No Country for Old Men
2007 Directed by Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Synopsis
There are no clean getaways.
Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.
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One single reason made me rewatch this film in order to make a proper review about it: I've seen that some people whose opinion I respect saying the Coen brothers are too overrated. Well, I don't think they are overrated, I just think people admire them for the wrong reasons. People use to refer to the dialogues in their films as "cool" when in fact they are indeed profound and intelligent, and "intelligent" things are often very different from "cool" things.
This is, in my opinion, the greatest work of the Coen brothers. No Country for Old Men is a film about the randomness of destiny and the inability to deal with it whether you are an experienced person or…
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" I always knew you had to be willing to die to even do this job. But, I don't want to push my chips forward and go out and meet something I don't understand."
The sheer immensity of thunder and lightning that is struck down upon the viewer is enough to leave one speechless and simultaneously hairless from shock and awe. The accolade "Most Badass Film" has never felt more appropriate, and through thorough reflection in a scene by scene analysis, will never be topped. It never fails to wrap me up into the story and ends on a level of distraught disturbance that provides proper closure to themes that only fuel my hate-filled heart with impartial cynicism about the…
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Anton Chigurh=The Ultimate Badass
Raoul Silva=The Ultimate Bond Villain
Juan Antonio=The Ultimate Lover
Javier Bardem=The Ultimate Doppleganger
I guess that also makes Bardem the ultimate guy to go to to play some ultimate guy.
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.
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An undisputed classic with masterful performances, cinematography and direction.
Bardem, Brolin and Jones command the screen in every scene and the story is full of fantastic scenes (not just the "coin toss" garage scene). Unfortunately - whilst undoubtedly artistic and suitable - the ending is somewhat unsatisfying (rather than say, weak). Yes we learn all we need to and all characters are treated with equal respect at the story's conclusion, however, I often wonder just what did happen following the final moments...
Recommended?: gorgeous, engaging and dramatic with an entertaining story. A must see.
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No Country For Old Men is easily The Coen Brother's finest film. By my estimation it is perfect. The directors pace this film so well, and not a single shot is misplaced. The opening scene is one of my favourite of any film - the accent and diction of Tommy Lee Jones gives me goosebumps every time. From the outset it is obvious that Sheriff Bell knows he times are changing around him and that he doesn't entirely understand it. The theme of aging and deterioration of the world around him is so well developed as the story continues, right through to the last scene. The last scene is something I don't think I will ever understand fully, but that…
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I saw this years ago when it came out and, though I was too young to get much of the subtext, I enjoyed it as an intense thriller.
Now, having recently read the book, I decided to watch the film again, and was pretty much floored; this is not only (out of my relatively limited experience with their filmography) my favourite Coen brothers film, but one of the best novel adaptations I have ever seen. The intensity that I mentioned before permeates through every scene, as no character seems beyond the reach of the enigmatic Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), and the super minimal use of score allows thrilling cat-and-mouse scenes to function with quiet unease. Moreover, the script is faithful to the novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy (apparently the book was originally penned as a screenplay), and as such maintains the same thematic complexity. -
So good. Seems to capture an essential Cormac McCarthyness, which can't be easy.
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Two words for this one: Javier Bardem.
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I think I'm the only person I know who has seen this and didn't really care for it.
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So let me get this straight, Anton Chigurh gets into a car accident in a residential area yet the only two people who notice are the two boys on a bike? Was no one home or were they all at church? Must have been a sunday.
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Una de las mejores películas que he visto en mi vida, no estoy seguro si es la mejor de los hermanos Coen porque no conozco mucho su trabajo, pero no hay duda de que esta película debe de ser de las mejores que han hecho.
La película comienza con una trama lenta, cosas cotidianas de la vida, salir a cazar y si vives en México o en la frontera, ver a un montón de hombres mafiosos muertos, acá empieza lo emocionante, Llewelyn Moss (el protagonista) encuentra dentro de todo esa zona de guerra, un maletín lleno de dinero, al querer hacerse con este dinero, Llewelyn hará lo que sea por escapar de Antón Chigurh, que por ninguna razón razonable, valga…
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Before starting the movie I was going to get an ice cream sandwich from upstairs. Started the movie then completely forgot about the delicious ice cream sandwich altogether.
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There is nothing that can be said to dissuade me from watching this movie multiple times in one month. The acting is phenomenal. I'm extremely jealous that I am not a Coen brother, and I'm currently coming to terms with it.
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While tense and entertaining, it didn't accurately capture the book.