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by MrsNormanMaine  - Top 1000, Feb 14 '04
Pros: Spot on casting. Inventive writing and camerawork.
Cons: Occasional over the top moments.
It's been an absolutely unusual few weeks which is why it's been so difficult for me to update all of you fans out there in the dark on the details of my glamorous Hollywood existence. Every time I think I'm going to have a free moment to watch a film ...
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by brendan2, - Top 500, Feb 22 '04
Pros: Acting, directing, funny and suspenseful
Cons: None
The film debut of the Coen brothers, Ethan and Joel, Blood Simple is the story of a Texas bar owner who hires a private detective to follow his wife and find out if she's cheating on him. But things quickly spin out of control, and soon all the ...
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by Furie , May 21 '01
Pros: Wonderfully crafted economical narrative, direction and story
Cons: A bit slow and occasionally torpid
Joel and Ethan Coen, now recognized as one of America's finest film writing and directing duos, began their careers with the recently reissued noir film, Blood Simple. The film, however, is hardly simple, showcasing their crisp eye for detail,...
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by Spikor , Oct 30 '00
Pros: Suspense, Dark Comedy, Cinematography, Acting
Cons: Slow Start
"Blood Simple" is a dark comedy from the masters of the genre, brothers Joel and Ethan Coen. You've undoubtedly heard their names before. They are the people behind great films such as "Fargo" and "The Big Lebowski"....
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by SusanGranger - Top 1000, Jul 16 '00
Pros: It's worth seeing if you never saw the original.
Cons: It's not much different from the original which you could rent on video.
First shown at film festivals in 1984, "Blood Simple" was the first feature film by brothers Joel and Ethan Coen, who went on to make not only "Fargo" but also "The Hudsucker Proxy," "Barton Fink,"...
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by xiibaro , May 04 '01
Pros: Terrific early camerawork and writing from the Coen Brothers
Cons: Nothing
1984 was a fine year for films. Three epics took viewers and critics by storm, allowing most awards and praise to be given divided between Once Upon a Time in America, The Killing Fields, and Amadeus, with the latter taking most of it.
But,...
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by sheila18 , Aug 28 '00
Pros: Interesting shots and angles.
Cons: Horrible everything else.
I went to see "Blood Simple" for all the wrong reasons. I had read reviews of this "masterpiece", and thus had a slight desire to see it. I had to drive my brother and his friend there anyway. I had planned to go see it with them,...
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by backer9464 , Sep 07 '00
Pros: Everything (a modern masterpiece)
Cons: Nothing
Even if the original cut of Blood Simple were re-released there would still be zillions of reasons to see this masterpiece of cinematic art several more times.
Singularly, the Coen brother’s debut is a vehicle to use the camera as a true...
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by thornhill , Jul 16 '00
Pros: M. Emmett Walsh is outstanding. The Coen Brothers created a great film.
Cons: None
Abby (Frances McDormand) is dissatisfied with her marriage to Marty (Dan Hedaya). Marty owns a bar and make enough money, but he realizes that his wife is fooling around. He hires a private detective (M. Emmett Walsh, in easily the best performance of...
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by bockharn , Nov 18 '00
Pros: Lean, mean storytelling
Cons: A dark, dark vision of human behavior
My memory of this film did not serve me well. I had seen it in a theater when it was first released and I remembered it as grim but exhilarating. I found the Director's Cut to be mostly grim.
The Coens' variations on the noir thriller are...
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by mohaiemen , Jul 10 '00
Pros: Hard-boiled film-noir
Cons: Fake historian intro in Directors Cut
The Coen Brothers used Hitchcock's "very difficult to kill a man" idea to execute the original neo film-noir. The thing about BLOOD SIMPLE that makes it truly memorable is, this is the first of a whole string of ironic/tongue-in-cheek films of...
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by swampsong , Aug 12 '00
Pros: Terrific blend of noir, comedy, and suspense
Cons: Leave the kids home-
I am so ignorant. How I didn't know that Blood Simple was the Coen's brothers first feature film- I'll never know. I guess I'm still one of these film buff hacks- who sincerely try to be great fans- while repeatedly watching films and studying the...
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by Deckard1 , Feb 02 '01
Pros: Interesting plot, good acting, excellent script
Cons: might be confusing, some things are awkward
Blood Simple is the first work of the marvelous Coen brothers. Known for other great movies like Fargo I had not heard of Blood Simple till much later. But I was very impressed. Frances Mcdormand is a cheating wife. M. Emmet Walsh is the sleazy,...
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by BrickHaus , Dec 12 '00
Pros: A realistic view of ordinary America
Cons: A realistic view of ordinary America
What a bizarre twist of filmmaking. The Coen Brothers first film is a dark and gritty tale of deception and the hired gun. Writing a review for this film is difficult. To even begin to describe the level of quality of this film is as futile as Juliards...
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