True-Grit

After watching Inception for the sixth time this year I mentioned to my friend Jenn that I was still loving and enjoying finding all the subtleties and nuances within the film. She countered that she didn’t really like the movie and questioned why I did. It got me thinking and, naturally, inspired this piece. Inception might be this huge, bombastic summer blockbuster filled with guns, explosions, chases, and blaring music, but it’s also the story of a man’s tragedy. Dom and his wife, Mal, are the centerpieces to this story and the entire reason I love it. Sure, you’ve got this crazy dream sequence stuff going on, but the best part of it all is the way those two interact. ...

[caption id="" align=“aligncenter” width=“325” caption=““Don’t you want somebody to love?””] [/caption] I’ve seen four other Coen Brothers movies before I came to this one ( Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, and Burn After Reading) and while some of their movies ( O Brother) tend to have a well-defined plot that makes sense (mostly on the basis of it being based on one of the oldest stories in history), most are blessed with a more realistic vision of life and the world around it. Like Burn After Reading, which immediately preceded it, A Serious Man is a movie about nothing in which random events seem to happen and no one understands why. Unlike Burn, ASM’s perceived randomness stems from an examination of Jewish religious mythology and faith, in general. ...

I know I’m posting a lot of videos recently, but this movie just looks so cool. I’ve loved Jeff Bridges since Crazy Heart and the Coen brothers usually do good things. Enjoy!