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What's The Last Movie You’ve Seen?

Watched Despicable Me the other night. I get a huge kick out of the minions. They need a minion movie as a sequel.
 
Watched the new True Grit again last night -- man, what a great movie. There are so many funny 1-liners that I didn't catch the first time around. Loved it!
 
I tried to give True Grit another shot a couple weeks ago and liked it just as little as I did the first time. I'd put about 10 Coen Brothers movies ahead of that one for me.
 
I'd rank their movies...

1. Fargo
2. The Big Lebowski
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Raising Arizona
5. True Grit, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, O' Brother, Miller's Crossing...all together tied here...

So maybe not 10th but nothing special...the movie, like many of theirs felt flat. Their camerawork is boring as all hell and use of sound is meh.
 
SalmonHobo said:
I'd rank their movies...

1. Fargo
2. The Big Lebowski
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Raising Arizona
5. True Grit, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, O' Brother, Miller's Crossing...all together tied here...

So maybe not 10th but nothing special...the movie, like many of theirs felt flat. Their camerawork is boring as all hell and use of sound is meh.
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Your pretension of expertise is amusing to me. But seriously, no love for The Hudsucker Proxy? I mean, I might rank that as high as second or third but I recognize that I have very heterodox opinions on the Coen's.

Two most recent films I watched (other than a repeat of Inglourious ********):

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Was very impressed. Thought it hit my personal best case scenario for the film. To be fair, I am a sucker for this particular kid genre and have tremendously fond feelings for all kinds of films that follow similar formulas across various genres (Stand by Me, Goonies, Monster House, even Monster Squad).

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Highly recommend. Although Marcus would hate it since no one goes to hell.

I also recently viewed "Rubber" which is a film that is more fun to talk about than to watch. No summary I could write would be as good or as appealing as the Netflix one that convinced me to watch it in the first place.

Quentin Dupieux directs this inventive twist on low-rent revenge flicks, which follows a car tire named Robert that rolls through the desert Southwest using its strange psychic powers to blow up birds, bunnies, human beings and more. But when Robert spies a gorgeous woman motoring down the highway, he decides to follow her and take a chance on love.
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It is presently on Netflix Watch Instantly. I can't recommend it but it is certainly unique. Community fans will get a kick out of Fat Neil in a minor role.
 
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Thanks Johnny Come Lately on "Rubber." I only mentioned that in some other thread about five months ago.

'But seriously," I don't think I've ever seen all of HP. In fact, looking at Joel's filmography, I haven't see that, "Crimewave" (whatever the **** that is) and "Paris, Je T'Aime" (again, whatever the **** this movie is though I do know it means I love you)...regarding my pretenses, it doesn't take a genius to figure out how boring their camerawork or use of sound is and how they don't use either in any way to enhance their film--other than perhaps the lack of use of sound/music at times which in its own right can be equally as effective. In any case, they're way better writers than they are directors imo.
 
SalmonHobo said:
I'd rank their movies...

1. Fargo
2. The Big Lebowski
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Raising Arizona
5. True Grit, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, O' Brother, Miller's Crossing...all together tied here...

So maybe not 10th but nothing special...the movie, like many of theirs felt flat. Their camerawork is boring as all hell and use of sound is meh.
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Fargo was an absolute waste of time, at best. I hated every inch of that movie. The Big Lebowski is great, never saw NCfOM, Raising Arizona is rubbish, and O' Brother is easily one of my favorites of all time. The Hudsucker Proxy was decent, but wouldn't watch it again.
 
SalmonHobo said:
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Thanks Johnny Come Lately on "Rubber." I only mentioned that in some other thread about five months ago.
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Of course this is a thread about movies we've recently seen, so I have no idea why the fact that you mentioned it previously has any bearing on whether I should mention it here after I watched it.

Should I also not mention any of the classic films that I watch because they've been out for decades?


'But seriously," I don't think I've ever seen all of HP.
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It's an underrated part of the canon. Flopped tremendously in theaters and critically at the time. The AV Club even did a "My Year of Flops" entry on it recently (which I can't link to due to language) that adjudged the film a "Secret Success."

In fact, looking at Joel's filmography, I haven't see that, "Crimewave" (whatever the **** that is) and "Paris, Je T'Aime" (again, whatever the **** this movie is though I do know it means I love you)...
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At least one of those is a collection of shorts. Even I haven't seen all of their work. Intolerable Cruelty and the Ladykillers are blindspots for example.

regarding my pretenses, it doesn't take a genius to figure out how boring their camerawork or use of sound is and how they don't use either in any way to enhance their film--other than perhaps the lack of use of sound/music at times which in its own right can be equally as effective. In any case, they're way better writers than they are directors imo.
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Part of the reason your pretense is so amusing to me is that what you're saying "doesn't take a genius" to figure out is precisely the opposite of the conventional wisdom among film critics and scholars about the Brothers. For example, from the aforementioned AV Club article which (accurately) summarizes a lot of writing re: the Coens:

The knock on the Coens, particularly early in their career, is that they’re all brain and no heart, masterful technicians who make dazzling, inventive, and dizzyingly creative movies populated almost exclusively by characters not worth caring about. That was certainly the tone of much of the criticism directed toward 1994’s The Hudsucker Proxy, a simultaneously loving and scathing homage/parody of Preston Sturges and Frank Capra screwball comedies. Roger Ebert wrote of the film, “Not even the slightest attempt is made to suggest that the film takes its own story seriously. Everything is style. The performances seem deliberately angled as satire.”
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Their abilities to manipulate camera angles and motion are apparent from very early in their careers. They frequently employ very difficult moving and crane shots. Other high profile directors regard them as technical experts (Tarantino and Spielberg have spoken lovingly of them on this point in the past when they were interviewed as part of the PBS American Masters series). A cursory review of their work shows an ability to accurately homage virtually any film genre or time period. You may be mistaking some specific choices in No Country or deadpan shots in their comedies with a technical inability. In that case the error is with you.

So no, not every idiot knows they are boring with the camera and sound equipment. That is why your pretension of expertise amuses me.
 
TroutBum said:
Fargo was an absolute waste of time, at best. I hated every inch of that movie. The Big Lebowski is great, never saw NCfOM, Raising Arizona is rubbish, and O' Brother is easily one of my favorites of all time. The Hudsucker Proxy was decent, but wouldn't watch it again.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWdd6_ZxX8c
 
SalmonHobo said:
I'd rank their movies...

1. Fargo
2. The Big Lebowski
3. No Country for Old Men
4. Raising Arizona
5. True Grit, Blood Simple, The Man Who Wasn't There, O' Brother, Miller's Crossing...all together tied here...

So maybe not 10th but nothing special...the movie, like many of theirs felt flat. Their camerawork is boring as all hell and use of sound is meh.
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Definitely check out Hudsucker like Kicky said...
 
Sirkickyass said:
Of course this is a thread about movies we've recently seen, so I have no idea why the fact that you mentioned it previously has any bearing on whether I should mention it here after I watched it.

Should I also not mention any of the classic films that I watch because they've been out for decades?




It's an underrated part of the canon. Flopped tremendously in theaters and critically at the time. The AV Club even did a "My Year of Flops" entry on it recently (which I can't link to due to language) that adjudged the film a "Secret Success."



At least one of those is a collection of shorts. Even I haven't seen all of their work. Intolerable Cruelty and the Ladykillers are blindspots for example.




Part of the reason your pretense is so amusing to me is that what you're saying "doesn't take a genius" to figure out is precisely the opposite of the conventional wisdom among film critics and scholars about the Brothers. For example, from the aforementioned AV Club article which (accurately) summarizes a lot of writing re: the Coens:



Their abilities to manipulate camera angles and motion are apparent from very early in their careers. They frequently employ very difficult moving and crane shots. Other high profile directors regard them as technical experts (Tarantino and Spielberg have spoken lovingly of them on this point in the past when they were interviewed as part of the PBS American Masters series). A cursory review of their work shows an ability to accurately homage virtually any film genre or time period. You may be mistaking some specific choices in No Country or deadpan shots in their comedies with a technical inability. In that case the error is with you.

So no, not every idiot knows they are boring with the camera and sound equipment. That is why your pretension of expertise amuses me.
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Okay, perhaps the truth is somewhere in the middle. I never said they weren't technically proficient. In fact, I recall many unique shots in RA. But interestingly enough, I think it is No Country (and True Grit) which sticks out in my mind. A lot. I like the movie. But I don't love it. For some reason it didn't resonate with me and even come close to capturing the essence of the book. It felt flat throughout. It didn't bring TLJ's character and what he was all about to the screen even an iota of what the book did and that was what the book was all about--not the cat and mouse of Brolin and Bardem, but rather TLJ's character and his coming to grips with the changing, violent world before him. Again, that's just my opinion and perhaps I went in with preconceived notions, having read the book first and loved it AND having seen the trailer for the film which looked amazing. Perhaps this movie in particular stands out too because it beat out what I felt was a far superior movie in TWWB that same year for the Academy Award for BP. And you know I sweat PTA.
 
Now to dumb down this thread a bit

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I was sorely misled and thought it was a comedy guess I'm just not smart or mature enough for this movie. I promptly walked out and demanded my money back only to realize I watched this at home, good news is the HOA rep felt so bad for me I don't have to pay my dues this month. So in that aspect I fully endorse this movie but I wouldn't recommend actually watching it.
 
I haven't seen many John Reilly movies that I liked so I just more or less avoid them. Not necessarily because I think he is a terrible actor or anything, more a pavlovian thing, that I have become conditioned that if he is in a movie I am not going to like it.
 
//r00t 4 Jazz said:
Now to dumb down this thread a bit

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I was sorely misled and thought it was a comedy guess I'm just not smart or mature enough for this movie. I promptly walked out and demanded my money back only to realize I watched this at home, good news is the HOA rep felt so bad for me I don't have to pay my dues this month. So in that aspect I fully endorse this movie but I wouldn't recommend actually watching it.
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I actually loved this movie, from the guys that make The League...thought it was actually one of my favorite movies from last year
 
Watched the Green Lantern. Lots of cliche and standard super hero movies stuff, and the SFX could have been better, but I liked it overall.
 
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