New Coen Brothers: Burn After Reading (1 Viewer)

[David Kronenbourg]

I like it when the man punches the other man

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[tim]

that was quick. When did no country for old men come out in the states?

I wonder is it just typical american editing techniques of making everything seem like a comedy or if it is actually like that.

 

[I Bleed Black]

It is a comedy

 

[Goodbye]

SLEDGE HAMMER!!!!!

 

[Catwoman]

I can't wait for this.

 

[Goodbye]

Nice to see them finally sharing the directing credit

 

[David Kronenbourg]

No Country For Old Men was such a fantastic return to form. I hope this isn't another Ladykillers. Word on the Hollywood grapevine is that the script is a gem.

 

[killy kill]

Word on the Hollywood grapevine is that the script is a gem.

Is this grapevine on another internet forum?

 

[David Kronenbourg]

Is this grapevine on another internet forum?

It's the grapevine of my mind http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/05/so_hows_the_script_for_the_coe.html

 

[Goodbye]

"its supposed to be very good'cha"

 

[tim]

It is a comedy

Ok, one can just become skeptical after seeing the trailer to Love Liza etc.

 

[mr pharmacist!!!!1]

my mates girlfriend, her uncle knows a guy who works as a studio assistant in burbank california and he said it should be good.

 

[tim]

Saw this in Seattle. It's really quite shit. It doesn't know what it wants to be, no real narrative, characters aren't memorable, the music really stinks (straight up mainstream thriller/spy shit). It doesn't feel like a Coen Brother's movie. DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Saw this last night.
It comes across as funny without being hilarious, and with a few clever touches.
There's plenty of outsize characters to watch, and some well-chosen performances (Malkovich, Pitt and Simmons for me).
However, beneath the thin plot and epidemic of wackiness, there's a deep misanthropy about the whole thing.
Recent comedies like Tropic Thunder and Pineapple Express laugh at the expense of their characters but they do seem to like them, cheer for them even.
The Coens seem to view all participants here as self-involved, sad fuckin' eejits that deserve whatever shit their petty insignificant lives bring down upon them. Less cheer, lots of sneer and not always easy to laugh at.

 

[frona]

Thanks Tim and 7! I'm sick of the smug faces of Clooney and Pitt and now I have a some bad reviews to back up my resolve not to watch it.

 

[David Kronenbourg]

i'm still looking forward to this despite what the reviewers, movie goers, or the coens themselves say

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

Thanks Tim and 7! I'm sick of the smug faces of Clooney and Pitt and now I have a some bad reviews to back up my resolve not to watch it.

Mine wasn't a bad review.

The Coens just seem to think that humanity is hopelessly vain, endlessly needy and wholly deserving of punishment.
That's not necessarily a bad thing.

 

[frona]

Mine wasn't a bad review.

The Coens just seem to think that humanity is hopelessly vain, endlessly needy and wholly deserving of punishment.
That's not necessarily a bad thing.

To someone who watches very few movies, and already has scant regard for humanity, that is a bad review.

 

[Umfufu]

Saw it last night.
Wasn't that impressed.

It was ok but not really that funny. Lots of parts where I felt like I was supposed to laugh but it all felt a bit forced (especially Brad Pitt).

I'm sure they all had a great time making it though.

It probably didn't help that I watched Fargo on tv during the week.
There's no comparison.

 

[Mormon Nailer]

Occasionally funny but not entirely enjoyable
Coens can be pretty misanthropic, no real love for or interest in their characters here.
Hard to be engaged when the writers aren't.