Did you see this movie, No Country for Old Men

[baja]

It is a great movie

amazing acting by everybody, great writing, a classic

[Rulon Velvet Jones]

I'm partial to McCarthy's "The Road" even more than No Country. I think it's almost being made into a movie, as well.

[Malcontent]

It is a great movie

amazing acting by everybody, great writing, a classic

I thought the script needed more depth, but I still gave the film a thumbs up.

[bombay]

Read the book.

Cormac McCarthy.

[Spider]

in that movie did he kill that guys wife ?

[Cmac821]

good movie

[Dukes]

Yes it was very good. Anyone else seen Gran Torino yet? I loved it.

[wolf754life]

what about this one?

Shannasplats greatest choke off?

losing a 3 game lead in the afc west with 3 games to play

including a dramatic home loss to an inept buffalo team in front of 8000 empty seats in denver!

[tsiguy96]

I'm partial to McCarthy's "The Road" even more than No Country. I think it's almost being made into a movie, as well.


i bought that, got over half through and never finished it...maybe ill go do that tomorrow. only 120 pages left.

[Rulon Velvet Jones]

i bought that, got over half through and never finished it...maybe ill go do that tomorrow. only 120 pages left.

It's a little slow and dreary at times, but it's a great story. A kid, his dad and trying to survive together when there's nothing else around.

[Spider]

Yes it was very good. Anyone else seen Gran Torino yet? I loved it.

is that the one with Clint Eastwood in it ?

[spdirty]

that was pretty cool, using air to kill people. I didnt like it though cuz I wanted the hick to kill the bad guy, keep the money, grab his wife, and live happily ever after on a beach.

[bombay]

what about this one?

Shannasplats greatest choke off?

losing a 3 game lead in the afc west with 3 games to play

including a dramatic home loss to an inept buffalo team in front of 8000 empty seats in denver!

illiterate?

no surprise

[SonOfLe-loLang]

Yes it was very good. Anyone else seen Gran Torino yet? I loved it.

Saw Torino...really enjoyed. Plot lacked a lil something, but clint was the goods

[Dukes]

is that the one with Clint Eastwood in it ?

Yup. Go see it.

[Spider]

illiterate?

no surprise

he really isnt worth responding to bro ......... treat him like a 5 year old ;D

[Rulon Velvet Jones]

The wife and I saw "Doubt" the other day. SOLID movie, great acting and writing. The last line of the movie damn near ruins the whole thing, though.

[HILife]

Am I the only person who saw that movie and didn't like it. Maybe I need to watch it again to better appreciate it.

[Spider]

Yup. Go see it.

I will ... i think i saw a preview of it , he takes on a gang of azzholes

[Dukes]

I will ... i think i saw a preview of it , he takes on a gang of azzholes

Is there any other kind of gang? ;D

[SonOfLe-loLang]

My top 3:
1) Slumdog Millionaire (best movie ive seen in a while)
2) The Wrestler...a must see, fantastic
3) The Visitor...came out earlier this year, real good.

[baja]

in that movie did he kill that guys wife ?

What did he wipe off his shoes in the drive way

All through the movie he takes measures not to get blood on his person. - shower curtain.

So you tell me did he kill the wife and keephis promise?

[The Lone Bolt]

It is a great movie

amazing acting by everybody, great writing, a classic

That movie SUCKED!!

I mean, I like to Cohen Bros and all. "Fargo" and "O Brother Where Art Thou" are two of my all time favorites. But NCFOM was a piece of crap. "There Will Be Blood" was FAR superior.

[bombay]

read_the_book

[SonOfLe-loLang]

That movie SUCKED!!

I mean, I like to Cohen Bros and all. "Fargo" and "O Brother Where Art Thou" are two of my all time favorites. But NCFOM was a piece of crap. "There Will Be Blood" was FAR superior.

If you like the COEN bros, at least get the spelling right

[Rulon Velvet Jones]

I watched 'The Departed' again the other day.

Now THAT is a solid movie.

[baja]

The wife and I saw "Doubt" the other day. SOLID movie, great acting and writing. The last line of the movie damn near ruins the whole thing, though.

I went on a movie jag in SD I saw Doubt and Milk both are very good movies Shan Penn is a masterful actor

[Rulon Velvet Jones]

That movie SUCKED!!

I mean, I like to Cohen Bros and all. "Fargo" and "O Brother Where Art Thou" are two of my all time favorites. But NCFOM was a piece of crap. "There Will Be Blood" was FAR superior.

Those aren't even their best. No Country and Blood Simple are top-notch.

[Spider]

Is there any other kind of gang? ;D

;D the apple dumpling gang

[cutler_to_marshall]

My top 3:
1) Slumdog Millionaire (best movie ive seen in a while)
2) The Wrestler...a must see, fantastic
3) The Visitor...came out earlier this year, real good.

agreed ! having family in Mumbai, ( the city where the movie takes place) it was great to see a heartfelt script depicting the extreme poverty of that city.

Being a great story, it also sends an important message to those who are more privileged in raising awareness of some of the conditions there.

[Rohirrim]

No Country was one of the best films ever made. Hopefully The Road will be as good. The Road is one of the most powerful cautionary tales ever told. Cormac's best book, hands down.

[Spider]

What did he wipe off his shoes in the drive way

All through the movie he takes measures not to get blood on his person. - shower curtain.

So you tell me did he kill the wife and keephis promise?

dont know ........

[ohiobronco2]

Loved this movie.

[Rohirrim]

If you like the COEN bros, at least get the spelling right

Just saw Burn After Reading today. Damn funny movie. I love the Coen's films.

[Malcontent]

agreed ! having family in Mumbai, ( the city where the movie takes place) it was great to see a heartfelt script depicting the extreme poverty of that city.

Being a great story, it also sends an important message to those who are more privileged in raising awareness of some of the conditions there.

Sadly..Mumbai took a big hit recently. Can these films be rented at a local movie place? They are not freely available at most theaters unfortunately.

[baja]

Doubt was an odd little movie but I did like that we the audience really never knows for sure. Clever really!

[The Lone Bolt]

Those aren't even their best. No Country and Blood Simple are top-notch.

NCFOM was a completely pointless turd! After I finished watching it my first impression was "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

Total garbage. As I said, watch the far superior "There Will Be Blood" for a thoughtful and dramatic film with brilliant lead performances.

[cutler_to_marshall]

Sadly..Mumbai took a big hit recently. Can these films be rented at a local movie place? They are not freely available at most theaters unfortunately.

you can watch the movie online at watchmovies.net. The movie has not been released in all theaters yet even though it premiered this november.

[baja]

NCFOM was a completely pointless turd. After I finished watching it my first impression was "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

Total garbage. As I said, watch the far superior "There Will Be Blood" for a thoughtful and dramatic film with brilliant lead performances.

You really are wired in a strange way.

[bronco militia]

great movie ruined by the ending....

[Pontius Pirate]

Best scene from NCFOM, re-dubbed:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rffS9MWquSo

[Rulon Velvet Jones]

NCFOM was a completely pointless turd. After I finished watching it my first impression was "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

Total garbage. As I said, watch the far superior "There Will Be Blood" for a thoughtful and dramatic film with brilliant lead performances.

I loved There Will Be Blood, as well.

But you should go back and rethink No Country. I was in a theater full of people that didn't "get it" when they saw it and heard some of the same grumblings. They figured it was a movie about good and bad guys, a briefcase full of cash a serial killer with a bad haircut. But it's obviously not. Hell, the movie is barely about their characters to begin with. Their actions are more relevant to the story than the actual people themselves.

[bombay]

No Country was one of the best films ever made. Hopefully The Road will be as good. The Road is one of the most powerful cautionary tales ever told. Cormac's best book, hands down.

Are you serious? I read them both, and found No Country to be quite good, but had a hard time getting through The Road.

EDIT: 'hard time getting through' isn't correct. Wanting to finish the book was a problem.

[Rohirrim]

NCFOM was a completely pointless turd. After I finished watching it my first impression was "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

Total garbage. As I said, watch the far superior "There Will Be Blood" for a thoughtful and dramatic film with brilliant lead performances.

As I have said to TJ many times on this site, we really need a smilie for something going totally over somebody's head.

There Will Be Blood was one of the most dismal, worthless, wastes of time ever put on film. The flattest plot line in film history: Main character starts out as a total asshole, is a total asshole through the entire film, and in the end, is the same, total asshole. Two hours I'll never get back.

[baja]

you can watch the movie online at watchmovies.net. The movie has not been released in all theaters yet even though it premiered this november.

Oh thanks for that site I love to watch films and I will use the hell out of that they will look good on my Mac 24 inch monitor, better than nothing anyway.

[Rohirrim]

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Are you serious? I read them both, and found No Country to be quite good, but had a hard time getting through The Road.

I think The Road is one of the most powerful books I've ever read.

[baja]

I loved There Will Be Blood, as well.

But you should go back and rethink No Country. I was in a theater full of people that didn't "get it" when they saw it and heard some of the same grumblings. They figured it was a movie about good and bad guys, a briefcase full of cash a serial killer with a bad haircut. But it's obviously not. Hell, the movie is barely about their characters to begin with. Their actions are more relevant to the story than the actual people themselves.

That will go completely over Blot's head Rulon

[bombay]

edited my post above.

[glenn230]

Don't waste your time.

[cutler_to_marshall]

no problem. they have a very encompassing library. although i wouldnt expand it to fit on your 24 inch monitor. ( although im very jealous of the possibility of you doing that!) The quality really varies movie to movie. Enjoy !

[The Lone Bolt]

As I have said to TJ many times on this site, we really need a smilie for something going totally over somebody's head.

There Will Be Blood was one of the most dismal, worthless, wastes of time ever put on film. The flattest plot line in film history: Main character starts out as a total a-hole, is a total a-hole through the entire film, and in the end, is the same, total a-hole. Two hours I'll never get back.

You are also "wired" in a strange way.;D

TWBB was a complex and subtle film. Notice how Clearview murders two people in cold blood and nobody seems to notice? Notice the illusion of dichotomy between him and the preacher? In the end they are exactly the same underneath. Notice how he begins a good guy and the monster within slowly emerges?

Brilliant stuff. A level of nuance and sophistication that NCFOM tries clumsily to achieve and fails miserably.

[baja]

great movie ruined by the ending....

you didn't get it either, it's a statement of what has happened to your Apple Pie country when you weren't looking.

[Rulon Velvet Jones]

It's amazing.

We can argue about anything around here.

[ohiobronco2]

It's amazing.

We can argue about anything around here.

No we can't. :P

[baja]

Here's a good review from Rolling Stone;

Misguided souls will tell you that No Country for Old Men is out for blood, focused on vengeance and unconcerned with the larger world outside a standard-issue suspense plot. Those people, of course, are deaf, dumb and blind to anything that isn't spelled out between commercials on dying TV networks. Joel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel is an indisputably great movie, at this point the year's very best. Set in 1980 in West Texas, where the chase is on for stolen drug money, the film — a new career peak for the Coen brothers, who share writing and directing credits — is a literate meditation (scary words for the Transformers crowd) on America's bloodlust for the easy fix. It's also as entertaining as hell, which tends to rile up elitists. What do the criminal acts of losers in a flyover state have to do with the life of the mind?
Plenty, as it turns out. McCarthy reveals a soulless America that is no country for anyone, never mind old men. The so-called codger representing besieged law and order is Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, played by Tommy Lee Jones with the kind of wit and assurance that reveals a master actor at the top of his game. On the page, the sheriff is a tad too folksy, dishing out cracker-barrel wisdom to his good wife, Loretta (Tess Harper), with a twinkle written into his homespun truths. As you already know by now (and In the Valley of Elah categorically proves it), Mr. Jones does not do twinkle. He's a hard-ass. And when he chews into a good line, you can see the bite marks. Here's the sheriff on how crime has gotten so out of hand: "It starts when you begin to overlook bad manners. Anytime you quit hearin' 'sir' and 'ma'am,' the end is pretty much in sight."

That unpretty end takes the form of Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), an assassin who rivals Hannibal Lecter for dispatching his victims without breaking a sweat. Bardem, with pale skin and the world's worst haircut, is stupendous in the role, a monster for the ages. Beneath his dark eyes lies something darker, evil topped with the cherry of perverse humor. Chigurh carries around a bulky cattle gun. He'll politely ask a mark to get out of a car before he caps him in the head; that way the car won't get messy with gristle and brain matter. And he has this little game he plays. Staring at the human species like a visitor from another planet, Chigurh flips a coin. Your choice of heads or tails might just save your life. Only don't piss him off.

It's Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) who comes down hard on Chigurh's bad side. Moss is a cowboy in a world with no more room for cowboys. He enjoys teasing his wife, Carla Jean (the excellent Kelly Macdonald), but you can feel his discontent. Then one day, when he's out hunting antelope, he gets his shot at the big score. Right out there in the desert are a half-dozen dead bodies drawing flies. One man, barely alive, sits in a truck and begs for water. It's a massacre. There's also a stash of heroin and $2 million in cash. Moss takes the cash and runs. Wouldn't you? That question sets up the film's moral dilemma and puts us in Moss' boots. This is Brolin's breakthrough — he rips into the role like a man possessed, giving Moss the human touch the part needs. Moss even returns to the scene that night with water for the dying man. Huge mistake. Shots ring out, and Moss, after packing his wife off to her folks, goes on the run with Chigurh on his tail and the sheriff tracking both of them.

That's all you'll hear from me about plot. The kick comes in watching all the gears mesh with thrilling exactitude. I've heard some carping about the ending, which stays tone-faithful to McCarthy instead of going for Hollywood pow. Hmm. I thought that'd be worth a cheer. No Country for Old Men offers an embarrassment of riches. Jones, Bardem and Brolin all give award-caliber performances. Roger Deakins again proves himself a poet of light and shadow as director of photography. Carter Burwell's insinuating score finds a way to nail every nuance without underlining a single one of them. Props are also due editor Roderick Jaynes, who no one's ever seen, since he's a pseudonym both Coen brothers hide behind.

OK, then. How does No Country for Old Men stack up against the best work of these artfully merry pranksters? Near the top, I'd say. There are echoes of Fargo when a deputy declares, "It's a mess, ain't it, Sheriff?" and the sheriff answers, "If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here." And admirers of Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and even The Big Lebowski will find tasty bits of bright and bleak to noodle on. But this landmark of a movie is fresh territory for the Coens, accused, often unfairly, of glib facility and lack of passionate purpose. Screw that. Not since Robert Altman merged with the short stories of Raymond Carver in Short Cuts have filmmakers and author fused with such devastating impact as the Coens and McCarthy. Good and evil are tackled with a rigorous fix on the complexity involved. Recent movies about Iraq have pushed hard to show the growing dehumanization infecting our world. No Country doesn't have to preach or wave a flag — it carries in its bones the virus of what we've become. The Coens squeeze us without mercy in a vise of tension and suspense, but only to force us to look into an abyss of our own making.

[Spider]

one movie I saw a long time ago that still sticks with me is , the town that dreaded sundown , based on a true story .........

[The Lone Bolt]

Here's a good review from Rolling Stone;

Misguided souls will tell you that No Country for Old Men is out for blood, focused on vengeance and unconcerned with the larger world outside a standard-issue suspense plot. Those people, of course, are deaf, dumb and blind to anything that isn't spelled out between commercials on dying TV networks. Joel and Ethan Coen's adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel is an indisputably great movie, at this point the year's very best. Set in 1980 in West Texas, where the chase is on for stolen drug money, the film — a new career peak for the Coen brothers, who share writing and directing credits — is a literate meditation (scary words for the Transformers crowd) on America's bloodlust for the easy fix. It's also as entertaining as hell, which tends to rile up elitists. What do the criminal acts of losers in a flyover state have to do with the life of the mind?
Plenty, as it turns out. McCarthy reveals a soulless America that is no country for anyone, never mind old men. The so-called codger representing besieged law and order is Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, played by Tommy Lee Jones with the kind of wit and assurance that reveals a master actor at the top of his game. On the page, the sheriff is a tad too folksy, dishing out cracker-barrel wisdom to his good wife, Loretta (Tess Harper), with a twinkle written into his homespun truths. As you already know by now (and In the Valley of Elah categorically proves it), Mr. Jones does not do twinkle. He's a hard-ass. And when he chews into a good line, you can see the bite marks. Here's the sheriff on how crime has gotten so out of hand: "It starts when you begin to overlook bad manners. Anytime you quit hearin' 'sir' and 'ma'am,' the end is pretty much in sight."

That unpretty end takes the form of Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), an assassin who rivals Hannibal Lecter for dispatching his victims without breaking a sweat. Bardem, with pale skin and the world's worst haircut, is stupendous in the role, a monster for the ages. Beneath his dark eyes lies something darker, evil topped with the cherry of perverse humor. Chigurh carries around a bulky cattle gun. He'll politely ask a mark to get out of a car before he caps him in the head; that way the car won't get messy with gristle and brain matter. And he has this little game he plays. Staring at the human species like a visitor from another planet, Chigurh flips a coin. Your choice of heads or tails might just save your life. Only don't piss him off.

It's Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) who comes down hard on Chigurh's bad side. Moss is a cowboy in a world with no more room for cowboys. He enjoys teasing his wife, Carla Jean (the excellent Kelly Macdonald), but you can feel his discontent. Then one day, when he's out hunting antelope, he gets his shot at the big score. Right out there in the desert are a half-dozen dead bodies drawing flies. One man, barely alive, sits in a truck and begs for water. It's a massacre. There's also a stash of heroin and $2 million in cash. Moss takes the cash and runs. Wouldn't you? That question sets up the film's moral dilemma and puts us in Moss' boots. This is Brolin's breakthrough — he rips into the role like a man possessed, giving Moss the human touch the part needs. Moss even returns to the scene that night with water for the dying man. Huge mistake. Shots ring out, and Moss, after packing his wife off to her folks, goes on the run with Chigurh on his tail and the sheriff tracking both of them.

That's all you'll hear from me about plot. The kick comes in watching all the gears mesh with thrilling exactitude. I've heard some carping about the ending, which stays tone-faithful to McCarthy instead of going for Hollywood pow. Hmm. I thought that'd be worth a cheer. No Country for Old Men offers an embarrassment of riches. Jones, Bardem and Brolin all give award-caliber performances. Roger Deakins again proves himself a poet of light and shadow as director of photography. Carter Burwell's insinuating score finds a way to nail every nuance without underlining a single one of them. Props are also due editor Roderick Jaynes, who no one's ever seen, since he's a pseudonym both Coen brothers hide behind.

OK, then. How does No Country for Old Men stack up against the best work of these artfully merry pranksters? Near the top, I'd say. There are echoes of Fargo when a deputy declares, "It's a mess, ain't it, Sheriff?" and the sheriff answers, "If it ain't, it'll do till the mess gets here." And admirers of Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, Barton Fink and even The Big Lebowski will find tasty bits of bright and bleak to noodle on. But this landmark of a movie is fresh territory for the Coens, accused, often unfairly, of glib facility and lack of passionate purpose. Screw that. Not since Robert Altman merged with the short stories of Raymond Carver in Short Cuts have filmmakers and author fused with such devastating impact as the Coens and McCarthy. Good and evil are tackled with a rigorous fix on the complexity involved. Recent movies about Iraq have pushed hard to show the growing dehumanization infecting our world. No Country doesn't have to preach or wave a flag — it carries in its bones the virus of what we've become. The Coens squeeze us without mercy in a vise of tension and suspense, but only to force us to look into an abyss of our own making.

I read all this and I still have no idea why anyone would consider NCFOM Best-Picture worthy. It's still crap.

[Spider]

I read all this and I still have no idea why anyone would consider NCFOM Best-Picture worthy. It's still crap.

It wasnt what I expected , but it was a good show.I liked it better then Pulp Fiction

[Pontius Pirate]

The Road is likely a better book than NCFOM, but the film version of The Road is unlikely to be as good as the film version of NCFOM, IMO. The Road is too depressing, and the dialogue is not as interesting as NCFOM (which had a great sense of humor).

In any case, Blood Meridian is McCarthy's best book. Shame it's too bloody to ever be made into a major movie (although Ridley Scott is trying). Eg. babies hanging from trees, babies being smashed over rocks, donkeys being pushed off cliffs, puppies being thrown into creeks, raping, scalping - you know, the usual family fare. I guess you could tone all that down, but then you have an entirely different story.

[bronco militia]

you didn't get it either, it's a statement of what has happened to your Apple Pie country when you weren't looking.

it wasn't what I didn't get about the movie, but what I didn't get (the big showdown)


some people say that's why it made it a great movie.

I say it's why I will probably never watch it again.

Baja, I go to the movies to be entertained, not educated

but anyways, everyone should see it once just for the performance of Javier Bardem

[Popps]

It's amazing.

We can argue about anything around here.

:rofl:

[baja]

it wasn't what I didn't get about the movie, but what I didn't get (the big showdown)


some people say that's why it made it a great movie.

I say it's why I will probably never watch it again.

Baja, I go to the movies to be entertained, not educated

<b>but anyways, everyone should see it once just for the performance of Javier Bardem

Ain't that the truth, dude actually scared me.

[Fusionfrontman]

I thought this was a reference to the coaching status on this team.

[baja]

hey it's off season.