Ahmed
BrentonNo Country For A Good Movie
June 19th 2008 09:38
*I don't really remember the names of any of the characters, just that ones name sounds like 'Sugar' and another male character has a very girly sounding name.
*This review is really written for people who have seen the movie
'No Country For Old Men' is... not a good movie, it's one of those flicks that is outright shallow unless you are willing to invest yourself in imagining up the characters motives rather than expecting the characters to display any form of real character consistent with the movies world. You have to imagine up the character and the world they live in, it's like Star Wars without the Death Star.
The story is simple, so simple that you think you might be missing something, perhaps a back story or some sort of relationship some of the characters may have that you are expecting to find out as a 'big reveal'. No such thing happens, it's as simple as 'crazy man is trying to find two million dollars in drug money which was stolen by some git who stumbled over the cash after a failed drug deal saw everyone at the scene dying ... oh also the crazy man is carrying around some sort of air dispenser, we do not know why he clings onto it throughout the movie but that's ok if you're choosing the best picture oscar because it don't matter'.
Now the crazy man is supposed to be an efficient hitman, the idea is that in 'No Country For Old Men' there are a few such efficient hitmen who can find you in three hours wherever in the world you might be yet for some reason they do not know the place at which you work unless the fat old woman in charge of your trailer park tells him. Now some random person who may or may not have originally hired the crazy man to look for the money, an unnecessary character you do not ever learn much about. He then hires a cowboy hitman to find the money who is implied to be just as efficient as the crazy man I have alluded to yet managed probably ten minutes of pointless onscreen time before being dispatched by the crazy man.
Actually the guy who employed the cowboy assassin was also killed by the crazy man, yeah he does kill a lot of people.
Now let's move on to the guy with the two million dollars, he finds the scene of the drug deal by accident, everyone’s shot up except for one survivor whose on the brink of death. He scowers around a little and finds a satchel with two million dollars. He, of course, decides to take it and run. Despite common sense saying 'take your wife and run for the border!' the guy with millions of dollars decides to, wait for it, return to the scene of the crime at night with a bottle full of water. For what purpose I do not understand, I cannot believe he's doing it for the dude who was dying.
Yes, he's found by some people at the scene so he runs. Again, not for the border.
I'm sick and tired of movies like this, it's like an empty canvas we're given to paint on then made to throw admiration and praise at the people who gave us the canvas as if the work of art is their own masterpiece. Perhaps it would have been better had it been longer than the two hours it was. Maybe the short screen time of some of the characters could have been extended.
I have to confess, I REALLY want to like this movie, maybe I set my expectations too high before watching it, maybe I didn't quite understand some key moments in the plot, I dunno, if someone can prove me wrong please do so.
Oh and Tommy Lee Jones is a sheriff, his presence in the movie probably does forty minutes of padding for the plotline. He does nothing for the story instead choosing to run around telling us how dangerous the crazy man is and being all philosophical and deep, philosophical like a kick in the gnads and deep like a puddle.
*This review is really written for people who have seen the movie
'No Country For Old Men' is... not a good movie, it's one of those flicks that is outright shallow unless you are willing to invest yourself in imagining up the characters motives rather than expecting the characters to display any form of real character consistent with the movies world. You have to imagine up the character and the world they live in, it's like Star Wars without the Death Star.
The story is simple, so simple that you think you might be missing something, perhaps a back story or some sort of relationship some of the characters may have that you are expecting to find out as a 'big reveal'. No such thing happens, it's as simple as 'crazy man is trying to find two million dollars in drug money which was stolen by some git who stumbled over the cash after a failed drug deal saw everyone at the scene dying ... oh also the crazy man is carrying around some sort of air dispenser, we do not know why he clings onto it throughout the movie but that's ok if you're choosing the best picture oscar because it don't matter'.
Now the crazy man is supposed to be an efficient hitman, the idea is that in 'No Country For Old Men' there are a few such efficient hitmen who can find you in three hours wherever in the world you might be yet for some reason they do not know the place at which you work unless the fat old woman in charge of your trailer park tells him. Now some random person who may or may not have originally hired the crazy man to look for the money, an unnecessary character you do not ever learn much about. He then hires a cowboy hitman to find the money who is implied to be just as efficient as the crazy man I have alluded to yet managed probably ten minutes of pointless onscreen time before being dispatched by the crazy man.
Actually the guy who employed the cowboy assassin was also killed by the crazy man, yeah he does kill a lot of people.
Now let's move on to the guy with the two million dollars, he finds the scene of the drug deal by accident, everyone’s shot up except for one survivor whose on the brink of death. He scowers around a little and finds a satchel with two million dollars. He, of course, decides to take it and run. Despite common sense saying 'take your wife and run for the border!' the guy with millions of dollars decides to, wait for it, return to the scene of the crime at night with a bottle full of water. For what purpose I do not understand, I cannot believe he's doing it for the dude who was dying.
Yes, he's found by some people at the scene so he runs. Again, not for the border.
I'm sick and tired of movies like this, it's like an empty canvas we're given to paint on then made to throw admiration and praise at the people who gave us the canvas as if the work of art is their own masterpiece. Perhaps it would have been better had it been longer than the two hours it was. Maybe the short screen time of some of the characters could have been extended.
I have to confess, I REALLY want to like this movie, maybe I set my expectations too high before watching it, maybe I didn't quite understand some key moments in the plot, I dunno, if someone can prove me wrong please do so.
Oh and Tommy Lee Jones is a sheriff, his presence in the movie probably does forty minutes of padding for the plotline. He does nothing for the story instead choosing to run around telling us how dangerous the crazy man is and being all philosophical and deep, philosophical like a kick in the gnads and deep like a puddle.
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Comment by Brenton
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I tell you, I was a cranky little move snob after this film
Comment by Ahmed
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It's interesting how during that short little self reightous tirade of yours you didn't' even bother to stop and check to see if i am American.
But you know, when you're right you're right, and you sir are most certainly right, don't let facts inconvenience you in any way. You have a gut feeling, go for it, make yourself feel better by unloading.
Comment by Morgan Bell
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like really (script-wise) what was the point of Woody Harrelsons character, and furthermore WHO WAS that character??? hahaha