‘Hail, Caesar!’ Shows the Coen Brothers’ Love of Movies

The Wall Street Journal ^ | January 26, 2016 | Caryn James

[Cecily]

Clooney is always great playing a dunderhead for the Coen brothers.

[BenLurkin]

The only reason I would watch that movie is....

[atc23]

swoon . . . now that is a body. Color me lightheaded

[Charles Henrickson]

If this is anywhere near as good as “The Big Lebowski” or “O Brother, Where Art Thou?”—two of my all-time faves—it will be well worth watching.

[Rummyfan]

Playing a dunderhead is a natural role for Clooney.

[dfwgator]

Playing a dunderhead is a natural role for Clooney.

HIs best role was as the voice of Stan's gay dog on "South Park".

[Rummyfan]

I love the Coen Brothers, but sometimes they get carried away with the movies-about-movies shtick. Ironically, their True Grit was a straight, non-ironic Western that John Ford or Howard Hawks could have done and it was great.

Then they do something like Burn After Reading and I just go WTF? Also am not a big fan of France's McDormand.

[Cecily]

Burn After Reading was pretty funny. Malkovich, Pitt, Clooney and Swinton playing such dolts was great. I agree with you on McDormand.

[Borges]

‘Burn After Reading’ was awesome. Its’ satire was virtually anthropological. I can’t think of another recent film that indicted the completely self absorbed, mass media driven lives that so many American lead.

[Responsibility2nd]

Their ‘True Grit’ would have been better if they had dialed back the hick accents their movies are known for.

I believe many of their moves are successful based solely on the exaggerated accents of the characters. But True Grit really didn’t need that schtick.

[Dalberg-Acton]

Don’t forget “Miller’s Crossing”!

[safeasthebanks]

-Don't forget "Miller's Crossing"!-

Just watched it again a few days ago. Excellent movie. What great dialogue! Still trying to completely figure out the many "hat" metaphors though.

[discostu]

Burn After Reading is so bizarrely quotable, the kind of movie only the Coens could make. I’ve always thought the fact that the Blood Simple director’s cut is actually shorter than the original is the ultimate proof that the Coens just aren’t like other directors.

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[BenLurkin]

their True Grit
good flick

[Rummyfan]

Is that what it was? I thought it was a long commentary on the absurdity of modern life.

[dynachrome]

“Miller’s Crossing”

Probably my favorite one, unless I have watched “O, brother” lately.

Hudsucker Proxy is very good, too.

[Borges]

Well you can say that about a lot of their films.

[Jimmy Valentine]

I still love “ The Big Lebowski”. “ No,man, I’m the Dude or el duderino if you’re not into that whole brevity thing”.

[Eric Pode of Croydon]

Miller's Crossing is my solid #1 on the list of "best movies most people have never seen".

I sure can't ever hear "Danny Boy" again without thinking of it.