Cohens Go Netflix: Ballad of Buster Scruggs

[lateshow 1304]

Did anyone else pause between the vignettes to read the pages? 

[futureman 22457]

8 minutes ago, lateshow said:

Did anyone else pause between the vignettes to read the pages? 

the better question would be “who did not?”

[TornACL 7698]

Finally got around to watching this. 

Meal Ticket. Holy shit. That was the saddest thing I have watched in a while. So well done and well acted, despite very little dialogue (other than the performances, of course) 

[futureman 22457]

1 minute ago, TornACL said:

Finally got around to watching this. 

Meal Ticket. Holy shit. That was the saddest thing I have watched in a while. So well done and well acted, despite very little dialogue (other than the performances, of course) 

yeah.  I think stumpy deserves an oscar 

[Brew 3049]

Finished it on a plane tonight. The last one didn’t do much for me, but all the rest were worth watching. Meal Ticket took a little too long to come together for me. I skipped it the first time, but went back and watched it based on the comments here and it was worth it. I could watch a full length movie on the first one.

[NotActuallyALonghorn 4976]

Watched it last night with the wife. She didn't care for it too much, but I thought it was good. Like most Coen Brother movies, I think I'll have to watch it again to fully appreciate it.

[HoustonHorn 1062]

Holy shit. Still processing this and going back in. One of the best things I've seen. Loved each for different reasons, but I think that's the point.

[MissingInAction 25068]

Meal Ticket may be the saddest thing I have ever seen on screen that wasn't dog related. 

[hornian 5218]

Finally got around to watching this after all the presents were wrapped and kids were in bed on Christmas Eve. 
 

What a great movie. 
 

My favorite was definitely Buster Scruggs, but the last one in the coach was a close second. 
 

Second tiger, but still great was the Wagon Train, Gold prospector; and bank robber. 
 

Meal ticket was really effing dark, superbly acted but man what a disturbing little film. 

[fellside 1114]

Holy shit.  I just saw that the dude with no arms and legs is Dudley Dursley from Harry Potter.

[atomheartbevo 89659]

5 hours ago, fellside said:

Holy shit.  I just saw that the dude with no arms and legs is Dudley Dursley from Harry Potter.

Yeah, he didn't like seeing himself on the big screen and started working out.

You should just go ahead and google "neville longbottom underwear model".  He seems to have been the one to hit the jackpot in genetics, next to Emma Watson.

[DonkeyCigars 143]

On 12/25/2019 at 4:02 PM, atomheartbevo said:

Yeah, he didn't like seeing himself on the big screen and started working out.

You should just go ahead and google "neville longbottom underwear model".  He seems to have been the one to hit the jackpot in genetics, next to Emma Watson.

wow this was a really gay comment that we all just ignored, huh? ^^

Anyways, just saw this and thought it was amazing and knew there'd be good conversation around it.

[atomheartbevo 89659]

22 hours ago, DonkeyCigars said:

wow this was a really gay comment that we all just ignored, huh? ^^

Game recognizes game.  I have respect for my fellow ugly ducklings who hit the genetic jackpot later in their teen years.

[henrygandorf 29190]

On 12/25/2019 at 8:56 AM, fellside said:

Holy shit.  I just saw that the dude with no arms and legs is Dudley Dursley from Harry Potter.

this is accurate.  it's harry melling.

On 12/25/2019 at 2:02 PM, atomheartbevo said:

Yeah, he didn't like seeing himself on the big screen and started working out.

You should just go ahead and google "neville longbottom underwear model".  He seems to have been the one to hit the jackpot in genetics, next to Emma Watson.

the person you're talking about is matthew lewis, who was also in harry potter, but not in buster scruggs.

i don't know if this was intentional or not, but i tried to clean it up.  note - i have no idea who either person is, i only saw the first harry potter and only watched buster scruggs once.  hope this helped.

[atomheartbevo 89659]

1 minute ago, henrygandorf said:

the person you're talking about is matthew lewis, who was also in harry potter, but not in buster scruggs.

Yeah, was just pointing out that for whatever reason, some of the (naturally) fatter members of the Harry Potter movies got their shit together.

[atomheartbevo 89659]

On 1/12/2021 at 2:14 PM, DonkeyCigars said:

Anyways, just saw this and thought it was amazing and knew there'd be good conversation around it.

Going back to this, I would like the Coens to do more anthologies for Netflix.

Check out Godless on Netflix, it's not quite an anthology, and is dark, but really fantastic cast.

Edited January 14, 2021 by atomheartbevo

[DonkeyCigars 143]

Meal Ticket might have been the most profound and best cinema story I’ve ever seen.

I don’t get the love for the last one/mortal remains. Very mediocre for the trope.

[DonkeyCigars 143]

Felt like a cross between a poor man’s “The Dead (Dubliners)” by Joyce and every other Living-Dead-being-ferried-by-Charon story
 

(Too late to edit)