No Country for Old Men..

[Robie]

Originally Posted by Agent928

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 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.