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zerosk8 · 02-12-2008, 10:25 AM

I recently saw the movie "No Country for Old Men". I am personally a huge fan of the Coen brothers, I think they are brilliant. I think they hit a homerun with this movie. It's brilliantly filmed, and the characters fit their parts perfectly. I can however see where the film would not be liked. In fact, the entire group I was with hated it. What did you think?

buttless1der · 02-12-2008, 12:20 PM

I have not seen a Coen brothers movie I did not like. Kinda drove me nuts that the end just left you hanging though.

So far my favorite of theirs would have to be Fargo

Arc101 · 02-12-2008, 01:03 PM

I was disappointed, I found it far too slow and boring. I must of looked at my watch half a dozen times during the film. I did like the ending through, and not just because it meant I could go to the pub !

Grasshopper Green · 02-12-2008, 05:11 PM

I hated it. My husband hated it. Neither of us understand the hoopla.

sapiens · 02-12-2008, 05:14 PM

I liked it, but I'm a big fan of both westerns and the coen brothers. Don'tcha know?

PonyPotato · 02-12-2008, 05:43 PM

I really enjoyed No Country for Old Men. Saw it with one of my friends who is a Coen brother freak, though, so him hyping it up may have helped a lot.

Lasereth · 02-12-2008, 07:04 PM

Went and saw it in the theater with my brother. I personally believe it's the best movie of 2007 and the best movie I've seen in approximately 3 years. Downright amazing movie. I was thinking about it for weeks afterwards.

Mephisto2 · 02-13-2008, 07:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Medusa

I hated it. My husband hated it. Neither of us understand the hoopla.

Have you read the book?

Mr Mephisto

Reese · 02-13-2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto

Have you read the book?

Mr Mephisto

Nobody reads books..

I really liked it until about 3/4 of the way though.

Mephisto2 · 02-13-2008, 11:05 PM

The book is good.

McCarthy certainly writes "bare prose". I kinda enjoyed the novel, though I found it bleak. Not half as bleak as The Road, but then again that book hurt my soul.

I'm looking forward to watching the movie as I think the Coen bros are geniuses. The Wachowskis,on the other hand, are just a pair of disturbingly strange hacks...

Mr Mephisto

Grasshopper Green · 02-18-2008, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Mephisto

Have you read the book?

Mr Mephisto

No, I wasn't even aware that it WAS a book first.

spectre · 02-18-2008, 06:35 PM

Awesome movie. This is definitely one of the best movies that I've seen.

james t kirk · 02-21-2008, 02:57 PM

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.

mixedmedia · 02-21-2008, 03:12 PM

I loved this film. I thought it was transcendent.

telekinetic · 02-21-2008, 08:48 PM

This is one of the best movies I've ever seen. I rank it easily in my top 5. My watching experience was made sublime by the fact that I knew absolutely nothing (not a hint of setting, plot, background information, genre...not even a little TRACE of spoiler) about it whatsoever except that it was good and I should see it. That was LITERALLY all I knew, and boy...am I glad I went in with no expectations, as it made it a cinematic ride I'll never forget!
*****/*****

Challah · 02-21-2008, 10:17 PM

It was great but I didn't enjoy it in the same way I enjoyed, say, Red Dawn. I didn't find it entertaining but I found it engaging. It was very slow. Also, Woody Harrelson is in it, which is something I have trouble accepting.

quadro2000 · 02-22-2008, 06:28 AM

The ending frustrated me. I felt cheated, somehow. That being said, Javier Bardem was unbelievable, and completely deserves the Oscar he's going to get. He was absolutely bone-chilling in every scene.

Redlemon · 02-27-2008, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by quadro2000

The ending frustrated me. I felt cheated, somehow. That being said, Javier Bardem was unbelievable, and completely deserves the Oscar he's going to get. He was absolutely bone-chilling in every scene.

I'd just like to note that this was the last post before the server crashed. Therefore, Quadro broke TFP.

The_Jazz · 02-27-2008, 10:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Redlemon

I'd just like to note that this was the last post before the server crashed. Therefore, Quadro broke TFP.

And he did it with THE TRUTH.

thespian86 · 02-27-2008, 10:01 PM

I don't think Javier Bardem did the antagonist justice. He played it... too relaxed. The only part that felt right is the dead stare in the first scene. Cormac McCarthy is my favorite new author. NCFOM isn't his best though, I love his newest piece, The Road. Check it out.

I have to say that Tommy did a great job. I've never been a fan of him.

Charlatan · 02-28-2008, 12:56 AM

I am a big Cohen Bros. fan and can't wait to see this when it comes out.

I'd have to say my favourite so far is either Raising Arizona or Barton Fink...

mixedmedia · 02-28-2008, 03:03 PM

My fave Coen brother's movies are Miller's Crossing and The Big Lebowski...but it's no doubt that they are probably the most consistently good filmmakers out there today. Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the truth.

Willravel · 02-28-2008, 03:43 PM

4 words:

Scariest. Lunch lady. Ever.

Tully Mars · 02-28-2008, 06:44 PM

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Originally Posted by mixedmedia

My fave Coen brother's movies are Miller's Crossing and The Big Lebowski...but it's no doubt that they are probably the most consistently good filmmakers out there today. Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the truth.

I love "The Big Lelowski." Also like "Fargo"

What's "Miller Crossing" about?

mixedmedia · 02-28-2008, 07:02 PM

Miller's Crossing is the Coen Brother's take on the 1930's gangster film...what's really notable about it is their use of language - they invented their own lingo for this movie. It's really remarkable in its cadence. Not to mention some incredible performances by Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden and, briefly, John Turturro. Their obsession with lingo is also explored, not as effectively, with The Hudsucker Proxy. Although, I love that one, too.

The theme of particular language (including repetitive quips), if you really pay attention to it, is apparent in all of their films, including The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Fargo, Barton Fink, The Ladykillers...it's quite obsessive of them. Which, of course, just turns me on.

Cerebrally speaking.

Mephex · 02-28-2008, 07:09 PM

Great read, I'll go check it out and return with my thoughts.

james t kirk · 02-29-2008, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by willravel

4 words:

Scariest. Lunch lady. Ever.

He kind of looks like a young Charlie Watts....

Actually, he looks A LOT like Charlie Watts. Hmmm, wonder if Charlie was touring in Spain about 40 years ago.

Titan_Uranus · 03-18-2008, 06:55 AM

Loved it ,you really can't go wrong with the Coen Brothers.

Jinn · 03-18-2008, 07:04 AM

I liked it for the suspense, but god damn the "ending" pissed me off. I loved the movie until then, and now, frankly.. I hate it.

Maybe I have a revenge complex..?

abaya · 03-18-2008, 07:43 AM

I just needed a little, tiny denouement for this movie to work for me. It didn't happen. Ktspktsp liked it a lot, but it left me with a bad taste after the ending.

Jinn · 03-18-2008, 08:02 AM

Oooh, fancy word... I had to look it up

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In literature, a dénouement (pronounced /denuːˈmɑ̃/) consists of a series of events that follow a dramatic or narrative's climax, thus serving as the conclusion of the story. Conflicts are resolved, creating normality for the characters and a sense of catharsis, or release of tension and anxiety, for the reader. Etymologically, the French word dénouement is derived from the Old French word denoer, "to untie", from nodus, Latin for "knot." Simply put, a dénouement is the unraveling or untying of the complexities of a plot.

That's what I was looking for, too.

Is it really pronounced denu-MAH? that seems.. odd.

Lasereth · 03-18-2008, 08:31 AM

What's everyone's beef with the ending??

blahblah454 · 03-18-2008, 09:26 AM

I just watched this, thought it was great. And I loved the actual ending. But that little event that kinda happened offscreen about 10 min before the actual ending... I didn't like that part so much

abaya · 03-18-2008, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by JinnKai

Is it really pronounced denu-MAH? that seems.. odd.

It's a French thing. You know how they arbitrarily ignore most of their vowels in most of their words?... yeah. But that's the way I learned to say it when I was an English lit major, so go figure.

aberkok · 03-18-2008, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Lasereth

What's everyone's beef with the ending??

I think people are bothered by the fact that Spoiler: there was no traditional showdown. What the whole film was leading up to simply didn't happen. Perhaps everyone's now got a case of the cinematic blueballs. I really thought it fit with the rest of the film though. For me it was about the simple inevitability of fate, random as it can be.

Charlatan · 03-18-2008, 06:32 PM

Since when is denouement a fancy word?

I loved the ending, reasonably unconventional and not wrapped up with a tidy bow. Spoiler: I think people are just left feeling out of sorts when the main protagonist is killed off and even more so when the villain is left alive and "out there"

mixedmedia · 03-18-2008, 07:22 PM

This is hardly the first film I've seen and loved which had a rather 'anti-climactic' ending. I guess I've come to look at films the same way I do life in general. Sometimes things just end. And that's alright. When I respect a piece of art - whether it is a painting, a book, a film - it seems presumptuous to ask for more than I am given.

Mr Scorcex · 03-18-2008, 09:48 PM

I don't know, I just couldn't get into the whole vibe of the movie. The ending didn't particularly get at me, but that might be due to the fact that I wasn't that into the movie to begin with. Like Arc101, I just sort of found myself waiting for it to be over so I could do something else. What's really odd is that I loved There Will Be Blood, and yet I felt No Country was sort of slow and boring.

02-12-2008, 10:25 AM	#1 (permalink)
zerosk8 Tilted	No Country For Old Men I recently saw the movie "No Country for Old Men". I am personally a huge fan of the Coen brothers, I think they are brilliant. I think they hit a homerun with this movie. It's brilliantly filmed, and the characters fit their parts perfectly. I can however see where the film would not be liked. In fact, the entire group I was with hated it. What did you think? __________________ It's only after you've lost everything...that you are free to do anything

02-12-2008, 12:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
buttless1der Tilted Location: Willamette Valley	I have not seen a Coen brothers movie I did not like. Kinda drove me nuts that the end just left you hanging though. So far my favorite of theirs would have to be Fargo __________________ The measure of any government is how they allow their citizenry to defend themselves. -Ted Nugent

02-12-2008, 05:11 PM	#4 (permalink)
Grasshopper Green ...is a comical chap Location: Where morons reign supreme	I hated it. My husband hated it. Neither of us understand the hoopla. __________________ "They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings; steal a little and they throw you in jail, steal a lot and they make you king" Formerly Medusa

02-12-2008, 05:43 PM	#6 (permalink)
PonyPotato Soaring Location: Ohio!	I really enjoyed No Country for Old Men. Saw it with one of my friends who is a Coen brother freak, though, so him hyping it up may have helped a lot. __________________ "Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark." — Henri-Frédéric Amiel

02-18-2008, 06:35 PM	#12 (permalink)
spectre Junkie	Awesome movie. This is definitely one of the best movies that I've seen. __________________ "Fuck these chains No goddamn slave I will be different" ~ Machine Head

02-12-2008, 01:03 PM	#3 (permalink)
Arc101 Addict Location: Nottingham, England	I was disappointed, I found it far too slow and boring. I must of looked at my watch half a dozen times during the film. I did like the ending through, and not just because it meant I could go to the pub !

02-12-2008, 05:14 PM	#5 (permalink)
sapiens Junkie Location: Some place windy	I liked it, but I'm a big fan of both westerns and the coen brothers. Don'tcha know?

02-12-2008, 07:04 PM	#7 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	Went and saw it in the theater with my brother. I personally believe it's the best movie of 2007 and the best movie I've seen in approximately 3 years. Downright amazing movie. I was thinking about it for weeks afterwards.

02-13-2008, 11:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
Mephisto2 Junkie	The book is good. McCarthy certainly writes "bare prose". I kinda enjoyed the novel, though I found it bleak. Not half as bleak as *The Road*, but then again that book hurt my soul. I'm looking forward to watching the movie as I think the Coen bros are geniuses. The Wachowskis,on the other hand, are just a pair of disturbingly strange hacks... Mr Mephisto

02-21-2008, 02:57 PM	#13 (permalink)
james t kirk Junkie Location: Toronto	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.

02-21-2008, 03:12 PM	#14 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	I loved this film. I thought it was transcendent. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

02-21-2008, 08:48 PM	#15 (permalink)
telekinetic zomgomgomgomgomgomg Location: Fauxenix, Azerona	This is one of the best movies I've ever seen. I rank it easily in my top 5. My watching experience was made sublime by the fact that I knew absolutely nothing (not a hint of setting, plot, background information, genre...not even a little TRACE of spoiler) about it whatsoever except that it was good and I should see it. That was LITERALLY all I knew, and boy...am I glad I went in with no expectations, as it made it a cinematic ride I'll never forget! ***/*** __________________ twisted no more

02-21-2008, 10:17 PM	#16 (permalink)
Challah Crazy Location: Canada	It was great but I didn't enjoy it in the same way I enjoyed, say, Red Dawn. I didn't find it entertaining but I found it engaging. It was very slow. Also, Woody Harrelson is in it, which is something I have trouble accepting.

02-22-2008, 06:28 AM	#17 (permalink)
quadro2000 All Possibility, Made Of Custard Location: New York, NY	The ending frustrated me. I felt cheated, somehow. That being said, Javier Bardem was unbelievable, and completely deserves the Oscar he's going to get. He was absolutely bone-chilling in every scene. __________________ You have to laugh at yourself...because you'd cry your eyes out if you didn't. - Emily Saliers

02-27-2008, 10:01 PM	#20 (permalink)
thespian86 change is hard. Location: the green room.	I don't think Javier Bardem did the antagonist justice. He played it... too relaxed. The only part that felt right is the dead stare in the first scene. Cormac McCarthy is my favorite new author. NCFOM isn't his best though, I love his newest piece, The Road. Check it out. I have to say that Tommy did a great job. I've never been a fan of him. __________________ EX: Whats new? ME: I officially love coffee more then you now. EX: uh... ME: So, not much.

02-28-2008, 03:43 PM	#23 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	4 words: Scariest. Lunch lady. Ever.

02-28-2008, 12:56 AM	#21 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	I am a big Cohen Bros. fan and can't wait to see this when it comes out. I'd have to say my favourite so far is either Raising Arizona or Barton Fink... __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

02-28-2008, 03:03 PM	#22 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	My fave Coen brother's movies are Miller's Crossing and The Big Lebowski...but it's no doubt that they are probably the most consistently good filmmakers out there today. Everyone's a winner, baby, that's the truth. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

02-28-2008, 07:02 PM	#25 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	Miller's Crossing is the Coen Brother's take on the 1930's gangster film...what's really notable about it is their use of language - they invented their own lingo for this movie. It's really remarkable in its cadence. Not to mention some incredible performances by Gabriel Byrne, Albert Finney, Marcia Gay Harden and, briefly, John Turturro. Their obsession with lingo is also explored, not as effectively, with The Hudsucker Proxy. Although, I love that one, too. The theme of particular language (including repetitive quips), if you really pay attention to it, is apparent in all of their films, including The Big Lebowski, Raising Arizona, Fargo, Barton Fink, The Ladykillers...it's quite obsessive of them. Which, of course, just turns me on. Cerebrally speaking. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce Last edited by mixedmedia; 02-28-2008 at 07:06 PM.. Reason: Automerged Doublepost

02-28-2008, 07:09 PM	#26 (permalink)
Mephex Psycho	Great read, I'll go check it out and return with my thoughts. __________________ He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections. -Samuel Adams

03-18-2008, 06:55 AM	#28 (permalink)
Titan_Uranus Insane Location: South Africa	Loved it ,you really can't go wrong with the Coen Brothers.

03-18-2008, 07:04 AM	#29 (permalink)
Jinn Lover - Protector - Teacher Location: Seattle, WA	I liked it for the suspense, but god damn the "ending" pissed me off. I loved the movie until then, and now, frankly.. I hate it. Maybe I have a revenge complex..? __________________ "I'm typing on a computer of science, which is being sent by science wires to a little science server where you can access it. I'm not typing on a computer of philosophy or religion or whatever other thing you think can be used to understand the universe because they're a poor substitute in the role of understanding the universe which exists independent from ourselves." - Willravel

03-18-2008, 07:43 AM	#30 (permalink)
abaya Location: Iceland	I just needed a little, tiny denouement for this movie to work for me. It didn't happen. Ktspktsp liked it a lot, but it left me with a bad taste after the ending. __________________ And think not you can direct the course of Love; for Love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. --Khalil Gibran

03-18-2008, 08:31 AM	#32 (permalink)
Lasereth Knight of the Old Republic Location: Winston-Salem, NC	What's everyone's beef with the ending??

03-18-2008, 09:26 AM	#33 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	I just watched this, thought it was great. And I loved the actual ending. But that little event that kinda happened offscreen about 10 min before the actual ending... I didn't like that part so much

03-18-2008, 06:32 PM	#36 (permalink)
Charlatan Getting it. Super Moderator Location: Lion City	Since when is denouement a fancy word? I loved the ending, reasonably unconventional and not wrapped up with a tidy bow. Spoiler: I think people are just left feeling out of sorts when the main protagonist is killed off and even more so when the villain is left alive and "out there" __________________ "My hands are on fire. Hands are on fire. Ain't got no more time for all you charlatans and liars." - Old Man Luedecke

03-18-2008, 07:22 PM	#37 (permalink)
mixedmedia has all her shots. Location: Florida	This is hardly the first film I've seen and loved which had a rather 'anti-climactic' ending. I guess I've come to look at films the same way I do life in general. Sometimes things just end. And that's alright. When I respect a piece of art - whether it is a painting, a book, a film - it seems presumptuous to ask for more than I am given. __________________ Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce

03-18-2008, 09:48 PM	#38 (permalink)
Mr Scorcex Insane Location: Colorado	I don't know, I just couldn't get into the whole vibe of the movie. The ending didn't particularly get at me, but that might be due to the fact that I wasn't that into the movie to begin with. Like Arc101, I just sort of found myself waiting for it to be over so I could do something else. What's really odd is that I loved There Will Be Blood, and yet I felt No Country was sort of slow and boring.