Revisiting Match Cut Directors Consensus - Joel and Ethan Coen

[Watashi]

With A Serious Man coming out, I'd thought it would be good to fire up the ole' consensus thread on the greatest contemporary filmmakers.

http://img.timeinc.net/time/2008/time_100_2008/coen_brothers.jpg


A Serious Man
Burn After Reading
No Country for Old Men
The Ladykillers
Intolerable Cruelty
The Man Who Wasn't There
O Brother Where Art Thou?
The Big Lebowski
Fargo
The Hudsucker Proxy
Barton Fink
Miller's Crossing
Raising Arizona
Blood Simple

[Watashi]

Burn After Reading - 8.5
No Country for Old Men - 10
The Ladykillers - 7
Intolerable Cruelty - 7.5
The Man Who Wasn't There - 8.5
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 9
The Big Lebowski - 10
Fargo - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 10
Barton Fink - 10
Miller's Crossing - 10
Raising Arizona - 10
Blood Simple - 8.5

[Dead & Messed Up]

Blood Simple - 8
Raising Arizona - 4
Miller's Crossing - 8
Barton Fink - 9
The Hudsucker Proxy - 5
Fargo - 10
The Big Lebowski - 9
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 6
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
The Ladykillers - 3
No Country for Old Men - 9

[B-side]

Burn After Reading - 6
No Country for Old Men - 8.5
The Ladykillers - 5
The Man Who Wasn't There - 8
The Big Lebowski - 8.5
Fargo - 8
Barton Fink - 8.5
Miller's Crossing - 7
Blood Simple - 7

[Weeping_Guitar]

Burn After Reading - 8
No Country for Old Men - 10
The Ladykillers - 6
Intolerable Cruelty - 8
The Man Who Wasn't There - 9
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 8.5
The Big Lebowski - 10
Fargo - 9
The Hudsucker Proxy - 9
Barton Fink - 8.5
Miller's Crossing - 10
Raising Arizona - 8
Blood Simple - 8

[EyesWideOpen]

Burn After Reading 7
No Country for Old Men 9.5
The Ladykillers 7
Intolerable Cruelty 6
The Man Who Wasn't There 7
O Brother Where Art Thou? 8
The Big Lebowski 6
Fargo 9
Miller's Crossing 8
Raising Arizona 5
Blood Simple 8

[Ezee E]

Burn After Reading
No Country for Old Men - 10
The Ladykillers - 7
Intolerable Cruelty - 8
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 9
The Big Lebowski - 9
Fargo - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 7
Barton Fink - 10
Miller's Crossing - 7
Raising Arizona - 8.5
Blood Simple - 7

They have yet to make a movie I don't like.

[balmakboor]

Burn After Reading - 6
No Country for Old Men - 10
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 6
The Big Lebowski - 6
Fargo - 9
The Hudsucker Proxy - 6
Barton Fink - 7
Miller's Crossing - 8
Raising Arizona - 8
Blood Simple - 9

[Adam]

Blood Simple - 6.5
Raising Arizona - 9.5
Miller's Crossing - 10
Barton Fink - 7.5
Hudsucker Proxy - 8
Fargo - 7
The Big Lebowski - 9.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 7.5
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
Intolerable Cruelty - 5
The Ladykillers - 6
No Country For Old Men - 7.5
Burn After Reading - 7

[Raiders]

Burn After Reading (2008) 8.0
No Country for Old Men (2007) 8.5
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 7.0
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) 6.0
O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) 7.5
The Big Lebowski (1998) 7.5
Fargo (1996) 8.0
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 5.5
Barton Fink (1991) 6.5
Miller's Crossing (1990) 9.0
Raising Arizona (1987) 8.5
Blood Simple (1984) 8.0

[Boner M]

Burn After Reading - 7.5
No Country for Old Men - 8.5
Intolerable Cruelty - 5
The Man Who Wasn't There - 8
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 5.5
The Big Lebowski - 9.5
Fargo - 9
The Hudsucker Proxy - 7
Barton Fink - 8.5
Miller's Crossing - 7
Raising Arizona - 7
Blood Simple - 9

I'll be giving a few of these rewatches in the coming weeks.

[Dukefrukem]

No Country for Old Men 9.0
O Brother Where Art Thou? 8.0
The Big Lebowski 4.5
Fargo 9.5 <-- their best film (i've seen)

I need to see Burn After Reading

[NickGlass]

A Serious Man: 7.0
Burn After Reading: 8.0
No Country for Old Men: 7.5
The Ladykillers: 2.0
Intolerable Cruelty: 6.0
The Man Who Wasn't There: 6.5
O Brother Where Art Thou?: 6.5
The Big Lebowski: 9.0
Fargo: 8.0
Barton Fink: 5.5
Raising Arizona: 8.0

I like them more than these grades individually represent.

[Eleven]

Burn After Reading - 8
No Country for Old Men - 8.5
The Ladykillers - 7
Intolerable Cruelty - 5.5
The Man who Wasn't There - 6.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 7
The Big Lebowski - 9
Fargo - 7.5
The Hudsucker Proxy - 7
Barton Fink - 8
Miller's Crossing - 8
Raising Arizona - 9
Blood Simple - 8

[Grouchy]

Blood Simple - 7
Miller's Crossing - 9
Barton Fink - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 10
Fargo - 9
The Big Lebowski - 10
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 9
The Man Who Wasn't There - 10
Intolerable Cruelty - 5
The Ladykillers - 4
No Country for Old Men - 9
Burn After Reading - 8

[Spinal]

Burn After Reading - 9
No Country for Old Men - 8.5
The Ladykillers - 5.5
Intolerable Cruelty - 6.5
The Man Who Wasn't There - 9
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 8
The Big Lebowski - 8.5
Fargo - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 8.5
Barton Fink - 8
Miller's Crossing - 9
Raising Arizona - 10
Blood Simple - 8.5

[MadMan]

Rating/ranking the Coens is a tradition over at Icine, heh. And I really must see more, as I've liked everything I've viewed from them so far:

Burn After Reading-9.5
No Country for Old Men-10.0
O Brother Where Art Thou?-9.0
The Big Lebowski-10.0
Fargo-10.0
Blood Simple-10.0

On the 100 scale (last time I checked, anyways) only Fargo and The Big Lebowski get 100's. Blood Simple and No Country for Old Men come close, though.

[StanleyK]

Raising Arizona - 9
Fargo - 10
The Big Lebowski - 10
No Country for Old Men - 10
Burn After Reading - 8

I've seen all of their movies, but it's been far too long for most of them.

[Qrazy]

Burn After Reading - 7
No Country for Old Men - 7.5
The Ladykillers - 4
Intolerable Cruelty - 4
The Man Who Wasn't There - 6.5
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 7
The Big Lebowski - 8
Fargo - 9
The Hudsucker Proxy - 4.5
Barton Fink - 7.5
Miller's Crossing - 8
Raising Arizona - 9
Blood Simple - 7

[Mysterious Dude]

Blood Simple - 8
Raising Arizona - 9.5
Miller's Crossing - 7.5
Barton Fink - 5.5
The Hudsucker Proxy - 7.5
Fargo - 10
The Big Lebowski - 8.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 8
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
The Ladykillers - 7
No Country for Old Men - 9.5
Burn After Reading - 8
A Serious Man - 8

Barton Fink probably deserves a rewatch, but I recall finding the experience unpleasant.

Has A Serious Man not been released outside of Minnesota?

[ContinentalOp]

Burn After Reading- 7.5
No Country for Old Men- 6
The Ladykillers- 5
Intolerable Cruelty- 8.5
The Man Who Wasn't There- 8.5
O Brother Where Art Thou?- 9
The Big Lebowski- 10
Fargo- 8
The Hudsucker Proxy- 8
Barton Fink- 7.5
Miller's Crossing- 10
Raising Arizona- 8
Blood Simple- 9

Easily my favorite stateside directors, although I haven't been too impressed with their last couple of films, which have been kind of distancing.

[Rowland]

Burn After Reading - 7
No Country for Old Men - 9
The Man Who Wasn't There - 6
The Big Lebowski - 6
Fargo - 8
Barton Fink - 10
Miller's Crossing - 8
Raising Arizona - 9

[Grouchy]

I notice a disturbing lack of enthusiasm for The Man Who Wasn't There.

[Adam]

In other disturbing news, you've apparently never seen Raising Arizona

[Spaceman Spiff]

Burn After Reading (2008) 8.0
No Country for Old Men (2007) 9.0
The Ladykillers - 5.0
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 4.0
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) 7.0
O Brother Where Art Thou? (2000) 5.5
The Big Lebowski (1998) 10.0
Fargo (1996) 10.0
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 5.0
Barton Fink (1991) 7.5
Miller's Crossing (1990) 8.0
Raising Arizona (1987) 7.0
Blood Simple (1984) 8.0

Seeing A Serious Man tonight.

[Grouchy]

In other disturbing news, you've apparently never seen Raising Arizona
I've just been owned.

[Derek]

Blood Simple - 9.5
Raising Arizona - 9.5
Miller's Crossing - 6.5
Barton Fink - 8.5
Hudsucker Proxy - 7.0
Fargo - 8.5
The Big Lebowski - 8.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 8.0
The Man Who Wasn't There - 6.5
Intolerable Cruelty - 7.0
The Ladykillers - 5.5
No Country For Old Men - 8.5
Burn After Reading - 7.0
A Serious Man - 8.0

[Spun Lepton]

Burn After Reading -- 7/10
No Country for Old Men -- 10/10
The Ladykillers -- 6/10
Intolerable Cruelty -- 5/10
The Man Who Wasn't There -- 6/10
O Brother Where Art Thou? -- 10/10
The Big Lebowski -- 10/10
Fargo -- 9/10
The Hudsucker Proxy -- 6/10
Barton Fink -- 7/10
Miller's Crossing -- 8/10
Raising Arizona -- 10/10
Blood Simple -- 8/10

[origami_mustache]

Blood Simple - 8
Raising Arizona - 8
Miller's Crossing - 7
Barton Fink - 8.5
Hudsucker Proxy - 7
Fargo - 9
The Big Lebowski - 9
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 9
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
No Country For Old Men - 9
Burn After Reading - 7
A Serious Man - 7.5

[soitgoes...]

Blood Simple (1984) - 6.5
Raising Arizona (1987) - 7.5
Miller’s Crossing (1990) - 9.0
Barton Fink (1991) - 8.5
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) - 6.5
Fargo (1996) - 10
The Big Lebowski (1998) - 10
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) - 8.0
The Man Who Wasn’t There (2001) - 8.5
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) - 5.0
The Ladykillers (2004) - 5.5
No Country for Old Men (2007) - 9.0
Burn After Reading (2008) - 9.0

[Bosco B Thug]

Wow, I need to re-watch each and every single one of these movies. That is the one's I've seen at all (which is a handful, actually).

No Country for Old Men - 8.5

Sad.

[Ivan Drago]

Burn After Reading - 8
No Country for Old Men - 9
The Big Lebowski - 7.5
The Hudsucker Proxy - 9
Barton Fink - 6.5
Raising Arizona - 7

[Yxklyx]

Blood Simple - 10
Raising Arizona - 8
Miller's Crossing - 8
Barton Fink - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 6
Fargo - 9
The Big Lebowski - 9
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 8
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
No Country for Old Men - 7
Burn After Reading - 5

[dreamdead]

Burn After Reading - 7.5
No Country for Old Men - 8.5
The Ladykillers - 4
Intolerable Cruelty - 6
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 6.5
The Big Lebowski - 9
Fargo - 8.5
Barton Fink - 7
Miller's Crossing - 9
Raising Arizona - 8
Blood Simple - 7

Perhaps the most consistent U.S. filmmakers out there. I still need to see Hudsucker at some point, but I love their writing style and the way that they use a cast of character actors time and again in new ways (though, at the same time, I'm happy to see them diversify their cast of actors now).

I should make Raising Arizona mandatory yearly viewing...

[baby doll]

Blood Simple (1984) [9]
Raising Arizona (1987) [6]
Miller's Crossing (1990) [6]
Barton Fink (1991) [7, but it's been a while so I might be under/overrating it]
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) [3]
Fargo (1996) [7 (see Barton Fink)]
The Big Lebowski (1998) [8]
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) [4]
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) [7 (see Fargo)]
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) [4]
No Country for Old Men (2007) [7]
Burn After Reading (2008) [8]

If I can somehow get down to Montreal in the next week or two, I'll definitely check out A Serious Man. Anyone in South-Central Quebec wanna give me a lift?

Also, I saw Raising Arizona again pretty recently, and it seems more like a Barry Sonnenfeld movie than a Coen brothers film in the sense its the real subject isn't the story so much (which is pretty weak) but Sonnenfeld's symmetrical, Wes Anderson-like compositions, low camera placements, wide angle lenses, and stunt camera movements--all of which are absent in the Coens' films with Roger Deakins.

[Adam]

See and I feel like Raising Arizona is just so quintessentially a Coen brothers film. Maybe moreso than anything else they've done. If Deakins needed to, I'm sure he could handle zany, all-out, fisheye-lensed slapstick, but the Coens haven't really revisited that sort of thing outside of maybe Intolerable Cruelty

[Adam]

Also, I feel like you're kind of dismissing Raising Arizona as this sort of exercise in style more than aything. It seems to me the Coens have never been masters of narrative and actually they kind of poke fun at themselves for that in Burn After Reading. The best of their films have a lot more to recommend than their plots

[baby doll]

See and I feel like Raising Arizona is just so quintessentially a Coen brothers film. Maybe moreso than anything else they've done. If Deakins needed to, I'm sure he could handle zany, all-out, fisheye-lensed slapstick, but the Coens haven't really revisited that sort of thing outside of maybe Intolerable CrueltySeeing the film again, I was struck by just how different it looks from the Coens' later films. And while I don't know this for fact or nothing, my guess is that Sonnenfeld and Deakins go through the script and say to the Coens, ''Okay, we can cover it like this, or like this, or like this,'' and that Sonnenfeld's ideas are just a lot zanier. Even in Blood Simple, which is a much darker film, there's that shot moving down the bar with the camera going over the sleeping drunk. It's the kind of shot that's funny in of itself (check out David Bordwell's blog entry on funny framings, in which he quotes Sonnenfeld on his use of wide angle lenses (http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=761)), which seems to have disappeared from the Coens' work.

[Adam]

Eh, I dunno. You couldn't say Miller's Crossing is conventionally shot, but it doesn't feel anything like Raising Arizona, either, and I don't think it has a lot of shots that are funny just because of the way they're framed or anything. Raising Arizona was shot the way it was because that's the way the Coens envisioned it. Maybe Sonnenfeld brought certain ideas or flourishes to the table, but I think ultimately the Coens made the film they wanted to make

[megladon8]

Burn After Reading - 8
No Country for Old Men - 8.5
The Ladykillers - 4.5
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7.5
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 7
The Big Lebowski - 10
Fargo - 9
Barton Fink - 8.5
Raising Arizona - 7.5
Blood Simple - 5

[Spun Lepton]

Blood Simple - 5

:eek:

Seriously?!

[Raiders]

Seeing the film again, I was struck by just how different it looks from the Coens' later films. And while I don't know this for fact or nothing, my guess is that Sonnenfeld and Deakins go through the script and say to the Coens, ''Okay, we can cover it like this, or like this, or like this,'' and that Sonnenfeld's ideas are just a lot zanier. Even in Blood Simple, which is a much darker film, there's that shot moving down the bar with the camera going over the sleeping drunk. It's the kind of shot that's funny in of itself (check out David Bordwell's blog entry on funny framings, in which he quotes Sonnenfeld on his use of wide angle lenses (http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=761)), which seems to have disappeared from the Coens' work.

It is worth noting that Deakins does not like the wide angle lens and has always wanted the Coens to move away from it.

[megladon8]

:eek:

Seriously?!


Yes.

I do not understand the love that movie gets. I actually find it (the love) kind of perplexing.

[MadMan]

Yes.

I do not understand the love that movie gets. I actually find it (the love) kind of perplexing.Its a well made, slow burning thriller with some really good performances. I love its dark brand of neo-noir, and how the movie works out in the end as a sort of living nightmare. People who complain about Burn After Reading or No Country for Old Men being too nasty clearly forgot about Blood Simple.

[ledfloyd]

Burn After Reading - 6
No Country for Old Men - 10
The Ladykillers - 6
Intolerable Cruelty - 6
The Man Who Wasn't There - 9
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 9
The Big Lebowski - 10
Fargo - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 8
Barton Fink - 9
Miller's Crossing - 9
Raising Arizona - 7
Blood Simple - 6

[B-side]

I find the immense adoration people hold for Fargo to be a bit perplexing.

[EyesWideOpen]

I find the immense adoration people hold for Fargo to be a bit perplexing.

I feel the same way about Raising Arizona.

[Qrazy]

You guys have just listed two of their best films.

[ledfloyd]

I find the immense adoration people hold for Fargo to be a bit perplexing.
it's brilliant. shakespeare in north dakota.

i'm looking at that list. they have a handful of duds. but i can't think of another director who has 7 films i would rate in the 9-10 range. woody allen is the only one i can think of that would challenge that and i think he would fall a bit short.

[B-side]

it's brilliant. shakespeare in north dakota.

i'm looking at that list. they have a handful of duds. but i can't think of another director who has 7 films i would rate in the 9-10 range. woody allen is the only one i can think of that would challenge that and i think he would fall a bit short.

Hell, I can't think of any director who has made 5 9-10 worthy films.:P

Kubrick would have 4.

[EyesWideOpen]

Hell, I can't think of any director who has made 5 9-10 worthy films.:P

Kubrick would have 4.

Hitchcock?

[B-side]

Hitchcock?

I haven't seen enough to really say. Rear Window and Vertigo are both 9's, though.

[ledfloyd]

hitch has 4 or 5. his strength (as is billy wilder's who i also considered) is consistently making films that are 8/10.

[megladon8]

Its a well made, slow burning thriller with some really good performances. I love its dark brand of neo-noir, and how the movie works out in the end as a sort of living nightmare. People who complain about Burn After Reading or No Country for Old Men being too nasty clearly forgot about Blood Simple.


I found it to be quite boring, and populated with characters whose fates I didn't give two shits about.

It also has one of the most uncharmismatic leading man performances I've ever seen.

I just don't like it, aside from finding its visual style interesting.

[baby doll]

Hell, I can't think of any director who has made 5 9-10 worthy films.:P

Kubrick would have 4.Godard has a flew classics up his sleeve: À bout de souffle, Vivre sa vie, Le Mépris, Bande Ã* part, Alphaville, Pierrot le fou, La Chinoise, Weekend--and that's just the 60s.

[ledfloyd]

Godard has a flew classics up his sleeve: À bout de souffle, Vivre sa vie, Le Mépris, Bande Ã* part, Alphaville, Pierrot le fou, La Chinoise, Weekend--and that's just the 60s.
you're ignoring his best 60s film, masculin feminin.

[Raiders]

Hell, I can't think of any director who has made 5 9-10 worthy films.:P

Murnau has six for me (all six I have seen).

[B-side]

I'm weird with ratings, though.

[balmakboor]

Hell, I can't think of any director who has made 5 9-10 worthy films.:P

Kubrick would have 4.

Oh, I can think of many.

Kubrick for one -- everything from The Killing through Eyes Wide Shut except, possibly, Spartacus.

[balmakboor]

I saw Love Affair, or the Case of the Missing Switchboard Operator last night. It's every bit as good as W.R., but not quite as ambitious. It almost looks like a rough draft of W.R.

[baby doll]

you're ignoring his best 60s film, masculin feminin.It's not one of my favorites. It's obviously an important film in that it marked a decisive turn in Godard's work towards a more journalistic approach to filmmaking, but as an experience, I find it dreadfully slow.

[MadMan]

I found it to be quite boring, and populated with characters whose fates I didn't give two shits about.Strangely enough I found myself caring about all involved, even the slimmy murderous hitman.


It also has one of the most uncharmismatic leading man performances I've ever seen.Meh, I've never placed an extreme value on acting. Unless its so utterly awful or amazing, I rarely mention it in my reviews.


I just don't like it, aside from finding its visual style interesting.Fair enough.

Now someone not liking Fargo, that I can't really wrap my brain around. Its easily one of the best movies of the 90s.

[Peng]

After some weeks hiatus (and a new thread), I allow myself two (relatively) minor bumps on director consensus I've watched all.

Blood Simple - 7.5
Raising Arizona - 9
Miller's Crossing - 8
Barton Fink - 8.5
Hudsucker Proxy - 6.5
Fargo - 8
The Big Lebowski - 7.5
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 7.5
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
Intolerable Cruelty - 7
The Ladykillers - 6.5
No Country For Old Men - 9
Burn After Reading - 7
A Serious Man - 9.5
True Grit - 8.5
Inside Llewyn Davis - 8.5
Hail, Caesar! - 6

[Dukefrukem]

No Country for Old Men 9.0
O Brother Where Art Thou? 8.0
The Big Lebowski 4.5
Fargo 9.5 <-- their best film (i've seen)

I need to see Burn After Reading

Fargo - 10
The Big Lebowski - 7.5
O Brother Where Art Thou? 8.0
The Man Who Wasn't There - 8.5
No Country For Old Men - 9
Burn After Reading - 7
A Serious Man - 4.5
True Grit - 3.5
Inside Llewyn Davis - 6.5
Hail, Caesar! - 2

[baby doll]

Blood Simple (1984) [9]
Raising Arizona (1987) [6]
Miller's Crossing (1990) [6]
Barton Fink (1991) [7, but it's been a while so I might be under/overrating it]
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) [3]
Fargo (1996) [7 (see Barton Fink)]
The Big Lebowski (1998) [8]
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) [4]
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) [7 (see Fargo)]
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) [4]
No Country for Old Men (2007) [7]
Burn After Reading (2008) [8]Eight years later:

Blood Simple (1984) 8
Raising Arizona (1987) 6
Miller's Crossing (1990) 5
Barton Fink (1991) 7
The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 4
Fargo (1996) 6
The Big Lebowski (1998) 8
O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) 4
The Man Who Wasn't There (2001) 7
Intolerable Cruelty (2003) 3
No Country for Old Men (2007) 7
Burn After Reading (2008) 7
A Serious Man (2009) 8
True Grit (2010) 4
Inside Llewin Davis (2013) 6

[Ivan Drago]

Raising Arizona - 7.5
Barton Fink - 9.5
The Hudsucker Proxy - 8.5
Fargo - 9.5
The Big Lebowski - 8
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 8
No Country For Old Men - 9.5
Burn After Reading - 8
True Grit - 5
Inside Llewyn Davis - 7.5
Hail, Caesar! - 9

[Grouchy]

The Big Lebowski - 10
The Man Who Wasn't There - 10
Barton Fink - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 10
Miller's Crossing - 9
A Serious Man - 9
Inside Llewyn Davis - 9
Fargo - 9
Raising Arizona - 8
Hail, Caesar! - 8
No Country for Old Men - 8
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 8
True Grit - 8
Burn After Reading - 7
Blood Simple - 7
Intolerable Cruelty - 5
The Ladykillers - 5

[Ezee E]

Burn After Reading
No Country for Old Men - 10
The Ladykillers - 7
Intolerable Cruelty - 8
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 9
The Big Lebowski - 9
Fargo - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 7
Barton Fink - 10
Miller's Crossing - 7
Raising Arizona - 8.5
Blood Simple - 7

They have yet to make a movie I don't like.

NOW:
A Serious Man - 9
True Grit - 7
Inside Lleweyn Davis - 9
Hail, Caesar! - unwatched

Burn After Reading - 7
No Country for Old Men - 10
The Ladykillers - 6
Intolerable Cruelty - 6
The Man Who Wasn't There - 6
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 8
The Big Lebowski - 8
Fargo - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 5
Barton Fink - 10
Miller's Crossing - 7
Raising Arizona - 8.5
Blood Simple - 6

[Dead & Messed Up]

Blood Simple - 8 (same)
Raising Arizona - 5 (+1)
Miller's Crossing - 7 (-1)
Barton Fink - 8 (-1)
The Hudsucker Proxy - 5 (same)
Fargo - 10 (same)
The Big Lebowski - 9 (same)
O Brother Where Art Thou? 7 (+1)
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7 (same)
The Ladykillers - 3 (same)
No Country For Old Men - 10 (+1)
A Serious Man - 10
True Grit - 7
Inside Llewyn Davis - 9

[Grouchy]

What about Hail, Caesar?

[Skitch]

I've seen the earlier stuff, but too long ago to rate.

The Hudsucker Proxy - 7.5
Fargo - 5 (overdue for a rewatch, but I didn't care for it)
The Big Lebowski - 10
O Brother - 10
The Ladykillers - 7
No Country For Old Men - 6 (Also due for re-review)
Burn After Reading - 5
True Grit - 8.5
Hail, Caesar - 5

[Melville]

Blood Simple - 7
Raising Arizona - 5
Miller's Crossing - 5.5
Barton Fink - 8
The Hudsucker Proxy - 5.5
Fargo - 9.5
The Big Lebowski - 10
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 5.5
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7
No Country For Old Men - 8
Burn After Reading - 8.5
A Serious Man - 8
True Grit - 5
Inside Llewyn Davis - 8
Hail Caesar! - 6.5

[transmogrifier]

Hail, Ceasar! is a bad film. Their 3rd worst.

[Thirdmango]

May become pretty apparent they're my favorites.

Blood Simple - 9
Raising Arizona - 10
Miller's Crossing - 10
Barton Fink - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 10
Fargo - 10
The Big Lebowski - 10
O Brother Where Art Thou? - 10
The Man Who Wasn't There - 9
Intolerable Cruelty - 9
The Ladykillers - 7
No Country For Old Men - 10
Burn After Reading - 9
A Serious Man - 8
True Grit - 10
Inside Llewyn Davis - 8
Hail Caesar! - 9

[StanleyK]

Blood Simple - 10
Raising Arizona - 10
Miller's Crossing - 10
Barton Fink - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 10
Fargo - 10
The Big Lebowski - 10
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 10
The Man Who Wasn't There - 10
Intolerable Cruelty - 7
The Ladykillers - 5
No Country for Old Men - 8
Burn After Reading - 7
A Serious Man - 8
True Grit - 7
Inside Llewyn Davis - 8
Hail, Caesar! - 7

Top five dead or alive.

[StanleyK]

Blood Simple - 10
Raising Arizona - 10
Miller's Crossing - 10
Barton Fink - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 10
Fargo - 10
The Big Lebowski - 10
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 10
The Man Who Wasn't There - 10
Intolerable Cruelty - 7
The Ladykillers - 5
No Country for Old Men - 8
Burn After Reading - 7
A Serious Man - 8
True Grit - 7
Inside Llewyn Davis - 8
Hail, Caesar! - 7

Top five dead or alive.



Blood Simple - 10
Raising Arizona - 10
Miller's Crossing - 10
Barton Fink - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 8.5
Fargo - 10
The Big Lebowski - 10
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 10
The Man Who Wasn't There - 10
Intolerable Cruelty - 7
The Ladykillers - 5.5
No Country for Old Men - 8.5
Burn After Reading - 7
A Serious Man - 10
True Grit - 8.5
Inside Llewyn Davis - 10
Hail, Caesar! - 7
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - 7
The Tragedy of Macbeth - 5.5



Yeah, they're up there with the best ever. I mean, no other filmmaker can boast 10 perfect-10 films for me.

[DFA1979]

Blood Simple-10.0
Raising Arizona-9.5
Miller's Crossing-9.5
Barton Fink-8.5
The Hudsucker Proxy-9.0
Fargo-10.0
The Big Lebowski-10.0
O Brother Where Art Thou?-9.0
No Country For Old Men-10.0
Burn After Reading-9.5
A Serious Man-10.0
True Grit-9.0
Inside Llewyn Davis-9.5
Hail, Caesar!-8.5/9.0 depending on my mood
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs-7.5 or an 8.0 maybe

A duo who are among my favorite directors. I only have 4 left to see from them. Their body of work speaks for itself although I'm not sure if they're misanthropes like some say they are.

[StuSmallz]

Blood Simple - 10
Raising Arizona - 10
Miller's Crossing - 10
Barton Fink - 10
The Hudsucker Proxy - 8.5
Fargo - 10
The Big Lebowski - 10
O Brother, Where Art Thou? - 10
The Man Who Wasn't There - 10
Intolerable Cruelty - 7
The Ladykillers - 5.5
No Country for Old Men - 8.5
Burn After Reading - 7
A Serious Man - 10
True Grit - 8.5
Inside Llewyn Davis - 10
Hail, Caesar! - 7
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - 7
The Tragedy of Macbeth - 5.5



Yeah, they're up there with the best ever. I mean, no other filmmaker can boast 10 perfect-10 films for me.Yeah, that is impressive, though I'd swap your score for Fargo around with the one for No Country, (https://letterboxd.com/stusmallz/film/no-country-for-old-men/) personally.

[StanleyK]

Yeah, that is impressive, though I'd swap your score for Fargo around with the one for No Country, (https://letterboxd.com/stusmallz/film/no-country-for-old-men/) personally.

Fargo is a top 10 of all time movie for me. I think it's a perfect amalgamation of their comedic and dramatic styles, and the one that most personifies a Coen brothers joint. No Country for Old Men is great too, and the fact that I wouldn't even put it in their own top 10 shows what a ridiculous amount of quality they've produced.

[Yxklyx]

Fargo is near top 10 of all time for me too and I thought NCfOM is just a solid film and nothing spectacular. Blood Simple is my favorite Coen's.

[StuSmallz]

I thought NCfOM is just a solid film and nothing spectacular.https://i.ibb.co/HNCCfhQ/lonely-sad-walk.gif (https://ibb.co/CJ663PF)

[Yxklyx]

Heh heh, no I don't get the love. I've seen this film many times before. Fargo and Blood Simple are unique.

The struggle in NCfOM is all external - it's just a plain war. The struggles in Fargo and Blood Simple are internal - they're insurrection.

[StuSmallz]

Heh heh, no I don't get the love. I've seen this film many times before. Fargo and Blood Simple are unique.

The struggle in NCfOM is all external - it's just a plain war.No, it's not:


https://youtu.be/xdOPJKocMWg

[DFA1979]

I thought I was the only one who loved Blood Simple a lot.