The Coen Bros

Well these 3 movies we watched were by far the best ones, in my opinion. I didn't even get to finish Raising Arizona but it was still better than a lot of the movies we have seen in AoF 1 and 2. Raising Arizona was the funniest one I have seen in that class but I heard that it changes later on. Fargo surprised me on the comedy in if because I was waiting for the gore that I was spoiled on from someone who shall remain nameless for now. The last movie we just finished up, No County for Old Men, I have seen before earlier this school year. I really liked it then but now it is so much better. How I looked at it this time made it more enjoyable and answered some questions I had in my first viewing.
So my top 5 movie seen in AoF as of now is
1) No Country for Old Men
2) The Long Goodbye
3) Fargo
4) Stagecoach
5) Raising Arizona

Altman's Good and Bads

The only Altman film we watched that I liked was “The Long Goodbye”. It was a good mix of suspense and sum what action. I liked how Philip Marlowe was a man from the past in the future. How he was the only one who smoked and how laid back he was until he was pushed to far.
The film I disliked the most was “Nashville”. I could not follow it very well because of all the characters and how talk over each other. I would not like to watch another movie like that. It felt like there was to much.

Se7en

Se7en is a crime/ detective story that follows a retiring detective, Detective Somerset (Morgan Freeman), and his replacement, Detective Mills (Brad Pitt), together investigating a series of linked murders inspired by the seven deadly sins. Within the movie there is a strange similarity that I noticed between Detective Somerset and John Doe (Kevin Spacey).

John Doe's relationship with Detective Somerset's character shows a certain connection that causes us to question who John Doe really is and his role in this movie. Doe and Somerset are almost mirror images of views and traits. Both men are educated, and have an appreciation for libraries and great literature. Also the men have a similar hatred for the city where they both live. Both of them recognize the ugliness of their world, and both try to change it in their own way (Doe kills, Somerset solves crimes). Even the characters' dialogues are similar to each other's. The similarities between Doe and Somerset are numerous throughout the film, but these connections lead me to ask the question, “why?" Why would Fincher create a seemingly psychotic murderer that had the same views and traits as a likeable and important character? Why?

With Doe’s and Somerset’s connection it also made me see how John Doe and Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt), from Fight Club, are also similar. They both see the wrong in things; Doe how much people sin and how much evil there is, and Tyler is all anti-consumerism. They both go forth and do their thing to fix the problem. Doe becomes a serial killer and links all his killings to the 7 deadly sins. Tyler starts a cult, “Fight Club”, and creates Project Mayhem, a plan to blows up all the major credit card companies in the city. Another thing is they both seem to be everywhere and nowhere throughout both movies. Last (SPOILER ALERT DO NOT READ IF YOU WANT TO BE SPOILED) they both get killed because of what they were both fighting for the whole movie.