No Country for Old Men

[Sven]

Pretty easily the best film of the year. Exceeds expectations in just about every way. Perhaps I'll write a bit more later. I can't wait to see it again. A possible Coen best.

[Kurosawa Fan]

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[Raiders]

:frustrated:

I have to wait until next weekend.

[soitgoes...]

Pretty easily the best film of the year. Exceeds expectations in just about every way. Perhaps I'll write a bit more later. I can't wait to see it again. A possible Coen best.

That's encouraging.

[Sycophant]

:frustrated:

I have to wait until next weekend.

Likewise. But I should be seeing it a week from today. And that should rock.

[Kurosawa Fan]

:frustrated:

I have to wait until next weekend.

:|

I may have to wait for DVD, or a major award nomination.

[Philosophe_rouge]

I'm going to try and see this tomorrow, at the very latest Monday... hopefully.

[number8]

Indeed.

My review.

[MadMan]

I envy all who have seen this already.

[Bosco B Thug]

Awesome.

I'm still afraid. I'll be one of those wimps rotten tomato-ing it because they can't handle its stoic bleakness, as deductive as that is to say.

[origami_mustache]

Javier Bardem's Anton Chigurh is perhaps the most fascinating on-screen character since Bill the Butcher.

[Doclop]

The more I think about this movie, the more I like it. I want to see it again.

[Mysterious Dude]

Almost great. I might need some convincing, though. The first half seemed like Fargo in Texas. The second half was kind of confusing to me.

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I think Llewelyn's demise could have been filmed with a little more clarity.

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[origami_mustache]

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I think Llewelyn's demise could have been filmed with a little more clarity.

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The unconventional absence of action during typically "crucial" scenes, deconstructing the norms of narrative filmmaking and genre was the most brilliant part of the film in my opinion.

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[number8]

Heh.

There’s a jump in time near the end of the film, right before the climax, and starts back up right after. It’s not as if you’re missing any vital information, and the coda is quite good, but the experience is not unlike having your lover jump out of bed right before the peak, only to come back and throttle you about what your relationship means to you—it’s kind of puzzling, and it’s understandably frustrating.

However, it is appropriate to Sheriff Bell’s concerns, and it’s consistent with how he always arrives a little too late.

The ending is what made me think that Sheriff Bell is the "real" main character from the very beginning, because he is the one always trying to catch up and failing. The film talks at length about how the world slips away from oneself, and that's more appropriate to Bell than Llewelyn.

[megladon8]

I still haven't seen it - probably gonna duck out of class early on Monday to do so unless I have a doctors appointment.

However, looking over some screenshots, it definitely looks to me like Bardem has some sort of silenced shot gun. Someone said on the old MatchCut thread when I brought this up that it was a cattle gun...but this definitely looks like a shot gun...

[number8]

It is a Cattle Gun. It's used to kill cows. What it does it fire a bolt that stabs you like a bullet, but then retracts back into the barrel, leaving no bullets in the bullet holes.

[Mysterious Dude]

I think meg is right about that being a shotgun. He only uses the cattle gun on a person once, to my recollection, and the rest of the time he only uses it to open locked doors.

[megladon8]

It is a Cattle Gun. It's used to kill cows. What it does it fire a bolt that stabs you like a bullet, but then retracts back into the barrel, leaving no bullets in the bullet holes.

Yuck...that kinda sounds like double the damage.

So I take it this movie has some pretty violent content.

I'm actually debating whether or not I should read the book before seeing the movie...I own the book and haven't gotten around to it yet.

[number8]

I think meg is right about that being a shotgun. He only uses the cattle gun on a person once, to my recollection, and the rest of the time he only uses it to open locked doors.

Really? If that so, then I must have gotten them confused. Was he using the Cattle Gun for the doors? I thought it was just an air pressurizer or something. We never really got a good look. My knowledge of cattle guns is that they use rifle blanks to fire the bolt out, not an air tank. Now you've got me curious.

There's my excuse for a second viewing! :P

[Mysterious Dude]

Most of the people he shot at somewhat of a distance, and I would think a cattle gun would only be useful at very close range.

I do think this film calls for more than one viewing.

[megladon8]

Well, if it is a shotgun, I've still got to say that I had no idea there was such thing as a shotgun silencer.

Also he's holding it awful close to his face in that picture. I've shot a few shotguns, and the kick is enough that if someone was to hold it that close, I would think you would risk serious injury to your face.

[eternity]

Seeing it tomorrow.

[Mysterious Dude]

Well, if it is a shotgun, I've still got to say that I had no idea there was such thing as a shotgun silencer.

Also he's holding it awful close to his face in that picture. I've shot a few shotguns, and the kick is enough that if someone was to hold it that close, I would think you would risk serious injury to your face.

We'd better get Scar's opinion on this matter.

[Watashi]

For those who've seen it, how is Kelly Macdonald? She has been a cinematic crush of mine for quite some time.