Finally watched "No Country for Old Men"

[hadespussercats]

Conclusions:
Beautifully shot, strong acting
Javier Bardem's hair is beyond character-delineating, crossing over into stupid and distracting
Ended exactly the way it seemed it would after the first ten minutes
Point= ?
Not Coen Bros. best, by a long shot
Unsure why it did so well at Academy Awards. Sucky year for movies?

What did you think?

[Gawdzilla Sama]

[hadespussercats]

Well, it didn't put me to sleep. And a lot of movies do. So I guess that's something.

[FBM]

I liked it. I think I watched it twice, a few months apart. Maybe I'm just easily amused.

[klr]

I recorded it over Christmas, will watch it ... soon.

[Animavore]

I thought it was shite.

There. I said it.

[amused]

Crap ending to a random set of unfortunate events.

The bad guy was done very well though. When the Woody Harrelson character just gives up on first sight in the hotel, you know how bad bad can be.

[Seth]

Lost me with the first incident with the cattle-killer. I'd have shot the fucker dead long before he got within range to use it. And a shotgun silencer? I don't think so.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Lost me with the first incident with the cattle-killer. I'd have shot the fucker dead long before he got within range to use it. And a shotgun silencer? I don't think so.

Oh, they make those.

[Efilzeo]

I liked it, and if I remember well it hasn't any music at all.
Never found something like that before.

[Animavore]

I liked it, and if I remember well it hasn't any music at all.
Never found something like that before.

As far as I remember Straw Dogs had no music. I think it was Straw Dogs.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I liked it, and if I remember well it hasn't any music at all.
Never found something like that before.

As far as I remember Straw Dogs had no music. I think it was Straw Dogs.

"Purple Rain" didn't have any.

[hadespussercats]

Lost me with the first incident with the cattle-killer. I'd have shot the fucker dead long before he got within range to use it. And a shotgun silencer? I don't think so.

I didn't really get the cattle-killer device, either. Maybe if the story had made more of an issue of ballistics evidence, it would have made sense. But instead it seemed like something that was trying to be menacing, or dehumanizing, but just came across as unnecessarily clunky.

For a second, I was going to say-- if it had been a gun of some sort, the cop in the beginning would have confiscated it. But Javier killed him anyway, and could easily have gotten the gun back after.

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Am I the only person here that liked the film?

I loved the randomness of it. I liked the way that things just happened that weren't telegraphed hours in advance and there was no message, no resolution, no plan. I like films like that. I like being left in mid-air, guessing what happens next or what it was all about.

I keep meaning to read the book.

[hadespussercats]

Am I the only person here that liked the film?

I loved the randomness of it. I liked the way that things just happened that weren't telegraphed hours in advance and there was no message, no resolution, no plan. I like films like that. I like being left in mid-air, guessing what happens next or what it was all about.

I keep meaning to read the book.

[spoiler alert]

You couldn't tell Josh Brolin was dead the moment he picked up that money?

I guess randomness could be seen as the message of the movie-- what with the coin-flipping and all. Though, as the wife pointed out, the coin wasn't really making the call...