Have to agree, it's a brilliant movie, but it's definitely the kind of movie that is driven by the script. You need to think about what you're seeing as the movie doesn't really hit you over head. It reminds me of Miller's Crossing, another Coen Bros. movie from long ago. That one, like "No Country" you either get or you don't. I remember seeing Miller's Crossing with a bunch of people at the theatre years ago (I was the one who wanted to see it) and they all despised it and I thought it was great.
No Country had some classic scenes, more than a few. I loved the scene in the gas station when the physcho flips the quarter and tells the guy to call it heads or tails and that it was probably the most important decision he will ever make in his life. He wasn't kidding.
I'll be watching that one again when it comes out on DVD.
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