“No Country for Old Men” - the actual movie

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“No Country for Old Men” - the actual movie

Monday, January 21st, 2008 | A&E |

After playing with puns on the name, I finally saw the movie tonight with my wife. (Possible only because my mother in law was nice enough to keep the kids tonight even after keeping them all day today. Thanks, Ginny!)

Loved it. There were plenty of memorable characters and dialog, and great direction and cinematography by the Coen brothers. The acting is mostly good to great. Josh Brolin made me believe he was just some hard luck Charlie the casting director found in a Texas trailer park. No Country for Old Men also has one of the best villains in movie history.

I should probably mention that it’s a movie that invites bitching and questions, but also serious consideration. Without giving anything away, you’ll wonder why the Coen brothers showed some events which seem inconsequential, while leaving to your imagination events which would be pivotal scenes in other movies. I don’t think for a minute that those decisions were unintentional, and I look forward to pondering their reasons the next time i watch the movie.

P.S. - Now that I’ve seen the movie I no longer have to dodge spoilerific discussions of same. I love this comment on that post:

Folks who truly enjoy Mozart and Dostoevsky don’t love them just for a crossword-puzzle workout, aren’t concerned with social climbing, and are not bothered that other people might be enjoying entirely different works. But as rule, the need to look down on others is more powerful in more hearts than the love for music. People are shitty that way.

I don’t think that’s completely true, because I don’t think there are that many snobs in the world, but, yeah, there are snobs like that in the world.

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3 Comments to “No Country for Old Men” - the actual movie

Mike
January 22, 2008

Tittilating review. Maybe I won’t wait for the DVD this time and actually brave a movie theater.

Les Jones
January 23, 2008

It’s really worth seeing in the theater for those big western scenes.

I didn’t especially notice the sound, but several people mentioned they thought it was exceptionally good. Then again, Downtown West doesn’t have the latest and greatest AV technology. It might sound better in other theaters.

Mike
January 25, 2008

It might sound better in my living room where I won’t have to try and delete the teenagers talking. Then again, the big screen does have that effect you just can’t get at home.