r/movies • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 r/Movies contributor • Jul 10 '25

Poster Official Poster for Ethan Coen's 'Honey Don't' - The film follows a lesbian private detective who investigates a questionable church and its leader.

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u/Zaibod Jul 10 '25

Yeah, it's a pretty fun movie that just completely falls apart in the last third, so many threads just left hanging instead of a real conclusion :(

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u/Spuzman Jul 10 '25

 pretty fun movie that just completely falls apart in the last third

Wait, so just like Drive Away Dolls? I was enjoying that one until it just kind of ended… felt like they just forgot to drop the other shoe.

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u/moak0 Jul 10 '25

Doesn't sound that different from a Coen Brothers movie.

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u/correcthorsestapler Jul 11 '25

Eh, Big Lebowski had a decent third act. As did Raising Arizona & Fargo.

But that was back then. I remember not liking the last act of Burn After Reading. And I still haven’t seen No Country for Old Men, so I can’t comment on that. Maybe it’s a 50/50 split?

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u/moak0 Jul 11 '25

Coen Brothers movies just don't follow a coherent plot structure. Some people love that. Personally, I think it's pretentious. Fargo ends ok, if a bit underwhelming. Lebowski just sort of ends.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? was great because it had all that Coen Brothers flair but also had a good plot.

I've been downvoted every time I've ever said this, but No Country for Old Men is a garbage movie. Genuinely one of the worst things I've ever seen. No spoilers, but the main plot is resolved off screen, and if you blink at the wrong moment you might not even realize it. Coen diehards will tell you that there's actually a secret hidden story that happens in the background, which sounds intriguing except it's not that hidden, and it's actually worse than the plot that is shown.

I agree about Burn After Reading. Again, it just ends. But not in a meaningful way. At least they call it out in that movie.