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Duh, everybody liked this movie...got it.

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No Country for Old Men (2007)

One of the most interesting things about this movie is that there's a lot of footage of people doing things, but not talking. That is different from all of the Coen Bros other movies which lean pretty heavily on dialogue to get their characters across. But that's cool, change is good, I learned a lot about how to hide things and follow things and look for things, etc. Tentpoles, right...gotta write that one down. I will say that I felt that the Coen Bros APPROPRIATELY tipped their hat frequently throughout to Raising Arizona, the cornerstone movie of my generation, in all kinds of ways. The plot (obvee - man fights within himself between good and evil), a lot of scenes (crawling around under cars?), a character who is a total badass but also seems to lack any conscience, etc etc and there you go. Anyways, you don't need me to tell you to see it, everyone else has already told you so there it is.

This review's KEY POINT: I haven't thought about this too hard, but what the **** was up with Anton's Prince Valiant Dorothy Hamill hairdo? Anyone?

Posted Sunday, February 24, 2008 9:16 PM by lisasussman | with 0 comments

My Dog's Name is H.I. McDunnough. That's How Much I Love This Movie.

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Raising Arizona (1987)

Yeah, that's right. If you think that No Country For Old Men is layered, well then I'd rather light a candle then curse your darkness. Layered-wise, NCFOM is perhaps a delicate tiramisu - perfected yet tiny. Raising Arizona on the other hand would be more like the 25-tier wedding cake at Liza Minelli's wedding (any of them). It's flashier and quirkier and all that, perhaps not as sophisticated as NCFOM, but for Raising Arizona, the flowering tree of slapstick comedy drawing one's attention above ground is yet equaled or surpassed by its biblical roots below. I have watched this movie AT LEAST 6 million times and everytime it digs deeper. Masterpiece isn't the word to be used here. Nay, to me, Raising Arizona is a cornerstone.

I don't know who you are, or you think you are...but if you saw this movie and didn't like it, then you obviously don't live in this country or in any country. Your capacity for any kind of human observation has completely collapsed. Your senses must be deadened and your soul must be void. I feel sorry for you though I would not like you at all, and thus we probably should never meet.

I'll leave you with this review's KEY POINT: Follow the plot development that surrounds tattoo.

Posted Sunday, February 24, 2008 8:59 PM by lisasussman | with 0 comments