - awesome acting. And the CIA superior's "Jesus, What a Cluster****!" comment at the end sums the whole movie up. A must watch

[crajkumar_be]

Dark Knight and now this from Thalaivargal....



Thilak,
inga release pannuvaingala? Eppo?

[ajithfederer]

Naanga dhan sonnom'la

Finally got a chance to watch Burn After Reading. An intelligent film on a bunch of morons. The film does not have a central character like The Dude but all of them do exceptionally well. Brad Pitt was the most hilarious followed by Malkovich and Clooney. Loved Clooney's state of paranoia in the Brad Pitt-Closet scene and in his final scene Found Frances McDormand very good - awesome acting. And the CIA superior's "Jesus, What a Cluster****!" comment at the end sums the whole movie up. A must watch

[thilak4life]

Thilak,
inga release pannuvaingala? Eppo?

Bala, Not much chance of a release.

[ajithfederer]

Raising Arizona

Fun Movie. Must watch

[ajithfederer]

Holly Hunter was good too .

Raising Arizona is a must-watch. It's simply the purest Coen's film. The critics didn't take it kindly because it subverted the general "tropes" of filmmaking, at least the ones existent around the time. It was also seen as "butchering" the styles of earlier films from hollywood studios, "disrespect" even. But I find it a thoroughly entertaining humorous film with lot of in-your-face symbolism. Nic Cage's acting is starkly different from any other roles he has done.

[thilak4life]

Raising Arizona

Fun Movie. Must watch

The stunts were equally Absolutely B-grade stuff.

[ajithfederer]

But they were very unique, IMO.

Raising Arizona

Fun Movie. Must watch

The stunts were equally Absolutely B-grade stuff.

[kannannn]

Burn After Reading - Absolutely enjoyed it. Not in the league of Fargo or TBL, but good nonetheless. John Malkovich and Frances McDormand were both superb as usual. ('Drinking problem? You are a Mormon. Compared to you everyone has a drinking problem' ).

Is it just me, or do Coen brothers have a tendency to side with their women? In this one, the plot is essentially set in motion by the women, but it is they who emerge unscathed. While all the male characters' lives are changed forever, the female characters get to move on with their lives as if nothing ever happened!! Neat, very neat .

[complicateur]

Is it just me, or do Coen brothers have a tendency to side with their women? In this one, the plot is essentially set in motion by the women, but it is they who emerge unscathed. While all the male characters' lives are changed forever, the female characters get to move on with their lives as if nothing ever happened!! Neat, very neat .

Interesting point! I never considered it because I thought they were fairly unsympathetic towards Tilda Swinton's character. My take was that the more innocent and well meaning the person is the more certain they are to get trampled over.