...saw this over the weekend on DVD.
While I usually like, or at least appreciate, most of the Coen Brothers films, this one really left me cold.
I thought it was a little painful and the ending...very abrupt and strange.
Overall, a terrible film.
And it's nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
Anyone else seen it?
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Topic - A Serious Man... - mkuller 13:17:09 03/01/10 (35)
- creepy, boring, disturbing film - Jazz Inmate 16:09:09 03/02/10 (4)
- Columbia Record Club... - mkuller 15:18:27 03/03/10 (3)
- RE: Columbia Record Club... - Jazz Inmate 21:01:24 03/03/10 (2)
- I read "inaccuracies" as in reference to... - mpathus 00:14:03 03/04/10 (1)
- ah...ok - Jazz Inmate 08:42:46 03/04/10 (0)
- RE: A Serious Man... - tunenut 09:18:27 03/02/10 (6)
- Their best: Fargo; No Country; Blood Simple; Big Lebowski; Intolerable Cruelty; - tinear 12:36:52 03/03/10 (0)
- "I believe there is much to be found under the surface." - musetap 11:43:37 03/02/10 (4)
- Barton Fink is their crowning achievement NT - Jazz Inmate 22:08:31 03/02/10 (3)
- For me - "Miller's Crossing" nt - geoff 12:26:18 03/03/10 (0)
- You're close. It's actually The Man Who Wasn't There. nt - geoffkait 08:32:38 03/03/10 (1)
- That fell flat for me and had nowhere near the writing, imagery or acting excellence of BF NT - Jazz Inmate 09:03:54 03/03/10 (0)
- it was packed with nuances and oddities - PhilJ 08:01:13 03/02/10 (0)
- I very much appreciated the craft that went into it - sjb 06:55:27 03/02/10 (0)
- RE: A Serious Man... - mpathus 21:04:52 03/01/10 (0)
- I liked it quite a bit, - Harmonia 17:48:52 03/01/10 (0)
- Great performance and a black comedy as Coen's often do. You think "Fargo" - tinear 15:08:10 03/01/10 (10)
- Fargo was... - mkuller 15:16:56 03/01/10 (9)
- Fargo was a crashing bore. * - mr grits 16:51:08 03/01/10 (3)
- so you married norm son-of-a-gunderson NT - Jazz Inmate 20:15:07 03/02/10 (0)
- Be afraid. Be very afraid.nt - jamesgarvin 09:31:09 03/02/10 (0)
- RE: Fargo was a crashing bore. * - volunteer 07:17:41 03/02/10 (0)
- You found no humor in "A Serious Man?" I thought it was hilarious. nt - tinear 15:44:35 03/01/10 (4)
- Too much black, too little comedy... - mkuller 16:11:27 03/01/10 (3)
- I thought it was very humorous... - Harmonia 18:58:50 03/01/10 (2)
- Agreed. It had more than a few hilarious moments: the female next door neighbor interaction; - tinear 15:29:35 03/02/10 (1)
- The humor was weak and a bit forced - Jazz Inmate 22:10:11 03/02/10 (0)
- RE: A Serious Man... - volunteer 15:07:40 03/01/10 (2)
- Do it anyway... - Harmonia 19:03:09 03/01/10 (0)
- Since it's up for Best Picture,,, - mkuller 15:20:05 03/01/10 (0)
- Should be starting it tonight.nt - jamesgarvin 14:34:13 03/01/10 (0)
- One of the weirdest flicks I've seen. The needle on the fun-o-meter didn't budge. - free.ranger 14:17:21 03/01/10 (3)
- The late 1960's were captured well... - mkuller 14:19:48 03/01/10 (2)
- RE: The late 1960's were captured well... - geoff 15:56:46 03/01/10 (1)
- And... - Harmonia 19:00:46 03/01/10 (0)