Reply #93: I've only seen the first 20 minutes of Raising Arizona, so [View All]

I can't say anything about it until I watch it all the way through. For me the problem with their films is they start with a good premise but they fall apart or just become boring or silly after the halfway point. Fargo started well but became stupid. O Brother started magnificently but collapsed as soon as John Goodman appeared and died with the KKK rally. Big Lebowski started with a good premise, but turned out to be a parade of John Waters-esque oddball characters, none of which have the charm and humanity of the ones in John Waters' films. Big Lebowski was an ordeal to get through. The only one they have done which was good from start to finish was The Man Who Wasn't There. They could have built their reputation on that film, then be forgiven for the others.