What to jot down about "Barton Fink"? It's yet another Coen Brothers film that I really like yawn. It's filled with awesome dialogue and I couldn't get enough of Barton and Charlie having their hotel room chats. John Goodman is amazing as Charlie. I've always liked him as an actor, but seeing this and his performance in "10 Cloverfield Lane" has got me seriously thinking about revisiting some of the other films I've seen him in. He has been in so many it's an exhausting thought, though.
Another portrayal of Hollywood as weird or unique, depending on your opinion, is not original or anything. I watched "Hail, Caesar!" recently and I was bored with Hollywood as an inside joke. Here, it doesn't bug me as much.
What to make of the wallpaper peeling off Barton's hotel room wall? It only seems to happen when Charlie is in the room or has just left it. Ultimately, it's just misdirection. The mosquito problem, the box...just more of the same.
The ending is a little frustrating in that it's a little too dreamy, but I took a little comfort because it seems to offer a bit of hope to old Barton.
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What to jot down about "Barton Fink"? It's yet another Coen Brothers film that I really like yawn. It's filled with awesome dialogue and I couldn't get enough of Barton and Charlie having their hotel room chats. John Goodman is amazing as Charlie. I've always liked him as an actor, but seeing this and his performance in "10 Cloverfield Lane" has got me seriously thinking about revisiting some of the other films I've seen him in. He has been in so many it's an exhausting thought, though.
Another portrayal of Hollywood as weird or unique, depending on your opinion, is not original or anything. I watched "Hail, Caesar!" recently and I was bored with Hollywood as an inside joke. Here, it doesn't bug me as much.
What to make of the wallpaper peeling off Barton's hotel room wall? It only seems to happen when Charlie is in the room or has just left it. Ultimately, it's just misdirection. The mosquito problem, the box...just more of the same.
The ending is a little frustrating in that it's a little too dreamy, but I took a little comfort because it seems to offer a bit of hope to old Barton.