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Which is the best Cohen Brothers Film?
Fargo
14%
 14%  [ 8 ]
No Country for Old Men (thanks to chigurh)
3%
 3%  [ 2 ]
Raising Arizona
7%
 7%  [ 4 ]
Barton Fink
12%
 12%  [ 7 ]
Big Lebowski
38%
 38%  [ 22 ]
Matrix (i couldn't resist)
3%
 3%  [ 2 ]
O Brother, Where Art Thou
8%
 8%  [ 5 ]
Miller's Crossing
8%
 8%  [ 5 ]
Hudsucker Proxy
1%
 1%  [ 1 ]
Another Cohen's flick
1%
 1%  [ 1 ]
Total Votes : 57

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inukshuk



Joined: 27 Jan 2008
Location: korea

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:52 pm    Post subject: BEST COEN BROTHERS FLIM Reply with quote

Real simple, take the poll.

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BreakfastInBed



Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've been entertained by everything they've done. Even Ladykillers and Intolerable Cruelty. Gotta go with Lebowski though. It's absolutely perfect. Every frame, every nuance, every character, every syllable of dialogue is gold. Sadly, comedies aren't often taken seriously. No surprise I guess. No Country, Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Blood Simple, Barton Fink, all great, but I won't rewatch them with anywhere near the frequency that I do Lebowski and Raising Arizona.
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eamo



Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lebowski, dude!!

Am I wrong?
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blurgalurgalurga



Joined: 18 Oct 2007

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Gotta go with the Lone Biker of the Apocalypse, and a throwback to the long-ago time when Nick Cage was slightly cooler than a wet fart
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Dome Vans
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 9:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1.Lebowski = Perfection in every sense.
2. Oh Brother = Photography and soundtrack perfection.

The rest are very very watchable, bar (sorry) Intolerable cruelty and Ladykillers. Not good at all.

I watched "Crimewave" last year. Strange film. Funny but strange.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088967/

Think I need to watch "No country for old men" again. Just one more time to see if I like it.
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mistermasan



Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hudsucker. the way movies used to be made. newman, paul newman and tim robbins.
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BreakfastInBed



Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

mistermasan wrote:
hudsucker. the way movies used to be made. newman, paul newman and tim robbins.
Yeah, but the best? For real? I remember liking it, maybe it's time to watch it again...
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mistermasan



Joined: 20 Sep 2007
Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

i found it by accident, long after it was released. didn't even know who made it. i enjoyed it is DVD room in taiwan. raising arizona isn't aging well. oh brother is a flawed masterpiece. fargo is just too close to home for me to assess in an unbiased way. haven't seen no country for old men.

finding unknown gems is aways gratifying.

the first ten minutes of "the kingdom" is WOW. after that it is just hollowood and updated, PC whiteman's burden.
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jkelly80



Joined: 13 Jun 2007
Location: you boys like mexico?

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And I would like my undies back.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqtgfjkB6Pg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTOFNxzjCvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEsiZ0YMH3U&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9HlKbAAy8BM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E39u7w3lYsA&feature=related

Sorry for massive youtube links, but I love each and every one of these clips, even the stupid ones. Especially the stupid ones.

I'm thinking mostly anyone who read that script pre-production would have said "are you f*cking kidding me?" But to see how they put characters with the dialog and setting--amazing.
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Suwoner10



Joined: 10 Dec 2007

PostPosted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 10:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

No Country for Old Men. Hands down.
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dogbert



Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: Killbox 90210

PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I voted "Barton Fink", but I love the line in "Raising Arizona" that goes:

Quote:
Her insides were a rocky place, where my seed could find no perch.
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inukshuk



Joined: 27 Jan 2008
Location: korea

PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 12:58 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

NO country is fantastic. I've watched it 6 or 7 times in 3 weeks and I keep getting more out of it.
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BreakfastInBed



Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do

PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

dogbert wrote:
I voted "Barton Fink", but I love the line in "Raising Arizona" that goes:

Quote:
Her insides were a rocky place, where my seed could find no perch.
And it (R.A.) has the best Polack joke in history.
"How come it takes so many Polacks to change a light bulb?
Cuz they're so darn stupid!"
(or words to that effect)
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Czarjorge



Joined: 01 May 2007
Location: I now have the same moustache, and it is glorious.

PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:37 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

"We are nihilists, Lebowski. We care for nothing!"
"Ya, nothing."

Freakin' Genius. Lebowski wins just for the quotability.
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BreakfastInBed



Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Location: Gyeonggi do

PostPosted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 1:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Czarjorge wrote:
"We are nihilists, Lebowski. We care for nothing!"
"Ya, nothing."

Freakin' Genius. Lebowski wins just for the quotability.
Totally.
"Say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, at least it's an ethos."
My personal favorite.
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