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anathema.... wow! amazing breakdown of the film. i was so captured by the movie i went and got the book too. also read The Road which was a fantastic book, i cant wait to see the film - due out later this year.

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so good it's from this url: [url]http://www.globalwebcasters.com/channels/story.php?title=No_Country_for_Old_Men_-_2007_DvD_Quality_DivX[/url]

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i had a feeling it was a copy/paste job.

anathema you faker. :p

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Perhaps he/she just thought it conveyed all the thoughts that he had about the film. I don't read long ass reviews like that, because most of the time i never agree with them.

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Good, not great imo. Maybe because I expected so much after all the awards and press.

Bit of a let down ending...but most likely because it didn't follow the "standard" good vs bad story ending. Which only makes it more real of course...and creepy.

But I'll def go hit the library for this and The Road now.

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Not too bad didnt enjoy the ending tho

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"but most likely because it didn't follow the "standard" good vs bad story ending"

that is the reason they DIDN'T do that kind of ending...it would be to traditional. Fuck Tradition!

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^ | they didn't do that kind of ending cause the book didn't, and they were smart enough to stay faithful to it! cormac mccarthy is a hell of a writer. why change his stuff?

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yea and that is good. no hollywood fluff bullshit. im glad they got the recognition they deserved for this too. fuck javier bardem was great in this flick he is still creepy as shit.

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he was great in Before Night Falls and he was great in this film.

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Saw this last night and agree with all the comments thus far. Weird ending, great acting from Bardem (isn't he nailing Penelope Cruz??). decent storyline.

I was also kind of hoping that Brolin would have a showdown but alas it wasn't to be.

What I don't get - when he finds the money at the start, why doesnt he just leg it and run? I know he goes back to give the guy water, but even after that (and after he is chased) he could still get on a plane and clear off?

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Resurrecting the thread AGAIN as I just read the book today.

Quality writing from McCarthy. Way better than The Road which I didnt love as much as others. I would love it if people actually talked the way they do in this book!

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nice. i loved the book more than the movie, but the movie was still off the charts brilliant - and i still watch it. i keep telling my friends if they've never read the book, the ending will seem a bit wack.

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i just watched this again a few weeks ago. i love this flick and the language is great. tommy lee jones is a smart ass in this, you just gotta really pay close attention to even pick up on it. also javier bardem is still so fuckin creepy in this, it is nuts.

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[video=youtube;3WMFHeJen2Q]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WMFHeJen2Q[/video]

[video=youtube;WpFvd8mr9uk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WpFvd8mr9uk[/video]

[video=youtube;pAbyC7UFllE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAbyC7UFllE [/video]

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watched it today.

damn good movie. wasn't expecting it to be anything special, but i love how they left out orchestral arrangements.

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it is cool how quiet it is, it adds to the tension. seeing it in the theater, and the hotel scene....that stuff was intense.