No Country For Old Men
The slightly improbable has occurred, ladies and gentlemen. Albert has not reviewed a movie before I, Uno The Sexy Man Beast, and even more astoundingly, I get the pleasure of reviewing a cinematic gem such as
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN!
There is a God.
I went to see NCFOM with zero expectations. Knowing nothing of the plot or the characters before hand, I was pleased by the opening monologue by Tommy Lee Jones and totally psyched by the brutal 187 on a sheriff some where in a Texas police station. This opening scene opened my eyes to what this film is going to be and I was not in the least bit disappointed.
I’m not going to give away the story but let me just tell you that this is no borefest. To be brief, a man finds money and bad people want to find the money and kill the man. There are cowboys, drug money, silenced shotguns, and murderous psychopaths aplenty in NCFOM and they are delivered to you in all the everyday real world glory the Coen brothers could muster.
Allow me to give you a warning before hand, folks. I’m not prone to unabashed flattery but I am going to gush on this one. I loved this film. it isn’t often that I will go and pay to sit in a movie theater to watch a film TWICE since I am one destitute muffuggah but NCFOM was very worth it. The characters are so vivid. They are some of the most alive people ever to hit the silver screen. Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin gave outstanding performances but the show stealer of this film is Javier Bardem. Bardem’s performance as Anton Chigurh is mind blowing. Just take my word for it. Also, the cinematography is both beautiful and startling, allowing the audience to be immersed in this story and captivated all the way through.
I don’t have a complaint that comes to mind… but some are not satisfied with the ending. I think it’s because folks don’t want to accept it. Part of me agrees with them but only because I didn’t want the film to end. I wanted to follow the lives of these characters even further until all things were finally resolved.
As with many a masterpiece in literature and film, some times the resolution must be left to the imagination of those who read or watch, no matter how difficult it is for us to let it be, though it is probably for the best.
I wish I made this film.
Do I want you to go watch No Country For Old Men in theaters?
Yes and this is one you are going to want to own when it comes out on DVD/Blu-Ray/HDVD.
Review by,
Uno The Sexy Man Beast