Week 7: O Brother

Well since I already posted the week 7 prompt about song lyrics, I will discuss the week 5 prompt which I forwent about a movie that I obsess about and has somewhat shaped me into who I am. The movie O Brother, Where Art Thou? is my favorite movie of all time. It’s an acquired taste of humor, so most of the viewers either love it or hate it. I’ve seen the movie near 30 times and can probably quote any line right out of the script. What’s the reason I love the movie so much? Other than the matchlessly comical dialogue, top-notch actors including George Clooney, and an enrapturing plot, I think the reason I love it so much is because everyone in my family loves it as much as I do. I first saw the movie as we rented it and watched it as a family pretty soon after it came out. I didn’t particularly like or appreciate the movie at first, probably because well over half the elements I find funny today went way over my head. The family loved it and bought it the same week. The more I watched it with my family, the more humor I picked up, and the more I related to the movie. Not a week goes by that I say a quote from that movie during some random situation. And rarely will I say a quote and somebody picks up on it and says, “Hey, that’s from O Brother, Where Art Thou.” But when I say any line from that movie around any member of my family, on we go throwing out our favorite quotes and laughing till we can’t handle it. Quotes like “Pete, the personal rancor reflected in that remark I don't intend to dignify with comment. But I would like to address your general attitude of hopeless negativism” or “Cows! I hate cows worse than coppers!” Even going through the quotes online right now had me laughing hard, but I realized without context how they’d seem bland. I admonish you to give the movie a try if you haven’t. And if you like it a little the first time, watch it again and again until you fall madly in love with its Ol’ Timey feel and incredibly humorous quotes.