My thoughts on No Country For Old Men
This film along with There Will Be Blood has seemed to have had the most monumental amount of hype. So when I saw that my local picture house was re-showing No Country For Old Men I jumped at the chance.
Having seen There Will Be Blood over a month ago it's hard not to compare. Like TWBB there's not a huge amount of dialogue, but what there is actually develops the plot and character development. Enough so that when the credits roll you feel satisfied, okay it would've been nice if **[spoilers]**, but you can't have everything.
The main guy, Llewelyn played by Josh Brolin is a likable fellow, and the story chugs along like a fatal game of cat and mouse. Anton the psychopathic killer who loves his super powerful air gun being the cat, and Llewelyn the mouse.
Lyewelyn and Anton both seem to be indestructible bad-asses. A shot in the shoulder here and bullet to the leg there. A few home made stitches and a new jacket and they're as good as new. Parts reminded me of Die Hard 4 a little, which I actually quite enjoyed also.
I loved the characters and the tone, though the countless deaths got a little gruesome. The way the story moves onto Tommy Lee Jones's character who waxes lyrical on how things ain't like they used to be. But then again I guess "there ain't no country for old men."
Overall I think No Country For Old Men is a better film than There Will Be Blood.
I'll give an impressive 4 out of 5.
(**[spoilers]** = Anton would have met his comeuppance)
