Comments on: Ranking The Films Of The Coen Brothers

By: big M

big M — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 02:13:54 +0000

i think that both ladykillers and O Brother should be way higher!! especially O Brother!! Intolerable Cruelty is definetly the worst of thier films, by far!!!!!!

By: Dave DeLuca

Dave DeLuca — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:48:10 +0000

Picking my favorite Coen Bro’s film is like choosing your favorite child… I like them all for different reasons… but I would ask for a paternity test for Intolerable Cruelty and Lady Killers!

By: the OldWrangler

the OldWrangler — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:14:31 +0000

I am an absolute addict of the “Bro’s”. I don’t care about the ranking. Raising Arizona and Fargo are my favorites but what I really like is how they use so many of the same actors in their films. It’s almost like seeing old friends or even family when you see their next film. And the actors they use are some of Hollywood’s best talent….turturro, clooney, goodman, mcdormand and thornton.

By: caselli

caselli — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:08:33 +0000

The Big Labowski should be # 1!
Not only on the list but of all time coedys.

John Caselli

By: Steve Roberts

Steve Roberts — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:49:18 +0000

You did an excellent job of rating their films. I’d move Miller’s Crossing up a notch. I’ve watched it almost as much as Lebowski. The script, the acting, the directing are outstanding. Don’t you just love the opening with John Polito talking about “ethics”?

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By: hal crandall

hal crandall — Fri, 01 May 2009 08:30:56 +0000

o’brother and arizona should both be much higher. and i felt that no countrys ending was left on the cutting room floor.

By: geoff

geoff — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 12:38:26 +0000

oh brother #1 for me…it’s a re-telling of homer’s odyssey, has great humour and since seeing the film i learned the history of the rock candy mountain song which the soggy bottom boys sang

By: Doug Abbott

Doug Abbott — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 01:51:18 +0000

Great list of great movies. I think the brothers should buy “Sometimes a Great Notion” from Ken Kesey or Paul Newman’s estate and make the movie. Newman made a version that was miscast and missed the whole vibe that Kesey created. The scene where the owner of the laudromat/movie theatre is putting letters in the marquee and decides that the trouble with life is there aren’t enough “e’s” is priceless Coen-type material. Newman never got the humor that made Kesey great. The Coen’s are the only ones who could do the book justice.

By: Sneaky Pete

Sneaky Pete — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 17:45:00 +0000

I admire all you people who can so readily rank these films. I would have to watch them all again – and would gladly engage in that indulgence – to attempt to pick my favorites. I have no argument, however, with Fargo as number one. If I’m channel surfing and find it on – I’m there for the duration. For those of you who don’t like No Country’s ending, I had to ponder it for a few minutes to decide the film was “about” Tommy Lee Jone’s character, and not “about” the plot. And as far as disturbing images in Coen Brothers movies, I think that’s one of the amazing things about them. To me, Javier Bardem’s handcuffed strangling of that deputy is one of the most powerful segments of cinema I’ve ever witnessed. Those boot scuffs on the floor – holy shit! … only the Coen brothers.