No Country for Old Men
New Manvir
26-02-2008, 01:52
So in case you haven't heard this movie No Country for old Men (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Country_for_Old_Men_%28film%29) won the Oscar for Best Picture last night...My question is: Has anyone here seen it? Is it good? Should I rent it? Should I rush out to a store right this moment and buy it?
Poll Ahoy
The Parkus Empire
26-02-2008, 01:52
My uncle said the book was great.
Intestinal fluids
26-02-2008, 02:47
Without giving anything away it had a very unusual ending that either made you love or hate the movie.
Decent action scenes, kind of boring, ending was dumb
Cannot think of a name
26-02-2008, 07:33
Decent action scenes, kind of boring, ending was dumb
...or the best part.
United Chicken Kleptos
26-02-2008, 07:40
I thought it was good. Though that one scene at the end with the wife and the bickering over coin-flipping was almost silly in a dark way.
Copiosa Scotia
26-02-2008, 11:01
The most technically perfect movie I have ever seen. Certainly not the most accessible, and probably not the absolute best (though it was very close), but I'll be damned if I can find a single fault with it that wasn't inherited directly from the novel.
New Granada
26-02-2008, 14:35
There Will Be Blood should have won and is a better movie.
King Arthur the Great
26-02-2008, 16:02
No Country: totally better than "Blood," well deserving of Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director, Best Movie, and definitely Best Supporting Actor. I gotta say, only that movie, and Javier Bardem, could create a psychopathic killer sporting a bowl cut and still be taken seriously. Fear the Bowl Cut!
It's alright, there will be blood is better. Much better.
Without giving anything away it had a very unusual ending that either made you love or hate the movie.
Yeah, I really like the way the directors (author?) shoved the irony of the situation down my throat. "EVIL GETS AWAY IN THE END!!!!!!!! LOLZ!!" Great guys.
I'm not saying it's a bad movie, but for all the people that think it's the second coming of Citizen Kane, get over yourselves. This thing milked its hype for all it was worth Oscar night.
Honestly it winning the Oscar makes me want to see it less because I can't think of any other movie awards that put politics over movies as much as those do.
I still want to see it though, but I doubt it'll change my mind that the real best movie of the year was Sweeney Todd :D
That was a very good movie too, I was surprised that it didn't get more mention at the award shows.
Honestly it winning the Oscar makes me want to see it less because I can't think of any other movie awards that put politics over movies as much as those do.
I still want to see it though, but I doubt it'll change my mind that the real best movie of the year was Sweeney Todd :D
I don't see what's so ironic about Evil getting away. Did you seriously expect the bad guy to get caught?
And who thinks the ending is bad anyway? I liked it; it seemed fitting.
Lastly, even if you think "There Will Be Blood" should have won, we can all agree that it's a damn good thing "Atonement" didn't win.
There's a difference with him just driving away, and him getting the help from kids in exchange for money after a car crash that should've killed him.
Anyway, yes, I would've shit a brick if Atonement won, I too am glad it didn't.
Zalanicia
26-02-2008, 18:36
Yeah, I really like the way the directors (author?) shoved the irony of the situation down my throat. "EVIL GETS AWAY IN THE END!!!!!!!! LOLZ!!" Great guys.
I don't see what's so ironic about Evil getting away. Did you seriously expect the bad guy to get caught?
And who thinks the ending is bad anyway? I liked it; it seemed fitting.
Lastly, even if you think "There Will Be Blood" should have won, we can all agree that it's a damn good thing "Atonement" didn't win.
Thumbless Pete Crabbe
26-02-2008, 23:28
There Will Be Blood should have won and is a better movie.
I agree, although they're both different types of movie. "No Country" is a chase thriller, rather than a period costume drama like "Blood."
"There Will Be Blood" should've won the award, genre aside.
Whatwhatia
27-02-2008, 04:01
One of the best movies I've ever seen, hands down, and at my tender young age of near 17, I'll note I've seen about 600 different movies.
One of the best movies I've ever seen, hands down, and at my tender young age of near 17, I'll note I've seen about 600 different movies.
WHOA now!!! 600 movies!!! :rolleyes:
New Manvir
27-02-2008, 05:11
One of the best movies I've ever seen, hands down, and at my tender young age of near 17, I'll note I've seen about 600 different movies.
Calm down with the BitTorrent there...
No Country deserved to win :)
It was a good movie, and the ending is a love-it-or-hate-it ending (which I loved).