We went to the movies on Friday. This was our first one in about a year and we chose the Academy Award Winner, "No Country For Old Men."
We had talked about going earlier since Sam had read the book by Cormac McCarthy and liked it but we delayed and then the film was gone from our neighborhood theater. Lo and behold after the Academy Awards, NCFOM came back so we went.
I cannot say I "enjoyed "No Country." But it was a movie I will never forget as many ot the Coen brothers films like "Fargo" tend to be. Their films have a way of sticking in my mind and they make me think. This one was extremely violent but I soon got used to that aspect of NC and relaxed into the story of a drug sale gone bad in the deserted Texas countryside.
From IMDB:
"Moss decides to simply take the two million dollars present for himself. This puts the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, on his trail as he dispassionately murders nearly every rival, bystander and even employer in his pursuit of his quarry and the money. As Moss desperately attempts to keep one step ahead, the blood from this hunt begins to flow behind him with relentlessly growing intensity as Chigurh closes in. Meanwhile, the laconic Sherrif Ed Tom Bell blithely oversees the investigation even as he struggles to face the sheer enormity of the crimes he is attempting to thwart"
I was still trying to figure out the ending of this movie after I got home so I finally went to IMDB and read a plot synopsis and then I sorta understood.
I think .:)
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13 comments:
I want to see this movie, too. From the sound of it, it might even satisfy my insatiable blood lust. I just love outrageous, violent movies. What does that say about an old broad like me, huh?
I am the opposite of Betty, then. I don't want to see it or any other violent movie - BUT - I did like the Sopranos (most of it, anyway) and I am at a loss to explain that.....LOL
Betty...You need to rush on out to see NCOM. If Javier Bardem who played the psycho killer, Anton Chigurh(pronounced Sugar) doesn't satisfy your blood lust, then nothing will.
And also, you will never again participate in a coin toss without a sense of overwhelming DREAD.
Bardem won the Academy award for best supporting actor and he deserved it. And Bardem is really a handsome hunk but you would never have known it in the movie.
Creeepy
Haven't seen this one yet Janet....but I plan to. I just hope the violence doesn't 'oog me out.'
I saw this movie and found it quite depressing. Makes you wonder about good men i.e. the Sheriff having to risk his life to capture this drug hit man and a guy who kept money that didn't belong to him. Of course, there were some innocent lives to protect along the way, I guess. They did make a point for me, as to how the world has changed from the "simple" good and bad guys of the old West and what we have had since drugs became so prevalent, or I guess that was a point.
For any who like violence, be sure to see "There Will Be Blood." Some story!
I haven't seen it but my daughter and husband did. (One of their favorite movies is "Oh, Brother, Where Art Thou" and they were anxious to see another by the famous Coen brothers).
They came home with very perplexed looks on their faces...they didn't get the whole thing either but they are real pacifists and I was surprised they went at all.
Ginnie
I understand you family's perplexion after seeing NCFOM.
One almost needs a playbook or "libretto" to put all the pieces together after seeing this film.
I saw NCFOM too. Javier Bardan did such a great job as the psychopath, I hated him so. His acting and THAT haircut were so real, I found it a very frighting and scary movie. Not my cup of tea.
I'm not planning to see "There Will Be Blood." From what I hear it is very bloody and runs for two hours. I don't care if it got all those awards, it's not for me.
While I can watch deep and depressing movies I am finding that excessive violence leaves me exhausted. I tend to avoid those.
I must admit that I am very curious about this movie.. but I am quite against the graphic depiction of violence.. so probably will never see it. Still curious though.
no country for old men is unassumingly clever... tons of unexpected plot twists but it never goes over the top. well done from a movie making angle, dumbfounding form a moral angle.
I plan to see it this weekend and I am glad to hear your comments, Chancy. I also want to see The Other Boleyn Daughter since I have a thing about the Tudor monarchs especially Henry VIII's wives.
I think I will skip this one even though I know it has to be good if it keeps one thinking after seeing it. I just hate violence and there seems to be so much all around us these days
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