# Coen Brothers poll

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-poll/769528>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 23, 2016, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-poll/769528 "2016-10-23T21:23:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-poll/769528/81 "2017-08-15T20:14:19Z")

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> [@Jack\_Batty](#):
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> I don’t get the hate for _The Ladykillers_. Maybe because it isn’t an original script? Or because it’s a remake? I don’t know but I think it’s friggin’ hilarious. The only thing that kept me from voting for it in the poll was _The Big Lebowski_.

I rather enjoy _The Ladykillers_ as well. Little touches like when they are dumping Garth Pancake and Mountain Girl over the railing - they both have hiking boots and hairy legs, so you don’t know which is which, make it fun.

Most of their work I consider very good. I have not seen all of them, but I think _Intolerable Cruelty_ was a miss. Wont be watching that one again anytime soon. _Llewelyn Davis_ was an interesting one - a strong performance by Oscar Isaac, but the movie leaves me feeling grey.

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-poll/769528/82 "2017-08-15T20:23:36Z")

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I was underwhelmed by both _Hudsucker_ and _Intolerable Cruelty_, although they have their moments. I liked _Ladykillers_ better, but _Lebowski_ remains far and away my favorite Coen Bros. movie.

> [@Emily\_Litella](#):
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> I guess I’m the only one who voted for Hail, Caesar… Hobie Doyle & Carlotta Valdez were adorable…

Yes, they were. FYI, Alden Ehrenreich, who played Hobie, will play the young Han Solo in an upcoming _Star Wars_ spinoff: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled\_Han\_Solo\_film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Untitled_Han_Solo_film)

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**Author:** ![eunoia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eunoia/32/97_2.png) [@eunoia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eunoia)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2017, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coen-brothers-poll/769528/83 "2017-08-15T22:23:37Z")

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> [@Emily\_Litella](#):
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> …  
> Hobie Doyle & Carlotta Valdez were adorable.  
> …[/SIZE]

So much more so because starting with the premise that a Hollywood studio threw them together as a cynical PR stunt, few other filmmakers would have written a sweet date where they’re both so complicit. This kind of neuron-satisfying writing choices are what make actors flock to the Coens and the characters so re-watchable.

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