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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD EAN: 0786936746754 Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Miramax Languages: Manufacturer: Miramax MPN: 5564003 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Miramax Region Code: 1 Release Date: March 11, 2008 Running Time: 122 minutes Studio: Miramax Theatrical Release Date: November 21, 2007 Editorial Review: Amazon.com: The Coen brothers make their finest thriller since Fargo with a restrained adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's novel. Not that there aren't moments of intense violence, but No Country for Old Men is their quietest, most existential film yet. In this modern-day Western, Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is a Vietnam vet who could use a break. One morning while hunting antelope, he spies several trucks surrounded by dead bodies (both human and canine). In examining the site, he finds a case filled with $2 million. Moss takes it with him, tells his wife (Kelly Macdonald) he's going away for awhile, and hits the road until he can determine his next move. On the way from El Paso to Mexico, he discovers he's being followed by ex-special ops agent Chigurh (an eerily calm Javier Bardem). Chigurh's weapon of choice is a cattle gun, and he uses it on everyone who gets in his way--or loses a coin toss (as far as he's concerned, bad luck is grounds for death). Just as Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), a World War II vet, is on Moss's trail, Chigurh's former colleague, Wells (Woody Harrelson), is on his. For most of the movie, Moss remains one step ahead of his nemesis. Both men are clever and resourceful--except Moss has a conscience, Chigurh does not (he is, as McCarthy puts it, "a prophet of destruction"). At times, the film plays like an old horror movie, with Chigurh as its lumbering Frankenstein monster. Like the taciturn terminator, No Country for Old Men doesn't move quickly, but the tension never dissipates. This minimalist masterwork represents Joel and Ethan Coen and their entire cast, particularly Brolin and Jones, at the peak of their powers. --Kathleen C. Fennessy Average Rating:
 Rating:  - SAVE YOUR TIME.....I tried to watch this film 3 times on one of the premium channels and fell asleep each time. I guess I don't find the characters that exciting. Sure the film is violent but that doesn't equate to interesting for me. If you like watching a senseless hood track people down to kill them with a "souped up" cow killer, this film is for you. FOR THE REST OF US - WE HAVE BETTER USE FOR OUR TIME. Rating: - No Movie For Sensible PeopleI tried to watch the recent Coen brothers movie No Country For Old Men last night. Real crud. Its based on the novel of the same name by an ultra-pretentious and hyper-established hack named Cormac McCarthy. The story telling (in both the book and movie, I'd imagine) is completely unrealistic. Here's an example of crummy dialog. Trailer trash protagonist to wife as he is heading out the door to do something dangerous: "If'n Ahh don't cum back, say hello to Muther fer me." "But LouEllin, Yer ... Read More Rating:  - No Country for Old Men, DVDDVD arrived within a few days - like brand new. I highly recommend purchasing from this vendor. Rating:  - Good Acting...nothing else.If you buy this wanting only to study the acting of the exceptional cast, then you will be very pleased. If you have any concept that this will be a good movie...forget it. It has half a story, literally the story just sort of stops at the half way point. Despite what some reviews have said, not showing what happens to the main characters is not revolutionary story-telling. I know a lot of people don't want to say that this film sucked because the makers are well respected, but it sucked. If ... Read More Rating: - A COEN Brothers masterpieceThis is a TRULY great movie, with a flawless script, incredible directing, cinematography and acting. WOW. The COEN brothers, who always have fantastic dialog, where many times, it takes the second watching of their movies to catch all of the humor and subtlties, made an extremely, "Quiet" movie. They left the camera and the sound of the southwest do the talking for them. There was not a scene in this morality play that was NOT totally fascinating and it grabs the audience totally with ... Read More |
