NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 11/7/07 at 11:15am

Be sure to check it out this weekend if it's playing around where you're at.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 11/7/07 at 11:18am

Where I'm at is where we don't end our sentences with a preposition...think it's playing around here?

[Calvin]

Posted: 11/7/07 at 11:29am

Be sure to check it out this weekend if it's playing around where you're at...bitch.

[Borstalboy]

Posted: 11/7/07 at 11:32am

I don't know where I'm at.

Just that there's two turntables and a microphone.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 11/7/07 at 11:34am

Calvin finally figured out my nickname in high school!

[Roscoe]

Posted: 11/7/07 at 7:35pm

Life is also too short to waste on Coen Brothers crap.

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 11/7/07 at 11:08pm

Based on all of the rave reviews, it would seem that life is too short NOT to see this film.

I thought the novel was excellent, and I am anxiously anticipating this.

[LionessInWinter]

Posted: 11/8/07 at 12:49am

I saw the film at the NYFF and loved it. Intense with occasional sparks of humor. I know some people who didn't like it because of the end, but I understand it's quite a faithful adaptation. I've never read it.

[MargoChanning]

Posted: 11/8/07 at 12:51am

I'm seeing it Friday and can't wait.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 11/8/07 at 12:59am

Can I come?

[munkustrap178]

Posted: 11/8/07 at 1:06am

I have heard lots of varied opinions on the ending of the film. Apparantly it's quite "controversial."

I am seeing it Friday as well. I had planned to see LIONS FOR LAMBS, but it's supposed to be terrible.

[Roscoe]

Posted: 11/8/07 at 7:17am

Oh, well of course, if it is getting all these rave reviews, then it MUST be good...

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/9/07 at 8:18pm

I saw this today and must say, I need to see it again.
Performances are all very good and typical Coen Bros. dark humor, but it is a much more poetic film than any other. Very slow and moody, then BAM. Then slower and softer...BAM! The ending? I won't say anything, but as soon as it ended I said I need to either see it again or read the screenplay.

It didn't help that there were a lot of distractions in the theatre. I could very clearly hear the projectionists in the booth behind me, cell phones, talking...

I am so happy to see Kelly McDonald getting some roles. I think she is one of the best young actresses today. And for some reason, Tommy Lee Jones is so much sexier as he gets
older. And Bardem will definitely get an Oscar nomination, as should Jones.

Updated On: 11/9/07 at 08:18 PM

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 11/9/07 at 8:29pm

It looks a lot different from most Coen movies. Even Fargo had the trademark Coen-ish characters and such.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 11/9/07 at 8:34pm

Oh, you get all of that.

[Iris Chacon]

Posted: 11/9/07 at 8:38pm

Oops. Thought this thread was about Roxy. PardonMUA!

Updated On: 11/11/07 at 08:38 PM

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 11/12/07 at 3:12pm

I feel like I need to see it again before I can talk about it, but I can say without a doubt that I loved it.

[Roninjoey]

Posted: 11/12/07 at 3:32pm

I thought it was terrific but I'm in the "need to see it again" camp. Actually, I need to read the book. I moderately enjoyed 'The Road' and am starting to warm to Mr. Cormac's gimmick. I should reread the latter mentioned book as well.

Books aside it was a compelling movie with terrific performances! Didn't find Mr. Jones sexy for a moment though.

[Liverpool]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 1:18am

Saw it Sunday, LOVED it. Great film.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 9:26am

This is easily the best non-documentary film of the year so far. Directed seemlessly, acted beautifully, and one of the best adaptations of a novel I've seen on the big screen in over a decade.

[pushdabutton]

Posted: 11/20/07 at 10:35pm

I'm looking forward to seeing this movie.

[AC126748]

Posted: 11/21/07 at 12:20am

Best film I've seen this year. In years, maybe. A real return to form for the Coen Brothers.

[wexy]

Posted: 11/21/07 at 8:56pm

Just saw it at BAM on the way home from work. Had my rapt attention from start to finish. Will have to read the book now.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 11/24/07 at 3:16am

Just saw it. Here are my thoughts:

He walked into the theater and plunked down some money and recieved a ticket. He walked 58 steps to the ticket-taker in a red jacket who ripped it in half.
Auditorium ten, sir.
Thank you.
Enjoy the movie.
He made his way down the aisle, making a slight break to ascertain some popcorn and a water. Fearing that he may have to urinate, he vowed to drink only a slight bit of his watery liquid.
He made his way to the seats, shuffling his way through a crowd that held faces of all colors.
He sat down, shoved a handful of popcorn into his mouth, swallowed it down, and relaxed.
The movie lights dimmed.
The flittering of the projector began.
Ergh, he thought to himself.
What followed was an experience, the memory of which he will take with him to the grave:

My granddaddy saw a lots of movies. My daddy saw 'em too. Never really cared fer 'em much, but that may just because he never sawre a movie as darn good as NO COUNT'RY FER OLD MIN.

Them old-timers missed out. They were too busy findin' out things to find out to see a movie where the tension rattles your bones, shakes your teeth, and stands yer hands up on end like NO COUNTRY FER OLD MIN.

The actin' was top-draw'r, with Javyar Bardim givin' a performance offa the ages. He created thur one of the greatest villains these old eyes have ever seen in a movin' image. And that's a bold statement I will die on my gravestone defendin'.

The atmospheric quality of this movie is whut makes it. Chills in the wind. Storms approachin'. Screws unscrewin' and screwin' back on. The sound design lifted this old-timer's ears. Lifted them indeed.

The Coen brothers may have sucked the book dry and put most of it up on that screen, but that doesn't mean it wasn't completely enthrallin'. Even with all the things I've seen and the heavy heart I carry, I still darn near jumped outta my skin durin' moments of this movie.

This movie. It's a beaut. A plain ol' beaut.

[Cruel_Sandwich]

Posted: 11/24/07 at 11:25am

This is far and away the best film of the year.