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.
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.
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
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.