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Summary: An uplifiting movie set in the depression.
Review: This is a very good movie. It was funny and entertaining. This film was not very realistic, but I enjoyed it any ways. It was not meant to be taken very seriously, but paints a very real picture of life in the south during the 1930's. The music is good too--blue eyed blues.The DVD was a good purchase as well. It includes the video of "Man of Constant Sorrow", as well as other footage. This is clearly a good movie about three men who escape the chain gang in order to seek treasure. The mastermind, Ulysses (George Clooney), appearently lied about this treasure in order to reach his ex-wife before she remarries. His lie was necessary since the two others were clained with him. On the way they get into all sorts of situations, including rescuing their friend from a mob and assissting in a bank robbery. All this in order to remarry an overbearing woman, who seemed disinterested in the father of her own children. Only after they realize their own popularity as an old-time country act does their fortune change. The movie is 103 minutes, and 24 chapters. It was orginally released in 1996. I suggest you go into it with no preconceptions or expectations, and lose yourself in it.
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Summary: Coen Brother's Score Again
Review: The Coen Brother's O Brother, Where Art Thou? is based on Homer's Odyssey and the film is a magical journey through 1930's Mississippi. The film centers on three escaped convicts who are trying to get to $... that Everett has stashed away at his home before it gets flooded out for a new hydropower network that's being set up. The three cons are hilariously played by George Clooney, Tim Blake Nelson and John Tuturro. Mr. Clooney in particular shines as Everett. He fashions himself as an intellectual and his crazed obsession with his hair is hysterical. Everywhere he goes he must have Dapper Dan pomade and hairnets. Along the way on their journey, they met a man who sold his soul to the devil in order to play a mean guitar, cut a record as The Soggy Bottom Boys that, unbeknownst to them becomes a big hit, met three sirens who seduce them, met a crooked bible salesman (played with hilarious gusto by John Goodman) and cross paths with the governor (Charles Durning). In the end Everett is really looking to stop his wife (Holly Hunter) from remarrying. The film strings together all of its twists and turns brilliantly. The acting is first rate, the cinematography adds a brownish hue reminiscent of photographs from the era and of course, the soundtrack has recently won a Grammy as Album of the Year. All in all, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a first rate film.
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Summary: Very good
Review: It is very well made and humorous, but it is slightly boring in some parts, so I'd give it 4 stars.
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Summary: Refreshingly Entertaining
Review: I was not sure what to expect when I sat down to watch O Brother, in fact I expected to get bored with it and shut it off. This is a not a run of the mill film, and I think what happened is they let a run of the mill marketing group handle the publicity for it. It is really not a fugitive story, which is what everything from the cover to the commercials had me thinking. This movie has good humor, a likeable story and great old-timey and gospel music (and I don't listen to either of those and still thought they were great). The Siren Scene was my favorite. There is only one fault I can find with this movie: The last scene in the old cabin in the valley was completely unnecessary for the story and I would have enjoyed this movie more without it. We did not need to bring that plot line to a close, it was satisfying enough before. I felt that the scene was a gratuitous excuse to throw in another song or draw the movie out another 5 minutes to meet some kind of quota. One fault not withstanding, this one is a gem. Definitely one to get.
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Summary: This Movie is O.K
Review: No the people who hate this movie are not stupid we just all do not like the same things.... O Brother Where art thou is an average film with a average soundtrack nothing too special. I was suprised with the rave reviews that this movie was getting I truly did not see the magic at all. My advice is this O brother stuff is not for everybody. If you like Old 1930's style america then O brother is probably is for you and good for you if you like it. The same is for the soundtrack I do not really care for the music but since I am 19 years old maybe that is only normal. O brother is O.K but not a memorable hit....
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Summary: to sum it all up
Review: When you find a movie like brother where art thou you excpect a twisted comedy thats fiction. Well it is fiction and it is certainly twisted. Oh brother where art thou is an absolutely terrible movie. If your gonna get a comedy about the early 1900's with actors that dont fit the plot your takin a huge risk. And if you took the risk on this movie, well all i have to say is sorry because it doesn't have any dialogue nor nutin. But what makes you hate the movie the most is just that it isnt funny at all. They try to make you laugh even smile but THIS MOVIE JUST stinks...Sorry I had to dis this movie so much its just that watching it on a plan without being allowed to turn it off really gets on your nerves.
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Summary: Perhaps the Best Movie of All Times!
Review: Maybe that's a stretch but the movie is excellent. I saw it in the theater first, immediately ran out and bought the soundtrack. I've purchased the dvd multiple times...once for myself, many times for gifts to others. If you add this to your collection it will be one of the few that you pull off of the shelf time and time again to watch. I don't want to give away anything to those few who have not seen the movie but Clooney and Turturo both put on outstanding performances. You will fall in love with the "Old Timey Harmony" songs that litter the movie, and after the twentieth time you've watched you'll be able to sing right along...This movie is a 'Must Buy'.
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Summary: When did people become stupid?
Review: I think people who give this movie one star are the same people giving rave reviews to Kenny G albums. This is a beautifully created, quirky movie, with brilliant performances, and great humor. The people who called this movie boring fall into one or both of the following categories:`
1) They never read "The Odyssey" and so all of the very witty references and jokes are lost on them
2) They just don't get subtle humor This contains some slapstick humor, yes. However, hidden under this are subtle nods to Homer's epic poem, along with both witty and very dark humor (the Ku Klux rally is too funny for words, but you feel bad laughing). Ignore the bad reviews. Read the Odyssey, buy this soundtrack, and see this movie! Unless you're a stupid person, then don't waste your time.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: It is unfortunate that a film that received such widespread acclaim and boasts being based on Homer's Odyssey could let its viewer down with such a hollow piece of work. The synthesis of Depression-era Mississippi and Homeric Greece falls flat on its face; instead of intelligently incorporating the Odyssey's themes, the film blatantly steals scenes to no apparent effect. The siren scene, for example, is of no consequence to the film; our hereos get sucked in by their song and then....nothing. The scene with John Goodman, who turns in yet another memorable albeit brief role as the "cyclops," also has no significance to the "plot." Rather it seems that the Coen brothers stole the form of the Odyssey but left the content behind, apparently for no other reason than to get people to see this vacuous movie. Speaking of getting people into the seats....George Clooney was hopelessly unconvincing as a smooth talking backwoodsman with pommaded hair. The film is full of largely unknown actors, most of whom do impressive jobs, and their anonymity adds to the believability of the movie. Yet Clooney stands out like a sore thumb in the dusty, gritty setting. His character is not even that likeable. For example, his whole reason for escaping was to reunite with his wife, with whom he has about as much spark as a jar of mayonnaise. A few redeeming qualities: the music is quite good, and Clooney's sidekicks give very good performances. But throughout the film, I was waiting for it to inspire me, to move me--hell, just make me laugh. It did none of this. Like the average American tourist in Europe, the Coen brothers did nothing more than walk through the motions of the Odyssey, stopping every now and then to take photographs of their ignorant, smug faces in front of a majesterial backdrop they fail to comprehend.
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Summary: O Brother, Where For Art Thou
Review: Even if you liked Dumb and Dumber you'll still hate this film... save your time and money.
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