Favorite Coen Brother Movie

[LynneSin]

Man, I love them all (although I haven't seen Ladykiller yet), what's your favorite movie from Joel and Ethan Coen?

[Fenris]

1. Shit. A tie between "Arizona" and "O Brother"

I voted "O Brother."

[sir_captain]

2. I can't bring myself to vote

I'm too torn between Fargo and Big Lebowski

honestly, i think their last few efforts have been kind of subpar

ladykillers should never have even been remade

[LynneSin]

7. I love Raising Arizona and Fargo, but the coin flip went to Fargo

but if I could vote twice - I'd have to give it to Raising Arizona. Only in that movie could they have a black man say "Sometimes I get the menstrual cramps real hard'. That has to be my favorite line from a Coen Movie

[cryofan]

18. Well, OK, then!

Jah....jah....

[phillybri]

3. Where's the money, Lebowski???

We fucks you up, Lebowski. We believe in nussing....

[fairfaxvadem]

4. O Brother and Lebowski...

But I went for O Brother. Just fascinated by all the references in the film, as well as the brilliant dialogue.

Cracks me up every single time...

[Whitacre D_WI]

5. "The Hudsucker Proxy."

I love "Raising Arizona," "Barton Fink," and "O Brother" as well; but I imagine they'll get more support in this poll.

[muchacho]

17. Whitacre D_WI

Dude, love the RJD banner...

[Whitacre D_WI]

22. Why, thank ya!

[robertpaulsen]

6. Torn between Fargo and Big Lebowski, I chose Lebowski.

Fargo might be a better film, but Lebowski is the one I watch more often.

The Dude Abides.

[jobycom]

8. An impossible question!

Like choosing between which parent I love most!

[LynneSin]

9. Although some of you can change your vote

I removed IC/LK and just put in there too many to pick just one. I figured no one is going to spew the great love for Intolerable Cruelty or Ladykillers; they aren't classics like the earlier ones

[jdsmith]

10. We've already forgotten

that one starring George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

[LynneSin]

12. No, I just ran out of room

sorry about that. Anyhow Clooney was much better in O Brother

[jdsmith]

15. No

WE HAVE ALREADY FORGOTTEN THAT ONE STARRING GEORGE CLOONEY AND CATHERINE ZETA-JONES.

(and, yes, he was a hoot in O Brother)

[LynneSin]

16. oh.....THAT kind of 'forgotten'

:bounce:

[CPschem]

11. Big Lebowski's one of my all-time favorites.

[SmileyBoy]

13. The Coen brothers graduated from the same high school as me.

St. Louis Park HS (MN).

As for the best, I'd go with Fargo and The Big Lebowski.

[Bridget Burke]

14. O, Brother--partly because of the wonderful music.

But, every time Raising Arizona is on TV, I try to catch the first part--before the credits.

[jdsmith]

19. Favorite vs. Best

Based on the question (favorite") I said "Lebowski"--it's incredibly likeable. My kids and I watch it every three or four months because it makes us so damned happy. (My seventeen-year-old quoted ten minutes of dialogue verbatim the other day. I am proud of him in some ways, afraid in others.) But I don't think it's the "best" Coens Bros. movie. That would be "Fargo."

[FunBobbyMucha]

20. Miller's Crossing

I just love every frame of this film. Of course choosing one Coen film is like choosing which finger on your hands you like best--they're all darn-tooting.

The exception, apparently, being IC, which I haven't seen. I didn't like TMWWT, found it beautiful to look at but devoid of that barton fink feeling, to turn a phrase. And I enjoyed Ladykillers a lot, benefiting, I assume, from not having seen the original.

[5thGenDemocrat]

23. Yeah, I went with Miller's Crossing, too

It's my favorite -- though not their most successful.
I absolutely did not "get" Barton Fink. I've seen it twice (because I didn't "get" it the first time) and it wasn't any clearer to me the second time, either.
John
But it isn't like I'm Roger Ebert. And I'm still a couple movies short of having seen all the Coen Brothers' films.

[stinkeefresh]

21. Thanks for not even listing:

Intolerable Cruelty and Ladykillers. If there are any names on the writing credits besides Joel and Ethan, it doesn't really fit in the pantheon. (except Sam Raimi on Hudsucker...but then again, that is my least fav of the above list.)

[electricmonk]

24. Wow

20 years since Blood Simple. That seems hard to believe for some reason. Anyway voted for too many to pick just one.

[khashka]

25. Too damn difficult

If I was pushed into a choice I'd swear Fargo was best or Hudsucker Proxy or Raising Arizona. And I would still be wrong.

The great thing about these guys is they make the best possible movie at the time and decades later is still the best movie.

Their movies don't age and I can't figure how they do it! I guess genius.

So the only thing I have to say is "more!". Say it prayerfully. The Coen brothers have already made their mark and they aren't satisfied to have done so. Cool.

I watched Fargo with my Mom recently -she said I've seen it several times and don't remember how violent it was. Then she started laughing - no I didn't think that was funny! Then why were you laughing Mama?

Because, truth is truth is truth. It's not Okay, sometimes it's ugly. The Coen brothers can do those things.

So we need them, and love them.

Come on boys, do it again!

[Aristus]

26. "They turnt heem into a h-h-h-h-h-horny toad!"

"Oh Brother," without question. Great music, too.

[Kazak]

27. Tough one...

For me, it's a tie between Fargo and The Big Lebowski.