Wow - where was the plot or script-writers here?

Rating: 3/10 (23 February 2014)

The scene was set very well and some fine actors were in place for what could have been a fine movie with some sort of story or message to be projected to the masses.
Instead, we had a movie which went nowhere and came full square back to a deja vu recreation of a previous scene for no reason that I can fathom. Indeed, the earlier scene could very easily have been simply re-run? I thought the reels had been accidentally inserted from earlier in the film? I'm sure those crafty Coen brother's had some message to convey to us all, but do you know, I don't even want to know what it was.
I seemed to recall reading somewhere that this may be their last movie collaboration? Enjoy your retirement guys and don't come back!
3 out of 10 and that's only for the cinematography and the fine cast who tried to inject life into a life-less project.