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Old 11-11-2007, 04:05 PM   #154 of 186
Adam_S
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Re: 2007 Film List


No Country for Old Men - 7 of 10

maybe I just wasn't in the right mood, but I was overall fairly disappointed by the film. Josh Brolin was terrific, but I didnt feel that Bardem lives up to the tremendous hype, I wish there had been more of Kelly mcDonald.

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I also feel somewhat cheated that we don't see the deaths at the end. I'm reasonably certain that mcdonald died (he checked his feet after leaving her house) but it was kind of anticlimatic to see Moss dead and then have another thirty or forty minutes to go. It's interesting how there are two turning points that did Moss in. One was the gallon of water, the other was his mother in law trusting a suit and a smile. but he did very little else wrong considering the semi-mythical types hunting him. This movie is a lot like Fargo, but I don't think it's as good (and that's far from my favorite Coens film). It's strong, but not a best of year, American Gangster is a much more satisfying film experience. this you kinda come up empty--much like our theatre the second the credits came out, no applause, nobody waiting around for the credits, everyone just anxious to leave, old and young alike, I don't think this'll have really great word of mouth, it just doesn't pack enough of a punch.



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