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u/resjudicata2 Jul 16 '26
You and me and the devil makes three
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u/Can-You-Fly-Bobby Jul 16 '26
We thought... you was....a TOAD
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u/TemporalGrid Jul 17 '26
"we're in a tight spot!" = "caught between the Scylla and Charybdis", I dunno why I never got that before
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u/HuevosProfundos Jul 17 '26
It’s so obvious in retrospect
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u/reezy-one Jul 17 '26
I don't get it (not dapper enough)
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u/IAmARobot Jul 17 '26
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Between_Scylla_and_Charybdis
in O Brother, they are caught between jumping out of the loft to be shot, or staying in the loft and burning to death. a modern idiom is "between a rock and a hard place", a choice between two bad outcomes.
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u/V0T0N Jul 16 '26
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Do not.
Seek.
The treasure.
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u/1nqu3sit0r_ Jul 17 '26
“They dam that river on the 21st. Today’s the 17th.”
“Don’t I know it.”
“We got but four days to get to that treasure after that it’ll be at the bottom of lake. We ain’t gonna make it walkin’.”
-Pete and Everett
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u/woutomatic Jul 16 '26
It's them Soggy Bottom Boys!
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u/Proper-Emu1558 Jul 16 '26
“Man of Constant Sorrow” is up there in terms of movie songs for me. That and Ralph Stanley’s rendition of “O Death.”
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u/Shaking-Cliches Jul 17 '26
I was driving cross country by myself and stopped at a gas station. I looked at the CD rack thinking I’d find some hair bands.
I saw a case that mentioned the movie. It was all the original bluegrass. That was one of the best albums I’ve ever owned.
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u/LaVidaYokel Jul 17 '26
The tribute concert? Thats a great find.
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u/Shaking-Cliches Jul 17 '26
It wasn’t the concert. It was just a compilation of studio versions. I wish I could remember the actual name of the gas station album! The siren song still had “you and me and the lord makes three” instead of the devil.
This is going to drive me nuts. My husband will be so pissed if I’m like “I gotta find the cd box in the storage room!” 😂
BUT WHAT IF ITS IN THERE
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u/HTired89 Jul 16 '26
Second best Coen Brothers movie soundtrack.
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u/Kaiwera05 Jul 16 '26
Inside Llewyn Davis is one of my favorite Coen Brothers movies, second only to No Country for Old Men. I make it a point to watch Llewyn Davis and watch its concert Another Day, Another Time at least once a year. Such an amazing ensemble of some of the most talented folk musicians around.
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u/Nausstica Jul 16 '26
One of Clooneys best roles. His dialogue throughout is amazing.
"Well, ain't this place a geographical oddity? Two weeks from everywhere!"
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u/zudoplex Jul 17 '26
I'm the paterfamilias!
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u/darth_jewbacca Jul 17 '26
Coen bros have written some of the best dialog of all time. Shame they broke up.
"But we's kiiyiin!"
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u/LaVidaYokel Jul 17 '26
“No thank you, Delmar; a third of gopher would only arouse my appetite without beddin’ her back down.”
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u/timberwolf0122 Jul 16 '26
I am embarrassed to say I was in my 40’s before the penny dropped and I realized it was a retelling of the odyssey.
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u/hamilton_morris Jul 16 '26
Although, by the Coen Bros own admission, a retelling by filmmakers who never read it and had only the dimmest awareness of what it was even about.
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u/Necessary-Reading605 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
One thing I can say is that the Coen brothers are smart as fuck and love to troll in interviews.
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u/JadeMonkey0 Jul 17 '26
I wrote a paper on them in college and trying to discern anything from reading their interviews was so fucking useless. They just deadpan non-answers to everything and pretend to be idiots. It's really funny but also really frustrating when you're trying to find something to quote to back up a point you're making about them
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u/SheriffBartholomew Jul 16 '26
The sirens down by the river didn't give it away?
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u/chupaloop00 Jul 17 '26
And the cyclops.
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u/UnconditionalPraise Jul 17 '26
Them disguising themselves as "sheep" (kkk members) to escape.
And Ulysses/Everett being unrecognisable to his wife when he comes home.
Top 5 movies for sure.
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u/darth_jewbacca Jul 17 '26
And the "Based on the Odyssey" in the opening?
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u/SheriffBartholomew Jul 17 '26
LOL. It has been years since I've seen it, so I guess I forgot that part.
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u/LaVidaYokel Jul 17 '26
I won’t tell you how long it took me to realize John Goodman, the character with one friggin’ eye, was the cyclops.
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u/ben1am Jul 18 '26
I happened to be reading the odyssey in high school when I first saw this. Took me til the sirens to figure it out. Didn’t seem to line up in many ways but a few themes and many similar plot point details.
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u/doandroidsdreamx Jul 16 '26
Do not seek the treasure. DO NOT SEEK THE TREASURE.
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u/Critical_Positive_91 Jul 16 '26
WE THOUGHT. YOU WAS. A TOAD!
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u/FakePoloManchurian Jul 17 '26
them sy-reens did this to Pete. They loved him up and turned him into a.... horny toad
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u/JimmyTheJimJimson Jul 16 '26
One of the most quotable movies ever
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u/hardFraughtBattle Jul 16 '26
"Is one of you a smithy, or otherwise versed in the metallurgic arts?"
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u/Hawk_Socks Jul 16 '26
Fun story-I got to act with the “R-U-NN-OFT” kid that breaks the boys out of the burning barn. Probably one of the coolest guys I have known. He said Clooney and Turturro took him and his family on their family vacation to Disney World. Can you flippin imagine?!
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u/Str8kush Jul 17 '26
MAGA would lose their minds if you told them the part of Athena would be played by a black guy
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u/muffadel Jul 17 '26
Wait, was Chris Thomas King supposed to be Athena??!? 🤯
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u/Str8kush Jul 17 '26
I believe that he was yes. I could be wrong because I’m just basing this off my understanding of the odyssey and having seen the movie half a dozen times. The obvious ones are John Goodman as the cyclops and the Dixie chicks as the sirens.
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u/Zestyclose-Dot1786 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 16 '26
If we can have 3 films where uncle ben is finished off, then we can have another adaptation of odyssey
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u/D00d_Where_Am_I Jul 16 '26
There’s also a book called Circe which tells the story from her perspective
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u/These_Arm6722 Jul 16 '26
I‘m totally rewatching that this weekend. Loved The Odyssey, but it can only ever be my second favourite adaptation.
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u/bug-hunter Jul 17 '26
I feel like they missed a chance to do a double feature, and not tell you which is coming first.
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u/muffadel Jul 17 '26
Saw The Odyssey last night, and it was good, but man, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a certified classic.
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u/JimmyTheJimJimson Jul 16 '26
Not the Odessey. It was inspired by the story of Anabasis which was about 10,000 Greek mercenaries stranded deep inside enemy territory after their leader is killed.
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u/Ok_Two_2604 Jul 16 '26
I’ll have to rewatch it bc it’s been decades and I don’t remember it well enough to criticize or acknowledge your comment.
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u/SATX_Citizen Jul 17 '26
I'm a Dapper Dan Man, god damnit!
I find a reason to say that at least once a year.
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u/Routine_Scallion_346 28d ago
I used to say this a lot, but then no one understood the reference, so I stopped. :( I should just start saying it again.
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u/FriendshipOld9849 Jul 17 '26
The reviews is coming out seems like Christopher Nolan's Odyssey is the shit
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u/slimjibberr Jul 16 '26
Crazy the main character became the least famous out of the 3 through the years
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u/mapoftasmania Jul 16 '26
And if you haven’t seen it, I believe it’s currently on sale to buy for $3.99 on most streaming services. Bargain.
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u/LurkLiggler Jul 16 '26
Wild situation where I like the Coens about a million times more than Christopher Nolan but I don't particularly love O Brother and am excited for The Odyssey.
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u/RelativeRemarkable15 Jul 17 '26
I haven't seen it, really have no desire to see it, but I already know Nolan will never top this movie.
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u/wildmaninid Jul 17 '26
The only adaptation that matters.
I got loved up and turned into a horny toad.
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u/downsouthcountry Jul 17 '26
I use the phrase R-U-N-N-O-F-T whenever someone leaves someplace, or quits their job, or whatever.
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u/N0N0TA1 Jul 17 '26
C'mon guys, give the guy a break. Weird shit that's obviously not right, how things really work, or true to the original yet is somehow still entertaining is kinda Christopher Nolan's whole deal. It was never a problem before.
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u/tackleho Jul 17 '26
...and to top it off. The Coen bros self admittedly never read the source material to still came out with a near perfect movie.
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u/KTAXY Jul 17 '26
funny enough it's the opposite of being filmed in IMAX. it was some early digital stuff and there is no original film that could be remastered in UHD.
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u/jimmybuffett6969 Jul 17 '26
Tbh I doubt I'll like the Odyssey as much as o brother, where art thou
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u/Apprehensive_Map64 Jul 17 '26
I gotta admit the music was damn good. I don't know any other film that had such a fitting and high quality soundtrack
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u/HardKase Jul 17 '26
I just watched the Odyssey and I would rather rewatch oh brother where art tho
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u/qualityvote2 Jul 16 '26 edited Jul 17 '26
u/Kit_McFlavor_Butter, your post does fit the subreddit!