Evening Reading

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• Going to see it tonight after watching TRS's review. Hope it's as awesome as they say. : jeffmoeller
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  Nothing about that trailer screams hilarious to me. It does look good, though. : jingletard
  • Coens are generally pretty hilarious : Serpico74
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    Much of the dialogue is very funny and a few moments in particular got big laughs in the theater I was in... : NastyJack
    • Yea it definitely drew some laughs from the theatre I was in. Great dialogue, great acting all around. : c0ucheh
• I saw it tonight and it was awesome. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  was the theater packed? : pyide
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    Not even close. Like maybe 1/5th full. I saw a matinée though which is usually the only way I'll watch... : NastyJack
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      Last time I went to a matinee close to release I got burned by a few older couples smuggling in annoyingl... : pyide
      • Yeah matinées are certainly no guarantee of a good experience but I find the chances are much improved... : NastyJack
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  Nah, Armond White liked it, it must suck! : TabsAZ
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    God dammit, this is almost enough to make me want to not see it. It feels disgusting to potentially like ... : Talonus.
    • What if this is his master plan...to like something good after years of being the ultimate movie troll so... : Vorlonesque
• going to see this joint next week : arizona bay
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  Wait, didn't I read this thread and these responses already? : Herman Toothrot
  • Deja Vu 2: Deja Vu 2 : FirstPersonCooter
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  I saw true grit years ago. It was great. : BeowolfSchaefer
  • this, beowulf, is a different adaptation of the book. so it's the same story, same characters, same plot ... : biskits
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  i didnt realize westerns were synonymous with hilarity : spiderfill
  • Did I imply that? Or did I just say that this is a western with humor in it? : NastyJack
  • You've never seen Paint Your Wagon? : trove
  • Well the best Western ever made is Blazing Saddles. : shortbuscaptain
  • you must have never seen clint eastwood's stand-up : indosauros
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  The Coen brothers are incapable of making a bad movie. Fact. : notd665
  • If a were a Notary, I would put my stamp on this. : finalthrill
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    a solitary man, the man who wasn't there, intolerable cruelty and burn after reading were crap. They stil... : mista mista
    • Crap? Please. Don't devalue the word. Those range from great to good to I haven't seen. : NastyJack
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      They didn't do the first one, and you're wrong about all four anyway. Thanks for playing. : notd665
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        yeah, I meant a serious man. solitary man was also crap though : mista mista
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          what didnt you like about a serious man? i really liked it but i think there can be valid criticisms of ... : mXENO
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            i didn't like anytying about the movie and only sat through it hoping it was just a big a joke but it nev... : mista mista
            • it was a modern take on the story of job and the crisis of faith it is one of my favorite movies : spiderfill
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      Burn After Reading was fucking hilarious. How can you like them at all and not that movie? "I thought, yo : locater16
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        pacing was all weird, didn't like any of the characters. the only good part of the movie is when brad pi : mista mista
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          All of the characters were idiots, that was the point, you weren't supposed to like them. That way you co... : locater16
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            i didn't dislike them because they were idiots. I didn't liekt hem because they were boring. not the, "i ... : mista mista
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              I think that was sort of the point. These people all wanted to be part of some exciting life, but the re... : trove
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                lol. you guys are giving the coen brothers too much credit. they can make a shitty movie. make it mundane... : mista mista
                • Eh, still thought it was hilarious. The dildo chair was pure lol. Nothing happening was what tied it alto... : locater16
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                  I didn't think it was mundane. It was hilarious. Everyday people believing they were part of a huge consp... : Danny5225
                  • I think it captures the entire "conspiracy theory" concept exactly. The conspiracies always involve the ... : trove
            • Maybe you are just not meant to watch films without explosions? : Wisp!
      • i laughed my ass off at that movie, even though it wasnt the best coen bros flick. i love dark humor. : -=kodiak=-
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      You didn't like A Serious Man? I don't think you get the Coens. I mean, all their movies are indirectl : sgtsanity
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        i didn't feel any dread or unnerving. I thought it was slow and drab and boring. It didn't make me depres... : mista mista
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          bah fucked up the middle sentence, slowly and quickly should be switched : mista mista
          • you should watch it again because you missed a lot. : Boxelder
      • I thought it was great, too. Although I found parts of it to be hilarious. Every time they diced him over... : Crabs Jarrard
    • Solitary man was awesome you suck I hate you : Boxelder
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    I heard they did a porno involving John Goodman and a blind quadriplegic goat and a blind elderly woman w... : Vorlonesque
    • It's on Netflix : ninjase
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    how quickly we forget The Ladykillers. That was the worst movie i had seen in years, much less the worst... : deathofrats
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      Your track record of movie watching must be fucking immaculate if that is the worst thing you've ever see... : Crabs Jarrard
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        he must not have seen Wanted : spiderfill
        • Or any of the Transformers movies. : Wisp!
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      You need to see The Room "Oh hello deathofrats" : Vorlonesque
      • No wait its "Oh Hi deathofrats" : Vorlonesque
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    Intolerable Cruelty was not very good. : mechanicalgrape
    • No, it was pretty good. IIRC, other people did the screenplay and the Coens made some fixes here and ther... : Crabs Jarrard
  • ^^^ hasn't seen ladykillers : Boxelder
  • Lady Killers! : milgram976
• We saw it this afternoon and it is 100% fantastic. Barry Pepper and Josh Brolin were fantastic : c0bra
• great movie! it got a bunch of laughs from the audience and the moments of action were sudden and intens... : grendel
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  Agree. Really good. Also, love the language/writing in this. And a humorous cameo from JK Simmons. Se... : trOmblyj
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    well, I missed him! who was he? : opengl128
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      oh shit was he the bear guy? : opengl128
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        no lawyer in voice over : trOmblyj
        • I knew that was his voice, just don't know his name. : GoldfishInAJarOfPickles
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  I just got back from it. Seriously go see it if you like Westerns. Very dark humor. More subtle than A Se... : tomservo
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    Not yet. Soon.
    
    I also need to watch The Fighter, and hopefully find some way to see Black Swan that doesn't involve me driving several miles. Oscar season is such a trainwreck every year, especially for those of us in bumfuck, northern Michigan. :(

    Dec 22, 2010 11:59pm PST
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    Not yet. Soon. I also need to watch The Fighter, and hopefully find some way to see Black Swan that do... : sgtsanity
    • err, several hours. : sgtsanity
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      I need to see those two as well. My friend and I meet at a theater about 15 miles west of me. It is aweso... : tomservo
      • It will be a 170-mile round trip for us to go see it tomorrow. It will be my first Coens movie in a theat... : Crabs Jarrard
    • The Fighter was overrated, IMO. Christian Bale will be worth the price of admission though. : milgram976
    • God I want to see all those movies but my GF has 0 interest in good movies. I wish more Shackers lived i... : HL3dsx
  • I did not get A Serious Man at all. I tried watching it on the plane and was bored to tears, and I really... : node
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  It's 40 years old. I think pretty much everyone has seen it. : Sludgehead
  • HERP : Boxelder