Dear filmmakers, stop doing this!
No Country For Old Men
Stop wasting brilliant character development if you are going to take it nowhere. Stop asking us to care for characters only to pull out the rug from under us and tell us that we should have been caring about someone else. Stop firing your script writers before they finish the script. (Yes, I know this was based on a novel, but still.) And please, stop trying so hard to be philosophical and oh, so smarter than everyone else.
Maybe that’s a bit harsh but I’ve never watched such a good film for an hour and a half, only to be completely bored and memorized at the stupidity of the last 30 minutes. This isn’t even worth a thoughtful review. Unlike There Will Be Blood, I doubt there will be a second viewing for me. I wasn’t thrilled about any of the Best Picture nominees this year, but out of all of them, this was by far the worst.
So now that I’ve finally seen them all, here is my Best Picture order:
1. There Will Be Blood
2. Juno (distant 2nd)
3. Atonement (close 3rd)
4. No Country For Old Men (way, way distant 4th)
On a positive note, I do recommend Munich which gets better every time I watch it.
-Reid
didn’t see atonement. otherwise, i agree with the order completely.
Atonement was very good but it just really slowed down to a crawl in the middle. And the ending was a little flat but at least it wasn’t out in left field like No Country or even Blood to a certain extent.