Dont see the greatness in this movie !!

I agreed with you when I first saw it. Then a few years later, I watched it again and it was SO much better: the way language is used and the intricacy of the plotline just blew me away. It seems to be one of those films that 'requires multiple viewings'- I thought it was avarage at best and rather dull first time round.
Give it another go one day when there's no distractions and I hope you come around to it like I did!!

LOL I love the double exclamation points. I picture you yelling the first part.


"Do not call the tortoise unworthy because she is not something else" -Whitman

You know, you don't have to like this movie. Let it drift.

I disagree, this is a true masterpiece in movie making, but after u seen it once it never ever gets as good again. First time when u dont know how the story will turn out, i loved it, but the second time around a few years later and i still remember the ending and where all things are going, i only like it, nothing more and nothing less. But it still holds upp well for an early 90s classic movie but the rating from a 10 went down to a strong 8 after an second viewing. Its just not the same when the suspense is gone, but still a very good movie.

One major point of it is that it's a lot more like a geek/schlock show than "the Departed". While they're both exploitational, "Miller's Crossing" is a slapstick comedy and parody with intentionally over-the-top grotesqueries, while "the Departed" is a straight well-made by-the-books crime-thriller. If you are watching "Miller's Crossing" for the same feeling as "the Departed", and not picking up on what makes it the incredibly unique film that it is, then you are missing the point of the movie, and it might not be for you. It's a comedy and a farce, and the drama is stock-drama leftover from old Hollywood, just for aesthetics. It does make a mild point, about the value of human life, but the major point is that it's insane. A good comparison might be "Big Trouble in Little China", or the other elemental Coen parodies such as "Crimewave" (directed by Sam Raimi, who also cameos in "Miller's Crossing") or "the Hudsucker Proxy". I think "Miller's Crossing" is a great film and one of the Coen's very best to this day.

Its one of those movies that I love more every time I watch, although, the first time through, I knew it was something special. But I think that initial impression was made by John Turturo and subsequent viewing let me pay attention to more and more precious details.

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