[Closed] No country for old men

dull

Brilliant film.

I was hooked. I was a shocked when it suddenly finished.

dull?

are you insane?

I was a shocked when it suddenly finished.

could that not be seen as a good ending then? do you need guy gets girl/skipping over the horizon?

But was that it?

shite

No, there is more, its just that the version you were watching ended short..

😉

Was what it? The ending perfectly summed up the theme of the film: What else do you need? It's a fantastic version of an even better book.

Didn't know there was a book. Amazon time I think..

I suppose I was expecting the hitman to get caught, or the usual Hollywood ending.

Yup: by Cormac McCarthy, probably my favourite author. He also wrote 'The Road', amongst other great books.

Well it was by the Coen brothers, and based on a book by a fairly unconventional author, so a conventional film was never really on the cards, thankfully.

So, is it "No Country For Old Men " because,

A) Every one dies young in a wild culture
or
B)Old men can't stand the pace
or
C) Something that I've missed

Huh, I'd though that Llewlyn got him, not the Mexicans. What did I miss?

Great film - probably took the Coen Brothers to do justice to McCarthy's spare prose. Wonder what a film version of [i]Blood Meridian[/i] would look like... 😯

Stunning author: [i]The Crossing[/i] and [i]Suttree[/i] are two of my favourite books ever.

Answering the question - yeah, you got the outcomes I saw. No doubt Kermode will be along in a second to tell us about all the nuanced referencing and cod philosophy we should have picked up

Too violent for me - and should have been labeled sci-fi

MC

Roger Deakins was DOP on the film. that's why it looks so good.
great casting, superb film and a good read too.

So, is it "No Country For Old Men " because,

A) Every one dies young in a wild culture
or
B)Old men can't stand the pace
or
C) Something that I've missed

Like all the best things, it is open to interpretation, but I would suggest that it is a little from column A and a little from Column B.

Amazing film. One of the best of the last few years

Great film - probably took the Coen Brothers to do justice to McCarthy's spare prose. Wonder what a film version of Blood Meridian would look like...

Well, I understand that Ridley Scott has bought the rights to it: If that is true, then I am quite excited. I am currently reading Blood Meridian for the second time.

Trail monkey - name of the film is from the speech tommy lee does at the begining on how old timers didn't need to carry a gun. It's also the line from a poem by Wiliam Butler Yates about changing times. Great film, great cast, great book.

oh and btw, yes, an amazing film.

any film that leaves you thinking is a good film in my estimation.

It's a fantastic version of an even better book.

Yup. Film ends just as the book does; no cosy resolutions in McCarthy novels.

Blood Meridian is jaw-droppingly well written.

Well, I understand that Ridley Scott has bought the rights to it

Not sure it would be possible to adequately portray The Judge on film... utterly terrifying character.

I think that ultimately the point is that no matter how much you start out with the best intentions of setting the world to rights, you always end up being pushed to one side as the world outside gets on with it and you find yourself not being able to keep up anymore: Nobodys fault, no blame, just the way it is, and Tommy Lee Jones' character realises it at the end.

...kind of, maybe 😐

Sorry I have re addressed my previous statement

Very dull

Not sure it would be possible to adequately portray The Judge on film... utterly terrifying character.

That is the one thing I worry about making that book into a film i.e. that the book as it is in pretty much un-filmable and that there will have to be a fair few compromises to make it into something that will be visually acceptable to audiences.

The Judge is a terrifying character, but also quite intriguing, a bit like Ahab in Moby Dick.

Thanks for the valuable input into this conversation plumber 😡

The scene in the gas station is one of the best scenes I've seen. The old guy attendant almost seems improvising he seems that nervous, but the films almost word for word to the book. I can't see anyone playing the judge, big boots to fill!

...there will have to be a fair few compromises to make it into something that will be visually acceptable to audiences.

There are too many scenes that would be ruined by having to gain the nod of approval from the censors...

Tree of dead babies?

Comanche attack?

The bit where the pack mules and their quicksilver flasks are edged off the path into the canyon below.

etc., etc.

I found myself hooked from the opening shot. Stunning. Loved the dialogue too.

... by saying 'audience' I was implying the censors as well.

...and what about the imbecile? I can't really imagine anyone putting that character in a film and getting away with it.

I can't see anyone playing the judge, big boots to fill!

"Whatever in creation exists without my knowledge exists without my consent"

All this talk about Blood Meridian makes it sound pretty tempting, might have to get that too..

It is truly one of the most amazing books ever written, easily up there with the classics. It can be hard work at times, but the language and visuals are stunning, although this is spectacularly offset by the incredible violence: Don't read if you are squeamish in any way.

Huh, I'd though that Llewlyn got him, not the Mexicans. What did I miss?

The pickup screeching away from the Motel made me think it was the Mexicans. I thought Shigur would have done it differently had he killed Lewellyn.

Im probably wrong though.

Simply brilliant film.

might have to get that too..

Don't miss the The Border Trilogy ([i]All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing[/i] & [i]Cities of the Plain[/i]).

I re-read [i]White Fang[/i] (by Jack London) last night for the first time in about twenty years... made me want to read [i]The Crossing[/i] again! The bit where Billy and the she-wolf make their stand is just breathtaking.

Agree with all the above. Would like to see it again or maybe read the book although I am told its a hard read due to southern diallect. Maybe theres more to the dream memory right at the end of the film.

I thought it was good enough to record.
[i]Sorry I have re addressed my previous statement

Very dull[/i]

I am genuinely interested, what type of films do you like Plumber? More to the point, What's your fave?

Off to buy the book. I loved "The Road", but haven't seen the film, but I imagine this is similar in that there's a lot of internal dialogue that is difcult to fully express in film.

Thought it was ok when I first watched,not brilliant but not rubbish either.Never felt the need to see it again though.....

I found "the Road" a very dull read. Enjoyed "all the pretty horses" though.

I watched "no country for old men" on a Ipod whilst waiting for the first train at Victoria station, after being a Zombie extra in a film - possibly not the ideal circumstances!!

Its a well-shot film and I really wanted to like it. Just didn't. Guess its one of those films that sometimes passes you by on the escalator and you don't make eye-contact.

The worst ending to a film ever. Any story needs to have a beginning, a middle and an end.

The worst ending to a film ever. Any story needs to have a beginning, a middle and an end.

So you didn't understand it then!!