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Post by kolchak92 on Jul 6, 2021 2:55:28 GMT
What are some?
A Simple Plan (1998) feels so much like one of their movies (Fargo in particular) that it's almost hard to believe they didn't make it. I think Sideways also feels like them to a degree as well.
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Post by janntosh on Jul 6, 2021 2:59:06 GMT
What are some? A Simple Plan (1998) feels so much like one of their movies (Fargo in particular) that it's almost hard to believe they didn't make it. I think Sideways also feels like them to a degree as well. Makes sense. Sam RaimI so friends with the Corn brothers and even roomed with them I believe |
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Post by mgmarshall on Jul 6, 2021 3:11:58 GMT
Tommy Lee Jones's The Sunset Limited feels like he's deliberately trying to re-capture No Country for Old Men. Though, I suppose that's more of a Cormac McCarthy thing than him ripping off the Coens in any stylistic sense.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 6, 2021 3:40:22 GMT
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Post by mgmarshall on Jul 6, 2021 3:44:54 GMT
These aren't particularly good movies, but Suburbicon and Cut Bank.    Well, half of Suburbicon was a repurposed old Coen Bros. script... |
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Post by Johnny-Come-Lately on Jul 6, 2021 3:45:57 GMT
Not 100% sure if "I Care A Lot" with Rosamund Pike can fall in this category.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 6, 2021 3:47:08 GMT
These aren't particularly good movies, but Suburbicon and Cut Bank. Well, half of Suburbicon was a repurposed old Coen Bros. script... Yup. I remember that. The Big White is another example of a movie that feels like a rip-off of Fargo. www.imdb.com/title/tt0402850/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0
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Post by bravomailer on Jul 6, 2021 3:49:54 GMT
Coen-eque and a darn good film to boot. I suppose many will be put off by Cage's presence.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 6, 2021 3:51:41 GMT
Tommy Lee Jones's The Sunset Limited feels like he's deliberately trying to re-capture No Country for Old Men. Though, I suppose that's more of a Cormac McCarthy thing than him ripping off the Coens in any stylistic sense. I personally can't stand the movie, but Crimewave (1985) is a movie that feels like a movie directed by the Coen brothers and Sam Raimi together. They all share writing credits on the movie, so that explains that. Sam Raimi directed the movie.
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Post by theravenking on Jul 6, 2021 9:50:12 GMT
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri felt like a lame attempt to recapture the spirit of the Coens.
The Ice Harvest (2005) would be another one.
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Post by wmcclain on Jul 6, 2021 11:34:33 GMT
A Life Less Ordinary (1997), directed by Danny Boyle. The setup is a classic screwball fantasy. The angel Gabriel (Dan Hedaya, of course) has given two angels one last chance. Holly Hunter and Delroy Lindo are terrible at their earthly matchmaking assignments and they hate going to Earth -- bad food, bad clothes, etc. They do seem confused and bewildered by the mechanics of attraction ("First, we put them in peril...") and tend to lose the thread. Their orders are the improbable matchup of slacker would-be-novelist Ewan McGregor with rich, spoiled and incredibly svelt Cameron Diaz. He's the world's most inept kidnapper. She is better at it -- being a bit mental -- and can also do bank robbery. Ah, well. The course of true love never runs smoothly. It's all silly and absurd but finding your soul-mate is serious business. Young Timothy Olyphant has a small part. Other well-loved faces: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Maury Chaykin, Tony Shalhoub and Ian McNeice. I recommend it to those who like the odd and off-beat. Critics were unkind and it didn't do well. I like everyone in it, which helps. Holly Hunter particularly enjoys doing bizarre voices and playing roles an angel may have learned from old movies and cheap novels. The closing credits are an odd little claymation sequence reprising all the characters. We see the wedding and the happy couple fly off to Scotland. Danny Boyle's third film. David Arnold score. My thumbnails are from a 4:3 letterboxed DVD, which as far as I can tell is the only version released in North America. At least the 2.35 aspect ratio is correct. According to DVDCompare some of the DVD imports are anamorphic but most are cropped to 1.78. Japan has the winning DVD. Koch Media has a region B Blu-ray in Germany but it is also cropped, having both 1.33 and 1.85 versions. What's up with that? 
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Post by bravomailer on Jul 6, 2021 14:31:10 GMT
Inherent Vice felt like Jeff Lebowski as a private eye.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jul 6, 2021 15:25:08 GMT
Inherent Vice felt like Jeff Lebowski as a private eye. Well Thomas Pynchon's in a class by himself.
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Post by sostie on Jul 6, 2021 15:31:58 GMT
Logan Lucky
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Post by Deleted on Jul 6, 2021 15:34:57 GMT
Cold Pursuit.
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Post by kolchak92 on Jul 6, 2021 15:49:26 GMT
A Life Less Ordinary (1997), directed by Danny Boyle. The setup is a classic screwball fantasy. The angel Gabriel (Dan Hedaya, of course) has given two angels one last chance. Holly Hunter and Delroy Lindo are terrible at their earthly matchmaking assignments and they hate going to Earth -- bad food, bad clothes, etc. They do seem confused and bewildered by the mechanics of attraction ("First, we put them in peril...") and tend to lose the thread. Their orders are the improbable matchup of slacker would-be-novelist Ewan McGregor with rich, spoiled and incredibly svelt Cameron Diaz. He's the world's most inept kidnapper. She is better at it -- being a bit mental -- and can also do bank robbery. Ah, well. The course of true love never runs smoothly. It's all silly and absurd but finding your soul-mate is serious business. Young Timothy Olyphant has a small part. Other well-loved faces: Ian Holm, Stanley Tucci, Maury Chaykin, Tony Shalhoub and Ian McNeice. I recommend it to those who like the odd and off-beat. Critics were unkind and it didn't do well. I like everyone in it, which helps. Holly Hunter particularly enjoys doing bizarre voices and playing roles an angel may have learned from old movies and cheap novels. The closing credits are an odd little claymation sequence reprising all the characters. We see the wedding and the happy couple fly off to Scotland. Danny Boyle's third film. David Arnold score. My thumbnails are from a 4:3 letterboxed DVD, which as far as I can tell is the only version released in North America. At least the 2.35 aspect ratio is correct. According to DVDCompare some of the DVD imports are anamorphic but most are cropped to 1.78. Japan has the winning DVD. Koch Media has a region B Blu-ray in Germany but it is also cropped, having both 1.33 and 1.85 versions. What's up with that? Now that you mentioned Danny Boyle, I suppose Shallow Grave might also qualify. Not quite as quirky as the Coen Bros. movies though.
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