ChuckFlixs: The Ballard of Buster Scruggs By Chuck VanHoose November 18, 2018The Ballard of Buster Scruggs is the newest film from the Coen Brothers. The film is broke into 6 different stories following different characters in each one. The film is a introduction to westerners while paying respect to them. Although the characters don’t reappear in the different stories there are reoccurring themes. Now each story has a different tone that can relate to different classic western stories.

I enjoyed the majority of the stories and just had fun with them. The effects are really cheesy at times but that just adds to the fun of the movie. My favorite stories was the first one and the one with James Franco. James Franco had my favorite line in the movie. But it’s a spoiler so I won’t say what it is. Tim Blake Nelson gives a hilarious performance as Buster Scruggs. He was by far my favorite character.

Another great aspect is how quick the tone can switch in between different stories. For example it goes being really silly to morbid humor. This story takes place with Liam Neeson who has a traveling act to make money. He uses a man with no arms and legs who performs monologues. The story gets darker as time goes on.

I don’t have to many negatives except that I didn’t really care for the last story or so. My other negative is that I didn’t get a whole movie with Tim Blake Nelson as Buster Scruggs.

If you want to turn your brain off for a little over two hours then this is the movie for you. But if you can’t do that then I would avoid this movie.

Rating 8/10

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