adidasss

They are a hit and miss for me, maybe you landed on the misses.

Blood simple, Miller's crossing, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, No country for all men are all brilliant. The rest mostly fall flat for me. It's been a while since they made a truly great film though, they might be over their peak...:/

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MicShazam

I'm not exactly a huge fan of their movies either. My favourites might be Intolerable Cruelty and Burn After Reading. They're just basic, but funny comedies.

I also quite like a Serious Man and remember liking Fargo. Barton Fink was ok, I guess.

The rest of their movies don't do all that much for me. Inside Llewyn Davis disappointed me big time and was the movie that made me realize that actually, I'm not that into their films in general.

EDIT: Total brain fart here. I somehow forgot that No Country for Old Men is one of their movies. It's one of my favourites of all time. So pretty hit and miss for me as well.

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I need to watch that again. Good lookin' out homie.

Frownland

So you like around half of their movies but dislike one of them so you're not a fan?

O Brother is an undeniable comedy classic too. Not a big fan of Llewyn Davis either tbh. Felt like an indie film vaguely aping their style instead of a Coen bros film.

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MicShazam

I've watched almost all of them, so I'm unimpressed by half or more: O Brother, Ladykillers, Lebowski, Blood Simple, Llewyn, Arizona, also kinda Barton Fink. Not sure if I'm forgetting anything.

Most directors that I'd call myself a "fan" of, I like 90% of their movies or more.

But who cares. They've made movies I like and ones I don't care much for. It is what it is.

Frownland

I wasn't into Blood Simple either but otherwise you crazy.

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adidasss

You're both crazy, that's one of their best. Plus, who doesn't like Lebowski??

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Key

Isn't it a crime to not like Lebowski?

Frownland

I thought Blood Simple was just fine and lacked the depth of their later work though it did have similar themes of retribution. Like a 6 or 7 out of 10. It's been years though, I should probably revisit it.

Lebowski's brill

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Lebowski O Brother Ladykillers and Raising Arizona are the essential Coen comedies in my opinion. Though Arizona is a TAD "outdated" at this point.

Burn after Reading and Intolerable Cruelty are fun and worth a watch, and Hail, Caesar was very disappointing for me. Maybe I will try it again in 10 years.

Inside Llewyn was also pretty lame, but at least Goodman's character was interesting.

I really need to rewatch True Grit... That was a goodun.

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