View From the Bushes:

I'm still trying to recover from the weekend. I didn't really sleep well on Friday, Saturday or Sunday, so I went to bed early last night, but a combination of a late nap and some Dr. Pepper screwed that up, so I didn't necessarily sleep that well last night either. I want to make sure that I'm well-rested before I leave for GenCon, because I know I'm not going to sleep well during the convention. I already have at least one potential all-nighter planned, though just recently I scheduled a morning meeting so I guess I'd better not go too late.

I got back from lunch early and was going to finish my blog entry when my computer kindly reminded me that I had an appointment to go donate platelets. It's a good thing too, (that the computer reminded me) because I had completely forgotten about it. With our NetFlix subscription and the amount I've been donating recently, I'm running out of movies to watch, so I decided to watch The Ladykillers, having enjoyed so many of the Coen Brothers' movies. Unfortunately I was disappointed; I'm not sure what it was, but it just didn't click. I hesitate to speculate, but I think of all things that Hanks may have been off, which is something I don't think I've ever seen. Or perhaps it was the Marlon Wayans character that threw me... In any event, I found myself halfway through wishing I had not forgetten to bring a book.

What's interesting is the consensus seems to be that the last two Coen Brother's movies have been weak, with people painting LadyKillers and Intolerable Cruelty with the same brush. But while I disliked the former, the latter may be my favorite of all their movies (though I would have to see Fargo again to be sure). In any case, it's getting time for me to head home, so I'll wrap it up here.

Worn out
Ross

Posted by direkobold at August 9, 2005 04:40 PM

Fargo was better. The fact that you would even list Intolerable Cruelty shows that you think smirking and simpering are great acting. And most damning of all, the fact that you would omit Oh Brother Where Art Thou shows that you do not even have so much as one drop of hillbilly blood in your veins and thus cannot be considered to be a true American.

Posted by: sti at August 9, 2005 07:07 PM

Neglecting to mention "O Brother Where Art Thou" was an unforgivable oversite, however in my defense I offer the following points:

1- I had just recently watched "Intolerable Cruelty" so it was fresh in my mind.

2- My point was more a dispute of the oft heard assertion that the Coen Brothers have been off their game lately a net people use to ensare "Brother" as well (several people ranked it as 8 of 11 out of the Coen movies), so though not explicitately stated my point actually was a point in favor of "Brother".

3- Finally, upon reflection I would have to say as a total work that "Brother" is better than "Cruelty" however if you take away the soundtrack from "Brother" and look merely at the writing and the acting (which is more what I'm referring to when I talk about a "good" movie) then I think I'd have to give the lead back to "Cruelty".

Posted by: Ross at August 10, 2005 10:58 AM

View From the Bushes

August 09, 2005