No Country for Old Men

Saw it this afternoon and I agree it was an amazing film. Javier Barden was brilliant as the psychopathic Chigurh!!

I'd give it 9/10 as well :)
 
I, on the other hand hated it.

I found it boring and just could not get interested in it.

In fact, I had to go to the toilet 30 minutes before the end, and went home instead of watching the last 30 minutes.

I have been going to the cinema now for about 6 months every weekend and watched every new movie, and this is the first time that I have not watched the whole movie.

Why was the truck with the money all abandoned in the first place where anybody could see it and take the money.

I was hoping it would be really good with it having Tommy Lee Jones in it, but his role was very small.

If I had to rate it, i'd give it 1/10
 
Totally agree, I was very disappointed in it. Very Overated.

Everyone is going on about Tommy Lee Jones performance, but he actually does NOTHING in the film except drive around and talk to people. You could actually take out all his scenes and the film would be no different.

Too many plot holes and unanswered questions.
 
For its detractors in terms of the storyline remember that it is an adaptation of a book and though I haven't read it I am led to believe that the film sticks very closely to the original text.

I loved it, Javier Bardem was the epitome of a psycho and I could never relax when he was on screen. I thought TLJ was perfect as the old fashioned sheriff struggling to cope in the vastly changed world from what he was used to.

It certainly didn't pan out the way I expected it to but then that's hardly surprising given the people who had a hand in it. I hope it does well at the oscars although I'm not certain that it's the best of the films nominated (although it beats Atonement and Michael Clayton hanRAB down neither of which should have been nominated in the first place).

And to rjmahcin I'm surprised you're confused by the bit you placed in the spoiler, I honestly believe that they explained everything about those details perfectly.
 
I didn't like this film because it was hard to understand and just seemed pointless. If I had to rate it i'd give it 4/10, a let down really after hearing all the hype.
 
Like the look of there will be blood definitely.

One thing I wouldn't do is go back to the scene of the crime to give a dying bloke water!

I'd also have counted it straight away thus aiding myself no end and I'd've been on the first plane to far far away.
 
It was great until the last half hour.
What a damp squib of an ending.:(
I know it was based on a book but that is no excuse.
Don't get me wrong, it is worth seeing and is a very atmospheric film.
However, it does seem to have more style than substance
 
I felt so frustrated when this ended that I nearly threw my coke at the screen. I loved the photography of the movie, as well as the great tension (and with very little use of music), and the way the hunter at one time becomes the hunted. At some times I had to hold my breath as I was so scared for the protagonist.
To then have the protagonist killed off screen seemed like a great insult to his character. If he really had to die, then he deserved a better death than that.

Was a bit confused by one of the scenes towarRAB the end too:
when Tommy lee Jones goes into the motel room and we see Javier Bardem hiding in the dark, is he there or is he not?! If he really is, then why doesn't TLJ see him when he goes into the room, sits on the bed, goes into the bathroom, etc.

The two long conversations at the end of the movie bored me to tears so much that I started looking through my handbag to occupy myself.

I am not blaming the Coen brothers for adapting the book (from what I have read, they have done this brilliantly). My opinion is that maybe they should have picked another book! ;)
 
I was glad to see this did well at the BAFTAs especially for Javier Bardem.
I don't think I will ever forget his portrayal of Anton Chigurh and that cattle gun thingie he carried with him.
 
I myself am a big fan of Westerns. Spaghetti Westerns being my favourite, ever since I was a kid.

Once Upon A Time in the West is the greatest western ever made as far as I am concerned.

If you haven't seen it and are a fan of the genre "see it!".

I saw the remake of 3:10 to Yuma and was incredibly surprised. It was fantastic. Vastly superior to the good original as well... Did I just say that!?

This film? "Best Picture" are the worRAB that come to my mind. I am truly pleased the old hard gritty "cool" Western is fighting its way back to the top of the mountain again.

It's been far too long.
 
I don't get Coen brothers films, infact the only film of there's I liked was Intolerable Cruelty which is widely acknowledged as one of the worst films they've done.
 
I think the clue is in the movie title.
What the movie is saying is that there used to be honour even among criminals, but now its gone. Time to retire.
 
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!

I thought I was the only person in the world who was bored to tears throughout this. Only the stunning cinematography and the wonderful Kelly MacDonald stopped me from walking out.

There didn't seem to be any rhyme or reason to why the characters did what they did. Why did Moss sacrifice everything for the money? He didn't particularly seem to want it. And why was Chigurh a relentless killing machine ~ just because he is, apparently.

:yawn::yawn::yawn:
 
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