No Country for Old Men

The film was about evil and greed.

Everyone was greedy in it - barring Kelly macDonald. Even the boys at the end start bickering over how to spend the money, and the three boys at border patrol charging a bleeding man for a shirt.... Evil reigns was the message in this film.

Javier Bardem was the epitome of evil/death and a wonderful performance. So too was Tommy Lee Jones who thought he was too old for the job, but when visiting his friend, is told that murder and evil have been around forever and it's nothing new....

Fabulous film. One better suited for someone who likes a film to make them think.
 
Amazing photography in this movie. Some of the shots blew me away. That one with the long road was just amazing.

It's the sort of movie you get the feeling you'll need to watch it a few times to really figure it out. It didn't help that a girl sat one seat from me kept laughing everytime something bad happened.
 
You should have been the perfect gentlemen... and slapped her. Well they do say they like to be treated as equals. :D

Watch the ladies get all offended now... oh how fun. Sexism is so interesting and all. :rolleyes:

I personally can't wait to get this one on DVD.

I've already mentioned the remake of 3:10 to Yuma, if you haven't yet seen it? Do!
 
No, he's not there. It's TLJones imagination working overtime.... Well, anyone would be thinking that, walking into that room... is he hiding behind the door?
 
I thought that he was, as they both saw each other in the key hole. And then when TLJ goes into the building, an air vent is removed, implying that Chigurh escaped?
 
Rhinestone; why have you brought Once Upon A Time In the West into the thread? I agree, it is the greatest Western ever made, but what's it got to do with No Country...?

For me, No Country was a big disappointment compared to Coen Brother's classics such as Blood Simple, Barton Fink, The HuRABucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski, Fargo, Raising Arizona & O Brother.
I haven't seen The Ladykillers so, that aside, I reckon they haven't made a great film since O Brother Where Art Thou?.

Tommy Lee Jones' part could have been cut completely, the dialogue was mumbled, two of the most important events happened off-screen. I'd say it had neither style nor substance. People keep mentioning the cinematography, but it didn't strike me as anything special. Don't get me wrong - it wasn't a bad film; just OK.
 
No, the air vent and dime coin is shown to let the viewer know he got there and got the money. But he wasn't there or else he wouldve blown TLJ to bits like everyone else! He didnt really have a problem with killing anyone..
 
To be honest I doubt it makes any difference whether it's set in the 80s or now (I was not aware it was till I read it on this forum) ... but then again I did not "get" the film so I may be wrong.
 
Saw thefilm at the weekend and thought it was great although was bitterly disappointed that Llewelyn died so abruptly off screen with little explanation as to how it happened
 
One of the best films I have seen in recent years ..

I liked how the film didn't force feed the viewer with a 'start, middle and end' and the whole 'people dying in glorious fashion' nonsense (which rarely happens in the real world). I believe many people these days need a film to tell them what to think, they can stick with the awful CGI films. ;) . Javier Bardem was indeed amazing, loved the coin tossing and dark nihilistic humour. "You got a bone sticking outta' leg".
 
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