No Country for Old Men
NC4OM is an obnoxious acronym. But a great movie. After the horribly shitty Lady Killers which was a remake - oh shit, Tom Hanks speaking in accents equals a horrible movie!! That came out of nowhere, but he was in a preview with a Texas drawl and it looks like the aftermath of krystal nacht, and The Terminal is bad, Forest Gump will eventually be remembered as sentimental swill - The Coen bros. are back with an adapted work and did a great job. Now, if anyone else saw it, I'm curious what you think about some thinks I've thoughted:
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Anyone else get a twinge of "fight club"/dual personalities? Tommy Lee and Anton guy. About 3/4s of the way intp the film Tommy Lee's character is called Anton (I think?) and a lot of things popped for me: the wife told him where Llewyln would be, so that's how Anton knows, the mexicans know from the mother in law. he also tells that story about the cattle gun for almost no reason, and he didn't guess how the guy on the road was killed.he seems pretty clairvoyant at the desert crime scene, but this is the first time we see him and just figure he's a good detective, but it's like he was there, maybe. The first clue is weak. I had a couple more, but I forgot, need to see the movie again.
Oh, there was something about being a ghost that seemed tied to both characters, and the two sides of a coin thing seems obvious. and i'm firmly stating they aren't the same character but sort of a meta level to the movie.
Also, as for home boy above, doesn't he look like an evil Bender from The Breakfast Club?
Tommy Lee's name is Ed Tom.
I'm not sure if that's a double first name or a first and last that are both first names, but it's an awful name.
And yeah, agreed that that's a defined meta-level of the movie, but it seems unfair to leave out brawlin' Brolin. He's the intermediary between Jones' old ways and Chigurh's new biz.
Also, the story about the cattle gun functions as both a continuation of his previous story that makes it clear that Chigurh thinks of other humans as nothing but cattle (something that Llewlyn's wife wasn't really picking up on), and as a concession to audience members who might have been thinking "how's this guy killin' all them people with an air gun? I don't get it."
Not that I really think the Coen bros were making any concessions with this one.
Oscars for everything, especially Southern Accents.
Tommy Lee's name is Ed Tom.
I'm not sure if that's a double first name or a first and last that are both first names, but it's an awful name.
And yeah, agreed that that's a defined meta-level of the movie, but it seems unfair to leave out brawlin' Brolin. He's the intermediary between Jones' old ways and Chigurh's new biz.
Also, the story about the cattle gun functions as both a continuation of his previous story that makes it clear that Chigurh thinks of other humans as nothing but cattle (something that Llewlyn's wife wasn't really picking up on), and as a concession to audience members who might have been thinking "how's this guy killin' all them people with an air gun? I don't get it."
Not that I really think the Coen bros were making any concessions with this one.
Oscars for everything, especially Southern Accents.
Yes. I agree. Except that the accents are Texan, not Southern. But awesome movie, everyone should see it. The best Coen movie since "The Man Who Wasn't There."
Screw Texas.
Like the poster befor says, TLJ's character is named "Ed Tom", but, yes, when he was called that in the film, I heard "Anton" as well. The long hold on TLJ's grim face didn't help either.
Great film. I forget where I read it but someone put it perfectly: a ruthless application of craft.
Like the poster befor says, TLJ's character is named "Ed Tom", but, yes, when he was called that in the film, I heard "Anton" as well. The long hold on TLJ's grim face didn't help either.
Great film. I forget where I read it but someone put it perfectly: a ruthless application of craft.