Bridges takes the annual Winona Ryder Memorial Marble Mouth Award with ease
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 27 December 2010 03:58 (thirteen years ago) link
pepper was electric
― progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Monday, 27 December 2010 03:59 (thirteen years ago) link
i love the pepman
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Monday, 27 December 2010 04:07 (thirteen years ago) link
When Pepper was five years old, his family set sail in a homemade ship, navigating through the South Pacific islands for five years.[1][2] His education was completed in both public schools and correspondence courses. Due to the lack of television as entertainment, the family used sketch acting as a means of fun.
― max, Monday, 27 December 2010 04:19 (thirteen years ago) link
btw i totally dug this. "second-tier coens" is right but ill take it. bridges, damon and the girl all kill it, barry pepper too.― max, Sunday, December 26, 2010 9:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
― max, Sunday, December 26, 2010 9:57 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark
saw this tonight & this pretty much sums up my sentiments. I will add that Deakins also rules (as usual).
― jerkstore cowboy (Pillbox), Monday, 27 December 2010 07:18 (thirteen years ago) link
yah max otm
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Monday, 27 December 2010 08:39 (thirteen years ago) link
This was fun (Matt Damon was the surprise), but about ten minutes too long.
I could watch those two kids get kicked off that porch stoop over and over and over.
OTM.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha I forgot about that part, so classic
― iatee, Tuesday, 28 December 2010 18:38 (thirteen years ago) link
I gotta say: Bridges was the weakest of the three leads, in that Damon and Steinfeld consistently surprised me and did the most with that wonderful dialogue.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 28 December 2010 18:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Bridges became MVP briefly, though, during the cornbread shootoff.
I was not feeling the denouement much until the last line, which is so beautifully terse. The Coens can end their movies with the best of them these days. Four in a row now.
― benanas foster (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 02:58 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay, but not great. I just felt disconnected from the whole thing, like I was watching a well-acted and shot film made by people who didn't really feel like giving me anything to explore or care about. (nb: only Coen Bros. films I really like are Blood Simple and Hudsucker Proxy, and I haven't seen the latter in 10+ years)
― boots get knocked from here to czechoslovakier (milo z), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:35 (thirteen years ago) link
;_;
― Square-Panted Sponge Robert (VegemiteGrrrl), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 03:41 (thirteen years ago) link
I do not remember the last line of Spinster Mattie's v/o, just Cogburn's.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 04:55 (thirteen years ago) link
"Time just slips away from us."
― benanas foster (Eric H.), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 06:11 (thirteen years ago) link
well see, "I've grown old" does that better.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 29 December 2010 12:27 (thirteen years ago) link
this was a kids movie, but v gory and raw, maybe how kids movies would be if parents werent such pussies - coens played it v straight, reminded me of when lynch went G rated - the whole thing was a lil wtf to me i must admit, well done but wtf
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:29 (thirteen years ago) link
i think by kids movie you mean "not smirky."
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:35 (thirteen years ago) link
it's a really beautifully photographed Disney western w/ nastier violence
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Sunday, December 12, 2010 3:07 AM (2 weeks ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
idk morbs u tell me
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 December 2010 16:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Loved this but I unfortunately saw it on an Oscar-screener DVD, would like to ~rescreen~ in the theater or on a proper DVD with subs.
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 30 December 2010 17:04 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ plus the guy in the bear suit.
― peacocks, Thursday, 30 December 2010 17:24 (thirteen years ago) link
kids /= Disney, joe
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 December 2010 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
WAHT! outrageous
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 December 2010 17:33 (thirteen years ago) link
btw smirky is prob the most common quality of contempo kids movies, unfortunately
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 December 2010 17:34 (thirteen years ago) link
this one doesnt have a partic 'contemporary' feel given the debt to Portis's tone (tho I'm thinking they added the hush the hanging Indian joke?).
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 December 2010 17:39 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess it felt 'childrens' or ya fictiony to me cause of the lack of subtlety
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 December 2010 17:49 (thirteen years ago) link
god that dude in the bear suit was so great.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 30 December 2010 18:10 (thirteen years ago) link
― ice cr?m, Thursday, December 30, 2010 11:29 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
heh i actually had a convo w/my friend yesterday where he declared that this was the Coens' Straight Story, i totally agreed - love it for that reason too
― Princess TamTam, Thursday, 30 December 2010 18:57 (thirteen years ago) link
you missed the adult, Rohmeresque nuances of Barton Fink and Fargo, huh
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 December 2010 20:20 (thirteen years ago) link
this didnt feel a lil more spelled out than those to you
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 December 2010 20:33 (thirteen years ago) link
im nto trying to be clever here, it really played like a kids movie to me, did anyone else feel this way
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 December 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
why is 'straightforward' = 'kids movie'
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Thursday, 30 December 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
the deep complexities of a serious man, only to be comprehended as ~deep~ by adults
like if someone had said to me 'the coen bros made a kids film here watch this' i wouldve been like 'o ok p cool sort of violent for kids but thats rad in its own way'
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 December 2010 20:36 (thirteen years ago) link
i guess its a more universally comprehensible movie, which could translate to 'kids movie'
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Thursday, 30 December 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
or: starring a kid = kids movie?
― i love you but i have chosen snarkness (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 30 December 2010 20:37 (thirteen years ago) link
its not particularly a lack of depth, i feel like true grit had some depth, im obvs having a hard time putting my finger on it but something abt how all the plot and character elements are discrete and obvious - no ambiguity or complexity of meaning anywhere - also having a bad ass kid in the lead
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 December 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
there are a lot of movies that lack ambiguity and complexity that aren't kids movies though.
― peacocks, Thursday, 30 December 2010 20:48 (thirteen years ago) link
admittedly Barton Fink was incomprehensible crap
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 December 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Which movie can you picture some sixth-grade class watching in the second week of May, True Grit or Fargo?
― Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 30 December 2010 21:54 (thirteen years ago) link
Not eager to lose my job, we'll probably stick with School of Rock or something.
― clemenza, Thursday, 30 December 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
ha was gonna say, neither?
― lyrics is weak ... like clock radio similes (deej), Thursday, 30 December 2010 22:05 (thirteen years ago) link
this was a fun, nice-looking movie but i'm not sure i'll be eager to see it again. really liked the three lead performances - especially damon - even if i sort of felt like bridges was laying it on a bit thick at times. someone upthread said this was the least coenesque coens movie which i agree with for a reason i can't really put my finger on, which is not really a great thing for me per se since i love the coens
― k3vin k., Thursday, 30 December 2010 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
otm via the damon thread:
yeah he's wonderful in TG, tho in retrospect I think he was doing his McConaughey impression the whole time
― ೋ*¨*ೋALWAYz A F4RT3R ♥ 24/7/365ೋ*¨*ೋ (Princess TamTam), Tuesday, December 28, 2010 9:36 PM (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
for those who havent been blessed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CuYD2cwMbpw
― ice cr?m, Thursday, 30 December 2010 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
It's just so great
― VegemiteGrrrl, Thursday, 30 December 2010 22:42 (thirteen years ago) link
ha!
― ENBB, Friday, 31 December 2010 00:29 (thirteen years ago) link
I guess I could see this as a kids movie in the sense that it seems to function as a simple old-testament allegory. Pretty sure if the bible was written in the 1800's this story would def have been in there. Except for the part with the bearskin man.
― Cosmo Vitelli, Friday, 31 December 2010 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
This is one of my favorite Coen films :(
― mh, Saturday, 1 January 2011 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
BEARSKIN WAS AMAZING
― Astronaut Mike Dexter (Jimmy The Mod Awaits The Return Of His Beloved), Saturday, 1 January 2011 02:06 (thirteen years ago) link
it seems to function as a simple old-testament allegory
hmmm, surely it's a little more skeptical that that? which is why we get to see Older Mattie as a miserable, lone c**t?
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:09 (thirteen years ago) link
felt like young mattie had more going on than old mattie, didnt quite buy the transition
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:10 (thirteen years ago) link