Sunday, May 3, 2009

The Coen's

From all three Coen Brothers films, one thing really stands out in there movies. It is the unstoppable force that creates fear in others. In Raising Arizona, the unstoppable force is the "Hog from Hell." He at first just seems like a figment of HI's imagination. He has bad breams about him but isn't sure if it is actually coming for him. During the later part of the movie, the Hog shows up to HI's surprise and says "Are you seeing what I'm seeing?" Even though the Hog Rider is real in the movie, the Coens make it seem like its HI's conscience trying to talk to him. Another unstoppable force is Chigurh in No Country Fro Old Men. Chirgurh is one of the most diabolical characters that the Coens have ever made. Some reasons why he seems so scary and mysterious is that the audience doesn't know anything about him or his past. The audience has no idea what drives him to act and kill in the most unusual ways. One thing that also adds to Chigurh's creepiness is his unusual types of guns and weapons. Many find these very cool and awesome but when you think about them as you are a character in the movie, them are the last things you want to hear or see. The last unstoppable force is Margie in Fargo. Although she is not like the other characters, she is unbreakable. One example is when she gets to the crime scene of the first 3 killings off of the highway. She immediately can tell how many suspects and the way they were killed. The Coens are very unique in the way that they make characters but there are some relationships that can be drawn in all of their movies.