favourite Coen bros Movie?

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  1. budone

    budone Member

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    what is your favorite movie by Joel and ethan Coen?
    thematicly, i think they are the best observers of what provoques and constitutes what can be named "stupidity" or "unexpected irony of usual life", wherever it may come from. Oversmoking (big lebowski) , business rules (the hudsucker proxy), babies (raising arizona), studio rules (barton fink), natural (fargo), greed (ladykillers), pride ( o'brother), marriage (intolerable cruelty)...

    my favorite is O'brother, for the energy. I like very mutch the hudsucker proxy and barton fink too.

    what do you think????
     
  2. Turn

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    I had to go with Big Lebowski, but I saw Rasing Arizona for the first time yesterday, haha brilliant! I thought it was funnyer than Big Lebowski
     
  3. Rael

    Rael The Ruiner

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    I had to go with The Big Lebowski, but Barton Fink gets a close second
     
  4. Echo the Small

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    Yeah Lebowski and Barton would have to be my Favourites though I have loved them all. But at the risk of being publicly humiliated....

    I didn't really like Fargo :eek:

    *runs away terrified of swift retribution*
     
  5. Hip_Priest

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    Just my vote for Fargo then?

    An hilarious depiction of incompetence / ineptitude IMO. Still.. each to their own.
     
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  7. Cudgel

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    Watching Raising Arizona for the fifth time was just as entertaining as the first time. There are so many layers of subtle humor. "Son, you got a panty on your head." I love all the Coen Brother's work. Fargo blows me away and is probably #2. Somehow I did not get into the Big Lebowski so much.
     
  8. I voted big lebowski for no reason other than it completely rocks.

    I'm going to go against the grain and say I really liked intolerable cruelty. It was a fucking classic...so underrated. George Clooney is up there with the greats in playing the "middle age crisis" guy. I think hes underrated too, though hes been in some awful movies.
     

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