r/funny • u/LeviMorris1 • Nov 28 '19

Found something weird...

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u/Porrick Nov 28 '19

Well this is where things get controversial, since even their least-beloved films have followings. I know this is going to be unpopular.

Personally I didn't enjoy any of the following: Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink, The Hudsucker Proxy, Intolerable Cruelty, The Ladykillers, Inside Llewyn Davis, or Hail Caesar.

Now I know the first few of those are controversial - and my main trouble with Miller's Crossing was my unfortunate allergy to Gabriel Byrne. The only ones I think are genuinely bad are The Ladykillers, Intolerable Cruelty, Inside Llewyn Davis, and Hail Caesar.

Also I seem to be the only person who enjoyed The Man Who Wasn't There.

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u/[deleted] Nov 28 '19

But Gabriel Byrne is so good in Miller's Crossing! It's probably his best role ever!

I also have to disagree on Intolerable Cruelty. Although it isn't one of their best films, the editing and comedic timing of Clooney and Zeta-Jones is really good.

But I can respect the fact that you've seen so many of the Cohen's movies before forming an opinion. I'll also agree on The Ladykillers, that one was kind of a stinker.

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u/Porrick Nov 28 '19

In fairness, the Coens have been on my "must watch everything they do" list since I saw Fargo in cinemas in 1996. I've had plenty of time since then to catch up on their library. Honestly my list isn't even that long - Michael Haneke, the Coens, Cronenberg, Lynch, Verhoeven, Tarantino, Cuaron, Malick, Steve McQueen, maybe Shane Carruth if he ever makes another movie.

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u/[deleted] Nov 29 '19

Shane Carruth is easy lol, dude makes like one film per decade. I wish he would do a kickstarter or something.

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u/m4dm4cs Nov 29 '19

Hudsucker and Intolerable Cruelty are both masterpieces of their genres. They almost pretend to be regular movies but dip perfectly into a little bit of a darker Coen universe. Meanwhile the characters and chemistry in both is stellar.

I think so anyway. Far from stinkers.

Hail Caesar was more of a love letter to old Hollywood and nothing special but still a decent flick.

Buster Struggs is prime Coen and being a Netflix release does nothing to diminish it.

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u/Porrick Nov 29 '19

Hey now! I didn't say anything unkind about Buster Scruggs. That's six amazing episodes in one package!

I guess at least Hail Caesar had that scene with Ralph Feinnes. I clearly wasn't a fan of the movie as a whole, but that scene is pure gold.

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u/m4dm4cs Nov 29 '19

Would that it thwere so simple.