Best Movie Ever!

[Winslow Leach]

See, Winslow, what I love about you and your posts is that I always, always learn something.

Thanks, man!

 

[Winslow Leach]

And I will definitely check out Blow Out. We don't have it at the store I work at, so off to Netflix I go!

Yeah, it's not exactly a top-of-the-shelf title, but really worth seeking out.

 

[Speed Tracer]

Now, talk about the Coen Brothers! As I firmly believe that every one of their films thus far has got something to offer. Also, I wouldn't rank any of them below an 8/10.

 

[Winslow Leach]

Oh, and on the Phantom DVD, that is NOT the original theatrical trailer, nor is it any kind of trailer (as the packaging claims). It's basically 3 minutes of the film roughly in chronological order, with major spoilers. It has no narration or onscreen titles of any kind. I don't know where Fox found it, but it's very bizarre. One of the trailers had a scene with Winslow shot in the leg by a security guard just before his accident. This explains his limp when he first comes to the Paradise and steals the costume (in the film when he is first disfigured, you'll notice blood oozing from his trouser leg). For some reason De Palma cut the guard shooting and hitting Winslow, but it can be seen in the original trailer. Other trailers are narrated by Wolfman Jack (these may have been when the film was re-released a year or so later with a different ad campaign).

 

[Winslow Leach]

Now, talk about the Coen Brothers! As I firmly believe that every one of their films thus far has got something to offer. Also, I wouldn't rank any of them below an 8/10.

Not even The Ladykillers?

Nah, I liked The Ladykillers AND Intolerable Cruelty.

I'm really looking forward to No Country for Old Men. Great book. I'm sure the Coens will do justice to it.

My all-time favorite Coen Bros. film is Miller's Crossing, followed by Blood Simple. The Man Who Wasn't There is terribly underrated, IMO. Great work by Billy Bob Thornton.

And of course Fargo. The Big Lebowski always cracks me up, especially John Goodman's character and Steve Buscemi ("I am the walrus?") I love the scene where the Dude and Walter (Goodman) go to the kid they think stole the Dude's car, and Walter goes ballistic by smashing a brand-new car parked in front of the kid's house...only the car belongs to the neighbor, lol! And the scene where the Dude and Walter go to the Big Lebowski, and Walter thinks Lebowski is "faking" by sitting in a wheelchair. Donny's "funeral" is great, as is the scene right before, where Walter goes ballistic in the funeral home.

Barton Fink and Raising Arizona are classics, and I love The Hudsucker Proxy (which is also underrated).

Yep, not a bad one in the bunch!

 

[Winslow Leach]

The Ladykillers IS worthy, for Tom Hanks's eccentric performance ("waffles! we must have waffles forthwith!"), Irma P. Hall as the woman whose house they hole up in, who doesn't care for "hippity-hop music," and J.K. Simmons as Garth Pancake, who always seems to have an answer/explanation for everything.

I accidentally left O Brother, Where Art Thou? off. That's my 3rd favorite Coen film, after Miller's Crossing and Blood Simple.

"I'm a Dapper Dan man!"

 

[anytimepally]

I love the scene where the Dude and Walter (Goodman) go to the kid they think stole the Dude's car, and Walter goes ballistic by smashing a brand-new car parked in front of the kid's house...only the car belongs to the neighbor, lol!

that scene is awesome!

 

[Winslow Leach]

that scene is awesome!

Brilliant!

Walter may be John Goodman's greatest performance.

 

[D'Snowth]

Believe it or not, I actually auditioned for a part in O Brother, Where Art Thou?

 

[Speed Tracer]

My favorite is probably Barton Fink, although if you ask me tomorrow my answer would be different.

"I'll show you the life of the mind!"