No Country for Old Men

Really? It is so critically lauded. I am surprised you feel this way. I was hoping it was going to be really good!

TONS of people hated the ending though! I just happened to dislike the entire thing lol

Yeah I watched it a few weeks ago. Loved it while I was watching. Then the ending was such crap I wished that I could unwatch it.

I didn't like it either! It was slow-moving and hard to understand, and then the ending was abrupt!

When I watched it I felt like I was going to hell for seeing such brutal murders... And the ending did suck butt.

I finally watched this Oscar winning film and I am not going to call the ending horrible, but rather just "missing" in the standard Hollywood sense. It was an "artistic" close which allowed the viewer to interpret the outcomes rather than the standard wrapped package that we have grown to expect. Sure, I rewinded back after the surprise drop to credits, but in watching the last 5 minutes again - it hit home. The movie is not about who gets the money or if the killer is caught. It is about a man with a conscience that is no longer valid in a rapidly deteriorating society. Everything else is just texture... If you pull back the distractions and find the movie core, you will see that it ended as it should. Overall I thought No Country for Old Men was thought provoking and pointed. Javier Bardem was convincing as a kick ***, cold blooded killer and Josh Brolin did a spectacular job of playing the hunter who becomes the hunted. Even though I didn't fully like how things turned out, I can see why this movie was so critically acclaimed and will probably watch it again soon.

ooof....i'm just not a fan of the Coen Bros. Not at all. I do, however, owe The Big Lebowski another viewing.

My theory is that females did not like this film as much as males. Cormac McCarthy, the author of the novel, appeals to men more than women. He's like a present day Hemingway. And yes, i know there are many women out there who probably liked the film and likes McCarthy's books--as well as Hemingway's. I'm just saying that in my experience, more negative comments came from women rather than men. I also did not like the movie. And I am of the female team.

The Sun Also Rises is my favorite book...

good brooklyn;30221 wrote:
I also did not like the movie. And I am of the female team.

lol.. I like the way you put that. Personally, I enjoyed the film. (go figure) The acting was AMAZING.. Javier Bardem's hair was enough to give me nightmares.. I (forcefully) took my cousin to see it when it first came out. She hated it and said I'm not allowed to pick the movie anymore. lol She dragged me to see Hot Fuzz though.. So, I guess we're even now.

I've never seen this, but is it all bloody and gory like the critics and what not said it would be?

hotboih;30494 wrote:
I've never seen this, but is it all bloody and gory like the critics and what not said it would be?

Never saw it either but that guy kills alot of people during the course of the movie a friend told me so I figure it might be.