Colin Farrell was on my 'do not watch ever' list but i gave him a chance in In Bruges and wow.
I found Burn After Reading a brilliant, intensely dark farce. It's a sendup of the spy genre that i imagine is very similar to how The Big Lebowski is a sendup of noir, except that i hated TBL.
TBL, BAR, and Fargo/Blood Simple/Raising Arizona are genre sendups, but they also wind up being their own beasts, informed by various Coenisms. For the latter 3 (and a few unlisted here), the Coenisms work synergistically. For TBL, they wind up spinning the movie into a love song for LA and a certain era. For BAR, I felt that the characters didn't cross over into Ludlum/le Carre-land enough for me to get into the sendup part. If more of the movie had been like the firing scene and the Russian embassy scene, I could appreciate ronebofh's position.
Speaking of Fiasco, The Great Muppet Caper should go on your list.
I found Burn After Reading a brilliant, intensely dark farce. It's a sendup of the spy genre that i imagine is very similar to how The Big Lebowski is a sendup of noir, except that i hated TBL.
TBL, BAR, and Fargo/Blood Simple/Raising Arizona are genre sendups, but they also wind up being their own beasts, informed by various Coenisms. For the latter 3 (and a few unlisted here), the Coenisms work synergistically. For TBL, they wind up spinning the movie into a love song for LA and a certain era. For BAR, I felt that the characters didn't cross over into Ludlum/le Carre-land enough for me to get into the sendup part. If more of the movie had been like the firing scene and the Russian embassy scene, I could appreciate ronebofh's position.
Speaking of Fiasco, The Great Muppet Caper should go on your list.