Goodman, Goodman, Goodman... and some other guys.
November 12, 2013 7:41 AM   Subscribe

 
In the Coen Brother's hands, John Goodman can do no wrong.
posted by gwint at 7:50 AM on November 12, 2013 [1 favorite]


LOOK UPON ME
I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND

I'LL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND

I WILL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIND
posted by louche mustachio at 7:59 AM on November 12, 2013 [11 favorites]


I'm at a convention right now and kind of suffering convention burnout and oh man does part of me want to reenact the life of the mind sequence right about now.
posted by COBRA! at 8:01 AM on November 12, 2013 [5 favorites]


Are they fat, or merely big?
posted by KokuRyu at 8:14 AM on November 12, 2013






I'm at a convention right now and kind of suffering convention burnout and oh man does part of me want to reenact the life of the mind sequence right about now


I suspect it would require Goodmanesque stature to pull it off convincingly.

Something that Goodman does very well is use his physicality - his height and his size and the boom of his voice - to fill the screen. He can draw it back and diminish it so that when it is time , it's startling, and it can be hilarious or terrifying or both. He is aware of his body and understands how to move. The Cohen Brothers direct him well.
posted by louche mustachio at 8:16 AM on November 12, 2013 [9 favorites]


I bet between takes Goodman had to eat just to keep his weight-up. That's a lot of high-caloric screaming right there.
posted by angrycat at 8:22 AM on November 12, 2013


Predictive text seems to think that I want to write I WILL SHOW YOU THE LIFE OF THE MIME which is pretty much the opposite of whst this post is about.
posted by louche mustachio at 8:25 AM on November 12, 2013 [7 favorites]


I bet between takes Goodman had to eat just to keep his weight-up.

How else is he going to maintain his perfect panda bear shape?
posted by Gungho at 8:28 AM on November 12, 2013 [3 favorites]


He's like an angry Buddha, both in girth, acidic wisdom, and a side of plain bonkers.
posted by Iosephus at 8:29 AM on November 12, 2013 [2 favorites]


In the wake of the recent Rob Ford news (and the video of him screaming about wanting to kill someone), I found myself wondering who would be best to play him in the inevitable movie. I decided upon John Goodman, reprising his Barton Fink insanity. Please Hollywood make this happen.
posted by naju at 8:43 AM on November 12, 2013 [2 favorites]


I bet between takes Goodman had to eat just to keep his weight-up.

I understand he's an ardent proponent of oat soda dietary supplements.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:56 AM on November 12, 2013 [1 favorite]


I think it needs to be expanded a bit to include howlin Jeff Bridges for True Grit, and John Malkovitch for the unappreciated Burn After Reading, which is a set up for a scene with some of their best punchlines. (Spoilers, obviously.)
posted by CBrachyrhynchos at 9:03 AM on November 12, 2013 [5 favorites]


I was just watching Intolerable Cruelty this morning and it felt like it was missing something. This is what it was missing.
posted by mochapickle at 9:13 AM on November 12, 2013 [1 favorite]




In the wake of the recent Rob Ford news (and the video of him screaming about wanting to kill someone), I found myself wondering who would be best to play him in the inevitable movie.

Rob Ford would be best to play Rob Ford, because, you see, he is the Cohen Brothers come to life.
posted by Phlegmco(tm) at 9:58 AM on November 12, 2013 [2 favorites]


I don't know - I just watched CBC's Fifth Estate episode "The Rob Ford Story", and I found the plot predictable, and most of the scenes derivative. I don't think there's enough there that even John Goodman could make it interesting. Except for the one video of Ford screaming about killing someone, which he's got covered.
posted by sneebler at 11:09 AM on November 12, 2013


For a good time, mentally replace all of these guys with Earl Sinclair from Dinosaurs.
posted by jason_steakums at 11:30 AM on November 12, 2013


The Howling Fat Men of the Coen Brothers

I have found my new band name.
posted by Mr. Bad Example at 12:20 PM on November 12, 2013 [1 favorite]


In the Coen Brother's hands, John Goodman can do no wrong.

Seriously, I can't think of anything I've ever seen him in where I didn't like his performance.
posted by axiom at 5:16 PM on November 12, 2013


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