[nikofeyn]

this article’s reputability is immediately damaged by the statement that intolerable cruelty is a bad film. just because it is a romantic comedy, a romcom, people immediately dismiss its brilliance. intolerable cruelty is hilarious and very much in the center of what the coen brothers do best. there is some fantastic dialogue and the on screen compatibility between the actors is fantastic.

“freddie...it’s a negotiation.”

reading further, i don’t think this person knows anything about the coens. o brother, where art thou is not really an adaptation of as much as it is inspired by homer. no country for old men is almost a direct copy of cormac mccarthy’s book. irreverent is a strange way to describe that film’s handling of the book’s story. and in talking about “true adaptations”, the author fails to mention true grit, which is even more of a direct translation to film of its source material.

[js2]

Yeah I don’t get hating on Intolerable Cruelty. The only Coen brothers film I truly disliked was Ladykillers. I didn’t really care for Burn After Reading either, but I feel like I probably just need to give it another chance.

My favorite segment of Buster Scrugs was The Gal Who Got Rattled, followed by Near Algodones. I found Meal Ticket too long and too dark. Didn’t care for The Mortal Remains all that much either.

Poor gal, she shouldn’t ought to have done it. Oh my.