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GREEEEEEEEEAT
This movie in my eyes parallels the best movies in all times. From the characters, to the time and plot. This movie is perfect in all aspects. Watching this movie and reading The Odyssey fit together as well as Pink Floyd and The Wizard of Oz. To Coen Brothers have produced yet another piece of exquist art with O Brother, Where Art Thou?, taking a book and reproducing it in a "modern" time that many people can relate to. Having these characters go through more realistic hardships instead of mythological beasts and hardships. In my opinion, O Brother is a most excellent film....I give it 5 Stars.

A comic journey filled with great music
"O Brother, Where Art Thou," directed by Joel Coen, is a quirky delight. The screenplay, by Joel and Ethan Coen, is allegedly a loose adaptation of Homer's Odyssey; I think of the script as more of an original story with certain elements inspired by the Odyssey. But however you look at the film, it is a unique and well-made piece of cinematic art.

George Clooney plays Ulysses Everett McGill, an escaped prisoner who embarks upon an episodic journey with two fellow escapees in the Depression-era Southern United States. Along the way they encounter a one-eyed Bible salesman, "good-ole-boy" politicians, and Ku Klux Klansmen, among other characters. Clooney is hilarious as McGill, and the rest of the cast is also excellent. Tim Blake Nelson is particularly engaging as McGill's Forrest Gump-ish comrade, Delmar.

The film is full of excellent music that evokes the folk traditions of the rural U.S. The costumes, sets, and cinematography are all first-rate, and blend perfectly with the other elements of the film. There are some great comic sequences, many with a satiric bite. Overall, "O Brother" is a really different, richly entertaining film.

Animal cruelty glorified
Yes, I realize it is just a movie, but I don't find amimal cruelty funny. That is the scary thing about dark humor though - it makes it acceptable to laugh at such things. I should have known when I found out the people responsible for this mess had made Fargo (murder, ha ha). I tried to give this movie a chance because the soundtrack was done by people I liked but it was too disturbing and totally unentertaining for me, sorry.

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