No Country For Old Men (DVD)

...it did not end here, No Country For Old Men won 3 more Academy Awards, they were; best director and best adapted screenplay for Joel and Ethan Coen and it also won the coveted best picture award, so if my review does not get you to watch this great film, then maybe that will! ==DVD Bonus Features== Also included on the DVD are the usual extras you get, including a program entitled 'the making of no country for old men' this is very good and if ...
...is also a short program about working with the Coen's and a diary of a Country Sheriff, these two are ok and give a luittle bit of insight into the two subjects and are worth watching once maybe. The DVD I have is region 2 and has subtitles in English, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Dutch and Finnish. the sound is in English only and is recorded in Dolby digital 5.1 surround. The aspect ratio is 2.35:1 Anamorphic widescreen and the running time of ...

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...faithful adaptation of Comic McCarthy's No Country For Old Men. 1980s Texas, a desolate landscape, bullet-ridden pickups and an opportunity of a lifetime! $2 million stranded in the wilderness from a drug deal gone wrong. Chance, free will and predestination lurched on the footsteps of Vietnam War veteran Llewellyn Moss (Josh Brolin) as local sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) and homicidal psychopath Anton Chigurich (Javier Barden) becomes the predator ...
...extent to which morals are no longer a question of right and wrong but indistinguishable in human nature. Texas acts as the microcosm of the earth which brings together fate and destiny with religious values to leap beyond what science has proven and what science has not. The film is drowned in obscurity and concealed in Fort Knox but if you want to be rewarded with an undisputable thoroughly enjoyable experience then go and watch this film NOW and ...

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...succumbed to the draw of No Country for Old Men, simply because it sounds like exactly the sort of film I would enjoy. The fact that it is directed and written by the Coen brothers is neither here nor there for me - I have loved some of their films, particularly Fargo and The Big Lebowski, but hated others, such as Intolerable Cruelty and O Brother, Where Art Thou? Then again, knowing that the story is based on a book by Cormac McCarthy did give ...
...down. Fair enough, but please, no more! Woody Harrelson appears as a man hired to get his hands on the money, and Chigurh, and reminded me just how good an actor he is. He seems to have disappeared into the background over the last few years (the cynical part of me wonders if it is because he's losing his hair - sadly, Hollywood is that superficial), but hopefully his career will take off again as a result of this film. For anyone who wants a bit ...

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...this point on I bothered no more. I missed Fargo, Intolerable Cruelty, The Big Lebowski and mercifully Oh Brother Where Art Thou which looked like my idea of a fresh hell; and to be perfectly honest with you I'm not sorry. But something made me want to see No Country For Old Men, from across the pond came the word that No Country For Old Men was THE FILM of the year, and everyone is predicting that Javier Bardem will walk away with the best actor ...
...look at Bardem, there is no denying that his character the evil Anton Chigurh is one of the most ruthless characters played on screen, however there is nothing there than another actor could not have achieved. I'm sure it's relatively easy to act as a killer who smiles or plays mind games as he kills his victims. What Bardem does have is a kind of sinister presence due to his build and size, but in my mind this is no Oscar winning actor. I'm not ...

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No Country For Old Men- review Released:2008 Director: Coen brothers(raising arizona,fargo, the Big Lebowski) Based on the novel: No Country For Old Men by Cormac Mcarthy Stars: Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones, Woody Harrelson, Kelly Macdonald. Runtime:122 mins Available to buy from play.com for £5.99 When i first saw this movie i had no idea what to expect, i had not read any reviews and not heard of it before, but the wife picked ...
...reluctantly sat down to watch. So as the opening credits role i see that it stars Josh Brolin who i hadn't seen in anything since the Goonies and that it is also directed by the coen brothers who in my opinion are a bit hit and miss, thought Fargo was great and also The Big Lebowski but was very disappointed with 'O Brother, where art thou?' and intolerable cruelty, but was now keen to see there new offering. THE STORY: The film is set in 1980 ...

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"There Are No Clean Getaways" Having reviewed the Coen Brother's latest offering 'Burn After Reading', I decided it was time to take a look at their previous film 'No Country for Old Men', which promised to be a more brutal and bloody movie and certainly not as playful as the majority of the American directors previous films. Set in Texas, No Country for Old Men tells the story of Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) who finds two million dollars in a bag ...
...novel of the same name, No Country For Old Men is defined by some great performances - notably Javier Badrem, who was really the jewel in the crown of a sometimes confusing script. It was the sort of portrayal of a love-to-hate villainous character that could be compared to Heath Ledger's characterization of The Joker. No Country for Old Men was a decent chase movie with excellent cinematography (again thanks to Roger Deakins) and some great set-pieces. ...

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...alive but he is of no help to Llewellyn. He see another trail of blood and follows it only to find another dead man under a tree who has a case full of $2 million. He takes this money and goes back to his wife. Later that night whilst in bed he feels guilt for not helping the man who was still partially alive so he goes back to the scene with water for him. Whilst there he realises that another truck has turned up and now he finds he is wanted by ...
...includes:- The making of No Country For Old Men Working with the Cones Diary of a Country Sheriff I have personally not watched these as they have no interest for me. If hubby does get round to watching them then I will update this for you. The DVD has a running time of 117 minutes which I feel was a good length as the story moved at a good pace throughout and I found that I was not loosing interest at any point. There is a 15 certificate on ...

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...tells his wife that they no longer have anything to worry about, but he doesn't tell her what happened to him while out hunting nor does he tell her about the money. Later that night, feeling a pang of conscience for the Mexican he left in the desert to die, Llewelyn fills a container with water and heads back to the scene of the crime. Unfortunately for him, he isn't alone - a clean-up crew has been sent to the scene by a powerful drug lord in ...
...out of his league and no match for 'modern' criminals that kill for the pleasure of killing, not because of revenge, hatred, love or even anger. Emotional crimes he can understand… psychotic killing sprees are something entirely different, something that will always elude understanding because there are no reasons behind the crimes. Although the storyline is split, each one giving us the story from a different perspective, the sections collide at ...

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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN == Intro == No Country For Old Men is arguably the finest movie that the illustrious Coen brothers have ever made, and this is no mean feat, their works include major successes such as The Big Lebowski, Fargo, and Brother Where Art Thou, and a whole host of other great films. But the brothers showed their diversity here, changing from their usual comedies to produce a brilliant fast-paced thriller. The film won four Oscars, ...
...had gone badly wrong, and no one had survived the shootout. Ambitiously, Llywelyn decides that he should take the money he finds at the scene, a staggering sum of $2 million dollars. Unsurprisingly however, you can't just steal $2 million bucks and expect to get away with it, which is where we meet are next character. We already get a quick glimpse of Anton Chigurh before he is re-introduced as the man hired to retrieve the money. He's been arrested, ...

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...'''Trailer''' http://video.movies.go.com/nocountryforoldme n/ Can someone tell me what is the song that is playing as on the homepage of that no country for old men website. I know it but I can't think of what it is and it is really annoying me. . ...

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The Coen brothers' NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN was released in 2007 to glowing reviews and a wealth of Oscar nominations, of which I never bothered to find out about, not being an advocate of the modern day Academy Awards; however, having watched the film and not the hype surrounding it I feel more than qualified to review the film. The story concerns a cowboy who one night while out hunting in the desert comes across some stranded jeeps full of drugs ...
...and, would you know it, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is indeed entertaining; but then that was never going to be in question with a Coen film. What is in question after watching it, though, is whether it actually says as much as it quite clearly intends. Again and again, throughout the action of the film the same old ideology occurs, that no matter what we do fate will always come knocking anyway. The Coen's clearly wanted to make sure we all understood ...

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No Country for Old Men is one hell of a film, so good I might have to re-rate some other films. For sure an American classic and yes this is a masterpiece. And no American Gangster is not what I first thought it was after watching it. This is the first Cohen brother’s film that I've watched. I don't know how I have managed to not watch any of their films but I will now. No Country for Old Men is a character-driven masterpiece. I'm sure I will mention ...
...moments" in the film. As No Country for Old Men is one serious gritty western drama. And for once an American thriller which actually keeps you thrilled to the very last moment. The acting in this is something of pure greatness. From Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, Javier Barden and Scottish actress Kelly McDonald; No country for Old Men delivers something of pure greatness, if that's a word, maybe I made it up right there. Javier Barden, in the first ...

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===Introduction=== No Country For Old Men was released in 2007 and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen. The Coen brothers seemed to have sparked a bit of a Marmite debate within the film industry, you either love or hate their films! I have to confess I haven't seen that many of their films but I am still undecided and seem to be a 'Marmite' tolerater rather than a lover or hater! This film seems to be yet another one with a real didvide in opinion ...
...He is sure there are no witnesses so he decides to take the money and return to his wife at home. Unknown to Llewelyn is that the bag of money has a tracking device in it which is being chased by psychopath Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardhem). Llewelyn has sent his wife to her mums as he is aware of the threat to their lives when he begins to realise that he is being chased. The local sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) is also on the case and tries ...

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...very carefully played, it in no way outweighs the coldness of the film, but shows the effect a mass murder can have on a normal person, the fear, the anguish, the constant feeling of someone being over your shoulder and finally, who gives a dam if you want me come and get me. Anton Chigurh - Ok this leads me to the final main character and perhaps the most important, backbone figure of this film. Anton's character is somewhere in the lines of Dr ...
...but every scene is linked to another, there are no moments of irrelevance, the characters link together, they bring out the best and worst in each other. If theirs a handful of films you plan on watching this year, this has to be at the top of the list. ...

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...Never mind. So, cowboys mean no dialogue, that cinematographer guy can make it all look good, Tommy Lee Jones holds it all together and the rest of the parts can be filled by gimps hanging around the studio. EC: You've done Pulp Fiction. JC: I just like saying 'gimps'. Why does the sheriff have to be old? EC: That's kind of the hook. I'm going to call it 'No Country for Old Men' and the sheriff will mooch through the film bemoaning the fact that ...
...and violent with little or no comedic concessions. Not in the film noir style of the early Blood Simple it is closer in delivery to Miller's Crossing. However, I couldn't escape a sense of disappointment after watching this. The Coen's usually excel in one of several areas, be it story, plot or characterisation but here I felt they came up short. The plot lacks originality and this isn't balanced out by excellence in other areas as is usually the ...

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