stancym-1 The whole thing did not make sense. The way everyone seemed to make decisions seemed extremely unlikely and far fetched without the necessary humor to make that work. I agreed with the reviewer who stated that one is unlikely to bury a body in an open field with a lit up house not far away. Especially with tire tracks leading to the scene. Then there is the matter of the husband who hires a sleazy detective to kill his wife and her lover. He is shot apparently dead, certainly bleeding a LOT, and we are supposed to believe he suddenly comes to life after hours of not moving and after hours of being dragged away from the murder scene in a car, all the while not moving? Suddenly he has the energy to get out of the car, crawl in the road, and start firing shots at the wife's lover to boot? and wait, he's dragged some more and dumped in a pit dug by the lover, and he is still alive enough to fire MORE shots? As for the leads, the lovers, how did these two ever get together? They tell each other NOTHING, explain NOTHING, and have no communication or affection of any kind in the whole movie. You really dont LIKE any character in this film, and for some that may not matter. It did to me. There is no humor to lighten this dark, depressing piece, and there was too much stupidity for me. Disagreeable and distasteful film. FARGO is a far superior film.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Blood Simple." is an American 100-minute film from 1984 and this one is mostly known today for being the first full feature film made by the Coen Bros that started their path to greatness in the upcoming decades. The only relevant female character is played by Frances McDormand (no denying she was really stunning in here) and this was the year when she married Joel Coen and actually this was also her first acting role. Today she is an Oscar winner and way more known than her male colleagues in this over 30-year-old film. But they are good too and it really is a strong ensemble performance that did not get half the awards attention it should have. And while the Coens are also masters of subtlety, this film here is at its best during the loud and spectacular sequences like when early on the investigator shoots his client or the scene when one character suddenly comes back to life again or of course the spectacular finale with one of the most memorable knife scenes in film history. The Coens are also truly great when it comes to including crucial coincidence in their films and even when they were at or even under the age of 30, they were also very skilled with regard to that already. And in addition to that, there is also a great deal of karma in here. The only truly innocent character from the 4 in the center of it all is eventually also the only one who survives.There were minor issues I had with the film, but all of them came from my subjective perspective like when McDormand's character suspects her lover to kill her too soon. But none of these were bad or anything, just not as great as most of the other stuff. And once again, this is a film that delivers the usual Coen situational comedy approach like the toilet sign about washing your hands, the jumping dog, the light on/off near the end and many other really interesting moments. As always with Joel and Etan, you will discover a great deal of new things on rewatch, things you may have missed out on during the first viewing because the love to detail is as good as it gets and even if it is not surprising if you have seen other Coen films, you still should not take it for granted. This film is really as good as it gets for launching your career and many other great filmmakers can only wish for their first work to be on such a high level of quality like "Blood Sample". This is very much on par with the brothers' very best, maybe right now my number 2 from the duo, second to none except their Best Picture winner. I highly recommend checking out these genuinely entertaining 100 minutes Blood Simple had to offer. Not a film for simple people though as it will clearly transcend their horizon.

Movie Watcher Slow but even paced suspense yarn with a cleverly conceived and written screenplay which begins simple enough as a jealous husband's murder for hire plan to snuff out his cheating wife and her boyfriend. Each of the four players then must increasingly deal with what we the viewers know is their own individual mis-understanding of what exactly what has and is going on. To that add a sprinkling of entertainingly odd camera angles, good editing, and dark humor; and the murderous mayhem slowly unfolds in a very stylistically Coen Bros. manner. In what is almost a Coen Bros. touch in itself, the 1984 time period depicted is dead-on because - it's a 1984 film! Particularly enjoyed watching M. Emmet Walsh again, whose wonderfully quirky character actor chops are such a natural fit for a Bros. Coen script.

SquigglyCrunch Blood Simple. follows a man who, upon discovering that his wife is cheating on him with one of his employees, decides that he wants to get rid of both people. The story itself is very good. It's an interesting revenge-ish murder story that is presented very differently from how one might expect, as are many Coen Brothers' movies. The audience might make a prediction as to how it's going to go, then something totally unexpected will happen. Sometimes the movie will focus on something simply for the sake of throwing the audience off, which I think was an awesome idea. Despite the amazing story and mostly great presentation, this movie is one of the most boring ones I've seen all year. I don't know why, it had everything going for it, I just couldn't enjoy it as much as I was probably supposed to. I ended up taking a couple breaks even just so I could move around and wake myself up a little more. Nothing else about this movie is particularly exceptional. The acting is fine, the camera work is fine, the soundtrack is fine. There's nothing else worth mentioning, despite the fact that that's exactly what I'm doing right now. Overall Blood Simple. is an unpredictable, interesting story that drags it's butt slowly along a bed of nails. Sure, there were parts of the movie that did pick up, but that was maybe ten minutes of this 95 minute movie. In the end I'd still recommend this movie. It's a story definitely worth seeing, and who knows? Maybe you won't find it as boring as I did.