Coen Brothers: No Country for Old Men

[CharlieAddict]

i don't want to post any spoliers.
how do you guys do the 'show' button?

 

[baffled]

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Remove the spaces

 

[crustychick]

ooooh, think i'll go see this tonight

 

[sleaterkinney]

I'm reading the book at the moment, it's great.

 

[g force]

It looks beautiful, and there are great performances, especially from Javier Bardem, who I'd never seen before. What a face that man has - you just can't take your eyes off him. I found the ending annoyingly inconclusive though. No doubt I missed something...

If you like Bardem watch "before night falls" and "the dancer upstairs"...he is absolutely brilliant in both.

 

[Biddlybee]

...and The Sea Inside

 

[Firky]

...and The Sea Inside

That film is so sad

 

[Biddlybee]

It is, but it's really good... I did wonder about putting a after the name.

 

[Firky]

Yeah, I liked it. Watched it with an ex who was Spanish as it was one of her favourites. Being Spanish and all!

 

[E.J.]

Enjoyed it very much. Could never be a proper film of the book so it had some tough choices to make but it was excellent. TLJ was wonderful as ever, the whole cast was brilliant.

SO who spotted who his uncle was played by?

Barry Corbin is the actor who plays TLJ's (The Sheriff's) Uncle in this very good movie! I'm sure that he's in cult comedy Northern Exposure where played Maurice J Minnel

 

[Firky]

The bloke that lives like a hermet on his tod? I thoguht that was his brother.

 

[El Jefe]

The bloke that lives like a hermet on his tod? I thoguht that was his brother.

Uncle. And yes, was Maurice from NE

 

[avu9lives]

"Applicants must have a minimum of four years professional experience in the film, television or games industries (or any combination of these) and must be able to demonstrate a significant professional contribution to the industry."
Hmm, not sure what my contribution would be - would have to bullshit I guess!

hmh

just viewed it today, still thinking

TWATS ! to the criteria, done a a RADA 11
I REALY enjoyed the latest coen contribution,
saying nothing

go .... think ! s

something else instead

 

[CJohn]

Yeah I saw this last week and really enjoyed it. Someone commented on the multiple layers, I think thats definitely true - I'd be very keen to see it again, first time I just took it at face value and didn't really try to read too deeply into it. In the main I just thought it had a fantastic feel to it, very atmospheric and some lovely shots of desolate landscapes. I actually didn't even notice the lack of sound track - I can't believe that I didn't even pick this up! I guess it just added to the sense of emptiness at times. So yeah, good film, would need to see it again to decide just how good though.

 

[Augie March]

Just watched this tonight, brilliant stuff, the Coens back on top form again.

 

[Structaural]

Spoiler: don't read

Did he kill her or not? it is a film about fate and control.

Spoiler: don't read

he does kill her in the book (he gave his word to her fella), but they make less of it in the film.

....

 

[Pieface]

I liked it but had just finished the book so watched more to see how they were going to do things, rather than as a film in its own right.

It was very good but still not a patch on the book - I'm not really sure if that's a fair thing to say or not

The dialogue was great though and it picked out some humour I think I hardly noticed in the book.

 

[Structaural]

I think I preferred the film purely for the accents, which you don't really get from the book.

 

[Pieface]

if he wrote in the actual accent it'd be silly - just read it with the accent in your head surely!

The dialect is written perfectly.

 

[Biddlybee]

I think I preferred the film purely for the accents, which you don't really get from the book.

Don't you read in accents in your head? I do

I'm going to get to the cinema this week to see it.

 

[kyser_soze]

I think it's fairly easy to get pathos from Texan/deep south accents anyway...there's something inherently listenable about them IMO...

 

[Orang Utan]

Excellent, excellent film - haven't read the book yet though - I like McCarthy as a writer, but confess that I stalled half way through the Border Trilogy and I shelved it

 

[Pieface]

Shame on you OU

 

[Orang Utan]

Shame on you OU

It was all a bit too, er lyrical for me. I tired of it.

 

[Structaural]

Don't you read in accents in your head? I do

I'm going to get to the cinema this week to see it.

Up to a point but the film really brings the dialect alive.

 

[dtb]

superb film, didn't fully understand the ending though

 

[El Jefe]

superb film, didn't fully understand the ending though

I did, but it's hard to discuss on this thread..

 

[Pieface]

It was all a bit too, er lyrical for me. I tired of it.

he always seems to have to have a section that goes off the map in those 3 books - I know I waded through those parts - was it the man and the church story in the Crossing that fucked you?

 

[Orang Utan]

he always seems to have to have a section that goes off the map in those 3 books - I know I waded through those parts - was it the man and the church story in the Crossing that fucked you?

It's all the landscapes and travelling by hoss

 

[Pieface]

oh.

well I don't mind those parts. Read Blood Meridian - it's fucking insane.