Revisiting Match Cut Directors Consensus - Joel and Ethan Coen

[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.