Coen Brothers Movies - Pick Your Top Two Faves

[Matthew_S]

Changing it up a bit this time.  Switching to movies and switching to top two faves.

Thought Coen oeuvre was apt choice as (a) their films are frequently mentioned/discussed on the show, (b) their latest, A Serious Man seems like another interesting creation and (c) I recently read someone's argument that The Man Who Wasn't There was their best, a position I'd never heard before.

Enjoy!


Past "favorite" polls:

Favorite song on Neil Young's On the Beach
http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php/topic,6059.msg134445.html

Favorite song on Purple Rain
http://www.friendsoftom.com/forum/index.php/topic,5989.0.html


PS - Is there a simple html-code way to include the title of the thread as linkable instead of, as above, the title and then the URL?

[Christina]

I haven't seen Ladykillers or this new one Serious Man, but I have maintained for years that their best one is Miller's Crossing.

[JonFromMaplewood]

No Country For Old Men.

[Martin]

Miller's Xing / Big Lebow.

[crumbum]

I feel confident that my choices -- Lebowski and No Country -- will be the champions, only because they seem to be the ones even non Coen Bros. fans can agree on. My next choice would be A Serious Man.

[Matthew_S]

I feel confident that my choices -- Lebowski and No Country -- will be the champions, only because they seem to be the ones even non Coen Bros. fans can agree on. My next choice would be A Serious Man.

I switched to top two as I suspected Big Lebowski might dominate.    Should I have gone to top three?

[not that clay]

I haven't seen Ladykillers or this new one Serious Man, but I have maintained for years that their best one is Miller's Crossing.

I'd say Miller's Crossing is their best too, but my favorite is Intolerable Cruelty. I can't defend it, it just cracks me up.

Blood Simple is underrated.

[Christina]

I'd say Miller's Crossing is their best too, but my favorite is Intolerable Cruelty. I can't defend it, it just cracks me up.

Yeah, MC I think is sort of a best all-around ... it's got everything from comedy to tragedy, and even bit parts are completely great. I liked Intolerable too - I think it's a bit of a return to form, going back to their earlier, loonier stuff.

[Matt]

MILLER'S CROSSING and BARTON FINK. Obvious choices, I know, but to my mind as good a cinematic one-two punch as there's ever been.

Rounding out my top five would be THE HUDSUCKER PROXY, A SERIOUS MAN and FARGO.

Looking at their credits makes me wonder - how are there people in the world who DON'T like these guys?

[nec13]

No Country For Old Men.

I strongly agree.

[jbissell]

Haven't seen A Serious Man yet but my top 2 would be Fargo and Lebowski, with the major caveat that it's been a really long time since I've seen Miller's Crossing.

[Reeleyes]

Raising Arizona is one of my all time favs.

[Barry Egan]

Raising Arizona and Fargo, though I almost gave the nod to Miller's Crossing.

Most overrated:  Blood Simple
Most underrated: Intolerable Cruelty

[Barry Egan]

I haven't seen Ladykillers.

Good call.

[masterofsparks]

I haven't seen Ladykillers.

Good call.

Yeah, it's not good. I love the Ealing original and in the first 10 minutes or so of the Coens remake I had high hopes because their idea is good, but it just doesn't work. Tom Hanks is really the wrong person for that role.

I chose Lebowski and Miller's Crossing. Lebowski was obvious but I had a really tough time with the second. I considered Raising Arizona but it didn't seem right to pick those two and as much as I love so many of the others, it had to be Miller's Crossing. One of the best opening scenes ever, and the "Danny Boy" scene is about as great as it gets.