60. "Wow, this is tough to sit thru, worst Coen movie I've seen" In response to In response to 0
I enjoyed Ladybugs, Intolerable Cruelty, and The Man Who Wasn't There more than this.
Do you have to be Jewish to appreciate this movie?
Was there something from the Torah or Jewish folklore that this movie had as subtext that I clearly was unaware of?
No matter really because the bottom line is whatever sybolism, quirkiness and dark hunor they hit you with here can't make up for the fact that I couldn't care less about the protagonist or any of the family and 'friends' who compromise his inconsequential suffer-in-silence style of existence.
Not to mention there's really not much of a plot nor is it even chuckleworthy except in a few select spots.
I can't really say I enjoyed much of anything in it outside of the classic rock references.
I could have turned this off half way thru or earlier like I wanted to and in retrospect not missed shit.
This being at 87% on Rottentomatoes is further proof that critics and a segment of film buffs will co-sign any turd the Coens crank out.
I'm a huge fan of many of their movies (Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Millers Crossing, Fargo, Lebowski, No Country) and then like others to varying degrees (with maybe Oh Brother being the closest to those others I listed) but I'll call out a misstep when I see it.
This movie pretty much sucked, I would only recommend it to people to fuck with them.