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A face
06/07/2008, 10:59 PM
No Country for Old Men (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/)
Who got the money in the end? PM the answer as opposed to spoiling the end for people.
geysir
06/07/2008, 11:48 PM
The last man standing - Anton
A face
07/07/2008, 12:30 AM
The last man standing - Anton
But he didn't have the bag when walking away with his arm in a sling, i thought it might have been Ed Tom Bell because he was in the apartment after Llewelyn was killed. Its the closing scene thats throwing me.
Great film though, really good
Wangball
07/07/2008, 7:52 AM
Read the book and find out.....
What are peoples overall opinions of the film?
TBH I couldn't wait for it to end ... painful
What are peoples overall opinions of the film?
TBH I couldn't wait for it to end ... painful
I must admit I was getting a bit tired at the end but up until then I thought it was captivating. I had high expectations going to see it & maybe I was just in the mood but one of the best films seen in long time.
jebus
07/07/2008, 10:21 AM
What are peoples overall opinions of the film?
TBH I couldn't wait for it to end ... painful
I thought it was great film, that and There Will Be Blood were by far and away the best two movies of the year
shakermaker1982
07/07/2008, 10:48 AM
I switched off right at the end when Jones character starts waffling on........I thought they were giving me a break after everything that had gone on before and the credits came up!!! The hotel scenes were extremely tense.
Very good film but not as good as Fargo.
deecay
07/07/2008, 1:36 PM
Read the book and find out.....
Hahaha POTM
geysir
07/07/2008, 2:04 PM
If anybody doesn't want to be spoiled then do not read any more,
it isn't possible to have a thread looking like a Stasi File :)
I haven't read the book so I can't say for sure. The clues are there in the film. You have to give priority to the clues.
Anton is the only one who knew where the bag was kept, apart from Moss.
Remember, the sheriff came in after the vent had been unscrewed.
Then we have the last scene with Anton and a $100 note.
It's a bit like Fargo, with regards the money
Watched Fargo the weekend funnily enough. I seen first around 5 years ago and hated it. But watched it Saturday and really enjoyed it. I think I'm building up a Coen Brother's appriciation as I get older..
Check out the Big Lebowski next if you haven't already, and if you have then move on to the Hudsucker Proxy
gustavo
08/07/2008, 9:28 AM
Don't forget to get Barton Fink too if you want to see a superb John Goodman performance
HarpoJoyce
08/07/2008, 11:24 AM
For concealing crime,
Miller's Crossing,
The Man Who Wasn't There
Blood Simple (one of their earliest, so plenty of original imagery aswell.)
One of the best stories about Gabriel Byrne I've heard was when he was rehearsing his character for Miller's Crossing, he struggled with an American accent (maybe Boston, Irish American) so he mentioned to the Dir./Prod. well as his own voice is very similar to the way that his character speaks maybe he should just use his own voice. Their reply was something like, yea,yea okay Gabriel use your own voice.
paul_oshea
08/07/2008, 1:06 PM
crap film, a lot of very unrealistic stuff happens in it like most cohen films.
To edit-a-phrase, the unrealistic realistic is ok(in parts NCOM was like this), but when the unrealistic unrealistic starts to occur it just becomes stupid, like that film with james mcavoy, we all see what great powers and speed they had so why didn't the father just shoot the bullet when james mcavoy shot at him and then just pull him up?!:! :confused:
Billsthoughts
08/07/2008, 1:16 PM
I thought it was fairly poor as well. I can see how the anton character would appeal to a certain demographic (adolescent male) but the film as a whole just left me cold. I thought "There Will be Blood" and the "Assasination of Jesse James" were far superior films last year.
'The Man....' is actually a great film
The only bad Coen film I have seen was Intolerable Cruelty. Not sure what they were trying to do there.
If I had to choose would pick Oh Brother as the best given its originality & broad appeal.
superfrank
08/07/2008, 9:41 PM
Who got the money seemed pretty obvious to me by the end.
I'm a big fan of the Coen Brothers. I love Raising Arizona, Fargo, The Big Lebowski, O Brother and No Country, although the last one doesn't seem to fit into the black humour commonly associated with their flicks.
geysir
08/07/2008, 10:27 PM
I didn't get into the Hudsucker or Ladykillers or Barton Fink or Lebowski.
Interesting but didn't get me going, probably will watch them again.
Millers Crossing is perfect cinema.
Blood Simple is near enough to perfect, has one of those moments early on when the hitman/private dick is walking across the floorboards in his leather shoes ready to bump off the couple.
After those 2, I'd bunch Fargo ~ NCFOM and ~ Arizona together.
Longfordian
08/07/2008, 10:59 PM
No Country was brilliant cinema I thought. I'm a big Coens fan though. I wasn't really gone on The Ladykillers, I'd seen the original version shortly before and I just felt the Coens version wasn't as good. Intolerable Cruelty was ok, not their greatest work either but some amusing moments.
Lebowski and Fargo I really loved and have watched numerous times. The characters are fantastic. The Hudsucker Proxy I wouldn't be 100% gone on either, I never really got into it.The Man Who Wasn't There, Raising Arizona, O Brother, Millers Crossing, Barton Fink, Blood Simple, all of those I think are great films also. It's very hard to pick their best or rather my favourite but if pushed I'd have to go for one of Fargo, Big Lebowski or No Country For Old Men. Lebowski maybe just sneaks it as my choice purely for the hours of laughter I've gotten out of it. Walter Sobchak, what a guy.
gustavo
09/07/2008, 8:19 AM
Their only work I haven't seen is The Ladykillers
For me everything they've done is at worst good and at best flawless
I even enjoyed Intolerable Cruelty which of its genre was pretty damned good.
My favourites would definetly be Fargo , Barton Fink and The Man Who Wasn't There which I presume was left out of Rubens Top 10 due to forgetfullness
OwlsFan
09/07/2008, 9:06 AM
The police in the USA must be brutal, unable to catch a killer walking around with a gas canister under his arm :rolleyes:
Billsthoughts
09/07/2008, 9:26 AM
The police in the USA must be brutal, unable to catch a killer walking around with a gas canister under his arm :rolleyes:
Its Hydrogen gas so he is travelling light.
I'll throw in my top 5 Coens for good measure
5. Fargo
4. The Hudsucker Proxy
3. No Country For Old Men
2. O Brother, Where Art Thou
1. The Big Lebowski
I enjoyed Intolerable Cruelty and The Man Who Wasn't There as well, I thought Ladykillers was muck though, the only movie of theirs I wouldn't ever consider watching again
geysir
09/07/2008, 12:37 PM
Its Hydrogen gas so he is travelling light.
Mobility wasn't Anton's forte. He paced himself like a zombie.
But the modern portable nail gunner might have something similar to this
http://img.directindustry.com/images_di/photo-p/158100.jpg
lionelhutz
09/07/2008, 1:13 PM
Have to say I thought this film dragged on a bit too much. I enjoyed the storyline and found it entertaining but it could have been half an hour shorter IMO.
And I didn't get the old man talking nonsense in the kitchen scene at the end.....
Best bit in Old Country for me was the tension surrounding the hotel room scene. :cool:
Ambaiste!
09/07/2008, 3:06 PM
No Country for Old Men (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/)
Who got the money in the end? PM the answer as opposed to spoiling the end for people.
Don't really think the money is the point. Read Yeats' 'Sailing to Byzantium' and it gives a different perspective on the film.
As regards the Cohen Bros as a whole, I'm a fan, but I don't rate them as highly as most people on here seem to. No Country For Old Men along with Fargo would be my favourites, followed by Barton Fink and the Hudsucker Proxy. Blood Simple I thought was downright boring as well as being poorly cast and acted. As for the Big Lebowski - prepare yourselves - I HATE that movie. No one will ever convince me that it's in the slightest bit funny, I sat through the whole thing and didn't laugh once. I obviously didn't get it seeing as everyone insists on telling me how hilarious it is, but I found the whole experience to be mind-numbingly boring.
ken foree
09/07/2008, 7:05 PM
Don't really think the money is the point. Read Yeats' 'Sailing to Byzantium' and it gives a different perspective on the film.
As regards the Cohen Bros as a whole, I'm a fan, but I don't rate them as highly as most people on here seem to. No Country For Old Men along with Fargo would be my favourites, followed by Barton Fink and the Hudsucker Proxy. Blood Simple I thought was downright boring as well as being poorly cast and acted. As for the Big Lebowski - prepare yourselves - I HATE that movie. No one will ever convince me that it's in the slightest bit funny, I sat through the whole thing and didn't laugh once. I obviously didn't get it seeing as everyone insists on telling me how hilarious it is, but I found the whole experience to be mind-numbingly boring.
good post, don't agree on lebowski but the rest yea. coens had definitely lost some of their mojo and i don't think their stuff holds up as well as some might argue. i watched Miller's Crossing recently and it was entertaining but nothing i'd bother with again. double-treble-quadruple-crosses without the requisite "oomph." No Country could've used the same format though, Lee Jones doing philosophical voice-overs that quoted directly from the italicized sections of the book, the parts that lend the title its gravity. the other stuff, the chase, money, violence are just framework without the meaning. and i thought the movie only grazed a deeper, darker meaning when lee jones SPOILER SPOILER SPOILER tells the story of his dream at the end. beautiful scene, coulda come right off the page.
aussie bloke who directed The Proposition with Nick Cave is directing McCarthy's book that came after No Country, "The Road." amazing novel.
stojkovic
09/07/2008, 9:34 PM
For me;
1. Fargo
2. No Country
3. Raising Arizona
4. Blood Simple
5. Miller Crossing
Fargo would be in my top ten all-time.
aussie bloke who directed The Proposition with Nick Cave is directing McCarthy's book that came after No Country, "The Road." amazing novel.
Can't wait for the Road to hit the big screen alright, as long as some of the more gruesome scenes from the book are kept in it'll be alright
John83
10/07/2008, 10:54 AM
Don't really think the money is the point. Read Yeats' 'Sailing to Byzantium' and it gives a different perspective on the film.
As regards the Cohen Bros as a whole, I'm a fan, but I don't rate them as highly as most people on here seem to. No Country For Old Men along with Fargo would be my favourites, followed by Barton Fink and the Hudsucker Proxy. Blood Simple I thought was downright boring as well as being poorly cast and acted. As for the Big Lebowski - prepare yourselves - I HATE that movie. No one will ever convince me that it's in the slightest bit funny, I sat through the whole thing and didn't laugh once. I obviously didn't get it seeing as everyone insists on telling me how hilarious it is, but I found the whole experience to be mind-numbingly boring.
I haven't seen that many of their films, but I think they're a little overhyped. Fargo is great, and I loved No Country For Old Men (though I can appreciate that anyone without a tolerance for a slow paced film might find it dragged a little), but Lebowski is one of the most overhyped films I've ever seen. Don't get me wrong, I liked it, I found many of the jokes funny, but it's a decent film that everyone talks up like it was greatest comedy ever made. I've also seen O Brother, which is good, but again seems to be talked up more than it's worth.
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