I need to see so many movies by them yet, but everything I’ve seen by them so far was amazing. Picked “Burn After Reading” for featuring David Rasche of “Sledge Hammer!”, the best 80’s series ever.
Mostly because my favorite thing to think about is when uppity greek life people at college would say “don’t call it a frat, it’s a fraternity; you wouldn’t call your country a c-word would you?”
@vanslaterco He’s being funny, there is an Ethan Cohn among that movie’s cast. Given Bill Murray agreed to star in “Garfield” because he falsely thought that Ethan Cohen that wrote the script was one of the Coen brothers, it’s a topic joke.
Policeman: Do you have any disgruntled employees?
Nathan Arizona Sr.: Hell, they’re all disgruntled. I ain’t running no damn daisy farm. My motto is "Do it my way or watch your butt!"
Policeman: Well, do you think any of them could’ve done it?
Nathan Arizona Sr.: Oh, don’t make me laugh. Without my say-so they wouldn’t piss with their pants on fire.
I saw The Big Lebowski and hated it. But I love Raising Arizona and Hudsucker Proxy. I remember liking O Brother but I don’t remember anything about it. I have to avoid a lot of Coen Bros. films, though, because I can’t handle realistic violence. I was able to deal with Fargo because it was more cartoonish. And this poll reminds me that I heard someone talking about Phil Ochs the other day and it reminded me I want to see Inside Llewyn Davis.
The Big Lebowski was my choice because we were having trouble getting pregnant, and were jokingly trying the roll around thing near the end and it worked! (Yes, I understand causation vs. correlation)
“Oh George. Not the livestock…”
“Oh Brother” is the single most quoted movie in our annoyingly movie-quoting family without a shadow of a doubt. My son and I can pretty much recite the whole thing from start to finish, come to think of it.
@shubydoo But I also DO need to add that “Ed’s insides were a rocky place, in which my seed could find no purchase.” and many other “Raising Arizona” quotes get thrown around a good bit as well…
Honestly, you’d have been better off to post “what’s your LEAST favorite”… because they’re all anywhere from “good” through “excellent”.
So many good movies. For a good, long time, Raising Arizona was one of my favorites and it still gets quoted on the regular. “Government sure do take a bite, don’t she.” “Junior needs his huggies.” “Keep your damn hands off my wife, Glen.” So many more.
Of course Lebowski shines, and I have great affection for “A Serious Man”, as well as “Blood Simple”. Very hard to choose, but a great list of movies from very talented siblings.
Either people haven’t seen ‘The Big Lebowski’ or a significant percentage of @meh site visitors are hipsters. No way ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’ should be running neck and neck w/ the ‘The Big Lebowski’ for the best film. Don’t be contrarian to simply be contrarian.
The only one I can’t stand is Raising Arizona, and that’s Nick Cage’s fault, not the Coens. Otherwise, they’ve made some of my favorite movies of all time. I voted for Hudsucker… it’s long been a favorite only slightly later usurped by Fargo and then, seeing The Big Lebowski in the theatre, I says to the wife, “this is gonna be a cult classic some day.”
I really do enjoy all their movies (except for that damned Nick Cage piece of shit) and this was a super hard poll to just pick one.
@deadheadphonist Mentioned above, and opinion is opinion, but I personally disagree. He was perfectly cast in 'Arizona. And don’t forget that before Nick Cage became a caricature of himself, he was actually pretty good. Birdy, Moonstruck, Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation stand out to me as some of his best work.
@ACraigL I do get that a lot of people like that movie (and early Nick Cage movies), but he has always annoyed me for some reason. He’s just not a good actor in my book… falls into the same category for me as Stallone… a one-note actor without any depth whatsoever. Your list of good Cage movies just amplifies my feelings on the matter.
I worked in a video rental store in the early-mid 90’s, so I spent a lot of time in those days watching movies (I’ve probably seen north of 10k movies in my life at this point). A lot of my feelings about certain actors who found their footing in the 80’s-mid 90’s are probably influenced by my initial reactions to seeing this stuff.
I think it’s also why I keep seeing John Cusack movies hoping that someday he’ll be in something good again… and being pretty disappointed every time (though Adult World was ok). Talk about one-note acting…
Hudsucker Proxy is one of my favorite movies of all time. If I walk past a tv and it’s on I am probably stuck there until it is over, then I am quoting it non-stop the rest of the day.
@Lister
Norville: What do you do if the envelope is too big for the slot?
Ancient Sorter: Well, if you fold 'em, they fire you. I usually throw 'em out.
@KDemo 124682479! That is your employee number! It will not be repeated! Without your employee number you can not get your paycheck! Forget you employee number… AND THEY DOCK YOU!!
that may not be the exact quote but it is close enough from memory
“O brother” is definitely my favorite. Which is a shame, I guess, because my second-favorite, “Intolerable Cruelty,” obviously needs more love.
And can I admit that I don’t really get the cultish status “Lebowski” seems to enjoy? I mean, it was a good movie, but the obsession some people seem to have with it baffles me. Maybe 'cause I’m not a stoner?
It’s that “'cause I’m not a stoner?” mentality that can stand in the way of you liking it. I hated it in college because of that and all my friends loved it and wouldn’t stop quoting it. But now looking back I see the err of my ways. There is plenty of non stoner humor too.
@soomass Like I said (and should have said more clearly), it’s a good movie, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. But that’s as far as my appreciation of it went.
@metageist I classify “Hail, Ceasar!” with “Life of Brian” in my mind - both are movies with tons of funny moments, characters, and even entire scenes, but somehow they just don’t hold together as coherent stories.
“The Big Lebowski” will always win this poll, hands-down no debate, and rightly so. I thought “Burn After Reading” was pretty good, but it was essentially the same story as Lebowski set in DC (with a brilliant set of closing lines, much as Lebowski has). “Hail, Caesar!” was entertaining, but I found it a bit long-ish. “A Serious Man” was particularly engaging. About the only film of theirs I didn’t care for is “The Man Who Was Not There”.
Lebowski is too easy of a vote, take it off your list and look at the other films
@somf69
Wondering how many people ever saw Miller’s Crossing? One of the greatest movies ever made.
@MehnofLaMehncha I did, and I agree. But then, I’ve seen every one of their movies.
@MehnofLaMehncha It got my vote
@somf69 I fully intend to use this poll as a checklist for the ones I haven’t seen
@somf69 Well thats just like your opinion, man
I believe in nothing.
@metageist Sounds exhausting.
Big Lebowski and followed closely by Fargo
I need to see so many movies by them yet, but everything I’ve seen by them so far was amazing. Picked “Burn After Reading” for featuring David Rasche of “Sledge Hammer!”, the best 80’s series ever.
What was the question, again?
No Country for Old Men.
Mostly because my favorite thing to think about is when uppity greek life people at college would say “don’t call it a frat, it’s a fraternity; you wouldn’t call your country a c-word would you?”
This poll should have been multiple choice, dammit.
But where’s Rubber?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1612774/
@earendilscomet wait…did I miss something? I didn’t know the Coen’s were involved?
@vanslaterco He’s being funny, there is an Ethan Cohn among that movie’s cast. Given Bill Murray agreed to star in “Garfield” because he falsely thought that Ethan Cohen that wrote the script was one of the Coen brothers, it’s a topic joke.
@serpent Thank you Captain Obvious!
@serpent I have no time for jokes when it concerns Quentin Dupieux flicks. NO TIME.
The man brings his bitch to the Waffle Hut.
I’d quote the better variation, but I ain’t going to just to say fuck.
The Big Lebowski
The Hudsucker Proxy
Fargo
Raising Arizona
Some of the choices are still on my “to see” list.
You know, for kids!
Garfield: The Movie. For sure.
@travo Are you secretly Bill Murray?
C’mon, people!
Hmm, I wonder what would happen if I
/giphy barton fink
@mossygreen Giphy seems to be off. Looks more like “Office Space”. Awesome movie btw.
@serpent Ah, thanks! My first reaction was: what the hell? My second was, I know that movie, but I can’t place it right now…
“No Country For Old Men” is a modern masterpiece.
/giphy the dude
I saw The Big Lebowski and hated it. But I love Raising Arizona and Hudsucker Proxy. I remember liking O Brother but I don’t remember anything about it. I have to avoid a lot of Coen Bros. films, though, because I can’t handle realistic violence. I was able to deal with Fargo because it was more cartoonish. And this poll reminds me that I heard someone talking about Phil Ochs the other day and it reminded me I want to see Inside Llewyn Davis.
The Big Lebowski was my choice because we were having trouble getting pregnant, and were jokingly trying the roll around thing near the end and it worked! (Yes, I understand causation vs. correlation)
“Oh George. Not the livestock…”
“Oh Brother” is the single most quoted movie in our annoyingly movie-quoting family without a shadow of a doubt. My son and I can pretty much recite the whole thing from start to finish, come to think of it.
@shubydoo But I also DO need to add that “Ed’s insides were a rocky place, in which my seed could find no purchase.” and many other “Raising Arizona” quotes get thrown around a good bit as well…
Honestly, you’d have been better off to post “what’s your LEAST favorite”… because they’re all anywhere from “good” through “excellent”.
So many good movies. For a good, long time, Raising Arizona was one of my favorites and it still gets quoted on the regular. “Government sure do take a bite, don’t she.” “Junior needs his huggies.” “Keep your damn hands off my wife, Glen.” So many more.
Of course Lebowski shines, and I have great affection for “A Serious Man”, as well as “Blood Simple”. Very hard to choose, but a great list of movies from very talented siblings.
@ACraigL TURRRRN to the RIIIIGHT!..I love you, Ed…
@shubydoo Like a desert flower, you are.
@ACraigL “Mighty fine cereal flakes [Miz McDonough].” is the standard praise for a particularly good meal at my house.
Either people haven’t seen ‘The Big Lebowski’ or a significant percentage of @meh site visitors are hipsters. No way ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou’ should be running neck and neck w/ the ‘The Big Lebowski’ for the best film. Don’t be contrarian to simply be contrarian.
@elimanningface how do you know who visits my site
The only one I can’t stand is Raising Arizona, and that’s Nick Cage’s fault, not the Coens. Otherwise, they’ve made some of my favorite movies of all time. I voted for Hudsucker… it’s long been a favorite only slightly later usurped by Fargo and then, seeing The Big Lebowski in the theatre, I says to the wife, “this is gonna be a cult classic some day.”
I really do enjoy all their movies (except for that damned Nick Cage piece of shit) and this was a super hard poll to just pick one.
@deadheadphonist Mentioned above, and opinion is opinion, but I personally disagree. He was perfectly cast in 'Arizona. And don’t forget that before Nick Cage became a caricature of himself, he was actually pretty good. Birdy, Moonstruck, Leaving Las Vegas and Adaptation stand out to me as some of his best work.
@ACraigL I do get that a lot of people like that movie (and early Nick Cage movies), but he has always annoyed me for some reason. He’s just not a good actor in my book… falls into the same category for me as Stallone… a one-note actor without any depth whatsoever. Your list of good Cage movies just amplifies my feelings on the matter.
I worked in a video rental store in the early-mid 90’s, so I spent a lot of time in those days watching movies (I’ve probably seen north of 10k movies in my life at this point). A lot of my feelings about certain actors who found their footing in the 80’s-mid 90’s are probably influenced by my initial reactions to seeing this stuff.
I think it’s also why I keep seeing John Cusack movies hoping that someday he’ll be in something good again… and being pretty disappointed every time (though Adult World was ok). Talk about one-note acting…
@sanspoint no.
Hudsucker Proxy is one of my favorite movies of all time. If I walk past a tv and it’s on I am probably stuck there until it is over, then I am quoting it non-stop the rest of the day.
@Lister
Norville: What do you do if the envelope is too big for the slot?
Ancient Sorter: Well, if you fold 'em, they fire you. I usually throw 'em out.
@KDemo 124682479! That is your employee number! It will not be repeated! Without your employee number you can not get your paycheck! Forget you employee number… AND THEY DOCK YOU!!
“O brother” is definitely my favorite. Which is a shame, I guess, because my second-favorite, “Intolerable Cruelty,” obviously needs more love.
And can I admit that I don’t really get the cultish status “Lebowski” seems to enjoy? I mean, it was a good movie, but the obsession some people seem to have with it baffles me. Maybe 'cause I’m not a stoner?
@dannybeans I think you are a dudeist. ‘The Big Lebowski’ was great!
It’s that “'cause I’m not a stoner?” mentality that can stand in the way of you liking it. I hated it in college because of that and all my friends loved it and wouldn’t stop quoting it. But now looking back I see the err of my ways. There is plenty of non stoner humor too.
@soomass Like I said (and should have said more clearly), it’s a good movie, and I enjoyed it thoroughly. But that’s as far as my appreciation of it went.
You’re all out of your element.
I’m a big fan of most Coen brothers movies but I really did not like’Hail, Caesar!’. Seems like not a lot of other fans either.
@metageist I classify “Hail, Ceasar!” with “Life of Brian” in my mind - both are movies with tons of funny moments, characters, and even entire scenes, but somehow they just don’t hold together as coherent stories.
@dannybeans I think that’s apt. Maybe I had high expectations, but I left the theatre after Hail, Caesar feeling like I missed something.
“The Big Lebowski” will always win this poll, hands-down no debate, and rightly so. I thought “Burn After Reading” was pretty good, but it was essentially the same story as Lebowski set in DC (with a brilliant set of closing lines, much as Lebowski has). “Hail, Caesar!” was entertaining, but I found it a bit long-ish. “A Serious Man” was particularly engaging. About the only film of theirs I didn’t care for is “The Man Who Was Not There”.
@khiddy Yeah, well, you know, that’s just, like, your opinion, man.
What? No love for The Man Who Wasn’t There?
@PocketBrain Nope.