Ah, we finally disagree!Damien wrote:No Country is back in the same milieu as Blood Simple and has some of the same themes. All I can say is that its acclaim mystifies me.
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It was the abrupt disposal (there really is no other word for it) of Josh Brolin's Llewelyn towards the end. Not only does it cheat us out of a final confrontation, but more importantly it minimizes the importance of his character. At the very least, Llewelyn deserves a satisfying "exit scene", so to speak. But after the story places so much weight on his storyline, he's then arbitrarily disposed of. Maybe this works in the book, and maybe it works beautifully thematically and metaphysically. But it throws an otherwise very deliberately made film off-kilter, as well as the parallel narratives between him and Chigurh, which the Coen's otherwise take great pains to establish. (It also probably robbed Brolin of a deserving Oscar nod.)dws1982 wrote:So Damien and I seem to have less and less to agree on this year than before; He's strongly disliked two of my favorites of the year (Bug and now this) and while I didn't strongly dislike them, I didn't much care for some of his favorites--Redacted, Away From Her, and 2 Days in Paris. I think my Damienite status is in jeopardy.
Sonic-But although I felt that much of the final fifteen minutes was very much of a piece with what came before, there was one aspect that left me frustrated, and while this is may be fealty to the novel, it still smacks of disloyalty to the viewer.
I had noticed this awhile back, but I just read the novel a few days ago, and now I'm wondering what this aspect was?
Et tu, Daniel?dws1982 wrote:So Damien and I seem to have less and less to agree on this year than before; He's strongly disliked two of my favorites of the year (Bug and now this) and while I didn't strongly dislike them, I didn't much care for some of his favorites--Redacted, Away From Her, and 2 Days in Paris. I think my Damienite status is in jeopardy.
But although I felt that much of the final fifteen minutes was very much of a piece with what came before, there was one aspect that left me frustrated, and while this is may be fealty to the novel, it still smacks of disloyalty to the viewer.
Thanks Sonic. I keep forgetting about that.Sonic Youth wrote:Damien wrote:I’m surprised there’s not a separate No Country thread here other than the poll.
Five pages worth.
It's that damn "last 30 days" option again.