Ranking The Coen Brothers

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@luiseduardo4748
@luiseduardo4748 2 ай бұрын
My ranking of the Coen Brothers 1-Joel 2-Ethan
@trey1792
@trey1792 2 ай бұрын
Agreed
@smittyjjensin558
@smittyjjensin558 2 ай бұрын
Ethan directed Drive Away Dolls and I lost all faith in him
@Dan-yy6tt
@Dan-yy6tt 2 ай бұрын
@@smittyjjensin558I was shocked at how bad it was
@yournamehere6002
@yournamehere6002 2 ай бұрын
@@smittyjjensin558 It played like a Coen Bros rip off movie
@MamadNobari
@MamadNobari 2 ай бұрын
My ranking of the Coen Brothers 1-Coen 2-Brothers
@Joel-Haver
@Joel-Haver 2 ай бұрын
I don’t trust anyone who doesn’t let themselves go to the gleeful silliness of The Hudsucker Proxy
@eminemman4141
@eminemman4141 2 ай бұрын
Beautiful movie
@odmcclintic
@odmcclintic 2 ай бұрын
I liked Proxy more when I realized it’s just a Rami movie.
@9002RPMS
@9002RPMS 2 ай бұрын
For fucking real!!!
@ManCarryingThing
@ManCarryingThing 2 ай бұрын
exactly - im so mad at myself for not seeing it until now!
@Fe22234
@Fe22234 2 ай бұрын
Nerd! ❤
@CDProjekt7
@CDProjekt7 2 ай бұрын
Garfield is my favourite Cohen movie
@chrisnezar5918
@chrisnezar5918 2 ай бұрын
HAHA! That's Joel Cohen.
@SoundQuester
@SoundQuester 2 ай бұрын
He's my favourite Coen brother
@42976675
@42976675 2 ай бұрын
Roy Cohn?
@reedthegr8andpowerfullm797
@reedthegr8andpowerfullm797 2 ай бұрын
You should do David Lynch. That man’s filmography is so diverse in genre and themes that no two rankings will be the same.
@jamesevans2507
@jamesevans2507 2 ай бұрын
He has like 3 films worth mentioning though.
@womancarryingman
@womancarryingman 2 ай бұрын
That'd be fun - still need to see Inland Empire, and maybe another.
@raefinoh1172
@raefinoh1172 2 ай бұрын
​@@jamesevans2507 nah man eraserhead, elephant man, blue velvet, fire walk with me, lost highway, and Mulholland drive are all classics
@aidanlastname0187
@aidanlastname0187 2 ай бұрын
@@jamesevans2507All of his films except for maybe Dune are worth mentioning
@gregbors8364
@gregbors8364 2 ай бұрын
@@aidanlastname0187Dune was interfered with by the studio, which is why Lynch always worked independently after that
@hagbardceline7118
@hagbardceline7118 2 ай бұрын
Buster Scrugs Fun fact: they just stumbled across Tom Waits when scouting location and just filmed him living his life
@StanleyDietrich
@StanleyDietrich 2 ай бұрын
Akira Kurosawa ranked would be insane
@finickiest4940
@finickiest4940 2 ай бұрын
after watching all 30 I can confirm it would get so emotional and so “I love all of his movies” by the end. However Jake only has one of his movies as 5 stars on Letterboxd so it would be a foregone conclusion
@womancarryingman
@womancarryingman 2 ай бұрын
will take a while haha. So many i still need to see and i dont want to rush
@PrinceofArfon
@PrinceofArfon 2 ай бұрын
​@womancarryingman Don't skip Dersu Uzala, it's a meditative masterpiece about man and the wilderness.
@drewda8397
@drewda8397 2 ай бұрын
Oh Brother Where Art Thou is totally worth a rew rewatches. It grows on you over time, definitely one of my favorites but will never top Lebowski, Fargo, or No Country
@firiel2366
@firiel2366 2 ай бұрын
O Brother is one of the great rewatchables of all time. "We thought you was a toad!"
@Matt.Willoughby
@Matt.Willoughby Ай бұрын
Can't get into no country for men
@dukeroyal1218
@dukeroyal1218 2 ай бұрын
Ranking O Brother that low is criminal. It is their best film behind No Country.
@theroamer2355
@theroamer2355 2 ай бұрын
@@dukeroyal1218 yeah well that’s just like uhhhh your opinion man…… that movie is really good tho
@cjp6438
@cjp6438 2 ай бұрын
Too true
@behruzbekumidjonov8454
@behruzbekumidjonov8454 2 ай бұрын
I recently rewatched The big lebowski for like the 100th time. Every time, there is something new, jokes are funnier and so on. Thanks for the video!
@boat1280
@boat1280 2 ай бұрын
The repeating jokes through that movie are so hilarious. I’ve seen it many times and still notice subtle new jokes
@JediMaestr0
@JediMaestr0 2 ай бұрын
Wait, a film noir that uses Beethoven as its score sounds like it would be my favorite movie ever, and I’ve never heard of The Man Who Wasn’t There before! Thanks for the tip, MCT!!
@R15Sammy
@R15Sammy 2 ай бұрын
The Big Lebowski is one of the funniest things I've ever watched, but where it REALLY shines for me is how emotional the ending is. I love how this entire mystery slowly reveals itself to be a meaningless joke, and in the end the only thing that really matters was The Dude and his two friends, and it feels like Donny's death is the thing that reminded them of that considering how Dude's demeanor changes in the final. Also Walter finally giving a genuine apology after being so stubborn throughout the whole movie is just the best. Makes me tear up when I watch it.
@antlerbraum2881
@antlerbraum2881 2 ай бұрын
The ending is both so funny yet sincere which I love
@arthureich9075
@arthureich9075 2 ай бұрын
Lol don't exaggerate, that's not even the point
@R15Sammy
@R15Sammy 2 ай бұрын
​@@arthureich9075 What part of what I said was wrong? Is it not a sincere ending?
@arthureich9075
@arthureich9075 2 ай бұрын
@@R15Sammy it's not suppose to make anyone cry lmao, watch more movies
@tobiaseriksson475
@tobiaseriksson475 2 ай бұрын
I am the walrus
@loC2ol
@loC2ol 2 ай бұрын
My favorite Cohen brothers film is obviously their 2014 masterpiece “Blood Meridian” from a parallel dimension.
@MrOtistetrax
@MrOtistetrax 2 ай бұрын
I finally got round to True Grit recently and it was a revelation! Thoroughly brilliant. Hayley Steinfeld absolutely holds her own sharing the screen with superstars. It’s 100% her film and she nails the Cohen vibe perfectly.
@alexanderandrews1263
@alexanderandrews1263 2 ай бұрын
A director that's worth ranking would be Satoshi Kon. It's a short 4 film filmography that is a set of anime films that seem so different from all of the others.
@MYMOTHERISAFISH-ci2ts
@MYMOTHERISAFISH-ci2ts 2 ай бұрын
Also his show Paranoia Agent. Honestly speaking better than most of his films
@thoreboomgaarden6189
@thoreboomgaarden6189 2 ай бұрын
A ranking would be incomplete without Paranoia Agent, though. A brief one season anime that‘s honestly one of the most powerful pieces of art I‘ve ever seen!
@blanktom6049
@blanktom6049 2 ай бұрын
Glad to see people still bring him up. I met him at a con once. Seemed like a really nice guy. RIP
@stephenlandry2674
@stephenlandry2674 2 ай бұрын
I love that you put Raising Arizona so high. I feel like its the most underappreciated Coen movie.
@bannnnner
@bannnnner 2 ай бұрын
That film cannot be underappriciated. Its praised on every level and on most 'best comedy' lists
@robpaxson4455
@robpaxson4455 2 ай бұрын
The chase scene after he steals the diapers is comedy gold
@firiel2366
@firiel2366 2 ай бұрын
I liked it the first time I watched it but after learning it was only their second film and Blood Simple was their first, I fell completely in love.
@BillyChungus
@BillyChungus 2 ай бұрын
Big Lebowski will always be my favorite one. It’s my favorite movie of all time. I can half explain why, half can’t.
@alexkiddonen
@alexkiddonen 2 ай бұрын
Same thing for me
@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging
@AMultipolarWorldIsEmerging 2 ай бұрын
Ok nobody cares
@toothbrushfromnisemonogatari
@toothbrushfromnisemonogatari 2 ай бұрын
Great list. No Country is definitely my favorite of theirs too, it’s one of the very first films I’d ever seen that really got me into film as an actual art form as opposed to just a form of entertainment. I was probably way too young when I first watched it but it still really left an impression on me. Not to mention the fact that it was also my first exposure to Cormac McCarthy which is obviously a giant plus.
@danielcreamer9669
@danielcreamer9669 2 ай бұрын
Oh brother where art thou low? You will be hearing from my representatives.
@MelchVagquest
@MelchVagquest 2 ай бұрын
I didn't know that I needed this list
@scottw820
@scottw820 2 ай бұрын
amazing video, man
@PamArtsValentine
@PamArtsValentine 2 ай бұрын
I absolutely LOVE the Coen Brothers! It is so great to see The Hudsucker Proxy high on the list- it's one of my top favorite of their films & sooo many people have never heard of it!
@danielbarrero2815
@danielbarrero2815 2 ай бұрын
I love these ranking videos!!
@GeorgeOfGeorge
@GeorgeOfGeorge 2 ай бұрын
O Brother, Where Art Thou? that low is crazy talk. Eewatch it for sure, I saw it for the first time last month and absolutely adored it.
@jason5388
@jason5388 2 ай бұрын
David Cronenberg and Brian De Palma. And Michael Mann…I’d especially like to hear your thoughts on Thief. And Kurosawa
@womancarryingman
@womancarryingman 2 ай бұрын
all three of them I have a LOT to watch, would be fun.
@SuperZelda1712
@SuperZelda1712 2 ай бұрын
DOG you need to go back and watch o’ Brother after reading as I lay dying. Film in general feels very bathed in Faulkner. Owe it to yourself to rewatch
@womancarryingman
@womancarryingman 2 ай бұрын
dang you convinced me now
@AlexJ1
@AlexJ1 2 ай бұрын
O Brother is perhaps my 2nd favourite after No Country. You need to rewatch it. It's based off Homer's Odyssey, thats why it feels like vignettes - but it all ties together at the end in a quietly brilliant way.
@rubensjunior8586
@rubensjunior8586 2 ай бұрын
DUDE! I was so waiting for this
@beaumeer688
@beaumeer688 2 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this one. Would Love to see a Wong Kar Wai ranking.
@MYMOTHERISAFISH-ci2ts
@MYMOTHERISAFISH-ci2ts 2 ай бұрын
There are so many that I would love to see.... Wong Kar Wai, David Lynch, Edward Yang, Antonioni,Satyajit Ray and Mike Leigh especially.
@gnarwhal7562
@gnarwhal7562 2 ай бұрын
Of their films that I've seen, my own ranking would go: 1. No Country For Old Men 2. Fargo 3. The Big Lebowski 4. Barton Fink 5. Raising Arizona 6. Burn After Reading 7. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 8. Hail, Caesar! Also Werner Herzog would be an interesting director to rank. His films are often riddled with production hell stories that would make for a fantastic video
@astrotrek3534
@astrotrek3534 Ай бұрын
Watch True Grit it's great
@chashubokchoy8999
@chashubokchoy8999 Ай бұрын
you gotta watch o brother
@gnarwhal7562
@gnarwhal7562 Ай бұрын
@@astrotrek3534 I've been eyeing up the Blu-ray
@gnarwhal7562
@gnarwhal7562 Ай бұрын
@@chashubokchoy8999 It's on my watchlist on D+, just haven't got around to it yet
@thebubonicj
@thebubonicj 2 ай бұрын
No Country is probably my favorite movie ever. It’s so tight and expertly put together. The Cormac McCarty brutal, matter of fact violence and morally gray motivations from the book were captured perfectly. Every shot is beautiful and oozing west Texas. Every actor nailed it 10/10 and it also has my favorite last line from a movie.
@bearwoody
@bearwoody 2 ай бұрын
One thing that Siskel said about Jeff Bridges was that whatever movie he's in, he makes it more interesting. High praise
@oscarslater6123
@oscarslater6123 2 ай бұрын
I absolutely love Miller’s Crossing and Hudsucker Proxy. They are my favourites
@claudiadarling9441
@claudiadarling9441 2 ай бұрын
Love for giving love for "The Hudsucker Proxy"!
@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan
@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan 2 ай бұрын
A Serious Man is one of my favourite movies of all time. That film, emotionally, hit close to home when I first saw it.
@colonelweird
@colonelweird 2 ай бұрын
I haven't done a full re-watch, but based on my memories of these films, I think my ranking would be very different. No Country for Old Men is probably the best, but after that, for me it would be Fargo, A Serious Man, Burn After Reading, and Blood Simple. I think Burn After Reading deserves a lot more praise. As far as I'm concerned it's pretty much a perfect comedy. And the decision not to show the conclusion, but instead to have JK Simmons and David Rasche holding an absurd conversation about what happened, is genius and totally hilarious. Edit: I admit I probably need to reassess Raising Arizona, Hudsucker Proxy, and The Big Lebowski.
@breesybird9207
@breesybird9207 2 ай бұрын
I love Burn After Reading and I could agree that the themes aren’t as deep as their other films but I just love watching it. I’m happy you have it higher than O, Brother
@codylakin288
@codylakin288 2 ай бұрын
At the beginning of my own journey into a real love of cinema, the Coens were the first filmmakers I dove deep into. They were the first of the great directors whose filmography I went all the way through. And my god, will they always have that special place in my heart. I can agree also that their films just get better with time and age.
@papagal22
@papagal22 2 ай бұрын
Are there any directors you and Nadia could do together? It would be interesting to see how your lists compare. Love the video as usual!
@jcmurie
@jcmurie 2 ай бұрын
Great list! The Coen Brothers are my favorite filmmakers, and I love that they have made so many masterpieces that no two people will have the same ranking. I personally don't believe they have a bad film (although The Ladykillers is close) My ranking: 1. Inside Llewyn Davis - Perfect/10 2. The Big Lebowski - Perfect /10 3. No Country For Old Men - Perfect/10 4. The Man Who Wasn't There - 9.5/10 5. Miller's Crossing - 9.5/10 6. Fargo - 9.5/10 7. Blood Simple - 9/10 8. Barton Fink - 9/10 9. Raising Arizona - 8.5/10 10. Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? - 8.5/10 11. True Grit - 8.5/10 12. Burn After Reading - 8/10 13. The Tragedy of Macbeth - 8/10 14. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - 8/10 15. The Hudsucker Proxy - 7.5/10 16. A Serious Man - 7.5/10 17. Drive-Away Dolls - 7.5/10 18. Hail, Caesar! - 7/10 19. Intolerable Cruelty - 6.5/10 20. The Ladykillers - 5.5/10
@emptytrash8269
@emptytrash8269 Ай бұрын
You should do the South Korean director Park Chan-Wook, he has one of the strongest filmography’s in my opinion and his “Vengeance Trilogy” is perfect!
@SgtWicket
@SgtWicket 2 ай бұрын
The fact that No Country closes with two children arguing over money that just fell into their lap after Anton’s crash, is such a perfectly thematic, sad statement about greed. A microcosm of the themes and plot of the whole movie.
@kroagw06
@kroagw06 2 ай бұрын
I always think about that moment too but more about how Chigurh, who represents all that crime that can’t be measured (to paraphrase the sheriff), immediately offers the one kid money for the shirt, and the kid is immediately like, “You can have my shirt.” I always took that as a small glimmer of hope that there is some altruism and goodness in the future. Such a rich, rich movie.
@WardenofTheN0rth
@WardenofTheN0rth 2 ай бұрын
Would be interested in you discussing Fincher, Villenueve, Carpenter and Tarantino.
@javrami4883
@javrami4883 2 ай бұрын
O brother being basically in last place is genuine insanity
@thezachmarsh
@thezachmarsh 2 ай бұрын
Before watching, I thought taking 23 minutes to rank two brothers sounded a bit thin, but after watching, I'm really happy that you did a full 11-minute dissertation on each Coen brother. They deserve it. Fiercely disagree with putting Ethan over Joel though
@darkgate33
@darkgate33 2 ай бұрын
no one writes comedy the way Coens do. They're so unique in that particular satire, that what makes them so great
@leopercara3477
@leopercara3477 2 ай бұрын
Fargo is my favorite. And then all the others can be in number two. You could do De Palma or Friedkin next, they've got really interesting filmographies.
@flubbajubb4958
@flubbajubb4958 2 ай бұрын
The title makes it sound like he’s ranking the specific brothers against each other
@samd2013
@samd2013 2 ай бұрын
Great list! I really enjoy these directors ranking videos. A Spielberg ranking would be really fun to watch. Also I know James Wan isn’t everyone’s favorite director but I really like all his films, so I’d enjoy a James wan filmography ranking also.
@Largentina.
@Largentina. 2 ай бұрын
LOL
@Redditfanboy-v2s
@Redditfanboy-v2s 2 ай бұрын
Great video bro
@Themoomabides
@Themoomabides 2 ай бұрын
1. Fargo 2. No Country For Old Men 3. O Brother Where Art Thou? 4. The Big Lebowski 5. Barton Fink 6. True Grit 7. Inside Llewyn Davis 8. Raising Arizona 9. A Serious Man 10. Blood Simple 11. Miller’s Crossing 12. The Man Who Wasn’t There 13. The Hudsucker Proxy 14. Burn After Reading 15. Hail Caesar! 16. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 17. The Ladykillers 18. Intolerable Cruelty
@irrigger1
@irrigger1 2 ай бұрын
I have a similar ranking, but Buster Scruggs would be higher. Damn, they make great films!
@logangoodner9559
@logangoodner9559 2 ай бұрын
Great list
@True-Faux
@True-Faux 2 ай бұрын
P.T Anderson would the logical follow-on for ranking.
@jamesfurfaro4950
@jamesfurfaro4950 2 ай бұрын
He already did that. Check out the director rankings playlist on his channel.
@True-Faux
@True-Faux 2 ай бұрын
@@jamesfurfaro4950 Many thanks, will check that out for sure!
@George_Nakhle
@George_Nakhle 2 ай бұрын
I love your ranking videos
@laurenbastin8849
@laurenbastin8849 2 ай бұрын
you should absolutely watch Macbeth, it’s one of the best looking films I’ve ever seen! Really leans into the theatricality of the material whilst still taking full advantage of the cinematic medium, I’d absolutely go as far as to call it my favourite film adaptation of Shakespeare
@KidChummy
@KidChummy 2 ай бұрын
Our lists skewed similar! Except for A Serious Man and Barton Fink. Each took me multiple re-watches, years apart, to fully enjoy. They're now in my top 5* *along with Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, and No Country...
@roneteus
@roneteus 2 ай бұрын
This ranking really ties the room together.
@TheJohnWhites
@TheJohnWhites 2 ай бұрын
Was thinking ladykillers was gonna be numero uno
@youpeoplearevampires
@youpeoplearevampires 2 ай бұрын
No Country for Old Men and Fargo are my top two, I read the novel first and the language was very different, like McCarthy was framing a shot instead of telling us how it would be to exist there, like a lot of descriptions in Suttree (very good book.) Seeing my version of the characters portrayed so accurate in the way they spoke and their expression on screen is something I want to experience again, and I hope I will do with The Road Do you have any suggestions for me? I’ve only ever read McCarthy because my time in school was very short. Anything at all.
@tamzf1
@tamzf1 2 ай бұрын
My favourite films of the Coen Brothers are as follows: 1. A Serious Man 2. A toss between which one among the following out-of-context dialogue from their corresponding movies I find funnier: 'We Thought You Was A Toad!' and 'Where's its scrotum, Llewyn?'
@karinebd
@karinebd 2 ай бұрын
I would love to see you talk about Denis Villeneuve, especially his lesser known movies, like Enemy or Incendies.
@rampantrambling
@rampantrambling 2 ай бұрын
My friends and I just went bowling and rewatched the Big Lebowski last night lol
@alexanderandrews1263
@alexanderandrews1263 2 ай бұрын
I love these director(s) ranked videos
@gregorydavidson2744
@gregorydavidson2744 2 ай бұрын
Your discussion of Barton Fink made me curious about your writing process. Have you ever thought of making a video about your process and what you have written?
@geisaune793
@geisaune793 2 ай бұрын
I’m gonna go off topic and suggest a review of movies written by a specific writer. Taylor Sheridan. I got interested in him after watching Hell Or High Water. He’s written for TV as well but I’ve come to really like almost all his movies. And he directs some of them as well
@vancecunningham5032
@vancecunningham5032 2 ай бұрын
Would love an Orson Welles ranking
@nl3064
@nl3064 2 ай бұрын
Bro, sweet - I see you have Runaway Horses and Geek Love on your shelf. Niiice. I just read Geek Love a few months back. 👍
@dangerrayy
@dangerrayy 2 ай бұрын
A serious man is a comedy. Life can be messed up and it can always get worse
@space_1073
@space_1073 2 ай бұрын
By far the best brother duo directors working right now
@brandonhamaguchi
@brandonhamaguchi 2 ай бұрын
Please create a playlist with this director's rankings videos! You can add it to the descriptions and let people look for more. Did you do Cronenberg? Will love that!
@hardeeentertainment-alsplace
@hardeeentertainment-alsplace 2 ай бұрын
Hudsucker Proxy filmed in my hometown of Wilmington NC. It’s a circle!
@killergoose7643
@killergoose7643 2 ай бұрын
What matters is that you gave Millers Crossing the love it deserves
@leighfoulkes7297
@leighfoulkes7297 2 ай бұрын
In my late teens to early twenties, Coen Brothers were my favorite directors. "Miller's Crossing" still my favorite of theirs (Barry Sonnenfeld is possible my favorite Cinematographer), "Blood Simple" my second, third "No Country for Old Men", fourth "the Big Lebowski" and then "Barton Fink". The others were OK for me will good bits here or there. I'd love to see Joel's McBeth some time though. Right now, my favorite director is Ingmar Bergman. You should rank his movies, there are only around 39 full length movies of his.
@armchairbrain
@armchairbrain 2 ай бұрын
Let me guess: you were able to catch *The Man Who Wasn't There* on the Criterion Channel just a few months ago ?
@roneteus
@roneteus 2 ай бұрын
A Serious Man sticks with you in a haunting sort of way. It's such a shame that Stuhlbarg doesn't get more leading roles. EDIT: I love older Cohen stuff, but I never cared much for Raising Arisona for some reason. Maybe I should revisit it. My top 5 off the cuff: 1. No Country, 2. Fargo, 3. Serious Man, 4. Blood Simple, 5. Lebowski
@darkgate33
@darkgate33 2 ай бұрын
I gotta rewatch The Hudsucker Proxy. Because I watched it one time and I hated it probably my least favorite of the Coens, but now that I see your take on it I wanna see it again
@samoppedisano3994
@samoppedisano3994 2 ай бұрын
A Serious Man is so hilariously underrated
@milothecat4530
@milothecat4530 2 ай бұрын
Kelly Reichardt or Jim Jarmusch!
@Cubehead27
@Cubehead27 2 ай бұрын
Haven't seen all of them but Fargo's definitely the one that blew me away the most. For some reason No Country didn't really affect me the way I expected it to (maybe because I hyped it up too much), and I remember not liking Hail Caesar much either. But all the half dozen or so others I've seen are phenomenal. Burn After Reading's also definitely super underrated, it really does the In the Loop/The Thick of It sort of satire but with stakes so low it makes the whole thing patently ridiculous. Genuinely one of the funniest movies I've ever seen in my life.
@nl3064
@nl3064 2 ай бұрын
As for directors you haven't covered, Wim Wenders, Wong Kar-Wai, Ingmar Bergman come to mind. And David Fincher (have you covered Fincher? It feels like you have, but I'm not sure.)
@Blipvurt
@Blipvurt 2 ай бұрын
The Ladykillers is soooo good and misunderstood. Give it a try!
@thejollyrajamtg9847
@thejollyrajamtg9847 2 ай бұрын
The Ladykillers is WILDLY underrated; doesn't deserve anywhere near the hate that it gets.
@Dingalsodong
@Dingalsodong 2 ай бұрын
I find Burn After Reading super hilarious. It is such a surreal movie, even the music misdirects you, you keep thinking something significant is gonna happen and it never does. JK Simmons sumps it up at the end pretty well.
@ChubbyChecker182
@ChubbyChecker182 2 ай бұрын
Millers Crossing is a masterpiece, it was kind of looked over as it cane out the same year as Goodfellas and Godfather 3, 1990.
@DarraghMcGowan
@DarraghMcGowan 2 ай бұрын
I will say that I wish more people went to see Macbeth when it was on the big screen, the cinematography was excellent!
@bacarandii
@bacarandii 2 ай бұрын
Nobody packs more intelligence, more wit, more detail, more nuance, more visual poetry into every single frame of film than the Coen Brothers. Next to them, most other motion pictures look like amateur 8mm home movies that have been deteriorating in the attic for the last half a century. I'm always invigorated by their work because there's SO MUCH going on, second by second -- and all the elements work in concert, from the writing to the performances to the sound design (!!!) to the framing and cutting... Think of the scuff marks on the floor in "No Country," the hat blowing through the woods in "Miller's Crossing," the unopened box in "Barton Fink," the final "Schrödinger's Cat" seconds of "A Serious Man"... (I'd put those four masterpieces at the top of my ranking -- though I couldn't live without "Fargo," "Big Lebowski," "Llewyn Davis," "Buster Scruggs," "True Grit"...) P.S. Malkovich's pronunciation of "mem-wah" in "Burn After Reading" is so delicious I will cherish it to my dying day. P.P.S. Roman Polanski was head of the jury at Cannes when "Barton Fink" won the Palme d'Or. It has such a twisted, Polanski sense of humor. Compare to "The Tenant." They wrote "BF" about writer's block when they got stuck working through the narrative complexities of "Miller's Crossing" (which, by the way, are spelled out for you -- though you don't know it yet -- in Steve Buscemi's brief appearance at the top of the film).
@TheActualCathal
@TheActualCathal 2 ай бұрын
Miller's Crossing is one of the rare instances in their filmography where the protagonist fully wrests control of their own destiny and accepts the darkness of compromise without remorse. I find this interesting because they turned down making Batman back towards the start of their career. Tom Reagan is the closest you get to Coens' version of Batman.
@InterchangeofNight
@InterchangeofNight 2 ай бұрын
1. Burn after Reading 2. O Brother where art thou? 3. No Country for Old Men 4. Fargo 5. Inside Llewyn Davis 6. Blood Simple 7. Millers Crossing 8. The Big Lebowski 9. A Serious Man 10. True Grit
@edsfilmicforays5733
@edsfilmicforays5733 2 ай бұрын
Hi Jake - I just discovered the channel and will be back! Thanks for a great Coens retrospective. I'll let go your low ranking of O Brother, Where Art Thou? as I get it - horses for courses. (It's one of my firm favourites, though.) Delighted to see you give The Hudsucker Proxy its due! Such a funny, witty film. And you're right to avoid their Ladykillers remake - stick with the Ealing original. Later!
@BurgerSoup
@BurgerSoup 2 ай бұрын
Ranking movies from great directors is a cool format but it'd be fun to also rank the ones from lesser liked ones like Bay and Shyamalan
@dkrsandoc321
@dkrsandoc321 2 ай бұрын
Did you watch or plan to watch the Fargo, i think is pretty interesting love letter to the Coen's filmography
@theroamer2355
@theroamer2355 2 ай бұрын
Hey Pssssssst! For the next ranking, U should totally do a John Carpenter ranking, in time for Halloween 🎃 🤞
@rpg7287
@rpg7287 2 ай бұрын
I know his filmography is far too prolific to rank all of his movies; but, perhaps you could do a top ten from one of my favorite directors, the great John Ford.
@xylin3683
@xylin3683 2 ай бұрын
Have you done a Cronenberg or Lynch list? If not, one or both of them would be great!
@Spaztar
@Spaztar 2 ай бұрын
I'm a huge Coen Brothers fan and I disagree with some of this list, but I like how you're able to articulate why you're ranking them where you're ranking them. A Serious Man is probably the only one I disagree with in a big way. A Serious Man is one of their best for me, it's very dark and pretty funny, and balances both of those tones perfectly. It's about examining things too closely in a time of crisis and losing your faith in the process, and questioning what is and isn't certain -- even the things you thought you already knew were certain. The main character argues with a student about how he's doing poorly in class, the student tells him "I understand the math, I understand (Schrodingers Cat)". He explains that the math he's teaching is the real thing, the cat is just a fable to understand the math, but admits that even he (the math expert) doesn't understand the cat. And then the entire movie he's losing his faith and doing poorly in life, and the rabbis (the faith experts) he consults are telling him nothing but fables to try to restore his faith. Plus the Uncertainty Principle which ties into that, along with Jefferson Airplane's refrain of "when the truth is found to be lies, and all the joy within you dies", everything is tied together really neatly. Give it another watch, it's a phenomenal movie. Also, definitely don't bother watching The Ladykillers, it doesn't even feel like a Coen Brothers movie, which at least Intolerable Cruelty does even if it doesn't work at all.
@Heungminlison
@Heungminlison 2 ай бұрын
My ranking from what I watched: 1. Inside Llewyn Davis 2. No Country for old Men 3. True Grit 4. Hail, Caesar 5. O Brother Where Art Thou? 6. Fargo 7. Burn After Reading 8. The Big Lebowski 9. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs 10. A Serious Man
@josephreusch
@josephreusch 2 ай бұрын
There are still a lot of Cohen brothers movies I haven’t seen but Big Lebowski, Burn After Reading and No Country for Old Men would be my top 3 so far
@biscuitboi9478
@biscuitboi9478 2 ай бұрын
Honestly impressive making a 20 minute ranking when there’s only 2 brothers
@fredrik241
@fredrik241 2 ай бұрын
The Big Lebowski was the first movie I was compelled to go and watch in the cinema a second time. Both times on the biggest screen in London Leiceister square Empire. The only other film was Saving Private Ryan though I walked out after the beach landing scene as I didn't actually like the rest of the film. I haven't recently re-watched many of these films so couldn't say how I would rate them now but I'm happy to see that there's a few newer ones I haven't seen yet that you like. I listened to the O Brother soundtrack a lot for quite a while and it even got me hearing out Robert Crumb's bluegrass band. Roger Deakins came to our work and told us about the color grading of that film as it was the first time a film was totally digitally graded. You could have mentioned Deakins as he's probably the most famous and revered living cinematographer today and he might have the Cohens to partially thank at least for a little bit of that. And I guess they've also been lucky to have him.
@EthanPham-z4h
@EthanPham-z4h 2 ай бұрын
Pretty long video considering there's only 2 Coen Brothers to rank
@classiclife7204
@classiclife7204 2 ай бұрын
The very best Cohens tend to be the ones about suitcases full of money. I see that two of those were your top two!
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