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08-26-2012, 12:09 AM
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Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap
I vote for truly strange. My friends raved about the movie when it first came out, I rented it when it came out. I didn't get the rave reviews.
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It came out in 2000 and I did not hear much about it.  The soundtrack sold millions and there were Emmys and Grammys associated with this movie.
Strange indeed.
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08-26-2012, 12:12 AM
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If you know The Odyssey, it helps a little. Not a tremendous amount, but a little.
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08-26-2012, 12:14 AM
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I read the movie theme and it said there are references to The Odyssey. I apparently do not know The Odyssey as much as I thought I did.
The one good thing is that the man was not really turned into a toad. The movie is 5% less strange now.
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08-26-2012, 12:15 AM
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Originally Posted by DrPhil
SHAME.
Am I the only one who does not know what the hell is going on in "O Brother, Where Art Thou" starring George Clooney. I am watching it on Bravo and either GC is that distracting or this movie truly is strange.
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It's loosely based on Homer's The Odyssey. If I hadn't been forced to read that at some point in my edjumacation, I never would have connected the dots. Got about 1/3 of the way through the movie before I had the AHA! moment.
All in all, it's a movie I watched once, and that was enough. I don't like Gillian Welch. But I love Ralph Stanley.
ETA: the cyclops was what cracked me up.
ETA2: jinx!
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08-26-2012, 12:28 AM
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I used to teach the Odyssey to freshmen and I still didn't like O Brother. My English teacher friends shake their heads at me...not an O Brother fan, but I loved Clueless (loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma) and 10 Things I Hate About You (loosely based on Taming of the Shrew). :-)
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08-26-2012, 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by AzTheta
It's loosely based on Homer's The Odyssey. If I hadn't been forced to read that at some point in my edjumacation, I never would have connected the dots. Got about 1/3 of the way through the movie before I had the AHA! moment.
All in all, it's a movie I watched once, and that was enough. I don't like Gillian Welch. But I love Ralph Stanley.
ETA: the cyclops was what cracked me up.
ETA2: jinx!
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The Ku Klux Klan dance meeting was hilarious.
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Originally Posted by IndianaSigKap
I used to teach the Odyssey to freshmen and I still didn't like O Brother. My English teacher friends shake their heads at me...not an O Brother fan, but I loved Clueless (loosely based on Jane Austen's Emma) and 10 Things I Hate About You (loosely based on Taming of the Shrew). :-)
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I learn something new on GC. 
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08-26-2012, 12:32 AM
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I didn't like the movie, but I did enjoy the soundtrack.
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08-26-2012, 02:04 AM
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Its a Cohen Brother movie....what did you expect....they are always strange!
And I thought Clueless and 10 things was obvious in its homage, but then again, I have just be proven wrong
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08-26-2012, 07:52 AM
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Originally Posted by AzTheta
It's loosely based on Homer's The Odyssey. If I hadn't been forced to read that at some point in my edjumacation, I never would have connected the dots. Got about 1/3 of the way through the movie before I had the AHA! moment.
All in all, it's a movie I watched once, and that was enough. I don't like Gillian Welch. But I love Ralph Stanley.
ETA: the cyclops was what cracked me up.
ETA2: jinx!
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Filmed in Mississippi and set in Mississippi makes it special to me. The prison . . . was Parchman Penitentiary (still exists.) The dam and the flood . . . happened during the era when the TVA dams were created to control flood waters. There are whole drowned communities. The politicians . . . very like our historical ones during that time period. The three prison escapees remind me of the Three Stooges. Most Southerners I know really love "O'Brother Where Art Thou." Did you catch that the main character was imprisoned for practicing law without a license? Bonafide!
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08-26-2012, 07:57 AM
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The Ku Klux Klan dance meeting was hilarious.
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Yes it is and the Cyclops has dual meaning there. Love me some John Goodman. He is just wonderful.
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08-26-2012, 11:37 PM
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O Brother is one of my favorite movies.
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