No Country For Old Men

[KingGheedora]

This movie has gotten great reviews, but I thought it was really lame. The dialog in every scene came off as a poor attempt at profundity, especially scenes with Chigur.

Your thoughts on this movie?

 

[Colt45]

It kinda liked it

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

I liked it. The ending was disappointing but overall it wasn't bad.

 

[LeetViet]

I didn't like it either. It had a good start then went downhill.

 

[MonKENy]

loved the movie as a whole, the last 15 min are kind of a let down but at the same time I loved the dialog and symbolism of the ending speech.

 

[Mucho]

Its the kind of movies I like, It keeps me thinking.

Another of several threads: Text

 

[compman25]

Originally posted by: LeetViet
I didn't like it either. It had a good start then went downhill.

:thumbsup:

 

[Slick5150]

I thought it was awesome. I suppose its a letdown if you're looking for a typical action/thriller, but it isn't.

 

[ScottFern]

It was extremlely good. The story was told very fluidly and it didn't reveal everything to the audience which I think a lot of Americans don't like. They need the entire story to be flat out explained in every capacity. You genuinely felt bad for the people the hitman encountered.

 

[BeauJangles]

Originally posted by: compman25

Originally posted by: LeetViet
I didn't like it either. It had a good start then went downhill.

:thumbsup:

Did you guys go in expecting a shoot-em-up style of movie? If you put No Country in perspective with the Cohen brothers' other serious works, I believe it really shines as a fantastic piece of cinema that turns on its head so many stereotypes about Westerns or Western-inspired movies.

 

[purbeast0]

lol ... awesome how you had to start your new thread so we'd all know that YOU didn't like it, when you coulda posted in one of the other 5 or so threads about this movie.

 

[speg]

This movie was amazing. What were you watching?!

 

[Riverhound777]

I watched the movie a bit drunk. Everything was pretty good till all of the sudden the credits were rolling and I was left wondering if I blacked out or something.

 

[Chunkee]

book even better...a few things left out, like the hitchiker girl, her getting killed also, more memories of sheriff bell in the war...

Good movie, great book.. the simplicity of the dialog, the heaviness of humanity changing with the times, senseless violence, man against himself with Luellyn, man against God, man against man with Chegur...the plight rationalizing murder in Chegur's mind. characters were all likable. great pace with it as well.

go back to watching your anime and saw movies.

 

[KingGheedora]

Originally posted by: purbeast0
lol ... awesome how you had to start your new thread so we'd all know that YOU didn't like it, when you coulda posted in one of the other 5 or so threads about this movie.

I searched for No Country For Old Men and found nothing. Even an advanced search through OT for for the string "Old Men" did not show any threads about this movie.

 

[KingGheedora]

Originally posted by: Chunkee
book even better...a few things left out, like the hitchiker girl, her getting killed also, more memories of sheriff bell in the war...

Good movie, great book.. the simplicity of the dialog, the heaviness of humanity changing with the times, senseless violence, man against himself with Luellyn, man against God, man against man with Chegur...the plight rationalizing murder in Chegur's mind. characters were all likable. great pace with it as well.

go back to watching your anime and saw movies.

Thanks for assuming I like anime and Saw movies, but you're completely wrong about both. I really hate "Saw movies", or other typical Hollywood garbage. It seems like people just liked NCFOM because it's different from the typical Hollywood blockbuster, not because it was actually good.

I disagree with everything you said. The characters weren't that likable, and dialog was simple, but that's it, simplicity itself is not the same as being meaningful. What's the point of the killer going around killing people randomly? The whole point about fate was totally uninteresting. Oh really, our lives are driven by chance? I think I realized this by the time I was in 1st grade. Yes there was symbolism, but again, the movie as a whole was uninteresting, with lame plot, lame message. This almost gets lumped in with Quentin Tarrentino movies to me, retarded, but because it's different people take it as being clever, and love it.

There was nothing entertaining about it. There was plenty of violence if that's what I was into. This movie was trying too hard but had no substance.

My favorite movie, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, is a Coen Bros. movie. I also liked Miller's Crossing.

 

[KingGheedora]

Originally posted by: BlinderBomber

Originally posted by: compman25

Originally posted by: LeetViet
I didn't like it either. It had a good start then went downhill.

:thumbsup:

Did you guys go in expecting a shoot-em-up style of movie? If you put No Country in perspective with the Cohen brothers' other serious works, I believe it really shines as a fantastic piece of cinema that turns on its head so many stereotypes about Westerns or Western-inspired movies.

I didn't go in with any expectations. I hadn't watched a trailer or seen a billboard. I went to see it because it got a high rating on Rotten Tomato.

 

[Chunkee]

Originally posted by: KingGheedora

Originally posted by: Chunkee
book even better...a few things left out, like the hitchiker girl, her getting killed also, more memories of sheriff bell in the war...

Good movie, great book.. the simplicity of the dialog, the heaviness of humanity changing with the times, senseless violence, man against himself with Luellyn, man against God, man against man with Chegur...the plight rationalizing murder in Chegur's mind. characters were all likable. great pace with it as well.

go back to watching your anime and saw movies.

Thanks for assuming I like anime and Saw movies, but you're completely wrong about both. I really hate "Saw movies", or other typical Hollywood garbage. It seems like people just liked NCFOM because it's different from the typical Hollywood blockbuster, not because it was actually good.

I disagree with everything you said. The characters weren't that likable, and dialog was simple, but that's it, simplicity itself is not the same as being meaningful. What's the point of the killer going around killing people randomly? The whole point about fate was totally uninteresting. Oh really, our lives are driven by chance? I think I realized this by the time I was in 1st grade. Yes there was symbolism, but again, the movie as a whole was uninteresting, with lame plot, lame message. This almost gets lumped in with Quentin Tarrentino movies to me, retarded, but because it's different people take it as being clever, and love it.

There was nothing entertaining about it. There was plenty of violence if that's what I was into. This movie was trying too hard but had no substance.

My favorite movie, Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?, is a Coen Bros. movie. I also liked Miller's Crossing.

You redeemed yourself with Millers Crossing...re-check you compass and go see the movie again.

 

[BrownTown]

I felt like there was some sort of underlying message that I wasn't getting. So I'm not sure, it sure didn't seem like a good movie, ut if someone can explain to me some hidden meaning I didn't get then maybe that would be helpful.

 

[tvfreakazoid]

I thought it was a good movie. But I think people that don't like it either didn't like it because it was kinda slow or they didn't understand the ending.

 

[antyler]

I think there was a thread about it before, like right when it came out. But who cares.

I watched the whole movie and i thought it was really cool. Great action and suspense sequences.

But the ending, was really random. I didnt get it one bit at all.

 

[pcslookout]

Yes it was lame.

 

[Muadib]

The ending ruined what could have been a classic.