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Inside Llewyn Davis.
I adore the Joel and Ethan Coen films. But this one, though certainly one of theirs in tone and tempo, was not their best effort. I want to feel there is some possibility that the main character has some shot of redemption even though I know it will never, ever happen. I felt none of it. More than that, I really didn't want to see this guy win.
The era was perfect. He is a mediocre folk singer when the Beats where gone and before the rise of protest music. The early sixties where not kind to folk singers. Failing after a serious struggle for success would be more interesting that a guy who seems to think that something magical should happen to him just because he's a folk singer.
In the entire movie, there was only one character who didn't seem like a total shit. The owner of a club in Chicago talked straight. Everyone else was either an ignorant git, a manipulative asshole, or a righteous twit. I can only take so much of that.
I watched it through which means a 2 at minimum. It jets a bump for being a Coen movie. So, reluctantly, it gets a three.
Would have been a lot better if any of the music was decent. It wasn't.
I adore the Joel and Ethan Coen films. But this one, though certainly one of theirs in tone and tempo, was not their best effort. I want to feel there is some possibility that the main character has some shot of redemption even though I know it will never, ever happen. I felt none of it. More than that, I really didn't want to see this guy win.
The era was perfect. He is a mediocre folk singer when the Beats where gone and before the rise of protest music. The early sixties where not kind to folk singers. Failing after a serious struggle for success would be more interesting that a guy who seems to think that something magical should happen to him just because he's a folk singer.
In the entire movie, there was only one character who didn't seem like a total shit. The owner of a club in Chicago talked straight. Everyone else was either an ignorant git, a manipulative asshole, or a righteous twit. I can only take so much of that.
I watched it through which means a 2 at minimum. It jets a bump for being a Coen movie. So, reluctantly, it gets a three.
Would have been a lot better if any of the music was decent. It wasn't.
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