The Coen Brothers in my mind are film masterminds. Their stories in their movies are similar, and the characters have similar fates. The thing I like about the Coen brothers is how they show how the protagonist deals with the evil antagonist. It creates huge tension between the two and allows for a build in suspense. One reason why I'm so interested in the Coen brothers is because I like movies about crime. In almost every mopvie of theirs the protagonist is envolved in crime or a scandal that leads them down the wrong path.
The setting in the Coen's films are so random that it adds to the suspense. You're on edge because you never know what's going to happen in the "shady" setting. It adds realisticness to the film also because crime huge criminal acts occur in disolate places.
No Country for old men is my favorite movie out of the three. I like the story line, but most of all I liked how the Coen's leave it up to you to interperate what is happening in some parts. For example I liked how it's not clear where the psychoatic killer is when the sheriff searches the motel room. I also like a lot blood and violence in movies so the Coen's especially appeal to me.
Fargo I thought was a movie that the Coen's tried to send many messages and important themes to their audience. It was commenting on people's desire for money and how crime never pays. In Raising Arizona they sent similar messages, but it had a happy ending, which is unusual for a typical Coen Brother's film.
This was by far my favorite unit and it opened me up to the Coen's who I have never paid any attention to.
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It's interesting that as No Country for Old Men progesses, the audience is forced to intrepret the film more for themselves. We see less killings, violence and blood towards the end of the film. It's like the Coens are saying "You've already seen this earlier, so we won't show you it again." This could be since they feel that aspect of the film isn't as important as other themes.
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