mgregory 0 #1 February 9, 2010 A Serious Man is a seriously horrible movie. Do not waste your time. It has a worse ending than No Country For Old Men except there isn't an interesting movie before it.AKA MG Hammer Flying Hellfish #834 Son's Of Bacon #1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #2 February 10, 2010 I liked the ending to "no country..." not typical Yanks syrup You are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #3 February 10, 2010 QuoteA Serious Man is a seriously horrible movie. Do not waste your time. It has a worse ending than No Country For Old Men except there isn't an interesting movie before it. 1. _A Serious Man_ is the Coen Brother's worst film due to the painfully slow pacing. 2. The _No Country For Old Men_ ending was great. The whole prey/predator thing and a welcome departure from what you expect out of Holywood. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #4 February 10, 2010 Quote 1. _A Serious Man_ is the Coen Brother's worst film due to the painfully slow pacing. Damn. Up to this point I regarded "Barton Fink" as their worst.I was hoping for better from "A Serious Man" (haven't seen it yet)."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DrewEckhardt 0 #5 February 10, 2010 Quote Quote 1. _A Serious Man_ is the Coen Brother's worst film due to the painfully slow pacing. Damn. Up to this point I regarded "Barton Fink" as their worst.I was hoping for better from "A Serious Man" (haven't seen it yet). While not excellent like _Raising Arizona_ or _The Big Labowski_, I thought Barton Fink was OK. _Intolerable Cruelty_ was getting iffy. _A Serious Man_ was worse than both of those. It didn't suck badly enough that I didn't care what happened to the characters although we did discuss leaving before the end of the movie. It might be more accessible if you grew up Jewish in the midwest. It's probably most meaningful when you're a director who wants to talk about your childhood and have carte blanche from the studios because of your recent Oscar. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #6 February 10, 2010 Anytime I discuss whether or not to leave before the movie ends . . . the movie sucks. Don't know about your standards, but it would have to be pretty flippin' bad for me to just abandon it altogether.quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ryoder 1,590 #7 February 10, 2010 Quote It didn't suck badly enough that I didn't care what happened to the characters although we did discuss leaving before the end of the movie. For me, "Miller's Crossing" was a film where I didn't care what happened to the characters. It seemed odd that a film which looked so polished, just never drew me in enough to care what happened to anyone in it."There are only three things of value: younger women, faster airplanes, and bigger crocodiles" - Arthur Jones. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnMitchell 16 #8 February 10, 2010 Quote I liked the ending to "no country..." not typical Yanks syrup Me too. And that the protagonists didn't realize they were the old men; that their time had come and gone. Hey, you liked "Yanks syrup" when we had waffles on Christmas, ya dang Ozzy. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Squeak 17 #9 February 10, 2010 Quote Quote I liked the ending to "no country..." not typical Yanks syrup Me too. And that the protagonists didn't realize they were the old men; that their time had come and gone. Hey, you liked "Yanks syrup" when we had waffles on Christmas, ya dang Ozzy. That wasn't Yanks syrup, that had been touched by the hand of Val, Anything touched be her hands (except you ) immediately transforms into something so much betterYou are not now, nor will you ever be, good enough to not die in this sport (Sparky) My Life ROCKS! How's yours doing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
marcandalysse 0 #10 February 11, 2010 You obviously didn't get bar mitzvah'ed in a midwest suburban town in the mid 1960's. For those of us who did ....they nailed it 100%. Check out the extras on the DVD for more on that... I wouldn't have enjoyed sitting thru this in a movie theater for $10, but as a DVD offering I thought it worthwhile...but I wouldn't recommend it as a light evening entertainment.marc "The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly." --GK Chesterton Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shotgun 1 #11 May 12, 2010 I watched "A Serious Man" last night. I enjoyed the movie, and I thought the ending was..... interesting. And I was left wondering what the prologue was all about, but I guess I can see how it goes with the rest of the film (curses and all?). I'd probably even watch it again sometime. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BIGUN 1,488 #12 May 12, 2010 QuoteDon't know about your standards, but it would have to be pretty flippin' bad for me to just abandon it altogether. That one is called, "Gymkata."Nobody has time to listen; because they're desperately chasing the need of being heard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
