"No Country for Old Men"

decides2dream

Trailer wrote:

I just saw an interview on Charlie Rose that had the Coen brothers, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem and they were talking about this movie. I'm definitely checking this movie out now!

i haven't seen josh brolin in anything in ages...and then here he is, pops up in the TWO most recent new movies i've seen: american gangster and no country for old men.....and solid performances in both.

azwyldcats

great movie. great book. blows everything out there away, by far best movie of year.

azwyldcats

great ending, like the book, they didnt sugar-coat it like a typical hollywood bullshit ending.

catefrances

bharQ wrote:

its amazing how many people dont realize how good this band is live... lol anyways, not trying hijack the thread, but ridiculous to begin and end your venture into their world at that youtube video from 1992..

i only posted it cause it amuses me. i know theyre much more than daisies

rhcpjam1029

well ive read this fucker already. it sure is a great fucker!

polaris

excellent film ... what an array of characters ... leaves you with so many thoughts ...

Byrnzie

The Champ wrote:

Anyone see this fucker yet?

I read the book. I can't wait to see the film.

Byrnzie

FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:

Haven't heard of the movie, but I love the poem:

WB Yeats - Sailing to Byzantium

That is no country for old men. The young
In one another's arms, birds in the trees
- Those dying generations - at their song,
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,
Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long
Whatever is begotten, born, and dies.
Caught in that sensual music all neglect
Monuments of unageing intellect.

An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing
For every tatter in its mortal dress,
Nor is there singing school but studying
Monuments of its own magnificence;
And therefore I have sailed the seas and come
To the holy city of Byzantium.

O sages standing in God's holy fire
As in the gold mosaic of a wall,
Come from the holy fire, perne in a gyre,
And be the singing-masters of my soul.
Consume my heart away; sick with desire
And fastened to a dying animal
It knows not what it is; and gather me
Into the artifice of eternity.

Once out of nature I shall never take
My bodily form from any natural thing,
But such a form as Grecian goldsmiths make
Of hammered gold and gold enamelling
To keep a drowsy Emperor awake;
Or set upon a golden bough to sing
To lords and ladies of Byzantium
Of what is past, or passing, or to come.

You really aren't just a pretty face, are ya?

JSBE

saw it this morning and it was awesome. some people around me were grumbling after it ended, but i thought the movie as a whole was fantastic. i would expect (ok - hope) that brolin, bardiem and jones to get oscar noms.

and josh brolin's wife in the movie was diane (ewan mcgregor's chick) from transpotting. and her mom in 'no country' was the woman that was sticking up for jim cunningham (patrick swayze's character) in donnie darko. good times.

The Severed Hand

The hitman scored in top ten for body count and menacing ambience too.

beachdweller

great movie, leaves you with unanswered questions, great acting, story flowed well, very oscar worthy.

Porchsitter

Just got back from seeing it. I can see why it's getting the reviews it's getting. It was great.

Anon

great movie. i highly recommend it to anyone and everyone. will be nominated for many oscars. the coen brothers scored once again.

lalalalaaaaaaaa

I was disappointed overall.

It had to be suspenseful for it to really work, and it just wasn't to me. It was really just like a book put onto screen, and moved very slowly. Yeah, I get it...humanity is falling victim to its own violent and selfish nature...it's getting worse and worse, and the only people who can understand this (old people) can't really do anything about it...so we face self-destruction. It was still kinda boring.

The bad guy was bad, but inconsistent...sometimes showing emotion (when choking the officer), and sometimes not. That doesn't make sense to me.

I love Joel Coen's work in general, and I don't think this is a bad movie or anything...just not as good as I'd hoped it would be.

panthergirl

we just saw it.
loved the characters - what great performances!

one of the best villians ever ...
scary!


i was a little dissatisfied with the ending..
but i've gotten over it.

spat

ok can someone please recap tommy lee jones' monolog at the end for me?? i'll admit i sort of zoned out for a minute as he was going on and on, and at times he was a little hard to understand with the accent. then he says something about, "and then i woke up." thats it.
over all though great movie!!!
i just don't want this to be one of those movies where the ending ruins it, i want to understand it but there's no rewind button in the movie theater!

Pearls&Stones

SPOILERS----don't read further if you haven't seen it.


I just watched this movie on DVD, and I must say I loved it. And I loved the ending. The movie isn't about Javier Bardem trying to get the cash from Josh Brolin. The movie is about an old lawman (Tommy Lee Jones) who has to come to terms with the fact that he was outmatched and was unable to protect the people he was supposed to. The ending shows that the lawman lives with the demons of letting those people die and having to face his father (perceived to be a more successful lawman) in the afterlife.

Lukin66

Pearls&Stones wrote:

SPOILERS----don't read further if you haven't seen it.


I just watched this movie on DVD, and I must say I loved it. And I loved the ending. The movie isn't about Javier Bardem trying to get the cash from Josh Brolin. The movie is about an old lawman (Tommy Lee Jones) who has to come to terms with the fact that he was outmatched and was unable to protect the people he was supposed to. The ending shows that the lawman lives with the demons of letting those people die and having to face his father (perceived to be a more successful lawman) in the afterlife.

well, that's the cliffnotes version of it, for sure

hodge

amazing movie

vedder.ten

Great movie, won the award for Best Picture and several others - You just can't go wrong.