Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
You need a glossary for all the geographical features described - I found it really hard to imagine the landscapes he describes so often.
Coen Brothers: No Country for Old Men
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Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
A level? I did GSCE and didn't have a scooby what he was on about - and I can't speak Spanish either and there's an awful lot of Spanish spoken in his booksPieEye said:
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
I felt like I was missing outPieEye said:
I saw it last night at a decent cinema - it's definitely one of the best films I've seen in a very long time. Stunning in fact.
I thought it was *ok*.
Really don't get why so many usually-sensible people are gushing all over it.
Has it really been that long since a film with a decent bad guy has been released?
Dirty Martini
gets what he cant want
I finally got round to seeing this. I don't know, it had some fine things but I was really disappointed with it. I love the Coens, but this just seemed to be an arid exercise. I don't get it, and I don't get the Bardem performance. It's good, but in no way 'great'.
How is this remotely as good as Fargo, Miller's Crossing or even Blood Simple?
How is this remotely as good as Fargo, Miller's Crossing or even Blood Simple?
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
I finally got round to seeing this. I don't know, it had some fine things but I was really disappointed with it. I love the Coens, but this just seemed to be an arid exercise. I don't get it, and I don't get the Bardem performance. It's good, but in no way 'great'.
How is this remotely as good as Fargo, Miller's Crossing or even Blood Simple?
Agree. There recent work got a bit of a critical panning and I think they tried to do something arty and enigmatic (or cold and confusing to the likes of me) that would have the critics slavering.
I finally got round to seeing this. I don't know, it had some fine things but I was really disappointed with it. I love the Coens, but this just seemed to be an arid exercise. I don't get it, and I don't get the Bardem performance. It's good, but in no way 'great'.
How is this remotely as good as Fargo, Miller's Crossing or even Blood Simple?
fully agree with the ^^^
... IMHO the film was VERY atmospheric, the acting was brilliant, tommy lee was great, the scary psycho was one of the most terrifying characters I've seen. The sense of stumbling into something much bigger than yourself and how events spiral out of control was nicely done
anton "the ultimate badass" (nice line btw
) was simply terrifying when he was in the gas station and flipping the coin .... 
the landscapes were outstanding, beautiful.
The direction of the film seemed to completely fall apart when Llewelyn gets killed ... it just seemed to fizzle out. The powers in the background controlling the events weren't fully developed for my liking and seemed to hint at control without exploring it further and giving a bit more depth.
woody harrelson's character was quite poor IMHO.
some really good scenes though - Llewelyn talking with the USA border cop was hilarious, tommy lee and his fellow cop, Llewelyn and Carson Wells talking about welding. Nice little dialogue points there I thought.
Overall the film disappointed me, it looked lovely, the characters were great but the film lost direction after Llewelyn was killed (not fully explained and explored for my liking)... 6/10
... funnily enough after watching, I am Legend, I was MORE impressed by that film! I know I am legend isn't in the same pretentious league, but it did what it said on the tin - it was a more "complete" film, it seemed more coherent etc.
ethel
Well-Known Member
from holy moly:
In the novel 'No Country For Old Men' (but not in the movie), Sheriff Bell says of the dope-dealers, "Here a while back in San Antonio they shot and killed a federal judge."
The author set the story in 1980. In 1979, in San Antonio, Federal Judge John Howland Wood was shot and killed by rifle fire by a Texas freelance contract killer named Charles Harrelson.
Actor Woody Harrelson (Carson Wells in the movie) is his son.
Charles Harrelson was sentenced to two life sentences for the murder of Federal Judge John Howland Wood on the orders of drug dealer Jimmy Chagra, who reportedly paid him $250,000. Harrelson has claimed to be one of the "hobos" taken away from "the grassy knoll" right after the shooting of John F. Kennedy.
Harrelson died on March 15th, 2007 in a federal super-maximum prison in Colorado.
In the novel 'No Country For Old Men' (but not in the movie), Sheriff Bell says of the dope-dealers, "Here a while back in San Antonio they shot and killed a federal judge."
The author set the story in 1980. In 1979, in San Antonio, Federal Judge John Howland Wood was shot and killed by rifle fire by a Texas freelance contract killer named Charles Harrelson.
Actor Woody Harrelson (Carson Wells in the movie) is his son.
Charles Harrelson was sentenced to two life sentences for the murder of Federal Judge John Howland Wood on the orders of drug dealer Jimmy Chagra, who reportedly paid him $250,000. Harrelson has claimed to be one of the "hobos" taken away from "the grassy knoll" right after the shooting of John F. Kennedy.
Harrelson died on March 15th, 2007 in a federal super-maximum prison in Colorado.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
s'alright. Their very first film is still their best, imo.
I prefer the unreleased rushes of the incomplete film they abandoned before making whatever film it is you're referring to.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Blood Simple. It's not obscure.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
A new version has just been made by some brown people. Apparently it's good and the brothers approve.
You could have just said that. It's ok, but it's not as good as Miller's Crossing, O Brother Where Art Thou, Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy or The Big Lebowski.
Orang Utan
Maybe I like the misery
Miller's Crossing is the best - friendship, character, ethics
Also massive gay subtext (it's not actually very subtextual at all, it's just textual) and Gabriel Byrne is like Jesus.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
your mum is a massive gay subtext
