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No Country For Old Men: A ridiculously tense, well acted (above "well" in Javier Bardem's case), beautifully shot thriller. There are a few logical gaps (For a man who doesn't know who is chasing him in the first hour of the film, Brolin sure is good at leaving an area a few minutes before a situation goes bad, and if you want to use the excuse that he's paranoid, he should have checked for the tracker during a car ride much earlier in the film than he did), and while I understand the thematic significance of the Tommy Lee Jones character I found him pointless as an actual character in the narrative. Highly recommend watching, but will strongly fight anyone that There Will Be Blood deserved Best Picture that year.
Elephant: What an interesting movie. Watch it without reading what it's about. The structure is inventive and clever. Even though every character only has about 5 minutes to establish who they are, they all resonated with me as real people, and it emotionally hit me to see each one of them go through the climactic event. Length seems short going in (78 minutes not including credits), but the pacing is deliberately slow, especially in the first half, so the short time ensures that it never gets boring. My favorite Gus Van Sant film by a decent margin.
Elephant: What an interesting movie. Watch it without reading what it's about. The structure is inventive and clever. Even though every character only has about 5 minutes to establish who they are, they all resonated with me as real people, and it emotionally hit me to see each one of them go through the climactic event. Length seems short going in (78 minutes not including credits), but the pacing is deliberately slow, especially in the first half, so the short time ensures that it never gets boring. My favorite Gus Van Sant film by a decent margin.
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