No Country For Old Men (Coen Brothers) - Page 4

Astrocreep · 11-25-2007, 09:16 PM

The evil character chigurh and jones's performance are so strong i felt like the movie lost momentum when they werent on camera.

Kiksar · 11-25-2007, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Astrocreep

The evil character chigurh and jones's performance are so strong i felt like the movie lost momentum when they werent on camera.

Yeah but judging by this thread and your assessment of Beowulf as the best film of the year you have horrible, horrible taste.

Astrocreep · 11-25-2007, 11:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiksar

Yeah but judging by this thread and your assessment of Beowulf as the best film of the year you have horrible, horrible taste.

That may be, but after i watched NCFOM i didnt want to watch the movie ever again and after i saw beowulf i wanted to see it over again in 3d and after that still wanted to watch it again. the last time i got that feeling for a movie was after 300. My "horrible taste" is what keeps me happy.

homsar · 11-26-2007, 12:37 PM

Anyone found a screener torrent for this film yet??

Fammaden · 11-28-2007, 04:23 PM

Heh, not going to flame anyone per se, but let's just say I wasn't surprised that the thread on this movie here has far less replies than the worst examples of Marvel comics movies get or that there are people who would see Beowolf or 300 more than once complaining about the lack of a fucking score....

Anyway, time will really have to test it some perhaps but I feel safe going out on a limb and saying this is the best Cohen film to date, which places it solidly into the top 100 films of all time, or higher once you narrow categories down a bit more. I'm sure it will be a slam dunk at Cannes, and I bet there are some Oscar nods too, though you never know. Awards in general don't mean shit all really, but the film merits recognition on cinematography, screenplay, sound (yes, the sound is fucking brilliant even without a musical score) and probably in overall best picture, director, and supporting actor capacities.

I'm not the most educated film buff in the world, and there are plenty of more apt critics expounding on the virtues of this one in more appropriate corners of the internet....but I know a masterpiece when I see one. If you are looking for a typical TLJ/Harrelson vehicle, stay away. If you are looking for a work of art packaged for easy widespread consumption like Fargo, Lebowski, Arizona or even the slightly more heady O Brother, then this is not the Cohens you were looking for. If you like a movie to challenge you a bit and require attention and thought, you might just be in for the best cinematic treat you have had in a long time. The theater I saw it in was mercifully filled with probably 50+% of a 3/4 filled house who "got it" and the rest being respectful enough not to dull the experience at all. I need to see it again because you really can't absorb enough the first time, but I am afraid to encounter a less refined audience that will annoy me. There is always DVD I guess.

Algol Devilstar · 11-28-2007, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Astrocreep

That may be, but after i watched NCFOM i didnt want to watch the movie ever again and after i saw beowulf i wanted to see it over again in 3d and after that still wanted to watch it again. the last time i got that feeling for a movie was after 300. My "horrible taste" is what keeps me happy.

The prosecution rests.

Thunderbane · 11-28-2007, 06:07 PM

OK, just saw this movie last night with I think 2 other people in the theatre (which was weird, especially during the humorous parts).

I thought it was great. The ending was perfect because it pretty much forced the viewer to rethink what they just saw.

Compared to all the other Coen Brothers movies, this is a very unique film on their parts. I could see their style through No Country though. People are responding talking about the morality of people. Tie that to the idea of karma, which typically is noticeable in Coen Brother films. Would explain the car crash at the end.

But this has gotta be one of the better movies to be released this year. I really want to see it again (another sign that I just saw a Coen Brothers film

Astrocreep · 11-28-2007, 07:39 PM

Lol dont get all upset and insulting just cuz we all dont agree this was the best film ever. i dont care others dont like beowulf. i liked it. all that matters. though i disagree with you that this was the best coen brothers film. raising arizona is still the best and probably always will be.

Criminiminal · 11-28-2007, 10:09 PM

Just saw it, thought it was great. But i'm not really sure why. Just because it was overall creepy I guess.

Vehn · 11-28-2007, 11:17 PM

how come it's only in 1/5 of the amount of theatres most movies are in?

Ortega · 11-29-2007, 12:43 AM

Seemed average to me, but I was rather distracted by the fact that the fucking movie theater had AC on when it was 30 degrees outside...........

Candiarie · 11-29-2007, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Vehn

how come it's only in 1/5 of the amount of theatres most movies are in?

It seemed to get a much wider release in the last 2 weeks or so than it did at first. At least like 4 theatres here in Louisville started showing it, and when I was up in Massachusetts there were two theatres within driving distance with it. Finding a theatre with When the Devil Knows Your Dead to get my Hoffman fix has been significantly harder.

Burkex · 11-30-2007, 08:29 PM

I saw this movie again for a second time and I loved it again, maybe even more the second time. The movie is fantastic. Probably their best movie and I LOVE Big Lebowski so that is saying a lot. I picked up a few more smaller details that i missed the first time like Woodie H's character was a lt. colonel in Vietnam. Oh and the no soundtrack thing was so awesome I really noticed it the second time. The quietness of some parts is just genius and adds so much tension. Also in the scenery shots it is calming and shows you how vast the country is out there. In real life there is no soundtrack anyways so if anything this is more realistic. Fantastic.

I still had 1 question that i couldn't figure out the second time. Well I think I have it figured out but I am not 100% sure:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

One last thing this might be a streach but Anton Chigurh--the initials are AC--he is like the anti-christ in this movie. Wonder if the AC is intentional because it is a strange name.

Quincey_Cueva · 12-02-2007, 01:26 PM

this is true modern day filmmaking. the coen brothers make other filmmakers look like dabblers.

Criminiminal · 12-02-2007, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Burkex

I still had 1 question that i couldn't figure out the second time. Well I think I have it figured out but I am not 100% sure:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read:

11-26-2007, 12:37 PM	#49 (permalink)
homsar Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Redding, Ca Posts: 1,724 +23 Internets	Anyone found a screener torrent for this film yet?? __________________ Tyen is a power hungry admin. He abused his power and hacked his internets. Give him -internets to offset this injustice.

11-28-2007, 04:23 PM	#50 (permalink)
Fammaden Treats objects like women. Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: beset on all sides by the iniquities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Posts: 2,803 +8 Internets	Heh, not going to flame anyone per se, but let's just say I wasn't surprised that the thread on this movie here has far less replies than the worst examples of Marvel comics movies get or that there are people who would see Beowolf or 300 more than once complaining about the lack of a fucking score.... Anyway, time will really have to test it some perhaps but I feel safe going out on a limb and saying this is the best Cohen film to date, which places it solidly into the top 100 films of all time, or higher once you narrow categories down a bit more. I'm sure it will be a slam dunk at Cannes, and I bet there are some Oscar nods too, though you never know. Awards in general don't mean shit all really, but the film merits recognition on cinematography, screenplay, sound (yes, the sound is fucking brilliant even without a musical score) and probably in overall best picture, director, and supporting actor capacities. I'm not the most educated film buff in the world, and there are plenty of more apt critics expounding on the virtues of this one in more appropriate corners of the internet....but I know a masterpiece when I see one. If you are looking for a typical TLJ/Harrelson vehicle, stay away. If you are looking for a work of art packaged for easy widespread consumption like Fargo, Lebowski, Arizona or even the slightly more heady O Brother, then this is not the Cohens you were looking for. If you like a movie to challenge you a bit and require attention and thought, you might just be in for the best cinematic treat you have had in a long time. The theater I saw it in was mercifully filled with probably 50+% of a 3/4 filled house who "got it" and the rest being respectful enough not to dull the experience at all. I need to see it again because you really can't absorb enough the first time, but I am afraid to encounter a less refined audience that will annoy me. There is always DVD I guess. __________________ Fammaden - Wizard - Saryrn (Retired) WoW: Shaman/Mage/Hunter

11-28-2007, 06:07 PM	#52 (permalink)
Thunderbane amirite? Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 682 -1 Internets	OK, just saw this movie last night with I think 2 other people in the theatre (which was weird, especially during the humorous parts). I thought it was great. The ending was perfect because it pretty much forced the viewer to rethink what they just saw. Compared to all the other Coen Brothers movies, this is a very unique film on their parts. I could see their style through No Country though. People are responding talking about the morality of people. Tie that to the idea of karma, which typically is noticeable in Coen Brother films. Would explain the car crash at the end. But this has gotta be one of the better movies to be released this year. I really want to see it again (another sign that I just saw a Coen Brothers film __________________ Gay Name Gay Guild Gay Server

11-28-2007, 10:09 PM	#54 (permalink)
Criminiminal Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 728 -12 Internets	Just saw it, thought it was great. But i'm not really sure why. Just because it was overall creepy I guess. __________________ I always say, you never know what a man is truly made of until you peel the skin off his face one piece at a time.

11-30-2007, 08:29 PM	#58 (permalink)
Burkex It's Lord of the Flies time. Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,647 -42 Internets	I saw this movie again for a second time and I loved it again, maybe even more the second time. The movie is fantastic. Probably their best movie and I LOVE Big Lebowski so that is saying a lot. I picked up a few more smaller details that i missed the first time like Woodie H's character was a lt. colonel in Vietnam. Oh and the no soundtrack thing was so awesome I really noticed it the second time. The quietness of some parts is just genius and adds so much tension. Also in the scenery shots it is calming and shows you how vast the country is out there. In real life there is no soundtrack anyways so if anything this is more realistic. Fantastic. I still had 1 question that i couldn't figure out the second time. Well I think I have it figured out but I am not 100% sure: Spoiler Alert, click show to read: When tommy lee jones goes back to the room where Moss was killed he sees the lock was blown off, is Chigurh still in the room and is hiding behind the door? Because it seemed like tommy lee knew he was behind the door at first yet he never checked. He even could see the reflection of him in the blown off lock hole. And it didn't even look like Chigurh and the money would fit behind the door. I think Chigurh would have killed Tommy lee and/or tommy lee would have been smart enough to check behind the door if they were both in the room, unless Chigurh didn't have his gun with him or something. My guess is that he was behind the door and tommy lee thought he was gone because he saw the screws and everything off of the wall and thought that he just missed him because he called him a ghost and because of the milk scene from earlier. But I am not 100% sure on this. One last thing this might be a streach but Anton Chigurh--the initials are AC--he is like the anti-christ in this movie. Wonder if the AC is intentional because it is a strange name. __________________ "If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price. It's not tragic to die doing what you love." My favorite comment (-1): "Your posts make me want to gouge my own eyes out."

11-25-2007, 09:16 PM	#46 (permalink)
Astrocreep The Undead Shaman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 3,528	The evil character chigurh and jones's performance are so strong i felt like the movie lost momentum when they werent on camera.

11-28-2007, 07:39 PM	#53 (permalink)
Astrocreep The Undead Shaman Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 3,528	Lol dont get all upset and insulting just cuz we all dont agree this was the best film ever. i dont care others dont like beowulf. i liked it. all that matters. though i disagree with you that this was the best coen brothers film. raising arizona is still the best and probably always will be.

11-28-2007, 11:17 PM	#55 (permalink)
Vehn Hurm... Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,563 +2 Internets	how come it's only in 1/5 of the amount of theatres most movies are in?

11-29-2007, 12:43 AM	#56 (permalink)
Ortega Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 160 -2 Internets	Seemed average to me, but I was rather distracted by the fact that the fucking movie theater had AC on when it was 30 degrees outside...........

12-02-2007, 01:26 PM	#59 (permalink)
Quincey_Cueva you're so cool, you're so cool, you're so cool Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 134 -1 Internets	this is true modern day filmmaking. the coen brothers make other filmmakers look like dabblers. __________________

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