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Summary: Hot dang, it's the Soggy Bottom Boys!
Review: In my opinion this movie was adventurous and original. But I found that if you don't like the song "Man Of Constant Sorrow" you won't like this movie. My family and I watched it and I was the only one to see the last 1/2 hour of it. Of course I'm the only one in my family that loves George Clooney so that might have helped. The sountrack is GREAT if you love 30's music which I do. If you love cows there's a chance you'll puke in a certain part of this movie. You'll either love this movie or it will be absolutely gross and you'll miss the last 1/2 hour of it but there is no movie quite like it.
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: 5 stars just for the soundtrack alone. This movie was an enjoyable romp through the Old'n South with Dapper Dan in hand, I mean hair. (wink!)
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Summary: oh brother where art thou
Review: This was a great movie good actors and wonderful music my family truely enjoyed it.
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Summary: Watch it again after your finished scratching your head
Review: Like most Coen brother movies, the first look into any of their flicks can be decieving. I absolutely despised the Big Lebowski after the first run in my VCR. But after being stuck with it and stuck without cable on Staten Island... Gave it a couple more shots, and each time the movie got better. "Oh Brother..." is no different. I think it comes down to how willing you are to suspend disbelief-- most can't the first time they see something on the big screen (self included). The lush bluegrass as the perpetual foundation will win over even Public Enemy to DJ Rap fans (read: anyone). No real morals, no real messages (the same stuff heavyweight Mark Twain promised he would take a shot at somebody for expecting)-- just good "old timey" fun.
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Summary: good going george.
Review: great movie. george clooney becomes comic genius. makes up for batman and robin.
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Summary: THE COEN BROTHERS DO IT AGAIN...
Review: The Coen Brothers have turned out yet another stylish film with a title that is a clunker. ... The Hudsucker Proxy, anyone? Still, as is The Hudsucker Proxy, this film is whimsically amusing and highly stylized, though it probably will not be everyone's cup of tea. Fans of the Coen Brothers, however, will think that they have died and gone to heaven, when they see this, their latest film. The film takes place in Mississippi, the heart of the deep south, during the depression. Ulysses Everett McGill, charmingly played by George Clooney, who displays some real comedic talent, is a dapper dan of a fellow. Working on a chain gang, he escapes along with two other felons, disarmingly played by John Turturro and Tim Blake Nelson. They are on their way to hunt up some buried treasure, the proceeds of a robbery, which McGill claims to know about. It later turns out that this was a mere ruse on the part of McGill, as he really had a different agenda. During their episodic odyssey, they encounter a motley crew of characters who brighten the cinematic landscape. The film also resonates with the sounds of blue grass and down home country music. The cinematography is wonderful, as it conveys the dustbowl feeling of the depression era, rural countryside. All in all, it makes for a pretty terrific, though highly unusual, film. Funny and, at times, enigmatic, it is a film only the Coen Brothers could or would make.
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Summary: I Need More Than 5 Stars on This One
Review: Speaking as a true, Southern American, the wit and humor in this movie was outstanding. I constantly caught myselfing looking at George Clooney trying to see past the character-he made it so convincing that one forgot who he was-he reminds one of a seedy, on-the-outs version of Clark Gable. Who knew he had it in him?? It's one of those movies-which is rare-that you want to watch over and over. The music, along with the fine acting, made for an outstanding viewing and listening experience.In my opinion, the movie captured the essence of southern America-the ability to laugh at our own foibles and eccentricities. In a nutshell-"good ole southern humor and music". I hated seeing it end..... George-you've found your niche-been invited to any barbeques or Klan Rallies????
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Summary: O'brother
Review: This was one of the best coen brother's movies to date, which means it is one of the best movies to date. What makes this movie great is the use of music, setting, and great acting performances all around. The dvd is nice because of the dts mix as well as many extra features.
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Summary: Should Be Called "Oh BrotherS, Where Art Thou?"
Review: "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" is ostensibly based on Homer's "The Odyssey," but I have no reason to doubt the Coen Brothers when they say that they've never actually read it. The film really has nothing to do with that epic poem other than the fact that the filmmakers throw plot elements from the original haphazardly into the mix every now and then. Need a Cyclops? Dress John Goodman up in an eye patch to no point or purpose. Sirens? Have the main characters stumble across three beautiful women singing and washing clothes by a riverside, even though the scene seems totally contrived and arbitrary in the context of the story. The Coen Brothers' lack of familiarity with the original is only too apparent. Actually, this is one of their worst films, no doubt about it - slow, arch, disjointed and heavy-handed in both its plotting and its humor. The original "Odyssey" was an epic tale filled with adventure, high drama and great themes involving issues of courage, pride, commitment and love. "Oh Brother" is none of these. It is, in fact, silly, cramped and trivial. The role of Ulysses has been assigned to George Clooney, as the leader of a trio of convicts who escape from a chain gang in the Depression Era Midwest. As they roam the countryside, they encounter a myriad of bizarre, eccentric characters, some derived loosely from "The Odyssey" and some not. None of it really works, partly due to the arbitrariness of the plotting and partly due to the fact that the humor is not very well executed. In fact, most of the wit consists of having the actors overplay their facial expressions and accents. As a result of these two factors, the strain never ceases to show. So are there any good things to be found in "Oh Brother"? Well, the movie does look good, thanks to fine cinematography and art direction, which beautifully capture the look of the dusty rural countryside of the 1930's. And there is, of course, the occasional joke or idea that actually does work despite the fact that the film as a whole is a major disappointment. Perhaps, in the case of this particular Coen Brothers film, the title is inadvertently symbolic.
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Summary: It was like I was there in the Cotton Fields
Review: This is a great movie. One of the best that I've seen all year. I'm glad I read that it was based on Homer's Odyssey prior to watching it so that I could pick up on the subtle similarities (e.g. - the cyclops, sirens, etc.). I watched it on DVD, but afterwards I wished I had seen it in the theaters! The Coen brothers are great at creating their own world (look at Fargo) and developing the characters in that world. "O Brother" is no exception. I really thought I was walking, riding, and hitching a ride on a train in 1930's Mississippi! See it for yourself - you will not be disappointed!
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