A Serious Man

SERIOUS SPOILER ALERT!

tony says:
ok so i really wanted to do a SERIOUS review on a SERIOUS man.. and i really wish i could.. but i SERIOUSLY don't understand the film enough.. not even sure if i liked it or not.. it was funny though
denice the piece says:
it was not funny. it was very serious.
tony says:
see i didn't get it at all!
denice the piece says:
its all about being cursed by god for no reason.
denice the piece says:
that's not funny.
denice the piece says:
haha, it was funny when the old rabbi at the end was quoting jefferson airplane.
tony says:
you must forgive me, i'm used to doing reviews on movies written by 3 of the 6 writers of scary movie.
tony says:
see i didn't even catch that
denice the piece says:
scary movie, also a very serious film, right?
tony says:
pretty serious yes
tony says:
i really liked how funny sy ableman was
tony says:
and how everyone reacted to him
denice the piece says:
sy ableman. now he was very serious man.
tony says:
he was so smug!
tony says:
seriously smug
denice the piece says:
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denice the piece says:
um, something serious happened to my keyboard just then.
denice the piece says:
i don't think god wants me to be doing this review.
tony says:
it's a curse!
denice the piece says:
i don't know why! i'm trying to be a very serious man!
denice the piece says:
its just. .. why is this happening to me? i haven't done anything!
tony says:
hahahahaha
tony says:
i think this movie had one too many dream sequences.. would you agree?
denice the piece says:
what was your favorite?
denice the piece says:
mine is when his bro gets shot by his neighbor while he is sailing away.
tony says:
i'd have to agree with you there, that neighbour was one intense dude
denice the piece says:
haha, yeah, i love when the neighbor, who hates larry, asks if the korean father dude is bothering him. like he cares.
tony says:
that korean student to me was one of the funniest characters.. he and his father are experts at setting up catch 22s
tony says:
did you like the kid that dropped the F bomb every chance he had?
denice the piece says:
fuck yeah, i did.
denice the piece says:
that kid is like. ..me as a kid.
denice the piece says:
and as an adult
tony says:
how did you feel about the ending?
denice the piece says:
haha, you are only asking because you want me to explain it to you.
tony says:
you know me too well.. it was like watching no country for old men again... how that ended... i remember being really confused, but mortified at seeming stupid, so i did this awkward clap as if it was the greatest ending in the world
tony says:
i had no clue about the ending, i only knew it ended 'cause the credits started..
denice the piece says:
you did not clap.
tony says:
i did so clap! both times i watched it.. both times confused
denice the piece says:
okay, here is what i think of the ending. ..
denice the piece says:
so, his son has had a very carefree like, right? he just has worried about watching f troop and his transistor radio and like, the 20 bucks he owes someone for pot.
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tony says:
i cant see your writing
denice the piece says:
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tony says:
CURSE
denice the piece says:
i can type again.
tony says:
what have we done?!
denice the piece says:
fuck the curse.
tony says:
HASHIM will make us pay!
denice the piece says:
okay, so son.. .no cares.
denice the piece says:
has his barmitzvah, goes to the old wise rabbi, and leaves his office on the path to becoming a serious man.
denice the piece says:
so, larry gets a phone call at the end. . .bad news, have to talk about the x-rays. more bad bad stuff for larry even though he hasn't done anything.
tony says:
DO YOU SEE WHAT HAPPENS LARRY?
denice the piece says:
same time he is getting the phone call, the big black tornado is coming towards his son.
denice the piece says:
its like. .. fuck your simple life, no worries. you're about to enter into adulthood and, no matter how much you try, you aren't gonna understand any bit of it. even if you try your hardest to be good, you're going to be blindsided by things that are out of your control. is it god punishing you? teaching you a lesson? does it even matter?
tony says:
that was the most passionate analysis of a movie-ending of all time
tony says:
and we totally gave away the ending.. but thats how we roll
tony says:
and that makes a lot more sense now... i had to rewind the first time i saw it to make sure my dvd didnt skip.. now i kinda get it
denice the piece says:
okay, so there is one line in the movie that like, summed it all up for me. he's talking about the math of the dead cat, right? but really, the dead cat doesn't matter. he says its a fable, an imperfect model. that's what everything we have been told is. its an imperfect model. everyone expects life to be "you do this, you get this" but that's just not how it is. all the tales we have been told. .
denice the piece says:
.. .aren't relevant.
denice the piece says:
they are just pictures to prove a point. but they don't matter.
tony says:
mind blown
denice the piece says:
god, the more i think of it. the more i like the movie.
tony says:
the more i read your review the more i understand and the more i think i like the movie
denice the piece says:
hahah
tony says:
so i'm gonna give it a 7/10
tony says:
woulda been ?/10 if i had to do this myself
denice the piece says:
it isn't a review. it's a deconstruction.
denice the piece says:
haha. okay, um, 9/10. cuz i think i get it now.
tony says:
oh you get it!


The Chelios Heart Award
Denice's Pick: Larry
Tony's Pick: Larry

Line of the Movie:
Denice: "i mean, even i don't understand the dead cat", "SY ABLEMAN!?!"
Tony: "What is it? Is it F-Troop?"