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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)
Hello one and all,
Here is my first proper post and I thought I'd make it a review of a film I recently saw; Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears a Who!
From the makers of Ice Age it definitely has a stronger narrative than Ice Age 2, which was all over the place. Based on the rule that "if a film makes you laugh at least 5 times, then it was worth the price of admission" makes this film well worth it.
Jim Carrey is great as Horton the elephant who discovers a the whole city of Whoville in a tiny speck! In this speck Horton can hear the mayor of Whoville played by Steve Carrel. Being a Dr. Seuss' film there are some the rhymes, which are quite fun. Personally I would have liked a few more of the clever rhymes.
I felt the overall story was a little weak, and was compensated to some extent by some terrific sight gags, that you could easily miss. One that stood out for me was when the speck/Whoville gets shaken up and the mayor (Carrel) is trying to hang on to his goldfish bowel. After everything has settled down he's left holding just the goldfish. The mayor gives him CPR and throws the fish back in his bowel. The fish catches his breath, while standing and leaning on the side of the bowel (a bit of anthropomorphism is often funny when you don't expect it).
What I think let this film down was the antagonist. In this case a nosey, uptight kangaroo (Carol Burnett) who doesn't believe in the speck and thinks it should be destroyed. I feel if they had fleshed the story out a little more and made more out of the slap stick as some of it was hilarious, then it could have been a family classic.
Maybe next time.
I think I'll give a very respectable: 3.5 out of 5
