No Country for Old Men | List Price: $29.99
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Binding: DVD
Release Date: 2008-03-11
No Plot, No Hope, No Country for Anyone [Posted on 2008-08-19]
This slow, dull, morbid film stumbles along without a single thread you can cling to. The opening scene is a graphic murder and that is by far the most uplifting thing your will see for the next two hours.
The story of a drug deal gone bad and the hunt to recover the money should be the stuff of any red blooded boy's dreams, Sonny Crockett and a Ferrari and maybe a neeked girl or two...all you'll get here is the sub-blasted landscape of west Texas.
The bad guy laughingly drags a cylinder of air and a shot rod, used for killing cattle, to all of his crimes. But that isn't the worst, no, he also has a silencered shotgun. Assuming that the muzzle blast didn't send the silencer across the room in a cloud of shrapnel, the gas vent when the action opens would wake the dead even in a county where the nearest neighbors are fifteen miles away. Of course it doesn't matter, there is a shotgun duel in the middle of town which wakes no one so one must assume that everyone is dead already.
No if you have two hours to waste try Scooby-doo on Monster Island. At least Jennifer Love Hewitt gets to act whch is more than anyone in No Country For Old Men.
This is a film to run from, don't buy it, don't rent it, don't even speak of it, the sooner it goes to video and dissappears the better
Violent and gory but it'll stick with you [Posted on 2008-08-22]
Javier Bardem as Chigurh in this movie FREAKED ME OUT. This is a very violent and sometimes just plain gory movie. But Tommy Lee Jones is awesome as the sheriff who, although very savvy, always seems to be one step behind the bad guys... Josh Brolin's character is smart and seems like he can outsmart the psycho killer. The tension in this movie will literally keep you on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen next. You'll be looking in the shadows for a day or two later, just to make sure there's no one there.
The Bad Guy Didn't Win [Posted on 2008-08-23]
Most everyone that criticizes this movie doesn't bother to dig deeper into what it all meant. It is an analogy for what happened to America in the early 80's. Nothing more, nothing less.
The bad guy isn't a guy. He is a symbol of the brutality and needless violence surrounding the drug trade that hit America in the 80's. He's soulless, and follows his own flawed logic down a path of destruction. The look on his face when confronting the wife at the very end, tells it all. He seems to know that she is right, and that he is indeed warped, but he can't grasp what's broken inside of him. He leaves the movie a desperate and illogical broken menace, like the violence that consumed entire communities when hard drugs exploded into our cities.
Its a brilliantly executed take on a often swept under the rug social issue. And the acting ain't bad either.
Sometimes movies don't have happy endings. And sometimes the ending isn't even about who wins. If you often need to have stories explained to you, then this isn't for you. And its not even that vague or hard of a movie to digest... Some people just hate putting for any effort in understanding a story. Their loss. This film doesn't come with a spoon to feed you.
Also, the opening 20 minutes of near word free storytelling is a lesson to all future writers and directors. Sometimes less is more. Utterly fantastic beginning to a great movie. It has the surreal feel of Raising Arizona, with the cold touch of Fargo. Probably the Coen's best work yet.
Intense [Posted on 2008-08-23]
This movie is great. It gives all of us a look at what is happening in our country. A man thinking he can take 2 million dollars from the drug dealers can only hope to make it. This movies depicts the wars on the southern borders that happens every day here. Both my husband and I would have liked a better ending. It is well directed, well acted and intense. Keeps you watching so you won't miss anything.
A Tough, Brutal but Classic Crime Movie [Posted on 2008-08-24]
At least for me this film grabbed my attention and held it hostage all the way thru the show. I highly do not recommended it for the young or the faint of heart.
Having said that I wish to say that it was one of the best films that I have seen this year. The writing was 1st rate with a lot of unexpected twists and turns. The Cast was also up for the challenge especially for Mr. Jones and Mr. Brosin. But it was Mr. Bardem who stole the show as a symbol of incredible evil and injustice. You could easily believe that he was pure evil in his insane way in the beautiful setting of West Texas. Altogether a great morality tale of our times.
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