Did anybody watch "No Country For Old Men?"

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I recall a day and age when he hardly ever locked our doors, when people left cars running in parking spots, when kids could wander far from home with their friends and there was no trouble about it. I remember a world where you NEVER heard the F-word and people said "sir" to anyone who was older. If you remember that world, then you will understand what 'No Country For Old Men' is all about.

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I lived in west Texas. Vulgarity is low, though it certainly exists.

It's a tough place to live. McDonald's was one of the best employers in town...and they had jobs to boot!

The accents were wrong.

At least he didn't try to do a Marfa accent.

I agree, that's a good observation--but the potency of this film is that it works in so many different ways: you can chase it as a modern action narrative, but--IMO--the film really provides a critical commentary on the changing values represented by both the characters and the symbols.

Yes, the film was based on a book--but if you go back into Yeats' poem (the opening line of which is the title of the book and movie) Sailing to Byzantium, the characters are symbols of changing values. I think that's why the finale has the sherrif gone from the narration, the last decent person being killed, and the killer disappearing but still alive....

As for the gun handling--yes, it was excellent. I don't really remember any off-putting gun action insofar as realism goes.

Jim H.

As said earlier, this movie takes place in 1980. The guns, cars, clothing, and Texas atmosphere in this movie are 120% right on.

when chigurh shoots the those two people for making him "ride bitch" i think that's a glock he shoots them with.

when bell returns to the motel room at nite he pulls a 1911 from his holster.it has an elongated ring hammer and beavertail grip safety.

not that they wern't arround but ak47s were so exotic at that time that george lucas used them to arm space rebels. not something you would have seen in a movie MADE in 1980

i think that hk smg was a little ahead of its time too

i'm sure i missed some other things like that.

I thouhgt the movie was good ,just the ending sucked.

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+1. Good people die, the lawman quits, and the BG walks. I know art imitates life but unfortunately life imitates television. Hollywood is again being irresponsible. Before 1960 you couldn't show a movie where the BG gets away in the end. For an obviously good reason too.

The 8-round Tripp Cobras have a little more length in the tube, with the slam-pad covering the extension...allowing more room for a good spring. This is a very good idea. Why nobody else has seen it before now is a little confusing.

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IMO he didn't get away. He died a slow painful death from infection a few weeks later.

"Hollywood is again being irresponsible."

By not force-feeding another pat ending down our throats? If big boys and girls can't accept that justice isn't always served, they're in for a nasty shock some day. I somehow doubt the next school shooter, terrorist or drive by is going to be influenced much by "No Country for Old Men."

i was amazed at how accurate the tec9 was at what... 50 yards? head shot, neck shot... and only like 2 misses through the windshield! that's impossible with the gangta's paradise special.... or is it?

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Actually, I've owned 2. I stil have one, an early production model. Horrible sights, weak firing pin prone to break, and it's put together only slightly better than a homemade Sten.

However, the one that I kept is more accurate than either my Beretta or Taurus 92s. It's shameful, I know. It could be a fluke. It is a tackdriver, though - the only reason I've kept it.

Wasn't the one in the movie fully automatic, though? That would make it an original KG-9, or a converted Tec-9 - both of which fire from an open bolt. Not the best conditions for any sort of accuracy.

For the most part, I enjoyed it--the ending came up suddenly. Much of the dialogue was very good. Certainly not your typical glitzy/ditzy Hollywood fare. It's already been noted, but the soundtrack won't be much.

Watched it last night... Whoa...

Loved it.

HOWEVER, unless that can weighed about 10 pounds, that shotgun shoulda at least kicked a little.

I bought it over the weekend, great movie, in fact I think I'll watchi it again right now.

Cans have a substantial recoil reducing effect, due to the baffles acting like a muzzle brake without vents.

RACHEN - "... I don't like any of the super-action westerns like "3:10 to Yuma".

I'll second-the-motion on that! I thought "3:10 To Yuma" was ridiculous!

L.W.

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Have you seen the orginial 3:10 to Yuma? It's much better than this last one.

I watched it last weekend, thought it was good.

So what happen to the Money?

So what happen to the Money?

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Anton clearly has it. You see the vent opened, lying on the floor, the scratch marks of the case in the vent, and a coin lying next to the vent.

The coin is Anton's.

I have loads and loads to say

about this film but I don't have time right now. However, I will tell you that if you read the book the author will tell you down to a gnat's behind what type of gun rig the man hunting antelope had. Also, I would not criticize the ending. It may not have been the stereotypical US movie ending but that what made it even better. It was true to real life. In my opinion the film was primarily about evil and that it is out there and day to day good does not always triumph over evil. Plus it was a fantastic character study and the photography (filmed in New Mexico but supposed to take place in Texas) of the wide open expanse of the country was fantastic. And, if you simply want an action movie and nothing cerebral it would satisfying on that level with nothing else. It was, in short, fantastic.

Woohoo.

I called it back on Nov. 22, 2007: I posted in this thread that it would get Best Picture.

Cormac McCarthy and the Coen Brothers are geniuses. But I don't believe this world is substantially evil, as McCarthy's corpus suggests.

Happy Easter,

Paulus

The Ending ruined the movie

Enough said.


steve

PS my wife said qoute "That was stupid"

how did the ending ruin the movie?? it was perfect, IMHO

huh

it sucks perfectly........



Good movie till the end.



steve

The ending is not stupid.
If you don't get it, watch again.

Old man Potter gets away as the bad guy in It's a Wonderful Life too, but that's on every year.

Chighur's only moral code is one of 'fate' relying on the coin flips to decide whether people live or die. Then he is a victim of a happenstance crash. Lewellen Moss dies, regrettably, as a symbol of the good becoming overrun in a rising tide of evil and YES the Sherrif acts as a narrator, that's the point.

Bendutro, and other members,

Please do NOT ever put spoilers in about movies you have seen. A lot of people may not have seen the film so do not be revealing important incidents in the story. Please, Please, Please. Thank you!

I got it.

But I still did not like the ending.

waste of money. Everyone that I know that has seen it did not like the ending either.


steve

I watched it again last night, on a guy's hi-def TC, and in Blu-Ray format. Jesus, it looked good!

The point about the pennies by the opened vent is good, and while I didn't notice the drag marks that time, I'll take your word for it. Could have been that the Mexicans had used a coin, but they probably wouldn't have bothered showing us the coins at all had this been the case.

I agree with some other posters on this thread, the movie glorified evil - in this case the bad guy. Granted I loved Mel Gibson's "Payback", but in that particular film the character never killed anyone who wasn't trying to kill him and certainly didn't waste any innocents.

The main character in "No Country For Old Men" by contrast, killed indiscriminately and was nothing more than a psychopath. Since some may not have seen it I won't discuss specifics of the ending but it sucked royally.

What a nice role model for the kids.

I haven't seen the movie, but I think it's nice to see a movie that ends like reality does sometimes--sadly.