"No Country for Old Men" (2007) Watch Along
Added 2024-06-11 00:00:09 +0000 UTCWELL!!! I am not watching movies on Netflix anymore. I was hard wired in but for some reason it really F'ed my screen record and timing. So I couldnt do a count down OR timer, but un-blurred boxes where I could to keep you in sync. I am SO SO sorry! I think it should be ok after the first couple mins. But Netflix always loses its resolution as well..BOO.
"No Country for Old Men" hits different! It gives what us movie lovers crave! The Coen brothers have this knack for spinning these stories in their own twisted, brilliant way, and this one's no exception. Their style is so original. The characters they cook up are so real, so gritty, and you could just smell that desert air and taste the blood its sooo well done. ALSO the performances! Pure gold. Each actor nails it, especially Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh. UNFORGETTABLE! And let's talk about Roger Deakins' cinematography—every shot gets me very very EXCITED LOL! It captured the bleak beauty of the landscape that in reflection over the past 12 hours of watching seems to mirror the characters. It's a masterpiece, plain and simple. I love dark stuff. This really hit me in my movie lover core.
Let me know your thoughts down below you rad humans!
xx
ames
Comments
Love this!!!
Amalia Wolf
2024-06-23 05:13:28 +0000 UTCI thought No Country For Old Men was a fascinating case study on the nature of evil and the weakness and frailty of human beings. *** SPOILERS *** The premise, of seeing a drug deal gone bad, is a good one. Almost everyone has fantasized, at one point or another, about finding a large amount of money, and wondering, what would we do in such a situation. Would we keep it? Would we hand it over to the authorities? Would knowing the money was connected to a big drug deal influence our choices? Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is an ordinary guy. He’s trying to get by, but life is difficult. He finds the money and decides that trying to keep it is worth the risk. Perhaps he'll get away with it. Perhaps it will give him and Carla Jean a better life. One of the great weaknesses of mankind is the lies we’re willing to tell ourselves in order to justify doing what we intend to do anyway. Even though, as an audience, we’re cheering Llewelyn on throughout the film, the plain fact of the matter is (despite Llewelyn being capable), he’s walked into a situation he’s not equipped to handle. Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) is a police officer nearing retirement. He knows or suspects what has happened but feels “overmatched” by the situation. (Also he doesn’t want to get himself killed just days before his retirement). He knows in his heart, this is no country for an old man like him. Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) is the ultimate psychopath. He’s on a mission to retrieve his money and will kill anyone he needs (or wants) to, along the way. He is methodical and calculating, completely unemotional and cold-hearted with no conscience, no guilt, and no remorse. He is the devil. Certainly one of the most frightening characters in the history of film. One of my favorite scenes is with the old man in the store. Chigurh tells him to call the coin flip and the old man is unnerved by Chigurh's odd behavior and wants to know what they’re flipping for. He asks, “What do I have to win?”, to which Chigurh replies, “Everything”. Interestingly, the old man doesn’t ask, “What do I have to lose?” He doesn’t realize the answer is the same, “Everything”. I love how Llewelyn‘s wife, Carla Jean, won’t call the coin flip at the end of the film. “The flip doesn’t decide anything. It’s all you”. I love how she calls him out. She knows he can’t blame his actions on the flip of a coin. The coin isn’t forcing his hand. Chigurh is upset that Carla Jean shatters the illusion by not calling the flip. She is so brave. She knows the end has come for her but maintains her dignity and calls Chigurh out on his BS. Chigurh tells her that Llewelyn had a chance to save her, but instead used her to try to save himself. At least partially true perhaps, but there is no sense in Llewelyn trying to make a deal with Chigurh. If you make a deal with the devil, you must be forgetting... the devil is a liar and doesn't play by the rules. A fascinating film and a good reaction.
John Courtright
2024-06-23 04:32:36 +0000 UTCDID I ACCIDENTALLY DELTED SOMEONES POST
Amalia Wolf
2024-06-13 18:54:01 +0000 UTC
