Show Dialogue Trumps Plot in n llers Allen Johnson Staff Writer Its It's fun to see Hanks with a different different different differ differ- ent look and especially in a film without with without without out Meg Ryan Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen oen well known for their films Raising Arizona Fargo The Big Lebowski O 0 Brother Where Art Thou and several others have offered up another off-beat off remake of this original 1955 film Like O 0 Brother Where Art Thou this takes place in the rural south in a small side river-side town Though it takes place in modern times the town is relatively untouched by current things Writers Directors Joel and Ethan have teamed Tom Hanks with Marlon in the lead roles Gawain MacSam is a thug who has hasa a role in the heist The plot forms around a casino heist that is threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened by a sweet sweet old lady Marva Munson played by Irma P. P Hall True to form the Coen brothers delve into some very fun and overtly eloquent dialogue for Professor GH Dorrs Dorr's Hanks part The stark contrast contrast contrast con con- between his top the wordiness wordiness wordiness ness and Munsons Munson's slow southern drawl provides some great humor With so much attention focused on the words it seems the Coen brothers forgot about the plot A mysterious and self-proclaimed self intellectual Professor G GH GH H Don Doff arrives at the door of widow Marva Munson inquiring about a room for E r 5 A E o Eu Eo Eo u y irsa o a f c t r rf rw S 'S y y o oE w E o f N Nv v 1 o 0 ou u oo o 0 c 0 a p. p Professor GH Dorr Don Tom Hanks and Marva Irma Inna P. P Hall keep Gawain MacSam Marlon l Wayens in line rent He asks to make use of her root cellar to use for rehearsal of a Baroque ensemble he is in She finds him odd but rents him the space Its It's only then that he gets together with his band a silent Asian man referred to as General a demolitions man named Pancake who wears safari attire and suffers from a bowel disorder disorder disorder der and Lump Hudson a dam brain aged football player who is the grunt Dorr Don reveals that they are all going to relieve a river steamboat casino of its wealth As the progress they are arec challenged c challenged chal- chal h a 1 by their own stupidity a n d dM M Marvas Marva's a r V a s ability to show up at the thew w wrong r 0 n g time There is very little t i o n offered as asto asto asto to how the band got together an and the movie leaves you f y i con con- cony conf con con- as asto asto asto to what the characters' characters purposes s are portrays a wannabe gangster that spen spends s most of his time yelling at other members of the group His part as a whole is weak and serves little purpose That also goes for the other group members in the heist The group hardly moves the plot forward Most of the movie is spent on Dorrs Dorr's dialogue Granted the conversations are quite funny they just overlook the mark and miss miss the rest of the story |