# Inside Llewyn Davis - emperor's new clothes?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 28, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-llewyn-davis-emperors-new-clothes/677326 "2013-12-28T00:48:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![What\_the](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f4b2a3/32.png) [@What\_the](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_the)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2015, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-llewyn-davis-emperors-new-clothes/677326/21 "2015-03-20T15:36:40Z")

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I just watched it last night. Enjoyed the characters, music and the cat(s) alot! I usually like a move that has more of a conclusion to it…not sure how I would have felt had I not been able to rewind and watch the beginning again.

What do I know about talent but I think he was pretty darn talented… maybe he wasn’t what they were looking for at the time, I don’t know. Adam Driver is a crackup…now that’s some talent!!

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-llewyn-davis-emperors-new-clothes/677326/22 "2015-04-11T16:03:28Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> I took the opening scene as a simple flashforward.

I was a little confused because the play list was different in the two scenes, but I think that’s immaterial since Bob Dylan shows up at exactly the same in both scenes, and the audience also looks exactly the same.

Anyway, I just watched it last night and was underwhelmed. But I would have never guessed that was Justine Timberlake! He’s a pretty damn good actor. The characters are all mostly annoying and the movie just makes me glad I don’t live in NYC.

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**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2015, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-llewyn-davis-emperors-new-clothes/677326/23 "2015-04-11T16:59:24Z")

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I haven’t seen this movie, but the OP pretty much describes my feelings about The Catcher in the Rye.

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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:** [October 20, 2018, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/inside-llewyn-davis-emperors-new-clothes/677326/24 "2018-10-20T21:12:05Z")

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Bumped.

Just saw the movie last night on DVD and enjoyed it. Oscar Isaac does a great job of making a basically unsympathetic character someone we want to succeed, even as he weathers setback after setback. Great cast, fine musical performances (although “Please Mr. Kennedy” was more annoying than clever, I thought), some funny lines, and a well-done, palpably muddy early-Sixties cinematography. I liked the veiled references to Peter, Paul and Mary, and of course to Bob Dylan. Not my favorite Coen Bros. film (_The Big Lebowski_ still holds that title), not by a long shot, but well worth seeing.

You can hear all the songs here: [Hang Me, Oh Hang Me - Oscar Isaac [Inside Llewyn Davis OST] - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTzH4he7hP8&list=PL83_AwNxbCm8fFqQzPiI-H0_dG8GpKi_v&index=1)

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