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4Mar/10Off

“A Serious Man” was a terrible, boring movie

photo props - Adam Foster | Codefor
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I've always liked Coen brother's films in the past, with the exception of "No Country For Old Men".  "Fargo" was probably my favorite closely followed by "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"  I thought I enjoyed dark comedies and I thought I enjoyed the Coen brothers.  Apparently not anymore.  "A Serious Man" was nominated for an academy award I think, but not sure why.  Don't get me wrong.  Some parts of the movie aren't so bad.  I liked how the movie was a period piece of the 1960's.  The neighborhood reminded me quite a bit of my own.  The nagging phone call's the main character received were nicely awkward and uncomfortable.  Actually...they were a lot like the ones William H. Macy received in "Fargo", a movie in my top ten.  Dammit, the more I think of "A Serious Man" the less I hate it.  I had the exact same reaction to "No Country For Old Men"

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I hated "No Country For Old Men" immediately after watching it.  There were a lot of good aspects to the film, specifically the camera work and creepyness of Javier Bardem.  I hated the ending though.  I saw it on opening weekend so I continued to see trailers on TV for a few weeks after seeing the movie.  I'd see a trailer and think, "that part was cool" and I'd see another and think the same thing.  The more I thought about it, the less I hated it.  I have the give Joel and Ethan Coen a ton of credit because no other movie inspired the strange reaction.  It's strange, like a waning hate of a movie...I don't know.
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5 Movies out of my top 10 in no order:
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I just realized "The Big Lebowski" is another Coen brothers film I really like....See, I want to like their newer stuff but I like their older stuff way more.  I tried re-watching "No Country for Old Men" a few months ago and had to turn it off.  Too goddamn boring to justify for a few good scenes.

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