One of The Coen Brothers latest film came to our screens the Coen's have adapted the crime novel by Cormac McCarthy for the big screen with breathtaking look into the Crime Thriller novel. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin. The ostensible hero is Llewellyn Moss (Brolin), a Vietnam vet who stumbles across the aftermath of a drug deal gone wrong while hunting antelope in Texas. He takes a suitcase stuffed with $2 million in cash, Moss goes on the run. He realize that the suitcase is fitted with a tracking device. Following its signal is hitman Anton Chigurh (Bardem) armed with a cattle stun gun (which fires compressed air which he uses to kill his victims), Bardem's character has a menacingly calm demeanour which is portrayed very well in his scenes especially duing the scene with the gas station owner.

I watched No Country For Old Men by the Coens, also they have done The Ladykillers,

I thought that No Country was quite a good film which had a simple plot.
The Coens developed the characters, and their feeling very well as well as doing some good sets and set pieces.
Everything rolled into one so perfectly, with a cat-and-mouse of Llewelyn Moss and Anton Chirgurh, which became the story's centre. With other of sub-plots which roll into the themes of the films. Although good, i felt the ending was a bit abrupt.
There were no expensive actors except Tommy Lee, no exspesive sets and yet everything felt authentic.
I would recommend this to any person with a feel for films.

ChazD.

I watched No country for old men by the Coen brothers, at the Picture House, with my friend. The reason I was drawn to watching this film was that I had heard a lot about it. My boss had seen it in Australia before it's UK opening, he said that he was put of by the trailer but was pleasantly surprised when he went to see it. A friend had also told me that it had been very well received in America. I liked the fact that it had tried to be different by using no non-diegetic sound, this did not occur to me during the film but it was later when I was told it, that I realised. I felt that having no music made very little difference, this aspect of the film must have been hard to sell as often music can add greatly to a film. The script was extremely well written with Tommy Lee Jones character talking in a very cool and smooth way, one problem with the dialogue I found was that because they were talking in strong Texan accents it was sometimes quite difficult to understand what they were saying. I feel that it is a film well worth watching twice as to truly understand everything. The character of the serial killer was very haunting and demonic, his voice was perfect for the character and his ominous gas canister was a nice take on a murderers tool. Overall I enjoyed the film very much and will definitely consider watching it again.

I found a link about the directors - the Coen brothers.

Considering a largely dry run of films by the Coens recently as they dip themselves into genres unknown, such as Intolerable Cruelty and The Ladykillers, I thought that No Country was not only a revitalising return to form, but far more depth and character than any of their work yet.

By keeping the plot simple, the Coens allow themselves a lot of room to develop mood, character, setting and set pieces. Everything entertwines so perfectly, with the cat-and-mouse of Llewelyn Moss and Anton Chirgurh (Played to perfection by Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem) becoming the story's centre, with dozens of sub-plots which dig deeper into the themes of the films. It feels like the Coens do not indulge in anything too much. No big money shots, no expensive actors, everything in its right place and making perfect sense.

Throughout the film, I felt completely engrossed in what was happening yet had plenty to think about after the film has ended. I would recommend this to any self respecting movie-goer who wants a film that takes them by surprise.

The name of the film I watched at the Cambridge Picture House was No Country For Old Men. This is the latest film by the Coen Brothers. The main star in the film was Tommy Lee Jones, although I felt he did not have a major part to play in the film as he was mainly emphasising the danger the charachter Llewelyn was in but this did add to the tension. The other main actors in the film were Josh Brolin who played Llewelyn (the good guy) and Javier Bardem who played Anton (the bad guy). I would say that these actors played a very believable role in the film as Javier's charachter was, lets say, not asthetically pleasing. Whereas Josh's charachter was a stereotypical mid western american with a stable family which made my girlfriend and me sympathise towards him. I feel these things and more made this an outstanding film and I would advise all of you to watch it.

Love Warren and Charl

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