No Country for Old Men (2007)

Horrible!!!

It's one of those "What the heck was that!!" movies. It was very good up until the end. 1st of all, I think Tommy Lee Jones' character was utterly useless. So was the deputy. My goodness what was the point. I won't spoil the movie, because I dislike when reviewers do that, but i will say that the end is extremely disatisfying.

The acting was excellent, in every way, but the character placement was very out of place. The ending is so utterly ridiculous that I got the sense that they ran out of ideas for an ending and decided to end it for the sake of doing so. I don't understand why movies like these are Oscar nomination worthy. I felt the same about American Beauty. What a waste of a nomination.

Still, I thought the acting and the story did provide a reason to watch. The ending is the reason I gave it only one star. January 1, 2009

Love it...

Certainly the best film I have seen all year. I'm not on the "Best Movie Ever" bandwagon, but it has been a long time since my eyes were glued to the screen as much as they were during this film. Javier Bardem gives one of the most chilling performances I have ever seen. I will buy this and watch it again and again.

UPDATE: Have bought it, watched it six times. Never gets old. I've changed my review from 4.5 stars to 5. December 31, 2008

Refreshing!

I love this movie for everything that it lacks! It lacks big, unrealistic, hollywood explosions and action sequences, computer generated graphics (aside from a couple of animal related scences), pretentious actors and it doesn't take place in a predictable, boring, metropolitan area. There is an overwhelmingly sparten feel or barreness to the film and I just can't emphasize enough how refreshing that was for a modern film! It is simply a story stripped down to the essentials and it is told so beautifully and with such talent that there isn't even a contemporary score; it's not neccessary and you won't miss it! I love the fact that everything about the movie is unpolished; the actors, the dialoge, the wardrobe, the sets/filming locations... I say "unpolished" but this in no way implies unprofessional and/or sloppy and only adds to the authenticity! This was the first film in a long time that I came away from feeling truly entertained! In short, this movie is authentic, real and YES, refreshing given the excessive drivle that we constantly have to muddle through in the film industry these days. To those who gave this movie a poor review because of the ending; get over it!! Is life always as predictable as you want it to be? December 29, 2008

anticlimax

No Country for Old Men was interesting, but the abrupt ending was odd. I must have missed something. I'll have to watch it again. Definitely worth watching. December 27, 2008

"No Country for Old Men" is very uneven, but interesting.

I'm sorry, but I just don't get all the hype about these directors/writers and their films, especially this one.

I found this film to be very uneven. The cast is excellent and compelling to watch from start to finish, but the story is all over the place. The first half is outstandingly well-paced and delivered, but the second half seems to be directed/written by others as it is noticeably different. It pales in comparison to the first half. I wish I could express better HOW this is so, but that is hard. I just simply found myself no caring about the storyline much and a good thing since the ending is a complete clunker.

I have to say that I was very disappointed with the extreme unevenness of this film, but it is good overall. Nowhere near all the hype, but generally good. December 27, 2008

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