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RE: If at first you don't succeed...

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DWPC

In Reply to: RE: If at first you don't succeed... posted by Jazz Inmate on July 18, 2008 at 17:08:54

You can't think that the "Whoa, how cool is that" Coen Bros. gimmicks and oddness bear any semblance whatsover to the reality of drug violence, even at some allegorical level. Don't get me wrong...I think the movie was entertaining. But totally a Hollywood contrivance that romanticized psychopaths with irony and a good deal of viewer manipulation to make them palatable.

As the guy who jumped off the 20-story building shouted as he passed the 10th Floor "So far..so good!"

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RE: If at first you don't succeed... - Jazz Inmate 00:00:06 07/19/08 (1)
The problem with your analysis is two-fold.

1. The story stayed very close to Cormac McCarthy's novel, so you're completely wrong in attributing anything about the plot to Joel and Ethan Coen.

2. The entire film is so un-hollywood that your "Hollywood contrivance" explanation begs the question whether you're even thinking of the right movie.

How did you get it so wrong? There wasn't even a showdown between good guy and bad guy, which is the basis of Hollywood contrivance. Also, your previous post accused NCfOM of being too slow. Hollywood is churning out faced paced shlock, in case you didn't notice. If you're hung up on issues like drug violence and romanticizing psychopaths you can take your pick of films and TV shows that are completely void of redeeming value. NCfOM is not.

You clearly missed the artistry and symmetry of the story, the poetry of the script, the brilliance of the direction and the commentary on society and human nature. That's what cinema is all about.
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Call it, friendo.
- If you say so. - DWPC 09:13:31 07/19/08 (0)
  But I think most contemporary dramas are to cinema as hip-hop is to music. I'm not attributing anything to the Coen Bros but the skill to assemble of a film to push the buttons of their audience. Being "un-Hollywood" is the new Hollywood.
  
  As the guy who jumped off the 20-story building shouted as he passed the 10th Floor "So far..so good!"

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