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mvansand76:
If so, can we discuss it?

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I have very mixed feelings towards this film. The first two-thirds were absolutely brilliant. Then Moss was killed and I just completely lost what this movie was about. The ending had me baffled. I wonder why the Coen brothers decided on such an ending.  :-\

David In Indy:
I have not seen this movie yet. Is it out on DVD already?

Artiste:
One quote about it:


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With NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, the Coen Brothers have found a perfect match in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy. Their adaptation of McCarthy's praised novel is a staggering masterpiece. In this almost impossibly faithful adaptation, the film takes place in a small Texas border... [More]
With NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, the Coen Brothers have found a perfect match in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy. Their adaptation of McCarthy's praised novel is a staggering masterpiece. In this almost impossibly faithful adaptation, the film takes place in a small Texas border town in 1980. Sheriff Bell (a never-been-better Tommy Lee Jones) has ruled the land for years without the use of a gun, but a new brand of reckless lawlessness has taken over his town. Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is an innocent Everyman with a devoted wife, Carla Jean (Kelly Macdonald), but when he stumbles across a drug deal gone deadly and finds two million dollars, he's determined to keep it for himself. There's only one problem. He's being pursued by one of the most amoral, evil psychopaths that the big screen has ever seen. Wearing an absurd haircut and brandishing a pressurized weapon that's used to murder cattle, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) creeps forward on his mission to track Moss down and return the money to its rightful owners to save his own skin. As the tension mounts, the body count begins to rise, confirming Sheriff Bell's inability to battle this new wave of modern brutality. The most striking thing about the Coen Brothers' thriller is their masterly use of silence to create an almost unbearable level of tension. Cinematographer Roger Deakins is once again at the top of his game, beautifully capturing this stark and lonely world. The well-rounded cast is clearly excited to be a part of such a stellar production--particularly Bardem, whose Chigurh is a freakishly mysterious monster, and is certain to haunt viewers long after the final credit has rolled. In a career filled with striking achievements, this might very well be the Coen Brothers' finest. It is filmmaking at its best
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But that lawman is not able to help as he is overwhelmed? No law anyomore?
Is that to-day's society becoming like that?

Hugs!

opinionista:
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--- Quote from: Snavel on February 17, 2008, 03:07:10 pm ---If so, can we discuss it?

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I have very mixed feelings towards this film. The first two-thirds were absolutely brilliant. Then Moss was killed and I just completely lost what this movie was about. The ending had me baffled. I wonder why the Coen brothers decided on such an ending.  :-\

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I think the movie speaks about the lack of meaning in violence. It begins with the search of some money, that gets lost and ends in nothing. IMO that message was conveyed twice: first at the scene when Javier Bardem's character goes to kill Moss's wife. What was the point? He would not get the money out of killing her, he would not find anything about her husband because he was dead and Anton knew it, and there was no way she could testify against him because she didn't know who he was. He was crazy, he had to kill her because he gave his word, period. No motive, no meaning, nothing. The second time was Ed Tom's (Tommy Lee Jones) rambiling about the two dreams, that meant absolutely nothing. The story of Llewelyn and Anton was like the dreams the sheriff had. It meant nothing in the end. The whole ordeal was absurd even Javier Bardem's haircut and looks, and Llewelyn's motives in keeping the money.

Artiste:
To me, it is about that law is being overtaken by criminals!!

What do you think?

Hugs!

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