Monday, December 28, 2015

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007)

FILMS FROM THE 21st CENTURY
(Post 20 of 50)

Some quick takes on the most relatively recent listings from the
1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list


The Coen Brothers usual sense of humor is missing from this  bleak adaptation of Cormac Mccarthy's novel which is one of the reasons that the Academy Awards finally took them seriously. Also, features a interesting trio of main characters who only encounter each other in passing: Sheriff Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), who is still trying to do the right thing, Llweylyn Moss (Josh Brolin) a welder who finds a stash of cash and quickly finds himself in over his head, and Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), an assassin who is guaranteed to give you nightmares. 

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