Favourite Coen Brothers Film

[PlainSimpleJoel]

So today I picked up the No Country For Old Men DVD (it was released here today), and I've been a fan of the Coen Brothers since I saw Fargo.

Anyways, out of the 12 films the brothers have made, which is your favourite?

 

[The Squire of Gothos]

"The Big Lebowski", mostly because when I first watched it, we all admired the Dude's style (we being stoned university students at the time). As a bonus its pretty funny too.

Second place I'd probably put "Hudsucker Proxy".

 

[kalysto]

The Big Lebowski!

 

[Kegek]

Far too many good choices. I had the good fortune of seeing almost all of them in the theatres last January (Coen Brothers retrospectives; pure joy).

But, as atypical as it is; I've still got to go with something that seems to be considered a minor work at best: The Hudsucker Proxy. Sheer hilarity; I never tire of this movie.

Runners-up would be more conventional fare like Fargo, Raising Arizona, No Country for Old Men, The Man Who Wasn't There and The Big Lebowski.

 

[ITL]

I haven't seen all of them, but of the ones I have seen, my favourites would be Fargo and O, Brother.

I couldn't get into The Big Lebowski - even though it's obviously a well written and acted movie, I just didn't care enough about the fate of the protaganist. He bored the crap out of me.

 

[Shurik]

The Big Lebowski.

 

[PK95]

The Hudsucker Proxy. Hilarious movie with great performances all around.

 

[A beaker full of death]

The left turn in Barton Fink really threw me. I never recovered.

 

[TheBrew]

The Big Lebowski with O'Brother Where Art Thou behind it. Fargo is great as well.

 

[Harvey]

I went with No Country For Old Men. Still think it was the best film of the year.

I haven't seen The Hudsucker Proxy yet. I want to, though. It looks wild and right down my alley.

 

[Kegek]

I haven't seen The Hudsucker Proxy yet. I want to, though. It looks wild and right down my alley.

Strongly recommended. Absolutely hilarious screwball comedy. I particularly love Paul Newman's cigar-chomping performance as Sidney Mussberger. 'Sure, sure...' And the cityscape looks gorgeous.

There's a little gag about Hitchcock's Defector that is pretty funny as well.

 

[1001001]

So many great films. These guys are geniuses.

I had a hard time choosing between O Brother, Where Art Thou? and Raising Arizona. Fargo is a classic as well.

I finally went with O Brother, Where Art Thou?

 

[Starbreaker]

O Brother... nobody pick The Ladykillers.

 

[AstroSmurf]

I had to give my vote to "The Hudsucker Proxy" too. There is just something about that film that I find very amusing. And I always get a kick out of Jennifer Jason Leigh's machine gun line delivery and the completely absurd way the company is run. Both play on a typical cliche while pointing a subtle finger at them. But much of the film does this to a certain extent while being almost outrageously over the top.

Runners up would be "Fargo", "O' Brother", "Miller's Crossing" and "Raising Arizona". However, I own almost all of the Cohen films on DVD. I find their skewed view of the world to be both delightful and entertaining... and sometimes very bloody and violent. Anyone want to go play with the wood chipper?

 

[ITL]

One of the many things that impresses me about Fargo is the music - Scandanavian folk music played by an orchestra - it really adds to the atmosphere.

You betcha!

 

[HighteeHeller]

Though i really loved Raising Arizona i had to go with O Brother.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Raising Arizona just edges O Brother, Where Art Thou?

 

[Norrin Radd]

The Big Lebowski: Comedy gold and very nostalgic for me...dude.

 

[CorporalClegg]

As one who hails from Northern Minnesota, I have to go with Fargo. They just got it so right.

 

[J.T.B.]

I've been a big Coen bros. fan since seeing Raising Arizona on a Friday night with a couple of friends when I was 17. Not knowing anything about the film, we were completely blown over by this ingenious and hilarious movie. One of the most transformative moviegoing experiences I ever had. (Either the week before or the week after, we saw David Byrne's True Stories, and there again was this guy John Goodman whom nobody had ever heard of.)

It was tough, but I voted for Blood Simple, the only one I didn't see first-run. I like Chandler and Hammett-type writing, and I respected their feel for the genre and the sheer inventiveness of how they approached it. The originality and feel of that movie just always impresses me.

I always liked The Hudsucker Proxy and was always a little surprised it didn't get more notice. I think it may help to have some familiarity with movies of the '30s and '40s.

I would put NCFOM in second place.

--Justin