Reza Shadpay
An American, a man who portents is a French musician (professor), a Black man, an Asian, and a rugby player. Refers to 5 continents. And grandmother is our planet earth!These guys rub a casino which refers to Luck and Chance (earth, creation), and non of them can take the money. The endless recycle-bin refer to our birth and death, coming and going! Watch this movie to get more, by yourself.Movie is written and directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen. Please watch more movies from this two brothers, then you understand all their movies better.Ethan and Joel Coen are a credit to cinema.
g-78435
It's odd that This film has all the Coen elements, comedy and mystique, including soundtrack and stellar set design - all the usual values of a masterpiece... But this one feels vacuous here and there, perhaps because it's so close to being a period piece but isn't. And I cherish Coen period pieces.Hank's work is great here, great, as is Wayan's, but something is just off.. I really don't see Tom Hanks as a good fit to the Coen bullpen, nor Simmons really.Look, even a weaker Coen Bros. film is better than most other's strongest efforts. It's good for a re-make.
Python Hyena
The Ladykillers (2004): Dir: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen / Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Tzi Ma: One of the best of the Coen Brothers, which proves that even they can create a masterful remake. It is a hilarious caper about a group of thieves who charm an elderly woman as gospel musicians while using her cellar as a base for their operation to tunnel to a casino. It contains the skill of Joel and Ethan Coen whose credits include such impressive films as Blood Simple and The Big Lebowski. Their film is a remake of the 1955 classic starring Alec Guinness but thankfully the Coens use style and witty writing to pull off one of the best remakes to come. Tom Hanks leads the heist sporting a funny accent and a charm that delights Irma P. Hall who allows them to shelter there. Marlon Wayans works as a janitor inside the casino and is the inside guy. J.K. Simmons plays an explosive expert who has a medical bowel condition. Tzi Ma plays a character called the General, and Ryan Hurst plays an unintelligent football player of few words. This is a great collaboration of actors playing thieves hindered by their victim's unconditional devotion to God. It shows the consequences of crime with a peculiar reference to God in that Hall is a Christian woman who believes that the wayward direction is headed right where the thieves dump the body bags. Score: 10 / 10
jacksoncolumbo
Tom Hanks took on a role left untouchable by Alec Guiness. (A quote from a place I can no longer find.) If you haven't seen the 1955 version, please do. For this to have been taken on by the Coen brothers too..... My goodness, the hubris. 1955 has Alec Guiness, Peter Sellers, Herbert Lom, Frankie Howerd, Jack Warner and Kenneth Connor. How on earth anyone is giving the 2004 version 6.1 stars is just nuts. Please, please, please, please, watch the 1955 original. And for anyone else out there with similar plans, only broach the idea of a remake if you can actually make it better. If you can't, don't. And as for Hanks as a 'great actor' which I've repeatedly seen written, watch 'Big' a few times and then try telling me that. OK, that's unfair, but seriously this remake is just horrible and awful and dreadful.
