No Country for Old Men

[airdvr 210]

So what did you think? I gave it a 6 . Most definitely did not exceed my expectations.

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[kylepass 0]

i thought it was really good 9/10.

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[Conundrum 1]

Great movie. Watch it again. It's better the second/third etc. time.

[Andrewwhyte 1]

Good movie, not great. 7.5/10

[mrwrong 0]

I haven't been able to watch it without going to the wounderful sleepy-land

In my book it's a 2/10.... For not keeping me awake....

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[chiquita24 0]

I thought this movie was pretty good! A bit long, but still good.

[dgskydive 0]

I loved it!

My favorite part was in the very beggining when Tommy Lee Jones is doing the voice over.

"You have to say............................ I'll be a part of this world"

Dont know why I like that line so much, but it stands out in my mind for some reason.

The ending to me was a bit of a let down the 1st time I watched it, but like Conundrum said. It got better the more times I watched it, and I think I actually got the ending finally.

Dom

[stitch 0]

You need to read the book by Cormac McCarthy. The movie leaves quite a bit out.

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[dgskydive 0]

I will thanks.

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[aresye 0]

I loved the movie, mainly for one reason, and that is just how suspensful they made it. For example, I have never seen a bad guy in any movie be quite as creepy and terrifying as the killer in NCFOM.

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[Gawain 0]

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Great movie. Watch it again. It's better the second/third etc. time.

+1

So I try and I scream and I beg and I sigh
Just to prove I'm alive, and it's alright
'Cause tonight there's a way I'll make light of my treacherous life
Make light!

[dgskydive 0]

I havent read the book yet, but I think the movie probably focused more on the action then Tommy Lee's character.

Does the book take his viewpoint more?

Dom

[dgskydive 0]

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a bad guy in any movie be quite as creepy and terrifying as the killer in NCFOM.

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Dom

[ryoder 1,590]

I've been making sure to catch every Coen Bros film since "Blood Simple".
Compared to their other work, I would rate this around the middle.
I will definitely give them credit for introducing the captive-bolt pistol as a hitman's weapon.

I just watched "Burn After Reading" two days ago, and would rate that in the lower third..

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[JerryBaumchen 1,466]

Hi stitch,

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The movie leaves quite a bit out.

IMO, they all do. Books exercise your mind in a way that movies cannot.

The only movie ( IMO ) that followed the book completely was TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD.

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[millertimeunc 0]

I would have given it a 1 after I first saw it, just because of the way it ended. After thinking about it for a while, though, I think it's one of the best movies I have ever seen, and would give it a solid 8.5

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[AggieDave 6]

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I just watched "Burn After Reading" two days ago, and would rate that in the lower third..

Really?

It was no Lebowski or Arizona, but it still has some serious Coen elements and was seriously funny. Its funnier each time you watch it.

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[dgskydive 0]

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I would have given it a 1 after I first saw it, just because of the way it ended

What did you think of the ending? I mean what did you think it was all about?

Dom

[millertimeunc 0]

Without giving the ending away, I didn't like what happened to certain characters. After I thought about it, though, and looked at the entire movie as a work of cinematography and acting, and also thought about the story (such a violent country really IS no country for old men), I began to appreciate it for what it was.

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[ryoder 1,590]

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I just watched "Burn After Reading" two days ago, and would rate that in the lower third..

Really?

It was no Lebowski or Arizona, but it still has some serious Coen elements and was seriously funny. Its funnier each time you watch it.

It had it's good elements, Malkovich was great, but it was almost like he was doing a drama while everyone else was doing a comedy. Brad Pitt's dumb jock was very good, especially that slow, dramatic voice he used when talking to Malkovich.

And of course it had the typical Coen Bros trademark: It was like nothing they've done before.

I'd love to see a new Coen Bros movie that would put me into hysterics again like Arizona. I'm thinking it's time to rent that again.

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[chiquita24 0]

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I loved the movie, mainly for one reason, and that is just how suspensful they made it. For example, I have never seen a bad guy in any movie be quite as creepy and terrifying as the killer in NCFOM.

I agree! That guy was very creepy-everything about him.

[dgskydive 0]

I think that the story was in actuality more about T.L.J's character then the movie showed.

Your right it was NCFOM.

As far as what happened to certain characters... I thought it fit right into Antons nature.

Dom

[buff 0]

Froze my ass off at the drive-in to see this when it came out and about the only thing I remember was the desert and I had to get the security to jump me because running the heater killed my battery.

Not one of the better Cohen flicks

Another movie that did a book justice was A River Runs Through It. I think they did Norman Maclean proud.

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[MikeJD 0]

I've only watched it once so far but I thought it was great. What's left some people dissatisfied seems to be the way it breaks with movie convention - without wanting to give anything away:

1) No big climactic scene, and no tidy ending.
2) Big things that happen to major characters off-screen and are treated almost as incidental.

You wouldn't want every movie to be like this, but I think as a change it's to be applauded, and it's part of the message of the story. I think it says:

1) Real life isn't wrapped up in neat packages, each with its own resolution.
2) Evil and violence often seem banal from the outside - that is, when they're happening to other people.
3) Although we're the centre of our own universes, we're really all tiny bit players in the big scheme.

Having said all that, I didn't feel like I had to watch the film as some kind of academic exercise.

[skydiverbry 0]

I found it real good,but not great.The critics made it more then it really was
But I do want one of those "air guns now"

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