12-05-2016, 07:24 PM
(12-05-2016, 07:17 PM)Juniper Wrote:(12-05-2016, 10:35 AM)Wonky3 Wrote:Actually, you just named one of my "movie tests". I have tests for whether a movie is good or not. The first one is the "coffee pot test". or so I call it. It means if I can watch this in the movie theater and not start wondering if I left the coffee pot on, it's pretty good. Test two is: Believably. It doesn't matter if the movie isn't believable, what matters is do I believe the characters in the movie? Star Wars is a good example. I don't really find the setting all that believable but the characters and the world are believable so I believe it. Success. Test three: Do I care? If I care about the characters that is a good sign. If I don't, test three fails. Test four and this one is a biggy for me. Do I think about this movie afterwards? If I find myself thinking about a movie and replaying scenes in my mind and wanting to see those again that's a huge indicator to me that the movie was a good one. I've seen several movies recently and honestly can't even remember anything about them the next day. So test four is important. I think that's my main "rules for if a movie is good." I know you all were dying to hear my movie tests!(12-05-2016, 08:24 AM)Valuesize Wrote:(12-05-2016, 06:11 AM)cletus1 Wrote: This is one of my favorite movies. Javier Bardem delivers some of the best lines in this movie. I recommend it as well.
He was an excellent bad guy wasn't he? I didn't care for the ending, at least late last night while I was struggling to stay awake. I think I'll watch the last 10 or 15 min again and see if that opinion holds.
The Coen Brothers do that. My own feeling is that I watch the ending of "No Country..." as a kind of poetry. One takes from it what one sees maybe.
For real Coen Brothers poetry, have a look at "Barton Fink". Now THAT, for me, was way beyond poetry I can understand.
I hope to NEVER meet a character like that played by Javier Bardem!
You know a movie is good when you never during the film think about the repairs you have to make to the roof.
Is there still a coffee pot that doesn't turn itself off? LOL What do you have a percolator?? Sell that thing on ebay