No Country for Old Men

[schutd]

Opening at the upcoming New York Film Festival. Im a big COen Bros fan, and also a fan of Cormac McCarthy's writing, so this one excites me. Should get Chandler Mike pumped as well. I know he just finished McCarthy's The Road not long ago...

http://www.nocountryforoldmen-themovie.com/

 

[Pariah]

I just finished this book a couple of weeks ago. It's pretty good...almost nior in style.

 

[Pariah]

Just watched the trailer. Looks like it's VERY true to the book (line for line in some cases). Also, great casting for the part of the Sheriff with TLJ.

I'm very excited for this movie.

 

[O]

After reading the Americam Gangster thread and searching out the trailers for "No Country For Old Men". I figured this movie deserved it's own thread.
I love Coen Brothers movies and this looks like it may very well be their best.
I'm psyched!

http://www.nocountryforoldmen-themovie.com/

http://www.apple.com/trailers/miramax/nocountryforoldmen/trailer/

 

[Brian in Mesa]

No Country for Old Men

Release Date: November 9, 2007 (limited)
Studio: Miramax Films
Director: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Screenwriter: Ethan Coen, Joel Coen
Genre: Thriller
MPAA Rating: Not Available
Website: No Country for Old Men

Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald

Plot Summary: "No Country for Old Men" is a mesmerizing new thriller from Academy Award® winning filmmakers Joel Coen & Ethan Coen, based on the acclaimed novel by Pulitzer Prize winning American master Cormac McCarthy. The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones.

The story begins when Llewelyn Moss (Brolin) finds a pickup truck surrounded by a sentry of dead men. A load of heroin and two million dollars in cash are still in the back. When Moss takes the money, he sets off a chain reaction of catastrophic violence that not even the law - in the person of aging, disillusioned Sheriff Bell (Jones) - can contain. As Moss tries to evade his pursuers - in particular a mysterious mastermind who flips coins for human lives (Bardem) - the film simultaneously strips down the American crime drama and broadens its concerns to encompass themes as ancient as the Bible and as bloodily contemporary as this morning's headlines.

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[O]

It figures I was a day late and a dollar short.

 

[Cheesebeef]

my roomate (a notorious movie snob, but a HUGE fan of the Coens, like me (while shunning their last three movies, like me) saw this and said he'd see it another three times in the theaters... at the least. I'm excited. Probably a little too excited but these guys, along with the Zucker Brothers, were my heroes growing up watching movies. I'd love to see a return to Blood Simple form and that's the vibe I get from the trailer.

 

[D-Dogg]

Looks really, really good.

 

[Cardsmasochist]

I loved Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, O Brother Where Art Thou?, the Big Lobowski....I think those were all Coen Bros movies. Barton Fink was pretty good, too.

 

[Linderbee]

I loved Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, O Brother Where Art Thou?, the Big Lobowski....I think those were all Coen Bros movies. Barton Fink was pretty good, too.

O Brother Where Art Thou? is bonafide.

 

[D-Dogg]

I'm the gd paterfamilius!!

 

[Linderbee]

I'm the gd paterfamilius!!

DCR has never seen this, btw.

 

[D-Dogg]

DCR has never seen this, btw.

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[Linderbee]

http://www.arizonasportsfans.com/vb/showpost.php?p=1541658&postcount=29

I wouldn't go that far...I told him he's missing out! I think it's on his list of "to see" movies now, at least.

 

[D-Dogg]

I wouldn't go that far...

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[dreamcastrocks]

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HA!!

 

[D-Dogg]

HA!!

Reduce, reuse, recyle.

 

[dreamcastrocks]

Reduce, reuse, recyle.

Am I who you thought I was?

 

[Mulli]

Javier Bardem is one bad mother.

 

[Cheesebeef]

The Coen's are DEFINITELY in Blood Simple mode in this one. YOWZA this movie is DARK. Completely washes away the crap-ass taste left in my mouth from Intolerable Cruelty and Ladykillers. I need to see this again, but for folks who haven't seen it yet, don't go in expecting Lebowski/Raising Arizona type humor - this is as dark as the Coen's get.

 

[Cheesebeef]

The Coen's are DEFINITELY in Blood Simple mode in this one. YOWZA this movie is DARK. Completely washes away the crap-ass taste left in my mouth from Intolerable Cruelty and Ladykillers. I need to see this again, but for folks who haven't seen it yet, don't go in expecting Lebowski/Raising Arizona type humor - this is as dark as the Coen's get.

so, this movie has just stuck with me for the last day and after catching the last 20 minutes of it again today (piggybacking after seeing Gone Baby Gone - which was decent) I'm ready to say it's one of the Coen's best - and that's coming from a HUGE Coen fan/critic, who's very hard to please. That being said, it's not for everyone. I think a lot of critics will say it harkens to a film like Fargo, but it's really at the opposite end of the spectrum. Sure it looks like a crime story, and it's got elements of dark humor, but it's ultimately nothing like Fargo. Again, think of Blood Simple... then imagine Blood Simple as if the Sun didn't exist.

 

[Cheesebeef]

saw this again tonight - it's the must see (multiple times) movie of the year, especially for Coen Bros. fans.

 

[Louis]

I wouldn't go that far...

That's not what she said.....or he.

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Another solid book by Cormac McCarthy. Looking forward to its eventual DVD release as I do not imagine it making its round at the theater in Valentine, NE.

Though Bee Season is on its 3rd or 4th week running and Fred Claus week #2.

 

[Shane]

saw this again tonight - it's the must see (multiple times) movie of the year, especially for Coen Bros. fans.

Cheese I went and saw this last night. All I can say is WOWZA! What a damn good freaking movie. Dark as can be yet entertaining as hell. GREAT GREAT GREAT performances all the way around. I don't wanna give away to much but man I was shocked with what happened to Brolin at the end. Completely unexpected.

If any of you havent seen this do yourselves a favor and go see it in the theatre.

 

[D-Dogg]

Ok, this movie was utterly fantastic, but I really disliked the ending. Bardem needs to get an oscar for his performance...captivating. So many scenes had my stomach in knots...just great tension.

Coens can flat out write movies, man.


The ending just didn't work for me though...it felt like something was left hanging out there...and I'm not a guy who wants bows and neat little packages in an ending. Heck, I loved the Sopranos ending but I felt I was set up for it. This one, not so much.

Save the last minute, this is one of the best movies I've seen in a long, long, long time.