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I did a search for this and it doesn't have it's own thread.
Why is beyond me, but this is one of the best movies of the year. One of the Coen's finest.
The dialogue itself is amazing and the acting and the tension is so tight you can cut it with a knife is great.
Stellar performances by everyone but especially for Javier Bardem who is a very underestimated actor who's finally getting his due after so many cameos and a great role in quot;The Sea Insidequot;, and Tommy Lee Jones as the aging sheriff.
This movie seems to not be for everyone as I was watching it almost a month back people in the audience were almost pissed at how it ended and didn't really quot;getquot; the overall idea of the movie.
The book itself, as it is adapted from one, is really good as well.
And again it's the Coen's, they rarely disappoint, well aside from Intolerable Cruelty but that wasn't all theirs anyways.
I liekd it a lot as well
I saw this a couple of days ago and thought it was great as well.
I'm going to buy the novel too, just to see if there is more character development, but the movie is outstanding as is.
I kinda zoned out at the end and missed the point of the last conversation.
Originally Posted by bat_collectorI kinda zoned out at the end and missed the point of the last conversation.I don't want to spoil anything for anybody who hasn't seen it, but that is also one of the reasons I want to read the novel as well. With a book the story can go into what characters are thinking. With a movie it either has to be overtly stated or implied in the filmmaking.
I thought it was really good. Not great, but really good.
Originally Posted by HelloKinkyI did a search for this and it doesn't have it's own thread.
Why is beyond me, but this is one of the best movies of the year. One of the Coen's finest.
The dialogue itself is amazing and the acting and the tension is so tight you can cut it with a knife is great.
Stellar performances by everyone but especially for Javier Bardem who is a very underestimated actor who's finally getting his due after so many cameos and a great role in quot;The Sea Insidequot;, and Tommy Lee Jones as the aging sheriff.
This movie seems to not be for everyone as I was watching it almost a month back people in the audience were almost pissed at how it ended and didn't really quot;getquot; the overall idea of the movie.
The book itself, as it is adapted from one, is really good as well.
And again it's the Coen's, they rarely disappoint, well aside from Intolerable Cruelty but that wasn't all theirs anyways.
Saw this and liked it alot...but did I miss something? In your opinion what was the overall idea of the movie?
I started watching this online a while back, but didn't finish it, but from what I saw, it was pretty dope.
I thought this was pretty mediocre.
I saw this earlier this month.
I enjoyed the story and the mounting tension. However, I don't feel there was any quot; pay-off quot; at the end of the movie and left the theatre feeling un-fufilled.
From what I understand, the theme of the movie has to do with the changing times and increasing violence in our society. It is a new, brutal atmosphere in America, and is no longer quot; a country for old men quot;. Especially for a old sheriff ( Tommy Lee Jones' character ) who was brought up and worked the bulk of his career in tamer times.
IJones' character almost seemed like an afterthought to the movie. Instead of he's ruminations on the state of violence in society taking a central theme in the movie, they seemed more like a subtext to the real story going on in the film.
I felt that the meat of the movie really concentrated the pursuit of Josh Brolin's character by the hitman. It was an intense series of events and really got me emtionally invested in both characters.
I felt the conclusion for both of these characters ( particuarly Brolin's character ) was very unfufilling. There was so much focus on these two people and to have the movie end as it did ( and abruptly, to boot ) it was a letdown.
I think this movie is a case of not being able to convey the complexities of a novel on film. |
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