we can definitely leave it at a misunderstanding because I don't fight kids.




take care,


Faiz

kerble wrote:we can definitely leave it at a misunderstanding because I don't fight kids.




take care,


Faiz

Dude, he said he's eighteen. You can totally kick his ass with impunity. Just make sure he's not packin' a NerblyKnife.

"is this your homework, donny?"

So I just saw this recently for the first time after so many "oh you'll love it"s and I've gotta say, I wasn't that impressed.

Some funny moments, but why are people so nuts about this film?

unarmedman wrote:So I just saw this recently for the first time after so many "oh you'll love it"s and I've gotta say, I wasn't that impressed.

Some funny moments, but why are people so nuts about this film?

my guess is that a lot of people think its really funny.

just a hunch, though...

My hunch is that its way overrated. But most Coen bros. films are.

unarmedman wrote:My hunch is that its way overrated. But most Coen bros. films are.

Perhaps, but that's no fault of the films themselves, just the way overhyping detracting from the 'credibility' of otherwise fine bands is not necessarily a band's fault.

Anyway, I would contest the statement that *most* Coen Bros. films are overrated. A few of them are, and it really shows, but most of them... not so much:

The Man Who Wasn't There: not overrated
Raising Arizona: not overrated
Barton Fink: not overrated
Intolerable Cruelty and Hudsucker Proxy: not overrated because they were clearly bad films

Big Lebowski: more of a mega-cult film than an overrated one. It was initially panned by critics.

Fargo: overrated. A very good film, but the hype weighed heavily upon it.
O Brother Were Art Thou: overrated

Bonus: Gates of Eden, Ethan Coen's collection of short stories: underrated.

blood simple is a great fucking film.

i also really like barton fink and fargo.

raising arizona and the big lebowski are funny movies i always enjoy watching.

o brother were art thou doesnt hold up over time like i thought it would.

I have no idea what's happening in this thread now. I don't know if everyone's mad at me or if you're all quoting dialogue from this film so I'll go hide out in an Adam Sandler thread or something.




(Faiz, I owe you some tea and crumpets)

personally, im not mad at you.

im sure youre a swell guy.

we just laugh at different things.