No Country for Old Men

[petiepanzer]

Every Holiday Season, Hollywood releases a slew of syrupy movies intended to get people into the holiday spirit and and evoke warm and fuzzy feelings. "No Country for Old Men" clearly does not fall into that catagory.

This was an extremely dark movie. In fact, it was one of the darker movies I have seen in quite some time. I'm trying to think of a movie that was as dark this one for the purpose of comparison. It was darker than "Traffic". I would have to say that it was even darker than "Eastern Promises". I can't think of anything right now.

The acting was superb. The movie was set in the late 70's- early 80's in West Texas along the border with Mexico. It was nice to be reminded that there are some places in the state that are more desolate and isolated than the Panhandle. Javier Bardem plays a sociopathic character that is possibly the chilliest, creepiest character since Hannibal Lecter was introduced to American audiences in 1991. This guy is not as likable or as sympathetic of a character as Hannibal was, though.

All in all, the movie was kind of a downer. I thought they did an outstanding job with the acting, cinematography, and the script was well developed. The overall theme was quite disturbing, though, and fans that have become accustomed to the Coen brothers' wacky sence of humor in films like "The Big Lebowski" and "Fargo" are going to be disappointed in this film.Also, this film will most likely be a disappointment for those who need resolution before the movie ends. After watching this film, I was left asking myself, 'WTF is wrong with humanity?'.

[mustakister]

petiepanzer said:

Every Holiday Season, Hollywood releases a slew of syrupy movies intended to get people into the holiday spirit and and evoke warm and fuzzy feelings. "No Country for Old Men" clearly does not fall into that catagory.

This was an extremely dark movie. In fact, it was one of the darker movies I have seen in quite some time. I'm trying to think of a movie that was as dark this one for the purpose of comparison. It was darker than "Traffic". I would have to say that it was even darker than "Eastern Promises". I can't think of anything right now.

The acting was superb. The movie was set in the late 70's- early 80's in West Texas along the border with Mexico. It was nice to be reminded that there are some places in the state that are more desolate and isolated than the Panhandle. Javier Bardem plays a sociopathic character that is possibly the chilliest, creepiest character since Hannibal Lecter was introduced to American audiences in 1991. This guy is not as likable or as sympathetic of a character as Hannibal was, though.

All in all, the movie was kind of a downer. I thought they did an outstanding job with the acting, cinematography, and the script was well developed. The overall theme was quite disturbing, though, and fans that have become accustomed to the Coen brothers' wacky sence of humor in films like "The Big Lebowski" and "Fargo" are going to be disappointed in this film.Also, this film will most likely be a disappointment for those who need resolution before the movie ends. After watching this film, I was left asking myself, 'WTF is wrong with humanity?'.

I loved it and plan to see it again. It is a movie that involves a lot of cold blooded murder, so ya... it's dark alright! Acting, directing, cinematography were superb.

I'm a huge Coen Bro's fan, and this one did not disappoint. In fact, I would put it up there w/ their early work including Blood Simple and Miller's Crossing.