No Country For Old Men

[Danugh]

WHAT THE FUCK?






AGAIN, WHAT THE FUCK?


YOU HAVE GOT TO BE FUCKING KIDDING ME.


I JUST WATCHED IT YOU KNOE BECAUSE IT WON BEST PICTURE SO I HAD TO SEE WHAT IT WAS ALL ABOUT. I WAS SO ENTHRALLED AND GLUED TO THE SCREEN, SO INTENSE, BUT I WAS LOVING IT THEN OUT OF NOWHERE THE CREDITS START TO ROLL.



WHAT WAS THE DAMN POINT OF SITTING THROUGH ALL OF THAT AND GET NO RESOLUTION?


AND THERE ARE SO MANY FUCKING QUESTIONS JUST UP IN THE AIR.


MAYBE I AM MISSING SOMETHING BUT THAT "ENDING" COMPLETELY RUINED THE EXCELLENCE THAT PRECEEDED IT.

 

[polobro25]

yeah, I know what you mean.. when watching it in the theaters, everyone just sat with a 'wtf' look on their faces as the credits rolled.. But looking back, there's something about that movie that stays with you, that almost haunts you hrs and days after seeing it- maybe it's because there isn't really a resolution.

 

[gaz1978]

You have to think about it more, which I know isnt something many filmgoers are usually required to do and may not know how to!

Think about what Tommy Lee Jones says in that scene, and in his previous scene.

Given how faithful the ending is to the bleakness of the book, I thought it was superb. Yes, my instant reaction was "EH?", but rather than throw my dummy out of the pram like so many others, I let it sink in.

And besides, EVEN IF you still think the ending is shit, does that detract from the brilliant acting, wonderful photography, or note-perfect dialogue?

 

[Danugh]

And besides, EVEN IF you still think the ending is shit, does that detract from the brilliant acting, wonderful photography, or note-perfect dialogue?

Prior to the ending i started to understand why it won BEST PICTURE, but with that end i think it does detract because its a question of what i the point of the whole thing, if he doesnt at least get the money.


Anyways i will go and read the book and watch again just be sure.

 

[LatinoSTAR]

I thought it was brilliant.

 

[Danugh]

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This from the guy that felt Spiceworld and Crossroads were robbed oscar nominations

 

[StlKj]

I loved it, right up until you find out what happens to Brolin's character. The way the climax happens out of sight of the audience felt like a major betrayal of the time and energy you invest in watching the movie. I was with them completely until then.

I love the Coen brothers, but this time they left me cold, and that's a shame, because the film ends on such a sad and poignant note, but much of the audience is too pissed or confused to really feel it.

 

[BlueLight]

You guys need to read the book and quit bitching. The movie is very true to the book, including the "betrayful" ending of Moss, but the movie, nor the book is about Moss, so his death shouldn't have been shocking. If anyone should be complaining about anything, it's that the movie doesn't do enough justice to Ed Tom Bell's character (tommy lee jones), yet the movie as a whole still works overall. Very much worthy of a best picture. I'd say definately read the book because you'll get so much more out of the characters than the movie does, but the books a bit of a difficult read and if people can even understand the movie, then don't bother with the book, but for those who enjoyed it, check it out
Movie's out on DVD Tuesday, go buy it

 

[StlKj]

You guys need to read the book and quit bitching. The movie is very true to the book, including the "betrayful" ending of Moss, but the movie, nor the book is about Moss, so his death shouldn't have been shocking. If anyone should be complaining about anything, it's that the movie doesn't do enough justice to Ed Tom Bell's character (tommy lee jones), yet the movie as a whole still works overall. Very much worthy of a best picture. I'd say definately read the book because you'll get so much more out of the characters than the movie does, but the books a bit of a difficult read and if people can even understand the movie, then don't bother with the book, but for those who enjoyed it, check it out
Movie's out on DVD Tuesday, go buy it

First off, the rest of us avoided spoilers in case other people had not seen it, so revealing the death of his character won't win you any friends who didn't know it happens.

Second, his death is not shocking. His death is pretty much inevitable. It's the way the filmmakers (and apparently the author from your information) get you to invest in his character and then kill him like an after-thought that leaves many people dissatisfied. It may be an interesting gimmick to fuck with your viewers/readers to throw them off and leave them unsettled, but it's an unnecessary one, in my opinion.

I understood exactly what they were doing--I just didn't like it. That's my prerogative, and you coming on here and rudely and condescendingly accusing people of bitching when they're just expressing their opinions is about as unnecessary as killing Brolin off-screen.

 

[davy]

it was an awesome movie and it ended exactly as it should have

 

[BlueLight]

I understood exactly what they were doing--I just didn't like it. That's my prerogative, and you coming on here and rudely and condescendingly accusing people of bitching when they're just expressing their opinions is about as unnecessary as killing Brolin off-screen.

haha, well I apologize for coming off as a hard-ass, I'm just a real stickler for movies. Relax, Friend-o.

 

[rockvacuum]

The ending works brilliantly. TLJ's ending monologue about the dreams he had (especially the second one) exemplify the unpredictability of life and the chance happenings of the film, and how he is ultimately helpless to deal with it all. Think of Chigurh's coin tossing, and hell, just about everything that happens in the movie and how it ties the characters together from scene to scene. It's not an ending that intends to wrap everything up and send the good guys off into the sunset like typical Hollywood stuff. The story resolved in its own way, in the best way it could - throughout the whole experience.

At least that's what I thought. Hope I didn't spoil anything.

 

[SFLMAN]

I thought it was an extremely violent movie which should not have won the Oscar for best picture. I thought Atonement should have won best picture. Our society seems to glorify violence too much. If you haven't seen Atonement rent it. It was a very sad love story.

 

[wastingmymind]

^Depicting violence does not always mean it's glorified.

The last monologue is very Cormac McCarthy. If you've read one of his books he (maybe not every time) doesn't use quotation marks to denote speech. Ed Tom Bell just says what he needs to say without the film providing a visual for it or other Hollywood methods.

I didn't like it the first time I saw it, but looking back the best part of this movie is that it lets itself just happen. I loved There Will Be Blood and Atonement, but those other two movies make themselves more obvious. NCFOM is more naturalistic in many ways.

 

[syntax]

I thought it was an extremely violent movie which should not have won the Oscar for best picture. I thought Atonement should have won best picture. Our society seems to glorify violence too much. If you haven't seen Atonement rent it. It was a very sad love story.

I didn't see Atonement, but will catch it on DVD. I saw "No Country" in the theatre. The Coen Bros. are the best technical filmmakers in the US and their film proved it. I had no problem with the ending and walked out satisfied. TLJ gave a eulogy and it was beautiful.

 

[Danugh]

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Look i understand that ok, i really do, but i do feel cheated, all that killing all that drama and just credits??? Its makes me wonder what was the point of showing all of that and no resolution.


I dont like movies where the bad guy always gets caught in the end because in real life he doesnt; but with this movie it just left me wanting a resolution.

 

[joesman]

I loved No Country and thought down to the last T it was brilliant. Life does not go forth with a resolution for every thing. I think the last scene with TLJ and wife says volumes about his life, his dream of his father reveals a truth about death, going forth.

Atonement left me cold. I thought the movie runs all over the place, back and forth, truth, not truth, the rambling around in France at the beach. Somehow the real horror of war that was so in your face in Saving Private Ryan eluded this film. The revelation at the end did nothing for me although Ms. Redgrave is brilliant in her 5 minutes. The love story, to me, had no heat, no true heart. The resolution in this film was much more vague and disheartening than NCfOM.

Movies can be journeys. They can be experiences that carry you relentlessly toward a compact end. NCfOM is a journey you have never been on before, and given the brilliance of the direction, the acting, and each new happening it is a major achievement.

 

[-Lance-]

I was really dissapointed throught the movie.

I hated most of the dialogue. and I love tommy, but his role was minimal. but thats not his fault.

 

[nuknuk]

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Look i understand that ok, i really do, but i do feel cheated, all that killing all that drama and just credits??? Its makes me wonder what was the point of showing all of that and no resolution.


I dont like movies where the bad guy always gets caught in the end because in real life he doesnt; but with this movie it just left me wanting a resolution.

SPOILER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!




Hm, I don't get what you want. There was a resolution.
The bad guy had killed everyone he"had to kill", and he walked away in the end, never to be caught by the cops. It wasn't just almost the end of the movie, but the very end of the main storyline.

The killer walked away victorious in the end, his bone sticking out of his arm.

What else would you like to know that happens afterwards and wasn't told?

 

[LatinoSTAR]

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This from the guy that felt Spiceworld and Crossroads were robbed oscar nominations

What Are You talking about?? I think Spiceworld and crossroads are the two biggest piece of shit movies ive ever witnessed...get your facts straight...You have to really look deeper in the movie......