Clerks, honestly, what do you think?

I've had the subtleties and symbolism of Barton Fink explained to me a thousand times, and it all makes sense. But the movie still bores me
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I don't see how anyone could be bored by Barton Fink. The performances in that film were outstanding. Even smaller roles like Chet! were a riot. The fact that the film was written as a way to end their own writers block, i feel, makes it even more intriguing and ranks this one as my all time favorite Coen brothers film. They have shown us the life of the mind.
 
Yep, great performances all around. I get the writers block thing, I get the symbolism...I just don't like the movie very much.

It's that arguable difference called taste I guess. What I like may not always be good, and what is good, I may not always like.

My point was just that you can understand the motivation and symbolism behind something. That doesn't mean it works for you.
 
The Machinist said:
I don't see how anyone could be bored by Barton Fink. The performances in that film were outstanding. Even smaller roles like Chet! were a riot. The fact that the film was written as a way to end their own writers block, i feel, makes it even more intriguing and ranks this one as my all time favorite Coen brothers film. They have shown us the life of the mind.
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Hits and misses. The Coen Brothers have mostly hits, but I didn't care for The Hudsucker Proxy, O Brother, Lady Killers (I would have figured they'd be above lousy remakes) and Raising Arizona. I don't know how I couldn't like Raising Arizona, everyone around me raves about it but somehow, it just didn't connect.

The hits, Fargo, Miller's Crossing, Blood Simple.

Honorable mention (trying to like them more The Big Lebowski and Barton Fink)

I need to see The Man Who Wasn't There
 
I liked O Brother, mostly because of the music, and Clooney's performance. But Miller's Crossing and Fargo are a close tie for a favorite. I'd pick Miller's Crossing though because of how Gabriel Byrne mixes it up with Marcia Gay Harden
 
The Coen Brother's are a a talent for sure

My favorite is Fargo.

I liked everything about Miller's Crossing except the lead (Byrne). I can't stand that motherfucker.

I also did not care for Barton Fink; John Goodman is a pig. In fact; I find it hard pressed to like anything that showcases Goodman.

Loved Oh Brother; Intolerable sucked; Ladykiller's sucked; Raising Arizona rules; Blood Simple kick's ass.
 
Hudson you're killing me.

Goodman a pig?

I'll have to offer up an extra case of milwakee's best at his altar to atone for your sins.
 
John_Hudson said:
I also did not care for Barton Fink; John Goodman is a pig. In fact; I find it hard pressed to like anything that showcases Goodman.
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Which would seem to indicate that you don't like The Big Lebowski either?

I didn't care for it much the first time I watched it but it really grew on me.
 
I didn't care for it much the first time I watched it but it really grew on me
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Almost every person I've talked to about Lebowski felt the same way. There's something about that movie that begs repeated viewings. I love it and continue to quote it everyday ad nauseum.
 
John_Hudson said:
Well I also don't like Jeff Bridges so I never really dug the BIG LEBOWSKI either.

I did like Sea of Love
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I get you on the Jeff Bridges thing. Trying to think of what I like him in I can only come up with The Big Lebowski (and it's not really for him) and The Last Picture Show. If you want to see something good, written by Larry McMurtry you'll want to see The Last Picture Show - a classic. There are a couple of others I liked but it was in spite of Bridges and not because of him.
 
I'm just not a fan of Jeff Bridges (and of the Bridges really). Maybe it's because their just annoying looking, I don't know.

I did like the films:

KING KONG
TRON
AGAINST ALL ODDS (**** she was hot
STARMAN
TUCKER
WHITE SQUALL
SEABISCUIT

But as mentioned not because of Bridges
 
Kind of back on topic:

Speaking of filmmakers that are either cool or suck ballz...

John Carpenter

How can one man be resonsible for so much of what I think is cool in Cinema yet be such a hack afterall ?

Dark Star
Assualt on Precinct 13
Halloween
The Fog
Escape From New York
The Thing
Christine (I find his most technically savvy film)

and then it's pretty much down hill from there. JC is just one of the Director's that never seemed to mature as a filmmaker. I mean, Escape From L.A. was horribly shot, Ghost of Mars and Vampires was just so very amatuer looking.
 
I like the idea of Capenter more than most of his films. He is a true independent. But Halloween is literally a masterpiece. Escape from NY is a Classic. But then again, Kurt Russell is someone I actually WOULD watch in a porno with my mom
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