Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel

innerSpaceman · 04-12-2010, 10:06 PM

Actually, I didn't read the book, and still liked the movie enough - to actually be interested in the book.

No, A Serious Man is not based on a novel. It's based on a book. The Book of Job.

Finding that out after the fact made the movie even more fascinating to me. But yeah, if I'd known that going in, I would have been in the proper frame of mind even sooner - and not have found the story or characters in any way odd or annoying, since they were basically reenacting or riffing on an ancient parable.

I think critics' problems are with the Bible, not the Coen Brothers.

04-12-2010, 10:06 PM	#11
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Actually, I didn't read the book, and still liked the movie enough - to actually be interested in the book. No, A Serious Man is not based on a novel. It's based on a book. The Book of Job. Finding that out after the fact made the movie even more fascinating to me. But yeah, if I'd known that going in, I would have been in the proper frame of mind even sooner - and not have found the story or characters in any way odd or annoying, since they were basically reenacting or riffing on an ancient parable. I think critics' problems are with the Bible, not the Coen Brothers.
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