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Barton Fink (Coen Bros; 1991)

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lprkn:
I guess I got what they were trying to get across, but to me it seemed like they took too long to say it.

Although this is coming from the guy who liked Solaris, so go figure.

Lono:
It's funny, I felt the exact opposite.  I know where you're coming from, though, I couldn't stand the movie Michael Clayton or The New World for that exact reason.  Just freaking dragged on.

TheFuriousWombat:
Sometimes a movie needs to be slow. Taking a while to get to the point and dragging its feet are, luckily, not the same thing. Take Melville's movies, for example. Le Circle Rouge, one of the best films ever made, is very slow. Long, long scenes go by with no dialog and little sound. It's a masterpiece nonetheless. As for The New World, well it's a Malick movie, so I'm not sure what you were expecting. I personally found that movie to be very beautiful. I liked it because of its pacing, not in spite of it. When it comes to Barton Fink, I don't even think of that as a slow movie. All the characters are so well written and acted and the overall feel of the film is so engaging that I didn't even notice or think about how long it had been until it ended. I guess I'm just a really big fan of the Coen's style. If anyone wants to see a faster paced, older Coen's movie, watch Miller's Crossing. It's a very good prohibition era gangster flick with terrific acting, a twisty storyline and some awesome shootouts. If you thought Barton Fink was too slow, stay away from Blood Simple and their newest movie.

Lono:
I really do hate to say that I didn't like a film just for it's pacing--The New World was, really, beautiful, I still can't get over the wonderful visual symbolism of those iron clad halberd armed soldiers walking through all that golden wheat--but pacing is an issue for me, because I'm impatient.  It was also the first Malick I'd seen, but I've only heard good things.

Yeah, it's strange: I've always been a huge Melville fan.  On the flip side I've also been a huge crime fan, so I suppose my liking of his films might be a tad biased.

Back to the Coens, though.  I've never seen Blood Simple, it's one of those movies I always look for but never find.  I read the novel that No Country... was based on, and loved it, and I'm deadly excited about the movie.

TheFuriousWombat:
If you liked the book, you'll probably like the movie. Oddly enough, the movie resembles the book not only in plot and dialog, but also in pacing. The movie watches, in some strange way, a lot like the book reads. I can't really explain it but I'm sure you'll understand what I mean once you see the movie. There's already a thread for it so I won't go into lots of detail but it's easily one of the most faithful and the best (I think) adaptation of a book to film I've ever seen.

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