No Country For Old Men

macgyver06macgyver06 Posts: 2,500
edited January 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Bad Ass Movie!

Best Villain of all time.

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  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    i thought so too, until i watched it all the way through

    first why on earth were they talking so quietly??? therefore i don't fucking know what the sheriff said in the end.

    second hell, i expected something more at the end of it
  • lgtlgt Posts: 720
    Javier Bardem really played a mean psycho-killer! He was awesome!

    And yeah, the ending I totally zoned out during Tommy Lee Jones's speech.

    Might have missed the whole meaning of the movie in that final speech about his dream!!! :)
  • I was grossly disappointed by this movie. Found it to be really slow. I might have to see it again, however, when I am not as tired.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    damn, i still haven't seem this movie yet.

    I heard Kelly MacDonald is in this one.
    I really liked her in Trainspotting ;)
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  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    the ending is fine. its just another way of fucking with your preconceived ideas of cinematic conventions

    thats what the whole film does
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  • anyone else think Bardem's character was a metaphor for death?

    And that Timmy Lee Jones' speech was all about not being where he thought he was going to be at a given moment, with death around the corner.

    I thought it was a great film and want to see it again.

    somewhat disturbingly, i now have a crush on javier bardem.
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    erm...so anyone care to tell me what the sheriff said?....word for word?
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    duggro wrote:
    the ending is fine. its just another way of fucking with your preconceived ideas of cinematic conventions

    thats what the whole film does

    nothing new i thought, it's been done before
  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    genie wrote:
    nothing new i thought, it's been done before
    i cant think of a film where it has been done so well
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  • pjl44pjl44 Posts: 9,474
    The building of suspense and Javier Bardem are awesome, but I also feel that the movie fell apart in the last 30 minutes. I've read a bunch of reviews and thoughts, but nobody can seem to explain why they like this movie so much (particularly the ending). Instead, you get the vague sense of "well maybe this movie was just to smart for you." I'm calling Emperor's New Clothes until someone can explain to a dummy like me what is so brilliant about the ending.

    (And this is coming from a huge David Lynch fan...)
  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    pjl44 wrote:
    The building of suspense and Javier Bardem are awesome, but I also feel that the movie fell apart in the last 30 minutes. I've read a bunch of reviews and thoughts, but nobody can seem to explain why they like this movie so much (particularly the ending). Instead, you get the vague sense of "well maybe this movie was just to smart for you." I'm calling Emperor's New Clothes until someone can explain to a dummy like me what is so brilliant about the ending.

    (And this is coming from a huge David Lynch fan...)
    the ending was just...eh....shit happens. people kill each other these days, and they did so years ago.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    duggro wrote:
    the ending was just...eh....shit happens. people kill each other these days, and they did so years ago.
    Those damn Mexicans, had to ruined the ending ;) :P

    BTW, I thought Bardem should have gotten a Best Actor nomination NOT Best Supporting Actor. He was basically in the beginning through the end.
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  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    duggro wrote:
    i cant think of a film where it has been done so well

    Jeepers Creepers - maybe not very intelligent movie, but the ending stuck in my mind for a long time

    also Easy Rider absolutely love that movie
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    pjl44 wrote:
    The building of suspense and Javier Bardem are awesome, but I also feel that the movie fell apart in the last 30 minutes. I've read a bunch of reviews and thoughts, but nobody can seem to explain why they like this movie so much (particularly the ending). Instead, you get the vague sense of "well maybe this movie was just to smart for you." I'm calling Emperor's New Clothes until someone can explain to a dummy like me what is so brilliant about the ending.

    (And this is coming from a huge David Lynch fan...)

    exactly, beginning was brilliant! and movie was nicely shot in a good location but as it went on further and further to the end i started getting bored.

    oh, please someone can you tell what the dude said!!???

    and also come'on people realise it's another slasher movie nothing intelligent in that
  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    sorry genie, but you're really talking nonsense! slasher movie? bollocks to that. comparing it to jeepers creepers? embarassing!

    in the end he is talking about riding with his father through snow and his father is riding ahead, but he can see that when he stops his father will have made a fire for him....or something along those lines
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  • genie wrote:
    Jeepers Creepers - maybe not very intelligent movie, but the ending stuck in my mind for a long time

    Duuuude... no.
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    I haven't read the book yet so I'm not sure if the movie is depicted part by part/ word for word or not but I think the Cohen Brother could have made a better ending. This would be one of the BEST crime movies ever.
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  • wash_wash_ Posts: 1,073
    genie wrote:
    also Easy Rider absolutely love that movie

    Finally watched it a few months ago and can honestly say I did not see the ending coming.

    Really really shocked me. Still does!
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  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    wash_ wrote:
    Finally watched it a few months ago and can honestly say I did not see the ending coming.

    Really really shocked me. Still does!

    me neither, i thought those rednecks were scaring them off that's all. but i hope you enjoyed that movie. I know i did! :) i would definitely say Easy Rider is quarter of who i am and what i'm about.
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    Duuuude... no.

    what do you mean no?? first Jeepers movie ending was quite cool i thought. Whenever i think of it i always get an image of that guy having an empty socket.
  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    duggro wrote:
    sorry genie, but you're really talking nonsense! slasher movie? bollocks to that. comparing it to jeepers creepers? embarassing!

    in the end he is talking about riding with his father through snow and his father is riding ahead, but he can see that when he stops his father will have made a fire for him....or something along those lines

    where did you see me comparing one movie with the other? i simply stated two other movies with the same sad ending, i did not go on to compare them. if i would do that i'd be an idiot.

    ok, so why shouldn't i throw it into a slasher movie? it has a psychotic individual killing everyone he feels like for no aparent reason. I'm dissapointed with how "slow" ( using the word other person described this movie ) the movie went after that cowboy got the money.

    thank you for telling me the ending though :) i knew there wasn't going to be anything spectacular in the sheriffs words.

    i'm dissapointed because i had high expectations. However recently i've seen a great movie that i had really shitty expectation, and it turned out to be a gem. it's called Death Sentence, yep it has the usual plot, about a family man taking justice into his own hands, however his acting and everything in the movie kept me on the edge of my seat.

    hehe, for the record Kevin Bacon is a great actor and a hottie too ;):)
  • Slip KidSlip Kid Posts: 1,175
    It was a pretty good movie.
    I just don't trust anything that bleeds for five days and doesn't die.
  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    genie wrote:
    where did you see me comparing one movie with the other? i simply stated two other movies with the same sad ending, i did not go on to compare them. if i would do that i'd be an idiot.

    ok, so why shouldn't i throw it into a slasher movie? it has a psychotic individual killing everyone he feels like for no aparent reason. I'm dissapointed with how "slow" ( using the word other person described this movie ) the movie went after that cowboy got the money.

    thank you for telling me the ending though :) i knew there wasn't going to be anything spectacular in the sheriffs words.

    i'm dissapointed because i had high expectations. However recently i've seen a great movie that i had really shitty expectation, and it turned out to be a gem. it's called Death Sentence, yep it has the usual plot, about a family man taking justice into his own hands, however his acting and everything in the movie kept me on the edge of my seat.

    hehe, for the record Kevin Bacon is a great actor and a hottie too ;):)
    my post wasnt meant to sound bitchy, but i guess it came across that way- apologies. i just really liked the movie, thats all :)
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    first of all, fantastic movie. bardem is superb as Anton Chigurh, and is probably my favorite villain of all time.

    second: having just finished the book, the ending is spot on. that is how the book ends also, with Sheriff Bell talking about a dream he had involving his father.

    "and then I woke up" is the last line of the book.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    StoneG82 wrote:
    first of all, fantastic movie. bardem is superb as Anton Chigurh, and is probably my favorite villain of all time.

    second: having just finished the book, the ending is spot on. that is how the book ends also, with Sheriff Bell talking about a dream he had involving his father.

    "and then I woke up" is the last line of the book.
    Thanks for the book-movie comparison, I'm not a big fan of reading books :p

    Anyways, I have to agree with the people he did not like the ending. The majority of the film is very dark and intense, but the final 20-30 minutes was just, I don't know, SOFT?, I guess that's the word.

    To me I wanted it to go out with a big bang or even a twist... ;)
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  • StoneG82StoneG82 Posts: 806
    LongRd. wrote:
    Thanks for the book-movie comparison, I'm not a big fan of reading books :p

    Anyways, I have to agree with the people he did not like the ending. The majority of the film is very dark and intense, but the final 20-30 minutes was just, I don't know, SOFT?, I guess that's the word.

    To me I wanted it to go out with a big bang or even a twist... ;)

    the ending definitely had a softer but deeper effect. here's how I look at it -

    Sheriff Bell, when he's in the hotel room and realizes that Chigurh had been there also and possibly made away with the money, gives up on trying to stop him. It's very symbolic. Anton = evil in the world. Bell realizes he's too old to try and contain all the bad things happening to his county anymore, (hence the title, No Country for Old Men) and in the book, he retires at the end.
    "What’s Orphans? I don’t know. Orphans is a dead end kid driving a coffin with big tires across the Ohio River wearing welding goggles and a wife beater with a lit firecracker in his ear." - Tom Waits
  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    LongRd. wrote:
    Thanks for the book-movie comparison, I'm not a big fan of reading books :p

    Anyways, I have to agree with the people he did not like the ending. The majority of the film is very dark and intense, but the final 20-30 minutes was just, I don't know, SOFT?, I guess that's the word.

    To me I wanted it to go out with a big bang or even a twist... ;)

    aint that soft. he killed the fiance girl which was a bit cold blooded
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  • geniegenie Posts: 2,222
    duggro wrote:
    my post wasnt meant to sound bitchy, but i guess it came across that way- apologies. i just really liked the movie, thats all :)

    your post was alright, no need for apologies :) your/mine posts are what i call a discussion
  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    genie wrote:
    your post was alright, no need for apologies :) your/mine posts are what i call a discussion
    i agree

    a discussion where i am right and you are wrong:)

    only kidding
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    duggro wrote:
    aint that soft. he killed the fiancee girl which was a bit cold blooded
    They never show it though, he just walks out the door. :p

    I was look for a Chigur and Moss duel or something of that nature.
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