Cohen bros. fans? Inside Llewyn Davis

[nanannie]

I must agree on the cat and john goodman,
Stole the show.
I found it a movie that didn't need the big screen, perhaps I would have preferred it in my pjs with a glass of wine at Home.
Might give it another try from reading thru the thread.
And thanks for the reminder miss H.
I will rent Blood Simple again.
The deserted highway murders in Fargo and Blood. Well done and nerve racking.

[BATCAT]

I really enjoyed it, as I have pretty much everything from the Coen brothers. I agree with the above post- I watched it at home and liked it just fine that way.

It a pretty subdued movie, but I thought it was very well-acted and engaging.

[ShellNic]

Originally Posted by nanannie

I must agree on the cat and john goodman,
Stole the show.
I found it a movie that didn't need the big screen, perhaps I would have preferred it in my pjs with a glass of wine at Home.
Might give it another try from reading thru the thread.
And thanks for the reminder miss H.
I will rent Blood Simple again.
The deserted highway murders in Fargo and Blood. Well done and nerve racking.

Well...I'm not so sure.

I rented it from Red Box a couple of weeks ago and while I'm a huge Coen Bros. fan, I didn't enjoy this one as much.

Positives:

- Fantastic soundtrack - wish we actually had more music
- Great depiction of snowy, 1961 New York
- Cinematically interesting - lighting, shadow, color etc.
- Oscar Isaac is very talented and forgive my shallowness, but I loved his dark hair
- OK, the cat...but...

Negatives:

- He hit one of the cats on the way home from Chicago - BAD - couldn't get that out of my head after and it made me feel bad
- He kept losing the cats - idiotic
- Dismal and depressing in his struggle
- With a voice like that, if a guy can't make it, then what chance do the rest of us have?
- I was waiting for a point the entire movie...it never really came...sure I can make a few generalizations, but overall, I didn't get the point of HIS story

STILL...I'm glad I watched it. I do think they're masterful film makers and we might never have seen Oscar Isaac. I hope we see more of him and of course, John Goodman is one of their faves as they use him frequently. Even though the acting was great, I still thought the old drug addict was depressing. And the other guy (Johnny?) going off with the cop? Good grief.

[aidricalchemy]

Llewyn Davis is Great actor but the Cohen bros. is big fan of cinema.

[Greysholic]

I actually was a bit underwhelmed by the film,after all the great things I've heard about it and people got so angry about it not getting nominated in major categories at the Oscars,I expected it to be excellent.
It's probably because that I'm not exactly a music person...I've never bought any CDs or albums,so it's probably hard for me to relate to talented musicians with unsatisfying lives.(seems like I'm linking way too far here lol)

I understand why so many people were crazy about it though.

I do like the cold olor scheme of the movie though,it fit the storyline very well.