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ronzo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 09:52 PM
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Poll question: Favorite Coen brothers movie?
I know it's tough.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 09:55 PM
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1. I loved "Hudsucker Proxy"
Tim Robbins...one of my favorite actors. A nice story...sort of Capraesque. And, in the start, the inimiable Paul Newman. What's not to love! :-)
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Kolesar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 09:56 PM
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2. Was Holly Hunter's bad acting in Raising Arizona intentional?
This is a tough poll. Gotta got with Fargo, ya' know.
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RainDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 10:02 PM
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3. not a fair question
how can you choose just one?!?

"I'm not afraid of you, Marty."
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 10:03 PM
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4. I was an extra in "O'Brother"
so my choice was easy
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nuxvomica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 10:46 PM
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8. I'm impressed!
Were you one of the sirens or the Wizard-of-Ozzish Klansman? I chose that movie even though I wasn't in it cuz it's a damn good movie.
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gmoney Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 10:04 PM
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5. Intolerable Cruelty lived up to its name...
it would have been disappointing directed by ANYONE, let alone the Coen Brothers. There has to be something more to the story... absolutely dreadful waste of time, money, and effort.

Remaking "Raising Arizona" in a wealthy Bev. Hills setting would have been a better use of the resources.
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 10:47 PM
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10. It was wonderful!
It's not my favorite genre, but the Coen's touch made it a blast to watch a type of movie I normally avoid. It's another classic. They've gone in a direction no one expected them to even try, and they succeeded beyond anyone's expectations.
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 11:32 PM
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14. I Thought it Was Mostly Great
The ending was weak as all get out, but everything that led up to it was grand, especially the wedding to Billy Bob.
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ajacobson Donating Member (828 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 10:15 PM
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6. I voted for Fargo
but Oh Brother has so many great lines

Junior: "We can get a midget, only smaller!"

Pappy O'Daniel: "You slack shouldered sack of shit, we'll be called johnny-come-latelys," no matter how stumpy."

OMFG I start laughing when I think of that scene.
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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 10:45 PM
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7. Raising Arizona!
Edited on Sat Nov-22-03 10:45 PM by HuckleB
Hands down!

Actually, it's hard to pick one. Outside of The Hudsucker Proxy, they're all gems in their own right.
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SmileyBoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 10:47 PM
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9. Fargo, because it's my town's only claim to worldwide fame.
Ya sure you betcha...
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 10:50 PM
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11. Nobody Gives Me The High Hat!
I need two choices, dammit

Miller's Crossing
Raising Arizona
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 10:59 PM
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12. Fargo far and away, but an incredible body of work
O Brother and Raising Arizona are hilarious
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Guaranteed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-03 11:25 PM
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13. THE BIG LEBOWSKI!
Best...movie....EVER!!!!!!!
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