Raising Arizona
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Under-rated, funny movie.
Rasing Arizona is a comic masterpiece. So many great quotes and scenes....
"He explained that Edwina's insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase."
"You mean you busted out of jail."
"No, ma'am. We released ourselves on our own recognizance."
"What Evelle here is trying to say is that we felt that the institution no longer had anything to offer us."
"What was he wearing?"
"A dinner jacket...what do you think? He was wearing his damn jammies. They had Yodas and shit on 'em!!"
Great, great film.
"He explained that Edwina's insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase."
"You mean you busted out of jail."
"No, ma'am. We released ourselves on our own recognizance."
"What Evelle here is trying to say is that we felt that the institution no longer had anything to offer us."
"What was he wearing?"
"A dinner jacket...what do you think? He was wearing his damn jammies. They had Yodas and shit on 'em!!"
Great, great film.
It has one of the best dead-pan lines in movie history:
"Son, you got a panty on your head."
"Son, you got a panty on your head."
One of my all-time favorite movies. It has the best ending monologue ever:
I liked it right away as well.
With the Coen brothers, it's been hit or miss for me.
I loved Rising Arizona and O Brother, Where Art Thou?. And The Big Lebowski is hands-down one of my all-time favorite movies.
However, some of their movies just never registered with me. The Hudsucker Proxy and The Lady Killers just left me feeling "meh."
Fargo and Intolerable Cruelty were just downright awful, IMO.
I haven't seen Burn After Reading, but would like to. I've heard that it makes absolutely no sense until there's about five minutes left in the movie, and then it's the single funniest thing you've ever experienced in your entire life.
So, the Coens can make movies ranging from bad to average to great. But when they make great ones, they REALLY hit it out of the ballpark.
awesomenessOne of my all-time favorite movies. It has the best ending monologue ever:
Rasing Arizona is a comic masterpiece. So many great quotes and scenes....
"He explained that Edwina's insides were a rocky place where my seed could find no purchase."
"You mean you busted out of jail."
"No, ma'am. We released ourselves on our own recognizance."
"What Evelle here is trying to say is that we felt that the institution no longer had anything to offer us."
"What was he wearing?"
"A dinner jacket...what do you think? He was wearing his damn jammies. They had Yodas and shit on 'em!!"
Great, great film.
What's funny is all five " -- had no Jammies"
They were all in diapers--Huggies one might assume
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My Coen brothers order:
1) O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2) The Big Lebowski
3) Fargo
4) Raising Arizona
5) Blood Simple
6) Miller's Crossing
7) Barton Fink
8) Crimewave (written by, not directed (Sam Raimi). still not on DVD in US grrrrr!)
9) No Country for Old Men (great, but HATED the ending)
10) Intolerable Cruelty (was surprisingly good, but not great)
11) Burn After Reading (reasonably boring)
12) The Ladykillers (disappointing remake)
I know I left some things off, but those are the most relevant ones to me. So yeah, I love Raising Arizona. It was super fresh when it came out, and it still holds up well today. Unfortunately, one of the last great things Nic Cage ever did. I've always found it interesting that we were born on the exact same day (Jan. 7, 1964). Too bad he started making really crappy movies.
1) O Brother, Where Art Thou?
2) The Big Lebowski
3) Fargo
4) Raising Arizona
5) Blood Simple
6) Miller's Crossing
7) Barton Fink
8) Crimewave (written by, not directed (Sam Raimi). still not on DVD in US grrrrr!)
9) No Country for Old Men (great, but HATED the ending)
10) Intolerable Cruelty (was surprisingly good, but not great)
11) Burn After Reading (reasonably boring)
12) The Ladykillers (disappointing remake)
I know I left some things off, but those are the most relevant ones to me. So yeah, I love Raising Arizona. It was super fresh when it came out, and it still holds up well today. Unfortunately, one of the last great things Nic Cage ever did. I've always found it interesting that we were born on the exact same day (Jan. 7, 1964). Too bad he started making really crappy movies.
I should have said something more along the lines of "quite boring". But yeah, it didn't do much for me. Not a bad movie by any means though. Just not my cup of tea.
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I've loved this movie ever since I was a kid, although I didn't quite get all the humor when I was younger. As an adult it's even funnier. 
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