No Country For Old Men

Overrated ****ing movie. I understand that the direction is great and the tension and pacing are perfect, but I honestly felt bored with the story halfway through. I just found it too...corny.
 
Great film, glad it got the Oscar. People bitch about the ending, but it was clear how things were going to play out.
 
99.vikram said:
Overrated ****ing movie. I understand that the direction is great and the tension and pacing are perfect, but I honestly felt bored with the story halfway through. I just found it too...corny.
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What did you find corny about it?

And if the pacing was perfect why were you bored?
 
It was very predictable. It also gave me the feeling it was two movies edited together.

I didn't like it that much. -_-
 
Excellent film. I love the Coen brothers and they outdid themselves this time.
 
I've changed my avvie in honor of this flick :D
 
Anton Cigurh: my 3rd favorite hitman in a movie, behind Jules from Pulp Fiction and Leon, from Leon(or The Professional, if you haven't seen the good version).
 
The ending made everybody in the theater I saw it at go "WTF?"

It is good. But is it as great as people say it is? I don't know. I too felt as if I was watching two movies stitched together, and I was waiting for it all to go somewhere, but it never did.
 
Absinthe said:
The ending made everybody in the theater I saw it at go "WTF?"

It is good. But is it as great as people say it is? I don't know. I too felt as if I was watching two movies stitched together, and I was waiting for it all to go somewhere, but it never did.
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When you think of the situation they were in, there was nowhere to go. It was a hopeless spot to be in. I don't see it ending any other way and not being a copout.

Now, the very end caught me off guard...I was like....wat?
 
The movie was... OK. I don't understand all the praise it's getting. What was so outstanding about it, except for the wtf ending and
the movie saying 'oh btw, here's the protagonist on the floor, dead' near the end
?
 
His death worked that way because we saw it basically through the eyes of Tommy Lee Jones's character. He had broken his promise to Llewelyn and to his wife. He could not protect him.
 
I really still want to see this, the endings kinda already been spoiled but I want to see what all the fuss is about.
 
Javier Bardem's performance is worth the price. Such a fantastic actor. There were great performances all around actually, Brolin did a great job as well.
 
mastag said:
When you think of the situation they were in, there was nowhere to go. It was a hopeless spot to be in. I don't see it ending any other way and not being a copout.
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I realized that on some level, but regardless...

I'm not necessarily criticizing it. I'm just going to have to mull over it a while.

Unfocused said:
the movie saying 'oh btw, here's the protagonist on the floor, dead' near the end
?
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Yeah, that part left me confused and underwhelmed.
 
Just to make it clear - I'm not necessarily saying that the part I mentioned in spoiler tags was bad - it was... different.

And I have the feeling that some people automatically rate a movie higher because it's 'different'.
 
The ending is taken straight from the book, you can criticize the Coen brothers' choice of film adaptation but they're not responsible for the nature of the ending beyond that.
 
I think it's the ending that makes you think about the whole story in a context that gives it meaning. It makes you think about why the title is what it is and what the movie says about people in that time of their life and how things affect them.
 
The ending was a wonderful way to conclude it. People who were expecting a big show down should really stick to action movies before they get all angry. This movie was meant to make you think about it's context, and as Direwolf said, the title is key.
 
Sedako said:
People who were expecting a big show down should really stick to action movies before they get all angry. This movie was meant to make you think about it's context, and as Direwolf said, the title is key.
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A lot of parts in the movie suggest like there was going to be a big showdown. The bad, the good and the ugly guy - they were all there. Well, sort of.

It's like throwing a bone for a dog, but not actually throwing it. I like that sort of thing, but I can understand why other people might be a little disappointed.
 
This is another buy on blu-ray for me.
 
I wasn't a fan.

The whole movie (ending especially) just made me think, "So f'ing what?"
 
Just bought and watched it on blu-ray. Man what a great movie! Watching it a 2nd time on hd was mind blowing.
 
Asuka said:
Just bought and watched it on blu-ray. Man what a great movie! Watching it a 2nd time on hd was mind blowing.
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Why do I have a feeling that you enjoyed the fact that it was on blu-ray and not the movie itself? o_O
 
Unfocused said:
Why do I have a feeling that you enjoyed the fact that it was on blu-ray and not the movie itself? o_O
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I saw it at the theaters before, when i left first thing i thought about was "man i cant wait to rewatch this on blu-ray" its pretty much what i always think after a movie i like.
 
It is a particularly good Blu-ray PQ wise.

Top movie btw :)
 
I just got the Blu-ray this morning and watched it. Amazing fidelity and amazing film. Now to pick up the book....
 
Unfocused said:
The movie was... OK. I don't understand all the praise it's getting. What was so outstanding about it, except for the wtf ending and
the movie saying 'oh btw, here's the protagonist on the floor, dead' near the end
?
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I just finished watching it. I was really confused for the whole ending, because I totally missed that part in your spoiler. I saw it, but I just thought he was a random mexican guy for some reason because they didnt really show his face. Eventually I put it together, but still, it confused the hell out of me.

The ending wasnt bad, it was just abrupt. It worked for the story, but I think the directing is why people didnt like the ending. Its like the pacing was picking back up again after
the crash
, but then the movie just ended leaving people in the "uhhhhh..... wut?" mode. Its kinda like the Cloverfield and Children of Men endings, where the ending would have fit if the pacing slowed down enough for it not to be so abrupt and jarring.
 
Just watched it on blu-ray tonight and was greatly pleased. The ending seems fitting to me. Most people want their movie endings tightly wrapped and given to them like a present, i.e. Gone Baby Gone.

What I loved most about this movie was that there was no music. This left it much more suspenseful without the lame music cues which get over done. It gets very frustrating when a film hits the music cue that pretty much says "Hey everybody, strap in. Here comes something shocking in three, two, one..."

Next stop, There Will Be Blood. I can't wait.
 
Seemed like a silly action film to me.

chu said:
What I loved most about this movie was that there was no music. This left it much more suspenseful without the lame music cues which get over done. It gets very frustrating when a film hits the music cue that pretty much says "Hey everybody, strap in. Here comes something shocking in three, two, one..."
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They used other techniques to do the same thing.
 
chu said:
Just watched it on blu-ray tonight and was greatly pleased. The ending seems fitting to me. Most people want their movie endings tightly wrapped and given to them like a present, i.e. Gone Baby Gone.

What I loved most about this movie was that there was no music. This left it much more suspenseful without the lame music cues which get over done. It gets very frustrating when a film hits the music cue that pretty much says "Hey everybody, strap in. Here comes something shocking in three, two, one..."

Next stop, There Will Be Blood. I can't wait.
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Yup still haven't watched There Will Be Blood SOOO many people have been telling me great things and hyping it beyond belief. Waiting for it to show up in blu-ray before watching it.
 
chu said:
Next stop, There Will Be Blood. I can't wait.
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Asuka said:
Yup still haven't watched There Will Be Blood SOOO many people have been telling me great things and hyping it beyond belief. Waiting for it to show up in blu-ray before watching it.
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You guys are in for a serious treat. The movie is absolutely amazing. The first 10 or 15 minutes have no dialogue (from what I remember). The music is astoundingly good--definitely in my top 5 film scores for how well it accompanies the film itself. And, needless to say, Daniel Day-Lewis is sublime. I am 100% positive that this is the best acting role I have ever seen in any movie. His 'Bill the Butcher' in Gangs of New York comes close for me though.
 
VictimOfScience said:
You guys are in for a serious treat. The movie is absolutely amazing. The first 10 or 15 minutes have no dialogue (from what I remember). The music is astoundingly good--definitely in my top 5 film scores for how well it accompanies the film itself. And, needless to say, Daniel Day-Lewis is sublime. I am 100% positive that this is the best acting role I have ever seen in any movie. His 'Bill the Butcher' in Gangs of New York comes close for me though.
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The very first time I read about this movie I knew I would love it. I am a fan of both Day Lewis and PTA, either can not fail.
 
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