O Brother Where Art Thou!?

#1

O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:03pm

i just saw this movie (we read the Odyssey in school so that was our winter break homework) and i loved it. It is easily one of the best movies i have ever seen! the integration of movie and music was brilliant. even the fact that George Clooney was lipsynching couldn't ruin the brilliance of the movie!

any other board members thoughts?

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#2

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:05pm

I'm votin' fo' yo's truly!

Well, I'm votin' fo' yo's truly too!

(pause)

Well, alright! I'm with you fellers!

#3

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:05pm

And it has an amazing soundtrack!

#4

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:06pm

And that cinematography cured my infertility!

#5

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:07pm

I loved this movie. Beautifully shot, and wonderfully acted. Loved the hair goo bits with Clooney, and Holly Hunter has never failed to bring in a stellar performance, has she?

I also agree with the soundtrack...the rendition of Constant Sorrow was great!

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#6

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:08pm

It's a fantastic movie.

Ah...The Soggy Bottom Boys...

#7

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:14pm

we just can' keep 'em on the shelves!


sooooo amazing! i love the part where they get into George's car and there's money flying around the backseat and Delmar goes

"so what businez you into, george?"

and he leans out the window with his tommy gun and starts shooting at the police!

classic

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"Picture "The View," with the wisecracking, sympathetic sweethearts of that ABC television show replaced by a panel of embittered, suffering or enraged Arab women" -the Times review of Black Eyed

#8

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:15pm

Oh George, not the livestock.

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#9

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 4:21pm

Yes good soundtrack. 'Down To The River To Pray' I particularly like.

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#10

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Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:48pm

yeah.......

didn;t like it. hated it. had to do a paper on comparing the movie with odessey the book. try watching it once then watching it with subtitles and pausing every two mintues to get quotes. their song was interesting.

but overall, i didn;t like it.

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#11

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:48pm

double post

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<--- the set of A Midsummer Night's Dream that I was assistant stage manager for during the 2007 season at the STNJ outdoor stage.

-Dre- You must remember all the same that at the crux of every game is knowing when it's time to leave the table... And it's important to be artful in your exit. No turning back, you must accept the con is done... It was a ball, it was a blast. And it's a shame it couldn't last. But every chapter has to end, you must agree.
~Dirty Rotten Scoundrels~
There's a special kind of people known as show people. We live in a world full of dreams. Sometimes we're not too certain what's false and what's real. But we're seldom in doubt about what we feel.
~Curtains~
It is a far, far better thing I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest I go to, than I have ever known.
~A Tale of Two Cities ~

Updated On: 12/20/05 at 05:48 PM

#12

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 5:55pm

Dang! We're in a tight spot!

I just don't really recall the horny toad in 'The Odyssey'...Oh, wait a minute...

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#13

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 8:54pm

This is a great movie!! Now you've made me want to put on the cd soundtrack I have. It is physically impossible to stand or sit still during Man of Constant Sorrow. If you're not moving, check for a pulse. I also love "Down to the river to pray," PAB. Awesome stuff. (This seems to be my word, lately.)

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#14

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Posted: 12/20/05 at 8:57pm

And what a cyclops.

#15

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Posted: 12/20/05 at 11:30pm

love it all, it's on my shelf....

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#16

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Posted: 12/20/05 at 11:33pm

I made it up until they were shooting all the cows - and then it got turned off. Almost as turned off as I was.

#17

re: O Brother Where Art Thou!?

Posted: 12/20/05 at 11:46pm

i really love the soundtrack to this movie. i love Down to the River. i wonder if George Clooney really sings in it. props to him if he does.

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#18

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Posted: 12/20/05 at 11:54pm

love it.

i own it on dvd and pop it in to watch some of my favorite scenes every once in a while.

i love holly hunter. all those kids on the string. funny stuff.