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I understand that No Country For Old Men is the Coen Bros in peak form; it's undoubtedly a masterpiece and likely the "better" film, if you assess the two side-by-side. But I've found that both for the purposes of this fundamentally evil tournament and the discovery of the distinction between "favorite" and "best" (or the blurring of the two) that these sorts of things need to be decided on a personal level. I could watch No Country anytime and be moved, terrified and amazed; that's absolutely true. But The Royal Tenenbaums was an early discovery for me, I found the VHS tape at a friend's house when I was first getting into movies and haven't looked back since. It's been a true favorite; a movie I can look to when I need to laugh, cry or just be wildly entertained for a couple of hours. Between Hackman's tremendous performance, Anderson's keen observations of a dysfunctional family and moments of emotional catharsis that come out of nowhere but linger; The Royal Tenenbuams remains a singular experience and earns my vote, perhaps an illogical decision but the only one that makes sense to me.
My vote goes to Royal Tenenbaums ; I had not seen it , but after doing it , it is so full of feelings and hypnotic visuals that beat No country , which is good but finally a noir western already seen many times
I vote Tennebaums. As good as it is No Country is just another nihilistic western in a sea of many nihilistic westerns. . The Royal Tennebaums is a masterpiece which introduced many viewers, myself included, to the quirky visual aesthetics of Wes Anderson and his wistful world of flawed but lovable characters. I choose life for Royal and his family and would be sad in a world without them.
Well, we are splitting some very fine hairs now,
Royal Tenenbaums isn't my favorite Wes Anderson (s'up Zissou), but I think it is his best film.
Some characters are under served but the cast is strong enough to make up most of this deficit
No Country has a moral/spiritual weight that transfers to the viewer in a way very few films do.
I just don't think the Tommy Lee Jones side of the story has quite enough room to establish the dual narratives as equally weighted.
I voted Tenenbaums because looking at these tends, we will meed some laughs.
A Coen Brothers and Wes Anderson in a Filmspotting Madness Elite Eight? Why am I not surprised? The Royal Tenenbaums is flawed, but it's unique in its own right. As for No Country? I'll vote against it and bank on the superior version of its ilk, There Will Be Blood, to take this home.
I have a sinking feeling that Tenenbaum is going to go down, much like Royal himself who died tragically rescuing his family from the wreckage of a destroyed sinking battleship. Perhaps it is, after all, written in a kind of obsolete vernacular. Hopefully those that voted against at least thought the characters were well developed, and not just a bunch of little kids dressed up in costumes. I don’t think the naysayers are a-holes, they’re just sort of a son of a bitch. At least when this madness is all done and Tenebaums is dead and buried, we can all grab a couple of burgers and hit the cemetery. We can even swing by and see Chaz’s wife, who I hear was a terribly attractive woman.
No Country for Old Men is a near perfect movie. It is also nihilistic and depressing. Its impeccable craft can only carry me so far as a piece of art in this fresh hell of Madness. Royal Tenebaums is a perfect movie. It makes me laugh and breaks my heart every single time. Its shadow looms largely over the films of this decade. Don't let it down, Filmspotting nation.
Tenenbaums.
I enjoy Tenenbaums more than Old Country. It's just that simple.
The sixth best Coen Bros film is still far better than anything Wes Anderson has ever done. Easy choice: No Country.
Voting between the best Wes Anderson and the maybe 5th best Coen Bros film? I have to go with my boy Wes
Even though this film is the one that finally made me a Wes Anderson fan. You can’t not vote for No Country.
I honestly thought I would vote for No Country for Old Men, but when the time came to submit my vote, I just couldn't do it.
These are two of my all time favorite films. It is agonizingly difficult to try and weigh the merits and flaws of each while trying to juxtapose those against where each film would rank in the body of work of the respective filmmakers. Both are great, but in very different ways. It has come down to one simple question as a way for me to finally decide where to place my vote. "what film do I want to watch right now?". No Country is great, but I don't really find myself desiring to see it again and again. There is something about Royal and his clan that keeps me coming back. Of the two, Tenenbaums is the movie I want to watch right now...and it will get my vote.
I just dropped the needle on "Needle in the Hay" to pick No Country for Old Men. I really wanted to pick Tenenbaums, which isn't my favorite Anderson but I still love it. The problem is just that everything about No Country is perfect. What on Earth do you say bad about that damn movie! Yes, it's an obvious pick in this tournament but it deserves to be.
How do I do a write-in vote for Spirited Away?
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN was the day the Coen Brothers became president. Of course, they had been the best filmmakers in this galaxy for almost 15 years by this point (Hush. Spielberg is from Andromeda. Maybe Centaurus A. And Scorsese is not a filmmaker; he is a God that plays with planets like marbles, with his buddies Hitchcock and Kubrick.) but NO COUNTRY was the Coen's first film that didn't seem to have a smirk of irony. Don't get me wrong, I love smirks of irony. But I always wanted to see what the Coens could do if they played it straight, and in NO COUNTRY they finally had the material to do it, and they didn't get in their own way. TENENBAUMS is deep and endearing and all that good stuff but no matter how many Wes Anderson fanboys get all slippery at the thought of Nick Drake and Nico married to Anderson's visuals, it's simply not at the same level. This is No Country for Wes Anderson.
The film that knocked out Pan's Labyrinth vs the film that knocked out Spirited Away. I fart in their general direction.
The exquisite excruciation of the Madness is having to decide between films that are both so great at what they do when they do totally different things. It is positively Chigurhhian (y'all make up torturous movie choices, I make up words, fair's fair) to be forced to choose between a wonderfully stylized movie about discovering the possibility of happiness amidst dysfunction (that is also part of your personal cinematic sentimental education to boot) and an xpertly crafted crime story that also manages to seriously meditate on whether there is any such thing as justice at all when there is definitely such a thing as evil. But choose we must and I chose tension along with never ending unease and uncertainty in the face of evil but I don't have to like it. And I don't.
No.1 wes Anderson vs no.6 coens. Anderson wins. Any film that puts out spirited away deserves to win the tournament.
This coming down to No country vs the dark knight is IMDB as hell
People, the Coens are still directing in this post-madness Apocalypse we've created. They can still make No Country for Old Men! Every Coen brothers movie can still be made! Save something beautiful and vote Royal!
Okay, hear me out people.
Adam and Josh have opened up a whole can of worms with the Before Trilogy talk. They've linked the filmspotting madness universes together, meaning that by the end of March next year only three movies will remain from three decades of film. Only three, and the first one is already a Coen Brother's classic (AKA Fargo). We need to show that these three decades weren't only represented by one set of - admittedly - talented directors. A vote for "Tennenbaums" is a vote against hegemony.
I can't believe that I voted against No Country for Old Men.
Looking forward to Anton Chigurh and the No Country for Old Men contingent getting retribution on The Royal Tenenbaums for putting out Spirited Away. Sorry Wes Anderson stans, but "You can't stop what's coming."
We all know where this is going. We know where this trail leads. Country vs. Blood is most likely the conclusion to this. At least on this end, I will not deny fate. Country moves on.
This isn't fun anymore.