;_;
― 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
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.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 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
fit like a glove I thought.
also re JB "laying it on thick," Rooster Cogburn is not a role where you wanna be low-key w/ Bressonian subtlety.
(btw the Quantrill dialogue indicates he's likely a war criminal)
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:12 (thirteen years ago) link
Ugh Morbs, really.
― VegemiteGrrrl, Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
saw this last night, unfortunately fell asleep for about 20 minutes of it though (late showing in a too-warm theater); I think it was probably good.
― akm, Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
young mattie is actively brilliant, old mattie didnt seem possessed of that genius
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:14 (thirteen years ago) link
yeah this is my favorite one too
― akm, Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:15 (thirteen years ago) link
Old Mattie looked like Alice Roosevelt Longworth.
― Gus Van Sotosyn (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:20 (thirteen years ago) link
the coda was p depressing, what particularly were they trying to say by demonstrating the calcification of her worst qualities
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:22 (thirteen years ago) link
That the pursuit of the wicked is not always conducted by the spotlessly virtuous, and stains all.
yes Grrrl, really! Quantrill is a notorious name in the history of our civil war. It's like saying you were in Lt. Calley's unit in Vietnam.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:25 (thirteen years ago) link
dont think that what she was ughing at
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:26 (thirteen years ago) link
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Saturday, January 1, 2011 2:25 PM (49 seconds ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
this is a reasonable point to make for sure, but it seems like they went out of their way to make old mattie kinda awful, im basing this entirely on her calling that guy trash, but still
― ice cr?m, Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:28 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm w/ Morbs on this one - sorry but not everyone grows up to be a superstar.
― Simon H., Saturday, 1 January 2011 19:30 (thirteen years ago) link