cohen brothers ripoff - The Informant! (2009) Discussion

[–] Smoku 14 years ago

yeah yeah coen brothers invented the wheel and thy first discovered america yadda yadda

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coen brothers already did it. They created and masterminded that plot even before the real events happenned.

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[–] Rockonwithyoursockson 14 years ago

I dig the Coen's, but nope. This wasn't Coen material. Nice try though.

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[–] iddhipada 14 years ago

The Coen brothers' black comedies are hit-or-miss with me; I really hated "Burn After Reading", but loved "A Serious Man". In my opinion, "The Informant!" worked. If it worked, why have someone else direct it?

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[–] Jolly_Greenman 14 years ago

sorry i spelled coen wrong lol. yeah but the music just reminded me of it. I liked Burn After Reading,Fargo, but A Serious Man was boring and hadn't really picked up just my opinion respectively

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[–] TheFilmFreak1 13 years ago

You hated 'Burn After Reading'?!

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[–] OAKTREELIVE03 14 years ago

Why is it ' Coen Material'? Because it's off-beat? Soderbergh developed the movie, so I'd say its his kind of material... as any genre can be. The Coen brothers have never made a movie inspired by real events (unless you count their viral marketing scheme of pretending Fargo was real).

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[–] Ace19444 13 years ago

All fiction is inspired by real events

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[–] josedeleon3000 11 years ago

Yeah. This isn't Coen material unless they would have added several death scenes the mix. Great movie though.

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[–] t-d-t-m82 14 years ago

There was cinema before Cohen brothers. Please grow up and watch some films from the 30's/70's.

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[–] Rupert__Pupkin 13 years ago

It had one thing in common with Coen movies: it was boring and pointless.

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[–] Beaucoul 13 years ago

Agreed. The low-key, dry sense of humor made it a lot like a Coen Brothers movie. Wouldn't say it was a rip-off though. More like a homage.

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[–] str8_royalty 13 years ago

I thought Coens' while watching this film as well. Homage? agreed.

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[–] no_no_girl72 13 years ago

Really because I've seen most of their flicks and this didn't feel like them at all... this was a lot more off beat but in a less pointed manner.
And this wasn't really a dark comedy it was more of like a slapstick comedy set to real things... the music set the tone as light and Damon did off the wall crap but the subject matter was serious.

Nothing like the Coen Brothers... sorry

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[–] shortbread226 11 years ago

A homage to the Coen brothers?

Its just a dark off beat comedy. I think you are using the term homage quite loosely there
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[–] ncp-7 13 years ago

Dry humor and dark humor existed long before the Coen brothers

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[–] ChiChick267 13 years ago

And so did Midwestern/Middle American accents!

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