No Country for Old Men..
 

Hi,

Anyone catch this flick?

It seemed to end abruptly?

John.:music:

Sequel :scratch2:

Almost as saisfying as the Sopranos finale.

Seems to end on a discordant note, but all is pretty much resolved as far as I could see.

What a GREAT movie!!
I loved the ending: An undercurrent of Evil persists unabated.
And all our fathers are out there waiting for us in the dark.
CLASSIC!!!

Best.....Movie.....Ever

I've come to expect big things from the Coen brothers and they didn't disappoint.

the book is a must read. not mccarthy's greatest, but a good one. i rank them like this: #1, The Road (2007 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction) #1, Blood Meridian, and last #1, Suttree. from there we go to mccarthy's lesser fiction, which of course, are all rated like this, as far as i am concerned--#1

superb movie, one of my favorites of the year. of necessity, they dropped a major character development element in the sheriff, which played highly in the book, and which in many ways helps you grasp the title.

Sorry Folks, but that movie was a total mutt. Lots of top notch talent in one sorry waste of a movie..........Pearls before swine, I'd say.

Coen Brothers could, and have, done far better.

That's my opinion, anyhow.

Dave

It's on the "DVD to rent" list...

:thmbsp:Bought it:thmbsp:
willie

Great movie with a dialogue that is sparse but telling. The moral:when you are ahead bury your good side.

A mutt that earned the Coen brothers three Oscars.

Not my favorite Coen film, but I liked it overall.

dew.

I just hated the ending and I wasn't the only one. Everyone in the bathroom after it was over were just shaking their heads. I would have loved for Sheriff Bell and Chigurh duel it out and finish on a realistic note. What became of Chigurh?? He hurts his arm in the car wreck and walks away and gets away with murder.

In real life sometimes the very bad walks off into the sunset.

And the good guys for all their noble attempts sometimes get nothing for efforts...

EXACTLY the point!

Absolutely stunning movie.

However, as Ethan (?) Coen said on Oscar night, "Winning Oscars is easy when you use writers like Homer and Cormac McCarthy."

The "ending" was the whole point of the book/film. A "Hollywood" ending would have been just that... Hollywood.

rock on, summer

I call it No Ending for Good Movie.

If you think about it, Chigurh really showed about the best adherence to his morals as warped as they were. Whereas the "good-guy" Llewelyn tries to make off with money that isn't his, originally leaves a man to die without water in the desert, and treats his wife like dirt, Chigurth prefers killing people with his cow-bolt because it's more quick and clean, always keeps his word in terms of adhering to the coin toss for killing, and works hard for his employer and gets the job done without demanding more money for his troubles. I enjoyed it because it was so different in that it had no true good or bad characters and they killed off the lead 3/4 through the movie. I think I did use hyperbole in my first post though, since I do like Fargo better as far as Coen movies go.

I plan on reading the book, but I still think they had that character development you mentioned, probably not as in depth as the book might have made it. I still picked up on it.


Couldn't say it any better, so many tie ins from the movie to the title to real life it's ridiculous.

I didn't see the characters as quite that morally ambiguous, but thankfully the treatment wasn't "Hollywood" clear.

Ever hear that country song, "...I may be a real bad boy, but I'm a real good man?" Corny sounding sentiment, but you'll find many good examples of just that in this part of the country...

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superb movie, one of my favorites of the year. of necessity, they dropped a major character development element in the sheriff, which played highly in the book, and which in many ways helps you grasp the title.[/QUOTE]

He really sounded and looked tired.

Sometimes? :scratch2:

The tone of the work was reminiscent of "Fargo" to my wife and I. I enjoyed it; all that great talent, good writing, what else should a person expect?

:tresbon:

He really sounded and looked tired.[/QUOTE]
I'm not a huge Tommy Lee Jones fan, but he was excellent in this and in the last scene he was incredible as a frustrated beaten man who knows there was nothing he could do to stop the inevitable. I really felt the anxiety he was portraying.

Is that supposed to mean something? New movies, like new music are weak. I have not seen the movie, and have absolutely no desire to.

I'm glad I only paid $1 to rent it at the Redbox kiosk in my local supermarket.

Wonderful, wonderful movie.

I'm a big Coen brothers fan this one is right up there with the original Blood Simple, Fargo, and Raising Arizona.

I saw it in a theater at 1pm on a wednesday afternoon and I was still nervous at 11pm that night. Couldn't wait to get the DVD.

I ignored this film when it came out. Saw it at home on Friday night and I'm still thinking about it. Kind of like Fargo but "No Country" had fewer moments of normalcy, everything was even more surreal.

I'm down on graphic/gratuitous violence. But this film (like Fargo) had to have it to punctuate it's message. Regardless, in the end, I was numb to it, as absurd as it was.

Been thinking about it the last couple days and I thought I figured it out: Villain and hero switch places somewhere through the film. Looks like Agent928 came to the same conclusion.

Very tough for me to get through the first 20-30 minutes. Truly riveting thereafter.

A great film.

My Dad and I watched it on Sunday, He wanted to see it even after I warned him that others had commented (here) that the ending was abrupt and unusual.

After it finished, he looked at me and said "Well, you warned me..."

Of course we don't know for sure the wife's fate, but she had actually gotten herself to the coin toss stage, an accomplishment in that context. And then probably blew it.

I think the most significant accomplishment was that Tommy Lee Jone's character actually survived...

Read the book. Her fate is clear and slightly different from the film, but not ultimately.

Aren't I awesome? and so humble too. :D

I thought the movie was pretty good, but also thought the ending hurt it as well to.
It didn't need some big hollywood ending but at least continue on like the rest of the movie.

I saw all of the movies up for best picture and kinda sheeply have to admit it but Juno was best!

I love the Coen brothers and there movies but felt they fell just a bit short for me here on this one.

I saw it at a theatre with only five other people in the audience. I wasn't in the mood at the time for the talky parts in the latter portion of the film, but I'll rent it and listen to it again for more insight. Liked the movie.

Watched it on DVD last weekend.

It was good, but Fargo was a much better picture.

I'm a fan of the Coen brothers, but this was not their best.

Several riveting scenes (dog chasing the guy in the river), but the overall plot and character development are not up to "best picture" standards.

Guy stumbles on the remains of a drug deal gone bad near the Mexican border - seems like I've seen this movie many times before.

I thought about Fargo for days and it was a completely original movie experience. Not with this movie.

My two cent review. Snade

Read the book. You'll be glad you did.

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Please tell me this stupid movie did not win best picture ????

This movie was a two hour and two minute waste. Hollywood gets worse by the hour !

He returned to give water to one of the severely injured drug dealer. This was out of character when viewed against his initial reaction to the man. His yield to the humane side led to his lost of a fortune and his life.
This film is making some serious statements.

It certainly is!
The most important being man's need to assert concepts of good and bad on a world that operates on a level far exceeding our arbitrary moral judgements.

William Blake once wrote:
"The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy seas, and the destructive sword are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man."

I still won't pay a cent to see it.