Back at the beginning of the month when I was drafting my 40 most anticipated films of 2013, I plopped the Coen Bro‘s Inside Llewyn Davis at a lofty tenth place. This had nothing to do with the synopsis or the talent in front of the camera. No, all my expectations arose from the mere presence of the men behind the camera- the enigmatic Coen brothers- the familial duo responsible for classics such as Fargo, The Big Lebowski and No Country for Old Men. And while I wouldn’t say that their proverbial chicken lays a gold egg each go around, I think they swing pretty hard when the ball comes their way and have a first-rate batting average. Ok, enough with the metaphors- they’re just great filmmakers.

Check out the trailer for Inside Llewyn Davis here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5ngyALMRR4

My first impression looking at this would be- meh – but knowing it’s from the Coen family, you’ve got to assume the motion picture itself will play much differently than this trailer. The folk singer on the road story seems to borrow at least somewhat from the life and times of Bob Dylan and they’re all for acknowledging that. They even superimpose his song over the entire trailer. Would I change my ranking having seen this? No, probably not. I’ll let it play out.

Where’s your anticipation factoring in on this one?

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