Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!:
OK, first I want you to recognize I have not once said in this thread that anyone was right or wrong in their assertions. Just that I disagree.
That said, to say "the goal of a movie should be to entertain" ... that is incorrect.
Movies are for entertainment... and can be so much more.
The art of film (or any art for that matter) can be, and absolutely should be whenever it can, more, even a catalyst for change.
Just because all YOU want out of a movie is to be entertained is not to say that is all the artists involved in making it wanted.
If you don't like "art films" then don't see them. They weren't made for you (the universal you - those who don't like them).
The Coens, like it or not, are artists. Their films speak more than just on the surface.
Well, my comment was for Midnight-Douchebag...but any how, I understand your point. I do like art films, but i think i may like them for a different reason than you.
I felt like it could've been a lot better. I think the plot was there, the characters were interesting, but the interaction between the two was severely lacking. You have the scene set for these two bad-ass mofo's and the confrontation was weak, and that's all surrounded by whisper-dialogue; it was nulling me to sleep. That and it never felt or came across as an "Art-film" for me.
Maybe it was the way it was marketed. I thought i was walking into an ass-kicking movie set out in the country. \shrug. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Dr. Jesus:
I think the plot was there, the characters were interesting, but the interaction between the two was severely lacking. You have the scene set for these two bad-ass mofo's and the confrontation was weak, and that's all surrounded by whisper-dialogue; it was nulling me to sleep.
One dude had a suitcase full of dough, he was trying get away the bad guy all through the movie.
So the interaction would be lacking. I don't think they would have a sit down conversation like in the movie Heat. [Reply]
But not nearly as much as I did nine years ago, apparently. :-)
I can see why people don't like it. I think it's the setting that draws me in. I flew all over that countryside for years, and they nailed it.
The acting is excellent, too. His wife was hot in Trainspotting, and she is hot in this. She is Scottish, and pulls off the Texan accent very well. [Reply]
