first time watching *INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS* | movie reaction

[@IvorPresents]

Brilliant and understated. Portrait of a folk singer in a failing market. I love the grit.

[@aaronisacomedian]

This is my favorite movie. I relate to Llewyn. Even when he makes boneheaded choices, I want to hug him & tell him it's ok

[@ANDRE1mang]

Nothing goes right for him :( Oscar Isaac can tell a story with his eyes and facial expressions.

[@CLWu-qm9wq]

finally somebody do this movie react

[@jeffbrehove2614]

More people should

[@jeffbrehove2614]

Why, Please Mr Kennedy isn't a bigger meme among Star Wars fans is a true mystery Also The Auld Triangle is my favorite song in this movie.

[@danielhead8123]

The band with white sweaters singing the Irish song are I homage to the Clancy bros

[@60nascar]

At the end of the movie, the last guy singing at the club is a young Bob Dylan

[@CorruptedSave]

This is a super late comment out of the blue, so I apologize, but I had to give my input on the film (which so few people seem to have seen!) You mentioned the cycle of the struggling artist, and his seemingly indefatigable nature of picking himself up to try again. I think the movie really does imply that he will never get out of it with him walking out of the bar right when Bob Dylan takes the stage. He really seems to have missed the train. But one of the things that I really love about the film (and by love I don't mean love in a feel good sense but in an appreciation sense) is that Llewyn seems to constantly self-sabotage as the movies goes on. Both in his actions and his attitude. He does things like signs away the royalties to the song that becomes a hit so he can pay for an abortion, which he didn't need to pay for because he didn't bother following up on the previous one. He can't sign up for the merchant marine because he doesn't have his licenses because he tells his sister to throw out the box with all of that stuff earlier. And he has this prickly personality that pushes on the people around him that try to help him out. He's obsessed with his own idea of what is authentic music and scoffs at most of the other performers he sees throughout the film. In a way, John Goodman's character is like an extreme version of Llewyn, even going so far as to insult his preferred musical genre by saying "I thought you said you were a musician." And when the big time producer recommends he make some changes to his act, Llewyn makes no effort - he tries to quit outright because for Llewyn there is no compromise. It's all-or-nothing with him. The cat being named Ulysses (which is essentially the name Odysseus like from "The Iliad and the Odyssey") is a good metaphor for Llewyn, because Odysseus is just trying to make it home, but he incurred the wrath of Poseidon, and so the god makes the journey extremely difficult, full of trials and tribulations. This mirrors why Llewyn can never seem to catch a break and the seemingly cyclical nature of his troubles. Almost like a greater part of the universe chose him specifically to be someone that can't make it. The film is really melancholy, but I can't help but love it. Thanks for being one of the few people to give it a peep! Sorry for unloading my thought vomit on you.

[@ShaneMM0]

What a beautfully shot film

[@60nascar]

A couple of scenes from this movie will film to my hometown. 1st was at city hall they took down all the pictures of the mayors and put up the records The 2nd is when he goes to see his father is as an actual nursing home

[@mmmcomfy]

"Au revoir"

[@foljs5858]

"Llewyn, put a rubber on it" - nobody did back in those days, except sailors and prostitutes, and even them, not most of the time

[@TTM9691]

Oh man, I still haven't seen this! I'm convicted, because I know the era and music scene well and I'm an original Coen Brothers fan going back to "Blood Simple". Oooo, your last remark about how you're left with existential dread (again), lol. Sign me up then, maybe this movie is up my alley! (Hey, Coen Brothers are sometimes hilarious: you've seen "Raising Arizona" right?) I will try to watch this movie on the weekend so I can check out the reaction! In the meantime, I'm finishing up "Enter The Void" and noticed the other day that you have a reaction for it! So I'll probably see you over on that reaction first!

[@TTM9691]

PS: In case I didn't make it clear in my garbled way: I watched your final remarks to see if you thought it was worth seeing or not. (I don't love all Coen Brothers movies, but the ones I do, I love: Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Fargo, I liked "A Serious Man" and "Burn After Reading". Not a Lebowski or No Country For Old Men guy, though!) I don't know how well you know their filmography, but if you do, where do you rank this movie?

[@laurashawnlee]

Fargo, A Serious Man, No Country for Old Men, and O Brother are at the top of my list (in that order, probably), then Barton Fink and Miller’s Crossing, and /then/ Llewyn followed by Hail Cesar (which I basically hated lol). Anything I didn’t mention I probably haven’t seen (I’ll get to Raising Arizona one day!) This one is good, it’s thought-provoking and is a pretty interesting commentary on the music industry but in general doesn’t stand up super strong to their filmography. I do think it’s worth watching though (especially cos there’s a great John Goodman character).

[@TTM9691]

@@laurashawnlee Thank you!!! Thank you so much for putting the movie in perspective. So psyched to see you put "A Serious Man" so high up on the list! Love your list! And DEFINITELY would be interested in your reaction to "Raising Arizona" whenever you get around to it! That's reaction video gold, that one!

[@mmmcomfy]

@@laurashawnlee For "existential dread" I highly recommend The Man Who Wasn't There. Clue's in the title.

[@IvorPresents]

You must try. A Serious Man.

[@Icedsobaka]

"Theres a lot of music that could be made right now like anti war music" Bro, You're kidding me right? The lyrics to the song are literally "Mr Kennedy" as in JF Kennedy, "Please don't shoot me into outer space" as in "Please don't send me to foreign lands for War" You literally just had to think about it for more than 5 seconds to understand what the song was talking about, Please use your head a little

[@DavidLyle-su2vo]

It's also most likely making fun of "Mr. Noah" by Dave Van Ronk...check out the parallels in the lyrics

[@kevindobson6568]

Mine coming soon lol?