Comments on: NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN- on DVD http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/ Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:20:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jessie http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-415 jessie Mon, 25 May 2009 19:48:44 +0000 http://essentialgearguide.com/1/654/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/#comment-415 First time I saw this movie didnt like it at all paying too much attention to the plot I guess and didnt like/understand the ending. Although I did appreciate the acting by Jones and Bordem. Didnt know after watching this movie I would have to go back and disect it to figure out the true meaning of the film. There were many loopholes as was mentioned before, but maybe this was done on purpose. So you would have to go back and watch it again and see if it really was as bad as you thought. I dont think it is the kind of movie the average person will put on his/her alltime best movies ever regardless of what the academy seems to think. All that said it will be on encore tonight and I will watch it again but a different way and I guarantee you it will still not be a dvr saver. First time I saw this movie didnt like it at all paying too much attention to the plot I guess and didnt like/understand the ending. Although I did appreciate the acting by Jones and Bordem. Didnt know after watching this movie I would have to go back and disect it to figure out the true meaning of the film. There were many loopholes as was mentioned before, but maybe this was done on purpose. So you would have to go back and watch it again and see if it really was as bad as you thought. I dont think it is the kind of movie the average person will put on his/her alltime best movies ever regardless of what the academy seems to think. All that said it will be on encore tonight and I will watch it again but a different way and I guarantee you it will still not be a dvr saver.

]]> By: MaryRose http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-414 MaryRose Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:27:27 +0000 http://essentialgearguide.com/1/654/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/#comment-414 Michelle, you could have been speaking for me. I watched this on Netflix the other night and couldn't stop. I LOVED the review, it really helped me put together the holes I couldn't figure out on my own. I haven't thought this much about a movie and the meaning of life in a loooong time... Just amazing. Michelle, you could have been speaking for me. I watched this on Netflix the other night and couldn’t stop. I LOVED the review, it really helped me put together the holes I couldn’t figure out on my own. I haven’t thought this much about a movie and the meaning of life in a loooong time… Just amazing.

]]> By: Michelle http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-389 Michelle Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:33:56 +0000 http://essentialgearguide.com/1/654/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/#comment-389 I was absolutely fascinated by this movie. I had NO IDEA what this movie was about, and just decided one night earlier this week to check out a mild western, just before bedtime. Whew, this movie blew my mind. I was pulled into the plot---holes and all---and could not have turned the channel, even if I wanted to. Great acting. Tommy Lee Jones' voice overs were genius. The minor characters were powerful. The landscapes carried the story well. I like how the story unfolded and left me guessing and questioning at every turn. The moral dilemmas that cropped up tugged at the heartstrings. This movie cut so close to the bone that I was constantly on edge. I woke up with it the next morning and the morning after that. I can't speak for anyone else, but for me this movie was a brilliant, abstract, dark, artful masterpiece. I was absolutely fascinated by this movie. I had NO IDEA what this movie was about, and just decided one night earlier this week to check out a mild western, just before bedtime. Whew, this movie blew my mind. I was pulled into the plot—holes and all—and could not have turned the channel, even if I wanted to. Great acting. Tommy Lee Jones’ voice overs were genius. The minor characters were powerful. The landscapes carried the story well. I like how the story unfolded and left me guessing and questioning at every turn. The moral dilemmas that cropped up tugged at the heartstrings. This movie cut so close to the bone that I was constantly on edge. I woke up with it the next morning and the morning after that. I can’t speak for anyone else, but for me this movie was a brilliant, abstract, dark, artful masterpiece.

]]> By: Ben http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Ben Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:10:52 +0000 http://essentialgearguide.com/1/654/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/#comment-402 This is an excellently written review. It defines the themes of the movie and explicates them well. Well done. This is an excellently written review. It defines the themes of the movie and explicates them well. Well done.

]]> By: Cliffo http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-379 Cliffo Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:05:10 +0000 http://essentialgearguide.com/1/654/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/#comment-379 If anyone is still interested a year after the fact, here's my take on this: Everyone hated this movie for precisely what was good about it: its challenge to the conventions of the genres it is a part of. The good guy does not always get the bad guy. And there is so much power in evil--money and drugs here--that good seems to have too much going against it. Yet in both of the relevant genres--horror and westerns--the hero always takes out the bad dude. Interesting that in this movie the bad dude is taken out--if he is taken out at all--by the very force that he seems intriqued with: chance or fate or Providence. We keep expecting the hero to show--Llewellen, Ed Tom, Carson, Carla Jean--but in the end the only hero left is getting old and retires. It's not nihilism; it's realism. Sometimes evil is pretty darn powerful--but eventually death catches up with everybody. I'm amazed that people will call a movie that challenges the easy plots plotless, boring, and nihilistic. If anyone is still interested a year after the fact, here’s my take on this:

Everyone hated this movie for precisely what was good about it: its challenge to the conventions of the genres it is a part of. The good guy does not always get the bad guy. And there is so much power in evil–money and drugs here–that good seems to have too much going against it. Yet in both of the relevant genres–horror and westerns–the hero always takes out the bad dude. Interesting that in this movie the bad dude is taken out–if he is taken out at all–by the very force that he seems intriqued with: chance or fate or Providence. We keep expecting the hero to show–Llewellen, Ed Tom, Carson, Carla Jean–but in the end the only hero left is getting old and retires. It’s not nihilism; it’s realism. Sometimes evil is pretty darn powerful–but eventually death catches up with everybody. I’m amazed that people will call a movie that challenges the easy plots plotless, boring, and nihilistic.

]]> By: MYQ http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-405 MYQ Wed, 26 Nov 2008 07:34:59 +0000 http://essentialgearguide.com/1/654/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/#comment-405 No country for old men, the key to the films' whole message is the title. We are losing our way with the bad decisions we make toward evil. "It's not the one thing, it's a dismal tide" of a slipping society that manifests itself in the battle of good and evil as represented by the protagonist, (Ed Tom not Llewelyn Moss) and Anton the antagonist. The yin/yang analogy is dead on. (whether you have seen it enough to realize it or not, this is not subjective) If you need a huge hint look at all the uses of the coin, it's duality and the involvement of fate vs choice. As for the bashing between "I get it" & "this movie was a waste of time" If you don't understand by now that the Coen brothers are not capable of making film that is "a waste of time" & that the many awards are not a coincidence but a reflection of their brilliance, then I am sorry to tell you that perhaps you are the one wasting others time sharing your views. Author: Great Synopsis, however your preface begged for the unintelligible comments by the posters that still have not figured it out. For those in the know: If you have not yet seen this film, enjoy! Go See "Primer" by Shane Carruth No country for old men, the key to the films’ whole message is the title.
We are losing our way with the bad decisions we make toward evil.
“It’s not the one thing, it’s a dismal tide” of a slipping society that manifests itself in the battle of good and evil as represented by the protagonist, (Ed Tom not Llewelyn Moss) and Anton the antagonist.

The yin/yang analogy is dead on. (whether you have seen it enough to realize it or not, this is not subjective) If you need a huge hint look at all the uses of the coin, it’s duality and the involvement of fate vs choice.

As for the bashing between “I get it” & “this movie was a waste of time”
If you don’t understand by now that the Coen brothers are not capable of making film that is “a waste of time” & that the many awards are not a coincidence but a reflection of their brilliance, then I am sorry to tell you that perhaps you are the one wasting others time sharing your views.

Author: Great Synopsis, however your preface begged for the unintelligible comments by the posters that still have not figured it out.

For those in the know: If you have not yet seen this film, enjoy!
Go See “Primer” by Shane Carruth

]]> By: Ed http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-387 Ed Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:30:59 +0000 http://essentialgearguide.com/1/654/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/#comment-387 Some of my favorite movie's are American Psycho, Shawshank Redemption, Interview With The Vampire, Vanilla Sky etc. For the reviewer to know, so please never watch any of these movie's because apparently I'm retarded. The movie couldn't have been more boring or make less sense, even with all this underlying purpose they could have at least made sense of the rest of the movie. Some of my favorite movie’s are American Psycho, Shawshank Redemption, Interview With The Vampire, Vanilla Sky etc. For the reviewer to know, so please never watch any of these movie’s because apparently I’m retarded.

The movie couldn’t have been more boring or make less sense, even with all this underlying purpose they could have at least made sense of the rest of the movie.

]]> By: Nate http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-408 Nate Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:49:43 +0000 http://essentialgearguide.com/1/654/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/#comment-408 So... who got the money? (I figured tl hid it at his daddy's place out in the desert) So… who got the money?
(I figured tl hid it at his daddy’s place out in the desert)

]]> By: Daniel http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Daniel Tue, 28 Oct 2008 20:37:00 +0000 http://essentialgearguide.com/1/654/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/#comment-406 @Natalie: I hope you will not start killing people with an air gun... this is a good movie but nothing more. BTW, Kafka's Der Prozess and Das Schloß covered a similar topic near 100 years ago. I just wonder. Out of 1.000.000.000 people, how many will be tempted to "bad things" after watching this? One? Isn't it too much? @Natalie: I hope you will not start killing people with an air gun… this is a good movie but nothing more. BTW, Kafka’s Der Prozess and Das Schloß covered a similar topic near 100 years ago.

I just wonder. Out of 1.000.000.000 people, how many will be tempted to “bad things” after watching this? One? Isn’t it too much?

]]> By: Andy http://essentialgearguide.com/2008/05/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/comment-page-1/#comment-394 Andy Wed, 17 Sep 2008 19:55:02 +0000 http://essentialgearguide.com/1/654/no-country-for-old-men-on-dvd/#comment-394 - how come can Chigurh know so easily where to find Wells and Wells knows nothing about Chigurh? how did Chigurh find Wells after all? - what is Wells for in the story? Is he there just to be the fool that will tell us a little bit more about Chigurh and then die like an idiot? - Why Wells didn't take the money, once he found it? Well, Wells was the stupid guy... - The last scene with Chigur was so predictable, I was just thinking, while watching it, what better than a sudden crash could the author think of, but it seems he think of none. The more I think about this movie, the angrier I get for having wasted my time with it but now I found this forum where I can find some relief by writing about it :-) When I watch Hollywood blockbusters I do expect a lot of nonsense in the story line, so they don't bother me. When I watch a movie that won 4 or 5 Oscars, I expect a REAL GOOD story line, not one full of holes. Forget all the hidden moral points and meanings of this movie, it is just a very mediocre movie. - how come can Chigurh know so easily where to find Wells and Wells knows nothing about Chigurh? how did Chigurh find Wells after all?
- what is Wells for in the story? Is he there just to be the fool that will tell us a little bit more about Chigurh and then die like an idiot?
- Why Wells didn’t take the money, once he found it? Well, Wells was the stupid guy…
- The last scene with Chigur was so predictable, I was just thinking, while watching it, what better than a sudden crash could the author think of, but it seems he think of none.

The more I think about this movie, the angrier I get for having wasted my time with it but now I found this forum where I can find some relief by writing about it :-)

When I watch Hollywood blockbusters I do expect a lot of nonsense in the story line, so they don’t bother me. When I watch a movie that won 4 or 5 Oscars, I expect a REAL GOOD story line, not one full of holes. Forget all the hidden moral points and meanings of this movie, it is just a very mediocre movie.

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