Current Events > The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (latest Coen Brothers movie) is finally on Netflix

(+) Yeah! (+)

aw yea
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nice
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bump
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seems like the movie is made up of different stories, and I've only seen the first two before falling asleep, and they had very different tones

I preferred the first one.
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A musical? Not sure how I feel about this.
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the first story is a musical, but I don't think any of the others are

I could be wrong, but the second story wasn't, and the third one doesn't look to be
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This is certainly entertaining

Also wonderfully topical with RDR2 having just come out.
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Lol Part 5 is the Oregon Trail
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overall, I'm not sure if I was feeling the movie.

the segments were too short for me to get really invested, and some had more interesting stories than others.
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The last one was really heavy-handed and I'm still not sure if the 3 passengers in the coach actually died or not
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same.

but if they were all dead, I wonder why there was still a body on top of the carriage
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Kind of disappointed with the movie. Loved the first 30 mins, and beyond that the tone completely changed. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood for what it was.
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Loved it. Especially how the story plates and text before each section gave you little hints about what was going to happen, without actually spoiling anything.

The first part was basically a live-action Bugs Bunny cartoon, just unending visual gags and I was laughing the whole time. Tim Blake Nelson shines in this role, he was the perfect casting decision.

The second part had Stephen Root, who is phenomenal. Literally as soon as I saw him onscreen I knew I was going to like this movie (after having already watched part one and seen him show up in part two). James Franco put on a decent performance, and this piece, while kinda short, was very enjoyable for what it was.

Part three almost gave me whiplash with how dark it turned compared to the first two parts. I was not expecting it, and although I still enjoyed it a lot, I felt like it was one of the weakest sections of the anthology, if only because the plot was the easiest to pin down (it's just an allegory about the perils entertainment industry and the way Hollywood treats its artists).

Part four... man oh man. This one was my favorite. I mean I loved the whole movie but if I'm being honest I could have watched an entire two hours of Tom Waits walking through the woods singing, and panning for gold. What an absolute treasure.

Part five was great, although I felt it beat the viewer over the head a bit too many times with its theme. Still a great story to watch unfold, every character (even minor ones) were so richly developed.

Part six was also bordering on being a bit too heavy-handed, although it showed a bit more restraint and ambiguity than part five. The characters, again, were all fantastic and the fact that the plot remains captivating despite almost the entire short taking place inside of a single set piece. It very nearly goes too far with it's winking fourth wall breaks at the end, but the banter between the passengers more than makes up for that.

I've watched it twice already, and plan on giving it a third view soon (most likely over the holiday weekend).
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