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View Poll Results: Best Coen brothers film?
Barton Fink 0 0%
The Big Lebowski 6 17.65%
Blood Simple 1 2.94%
Fargo 9 26.47%
The Hudsucker Proxy 1 2.94%
Intolerable Cruelty 2 5.88%
The Ladykillers 0 0%
No Country for Old Men 3 8.82%
O Brother, Where Art Thou? 8 23.53%
Raising Arizona 4 11.76%
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Old 04-26-2008, 12:06 AM   #1
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Default Best Coen brothers film?

If you have more than one favorite, nut up and choose a tiebreaker.
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Old 04-26-2008, 12:08 AM   #2
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If you have more than one favorite, nut up and choose a tiebreaker.
I think the only one I've ever seen is Fargo so that is what I'm going with.
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I think the only one I've ever seen is Fargo so that is what I'm going with.
Check that - I've seen Oh Brother. I liked Fargo better though. I still choose Fargo. Haven't seen any of the others.
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Old 04-26-2008, 12:17 AM   #4
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Tough, tough call. If you put a gun to my head, I would have to go with O Brother, with The Big Lebowski and Fargo a very close second. O Brother gets the nod due to an outstanding soundtrack.

Sheesh, that's like asking a parent to pick a favorite child.
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Old 04-26-2008, 12:29 AM   #5
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I go

1. Fargo (in my top 5 all time)
2. Blood Simple
3. Big Lebowski

With No Country possibly breaking in there somewhere, I'll have to let it sit for a while.
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Old 04-26-2008, 01:12 AM   #6
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My list is, in order:

Raising Arizona
Oh Brother, where art thou
No country
Fargo
Big Lebowski
Intolerable Cruelty
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Jeff Lebowski just chose O Brother???
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Barton Fink and Miller's Crossing are hugely underrated but I still had to choose Lebowski based upon cultural import and some of the best lines in cinematic history.
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OK, I will probably be ostracized like Elaine when she said she didn't like the English Patient, but I didn't like Fargo.

Of the Coen brothers films I have seen, I'd say I liked Intolerable Cruelty and O Brother the best. They both have the George Clooney factor. I also liked Raising Arizona.

We just saw No Country last night. It's not a favorite. These days I can't make it through a movie without a bathroom break. I made danimal walk me through our dark house to the bathroom during this movie.
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Marupial, I don't like Coen brother films. Fargo bored me to tears, and Oh Brother was a boring walk in the park.
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