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Burn After Reading

The Coens are hit or miss but even their misses are worth watching. Fine performances, a few very funny scenes.

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- 10:40 PM

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that was a terrible, terrible movie. i'm beginning to think big lebowski was just a lucky fluke in their career

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candide : 22 November, 2010 02:36

I enjoyed the movie, although it is very violent.

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Ellen McCormick Martens : 22 November, 2010 09:50

i liked it too! stupid but good.
did you see A Serious Man? ok so again not great cinema maybe but they always give you something to think about. i didn't realize until the next day what i had seen!

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Call Me Lucy : 22 November, 2010 11:11

I dithered about adding it to my queue as it seemed dubious and I'm not a huge Coen fan, but I wouldn't say it was terrible, just a waste of resources. It was like someone grinding up the best cuts of meat to make sausages. The underlying idea was so slight that there was never a chance it would be great.

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Osprey : 22 November, 2010 12:10

I have trouble finding films to order on DVD as everything good is "play now." I ordered The Tracker more or less by mistake as it made to the top without me noticing. I'd rather have unlimited "play now" and no DVDs.

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Osprey : 22 November, 2010 12:21

as for the big L, the dude may abide, but i don't understand why a cult didn't develop around Marge (Fargo) - my hubby is a dudist, but i'd definitely be a margist.

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Call Me Lucy : 23 November, 2010 06:27

I like Raising Arizona.

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Osprey : 23 November, 2010 09:41

this movie was bad, but it was just an empty shell. i hated fargo's guts though. come to think of it, it's the same actress in both movies isn't it? maybe it's all her fault

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candide : 23 November, 2010 14:59

That's a Mrs. Coen.

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Osprey : 23 November, 2010 15:04

Fargo was kinda ... LIKE THE NORTH CENTRAL USA ... cold, boring, scary and unfriendly. (I come from thereabouts, so I oughta know.

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Beefsteak Profundo : 23 November, 2010 15:40

i hate violent movies, but oddly i liked Fargo alot - i think because of Mrs Coen (Marge)

btw looks like netflicks is gonna have a cheaper contract for people who don't want disks mailed to them - problem is (for me) you can't get closed caption with Play Now or anything streamed really.

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Call Me Lucy : 23 November, 2010 17:20

I liked In Cold Blood.

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Bloodhound McCuzco : 24 November, 2010 16:16

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