tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190627334056603500.post8908226405992319442..comments2023-10-19T05:36:56.844-07:00Comments on "Let's Not Talk About Movies": No Country For Old MenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190627334056603500.post-32865341480121586592008-02-26T08:25:00.000-08:002008-02-26T08:25:00.000-08:00oooh...you don't want to see Turturro in "Transfor...oooh...you don't want to see Turturro in "Transformers," then...reminded me of Cage's early "off-the-planet" work.<BR/><BR/>RA has the style and timing of a Road-runner cartoon, with Cage as Wile E. Coyote.<BR/><BR/>I'd re-visit."Yojimbo_5"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12791996320278381516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190627334056603500.post-28497459919203944512008-02-26T00:20:00.000-08:002008-02-26T00:20:00.000-08:00John Turturo is 100x better than Nick Cage... so y...John Turturo is 100x better than Nick Cage... so you're right... it is more of an "actor preference" thing. I just didn't find Raising Arizona to be funny.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14226555790210323906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190627334056603500.post-44904175690798361022008-02-25T15:17:00.000-08:002008-02-25T15:17:00.000-08:00BY your breakdowns: Duds: Hudsucker Proxy, Barton ...BY your breakdowns: <BR/>Duds: Hudsucker Proxy, Barton Fink<BR/><BR/>VG (B->W): No Country for Old Men,<BR/>Oh, Brother, Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, Intolerable Cruelty, The Man Who Wasn't There<BR/><BR/>B: The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Raising Arizona.<BR/><BR/>I find their movies break down into movies of substance and movies of style. The ones that have a style and a story that's more of a shared joke than a story are duds, and The Man who Wasn't There comes mighty close.<BR/><BR/>No love for "Raising Arizona?" I suspect it's a "I don't like Nicolas Cage" thing--it's the first movie I saw his potential in. It's also hysterically funny. An extremely formal directing job for a story that couldn't be more messy.<BR/><BR/>I thought "Barton Fink" was a long indulgent way to go to slam Clifford Odets (who was a creep, but c'mon!)"Yojimbo_5"https://www.blogger.com/profile/12791996320278381516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5190627334056603500.post-62036241246663986512008-02-25T14:30:00.000-08:002008-02-25T14:30:00.000-08:00As a huge fan of the Coen Brothers, I admit to cla...As a huge fan of the Coen Brothers, I admit to classifying their films into three categories (in terms of quality):<BR/><BR/>The Duds: Raising Arizona and The Hudsucker Proxy<BR/><BR/>The Very Good (in order of best to worst): Fargo, The Man Who Wasn't There, Oh Brother, Barton Fink, Blood Simple, Intolerable Cruelty<BR/><BR/>And the downright brilliant: Big Lebowski and No Country for Old Men.Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14226555790210323906noreply@blogger.com