I enjoyed it.

The cinematography was breathtaking. “Meal Ticket” was heartbreaking and disturbing in its theme with a touch of the Cohen brothers dread filled humor. That orange chicken has to be an analogy for Trump. I enjoyed all the stories and wanted to see much more of the Buster Scruggs character’s adventures. “ It didn’t hit nothin’ important.”, except we’ll be thinking about that movie (and that bullet) for awhile.

The grand vistas really were beautiful as well as the stark coldness of "Mesl Ticket" both in the actual weather and the brutalness of it.

One thing that hit me first was the sunlight shining through the bartender's wound in the first bar scene. I think that was also a bit of foreshadowing of the Tom Waits part.




I have a short post on it here.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181153931#post8

Liked how it got progressively darker

I didn't know what to expect, some one here recommended it and I went into it cold.

It's not a typical Western, but typical of Westerns women aren't strongly or interestingly represented (a prostitute with one line, a spinster and a Victorian-age matron) and the Native population is characterized (both times) as enemy attackers.

My favorite vignette by far was the Tom Waits story. It may not be as deep, but it is a much needed leavening.

My least was the Edgar Allen Poe-ish last episode. They are all beautifully shot.

But it grew on me. I really enjoyed it.

They sit with you long after the movie ends.

I wasn't necessarily blown away by The Big Lebowski and O Brother Where Art Thou immediately, and yet they quickly became probably in my Top 5 favorite movies of all time.

But after the first couple of short stories, it grew on me. I don't think it stuck with me much, once the movie ended.

“Meal Ticket” haunted me for days. The actor who played the amputee was amazing, disturbing, odd, and I couldn’t get him out of my mind.

Apparently, the Coens made him memorized the entirety of all of the speeches he was orating, so they could pick and choose what lines to include on the fly.

Watched it last night and loved it.

See post 10.

I really enjoyed all the stories.

(which for some reason was in a scrubby suburban dollar theater despite being a big city with a thriving independent cinema scene) and I agree - the Coens were in top form. One thing that I liked about it was how each of the stories clearly evoked a different era/genre of Westerns; one was a (hilariously subverted and ultraviolent) Roy Rogers, one was a spaghetti western, one was a classic John Ford style, etc.

It's also interesting how different people's assessments of the different shorts are. "Meal Ticket" was my least favorite, but I've seen it at both the top and bottom of people's lists. Seems like just about everyone loved the one with Tom Waits though.

I can't remember the last time I saw her appear in anything. All in all, it has become one of my favorite Coen Brothers films.

First rate.

Tom Waits is a god, followed closely by a Stephen Root. But man, it was all fabulous. Tyne Daily! 😍