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manofmystery 
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 12:50 |
So, which Coen brothers' film is their best work?
For my part, I must pick No Country For Old Men as I consider it to be the best film made this century, so far, and the best film of the last decade+. I also love The Big Lebowski and very much enjoy Fargo, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and Burn After Reading. I still need to see a few of the other films listed.
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 13:01 |
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Lots of great ones here. I don't watch films nearly as much as I used to (film was once my major passion), and so I haven't seen the last few films. Miller's Crossing is my particular favourite.
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 13:18 |
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I've seen only 7 of them, my favorite being No Country For Old Men. A monster of a film ... I'm quite thick skinned when it comes to horror and suspense, but this movie is simply ... creepy. It gets to you!
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 13:30 |
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 13:54 |
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Not a big fan of them, but The Big Lewosky and No country for old men are pretty solid movies. I went for Lewosky cause of the acting of John Goodman and Jeff Bridges
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 14:24 |
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Their remake of The Ladykillers is by far one of my two favorite comedies ever. It is seriously one of those movies that you can watch ten times and still find new funny things.
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 15:06 |
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The Big Lebowski, I watch it at least once a week.
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 15:48 |
I'm a huge fan of the Coen brothers!  As much as I like all the others (well, didn't really care for Ladykillers), there's no beating The Big Lebowski.
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 16:19 |
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I guess I shouldn't vote as I've only seen a few of them, but Blood Simple was such a brilliant film that I just have to vote for it because nobody else probably will.
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 17:02 |
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"No Country For Old Men".
That's the only one of their films that I've seen but it was one of the best films I've seen and I'd love to see some of their other work.
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 17:08 |
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1800iareyay
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 17:38 |
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This is so hard. The only bad movie they ever made was The Ladykillers, and even that's watchable out of pure fascination with Tom Hanks' character. Even Intolerable Cruelty was good (the bit with the inhaler is one of the funniest things I've ever seen). I'll go with No Country, which might be the best film of the decade.
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 22:56 |
I've seen all but 3 and 1/2 of the films up. Two of which I have decided to permanently ignore (Ladykillers, Intolerable Cruelty), and the other two are Miller's Crossing (saw half), and Hudsucker Proxy (willing to watch, but not that interested).
The rest are brilliant and I could watch over and over. What talented, imaginative brothers. My personal favorite is the one with the Dude. Yes, THE DUDE. What a fantastic movie. I have that thing fixed in my head.
Following TBL, is: Fargo, Barton Fink, Raising Arizona, Blood Simple, No Country for Old Men, The Man Who Wasn't There, Burn After Reading, O Brother Where Art Thou.
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Posted: January 10 2009 at 22:58 |
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Big fan. Love everything except Intolerable Cruelty, Hudsucker Proxy and Ladykillers. And I still like those three.
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 09:31 |
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
is a brilliant film, I remember watching it years ago and really enjoyed it
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 10:02 |
 I don't know about "best," because I enjoy several of their movies roughly equally, but I think I'll give the hitherto voteless Raising Arizona a vote. It was the first Coen bros movie I watched, and I think it is very, very funny!
Cage, Goodman, and the Lone Biker of the Apocalypse are all quite good in it -- such a zany, fun film! 
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 10:06 |
 Peter wrote:
Cage, Goodman, and the Lone Biker of the Apocalypse are all quite good in it -- such a zany, fun film! |
I don't think I've ever not laughed when Gale and Evelle realizre that they left the baby. John Goodman yelling always makes me laugh nonstop, except in Barton Fink when he scared the pee out of me.
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 06:45 |
John Goodman is splendidly cast in several of their films, especially Oh Brother Where Art Thou and The Big Lebowski.
But how to pick a favorite (this is so unfair - I've only just got over trying to pick my favorite Ridley Scott  )
Just to highlight some of my favorites, Millers Crossing has the wonderful interplay between Albert Finney & Gabriel Byrne (with a very honourable mention going to John Tuturro), Oh Brother Where Art Thou has the Illiad/Odessey (whichever... you know what I mean) turned into a comedy, moved to depression era USA & set to roots bluegrass, No Country For Old Men brings their deep character writing skills to the fore, Fargo works on so many levels, it's difficult to highlight even one...
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Fargo!
 ...or Oh Brother Where Art Thou
No - Fargo! or Millers Crossing
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OK - I voted for Fargo, but might not actually agree with myself
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 12:11 |
Oh Brother Where Art Thou for me. Always nice to see a modern interpretation of the classics. Choosing the characters was just amazing, especially Goodman as the Cyclops and the Sirens. Liked Fargo a lot. Still trying to decide just how good No Country For Old Men was. My view sometimes gets obscured by thing that are overly hyped.  It was good though. Just saw Burn After Reading. Pretty hilarious movie. It really makes you think. Is there enough intelligence in Washington for a real conspiracy? How many stupid scenarios like that does the CIA actually get stuck with? You spy on enough people, I'm sure some really crazy stuff happens that has no real national security value.
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Posted: January 17 2009 at 16:35 |
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My vote went for No Country. I don't know why, but it had a unique feel to it that I really liked.
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