Who is it aimed to?

Rating: Null/10 (11 April 2017)

I'm a folk lover from Bob Dylan to Leonard Cohen, Pentangle, Fairport Convention, Alan Hull, I am listening to a lot of Bert Jansch latelly but I also love early sixties bands like Simon & Garfunkel, The Mamas & the Papas, The Byrds, The Lovin' Spoonful, ... I also like anthropology so I thought I was really going to enjoy this. I felt the movie was going to be slow from the very first song. It really has a sixties feel in it, it slightly reminded me of The Graduate, which is probably my all time favorite movie, and I couldn't help but feel that there is a lot of good elements that are missing here like humour and a pace. I've seen other Coen brothers' movies, I am aware that they tend to do downward spirals but this is kind of a waste. I think the reason why most of their other films worked for me was that, at any point, I felt sympathy for the protagonists. It is kind of essencial for the process and it really doesn't happens here. There are no good things happening to Llewyn and at some point you just realize he really is kind of an a** and deserves it. No identification at all. It has some great cinematography, the movie just looks beautiful, great filming and great acting, but it's not engaging and it's also very slow. I feel like people who say this is good are trying to look smart.