the final one scrutes a lot better on second viewing
― Bing The Mighty Seat (sic), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 19:56 (five years ago) link
I liked all of these except the freak show one, which spun its wheels for what seemed like a good ten minutes
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 20:00 (five years ago) link
...to haunting effect, I felt.
― chap, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 21:39 (five years ago) link
that's fair, it was beautifully shot
― sleeve, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 22:00 (five years ago) link
i liked the freakshow one mostly because it sparked my curiosity so much with so much unsaid, ie the relationship backstory btw neeson & dudley dursley characters — the nature of his talents & whether he is able to speak conversationally ie is he too afraid of neeson to speak or does he only know these rote speeches & that’s all etc
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
I just posted this on fb, but I'll throw it to the wolves here too.
In 'All Gold Canyon,' the stranger/claim jumper who shot Tom Waits' prospector in the back was actually a leprechaun protecting his "pot o' gold," y/n?
He's wearing all green, he's appears out of nowhere, and he doesn't act with any urgency to collect the gold Waits found. He, instead, smokes a cigarette calmly and sits down like "got another one."
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 01:15 (five years ago) link
Interesting! That was the segment based on a Jack London story (which I haven't read, but now want to) so it'll be interesting (though not necessarily conclusive) to see how that all plays out in the source material.
― Timothée Charalambides (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 01:19 (five years ago) link
I didn't bring it up before because my thinking was "oh, that's so obvious that no one's even bothering to talk about it," but then a week went by and no one even mentioned it as even a tossed off theory. So I just watched that segment for the second time and I'm absolutely sure of it.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 01:27 (five years ago) link
I know that Jack London story and it is excellent, especially his portrayal of the psychology of the lone prospector and the methodical way he proceeds to work the hillside to locate the pocket.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 01:27 (five years ago) link
I just skimmed the text of the Jack London story. They really stuck close to the source material, but I still think they added an extra twist between the lines where they were allowed the room to do so.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 01:40 (five years ago) link
uh huh...
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:47 (five years ago) link
Did you rewatch it yet?? You're a hard sell.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 02:50 (five years ago) link
i’m all for magical realism but this isn’t that imoif a leprechaun makes sense to you then ok, you do you, but for me this story is a+ sans lep i don’t buy that the coens, excellent writers in their own right, would take this dark & simple *jack london* story & say, you know what this needs? a leprechaun.
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 04:04 (five years ago) link
Are people defending “a meal ticket”? Because that was bottom-barrel for them.
― Western® with Bacon Flavor, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 05:23 (five years ago) link
a fucking leprechaun. Words fail me
― Number None, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 07:57 (five years ago) link
it is not a leprechaun
― Clay, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 08:02 (five years ago) link
hahahaha
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 17:20 (five years ago) link
sleep, that's where I'm a leprechaun (very crafty and gold-loving, not an actual leprechaun)
“a meal ticket”? Because that was bottom-barrel for them.
bold call for filmmakers that have a remake of The Ladykillers starring Tom Hanks in a facemerkin on their resume, plus Crimewave
― sans lep (sic), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
Kid was wearing green, hence leprechaun.
― An Uphill Battle For Legumes (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 21:30 (five years ago) link
leprechauns roll their own
― Death comes sweeping through the hallway. Thank you, Death. (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 21:44 (five years ago) link
So how do you explain the colorful marshmallows he kept finding in the stream?
― Evan, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
...?
― sans lep (sic), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 23:21 (five years ago) link
https://i5.walmartimages.com/asr/66e3fc3d-32ef-41b4-9aa3-2852b3c17f19_1.f19a53b164c8a56d749fb11670983422.jpeg
― sleeve, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 23:24 (five years ago) link
sorry for huge image
Kid was wearing green
Just appeared, and did so immediately after gold had been found.
If it hadn't been a gold story, I probably wouldn't have even thought much about the fact his entire wardrobe was deep, dark green and that his hat was also green with a gold band on it. But it is and those things are.
Anyway, I'm not gonna evangelize about this theory, but the Coens have done FAR cornier things.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 November 2018 00:28 (five years ago) link
FP'd sleeve, Evan, and the USA as a whole
upvoting Johnny Fever because it would be hilarious if true
― sans lep (sic), Thursday, 29 November 2018 01:21 (five years ago) link
lol I accept your FP with apologies
― sleeve, Thursday, 29 November 2018 01:30 (five years ago) link
I was just being goofy I don’t actually have strong feelings about leprechaun theories
― Evan, Thursday, 29 November 2018 02:34 (five years ago) link
i rest my case
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 November 2018 04:45 (five years ago) link
Watched this hungover on the couch the weekend it was released and was consistently surprised, entertained, and depressed. Came away with “Yeah, that was pretty solid.”But tbh I’ve been thinking about one or more of these stories almost every day since then. It’s haunted me. Need a rewatch, but rolling around in my brain it’s the best thing they’ve done since A Serious Man.
― circa1916, Thursday, 29 November 2018 05:04 (five years ago) link
i feel the same way
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 29 November 2018 06:03 (five years ago) link
I wonder if there’s something more intimate and weird (and therefore memorable) about experiencing this Coen movie at home rather than in the cinema
Obvs I don’t think it would’ve made The Ladykillers better. But the combination of big US landscapes + my small TV was unsettling rather than lessening.
― Chuck_Tatum, Thursday, 29 November 2018 14:39 (five years ago) link
loved this
― Mordy, Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:16 (five years ago) link
were you guys also bothered by how buster scruggs managed to be such an amazing shot, and how the chicken could do math
i think the chicken did math w/ the bell they'd ring it probably when it was near the right number or something like that - counting animals are all over vaudeville + side show history
― Mordy, Thursday, 6 December 2018 04:25 (five years ago) link
1. the gal who got rattled 2. meal ticket 3. the ballad of buster scruggs 4. all gold canyon5. near algodones 6. the mortal remainsoverall thought this was ok. it looked really nice and had some good acting but it didn't really hit me.
― na (NA), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
this felt so thin and nothingy. some of the photography and scenery was really beautiful, but the stories were really inconsequential
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:08 (five years ago) link
i agree - a few got by on pathos or novelty but the rest felt thin
― na (NA), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:22 (five years ago) link
near algodones felt like they came up with the "first time?" line and worked backwards (though stephen root was funny)
― na (NA), Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:24 (five years ago) link
I don't think these were "nothingy" at all. Felt maybe similarly during watching like "just ending with that huh" and then you're right on to the next one, but they sit well in memory and have more meat on their bones than might be immediately apparent.
― circa1916, Thursday, 6 December 2018 13:34 (five years ago) link
That guy sure looked like a leprechaun to me
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 8 December 2018 18:30 (five years ago) link
1. Leprechauns are little men. It's kind of their defining characteristic2. Leprechauns do not wield guns3. Leprechauns are creatures of Irish myth. Why would you put one in a film dealing with classic Western tropes?
― Number None, Saturday, 8 December 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
Gold
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 8 December 2018 18:36 (five years ago) link
THANK YOU
― Johnny Fever, Saturday, 8 December 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
Yeah I'm down with the leprechaun notion.
― WmC, Saturday, 8 December 2018 18:52 (five years ago) link
Yeah, I can't tell who's serious anymore but I'm with VG and Number None on this one.
― Locked in silent monologue, in silent scream (Sund4r), Saturday, 8 December 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51bqXhuBwpL.jpg
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 9 December 2018 15:36 (five years ago) link
Loved Conrad Hilton’s tedious speechifying in the final segment
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 9 December 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
It's too long ago to remember it exactly but there's a pause in his speech and then someone asks him a question and the looks on everyone's faces really got me.
― ryan, Sunday, 9 December 2018 16:55 (five years ago) link
I was too distracted/delighted by the presence of Saul Rubinek to notice that this was that guy!
― resident hack (Simon H.), Sunday, 9 December 2018 17:12 (five years ago) link