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no country for old men
An ex-soldier stumbles up a huge amount of cash and is pursued by a sociopathic hitman with his own set of rules. As the body count piles on, the archaic police system in rural south, in charge of the case learns that it is unprepared for the evil they are dealing with.
There have been movies about drug cartels like Sicario but this movie even though it deals with drug cartels is much more transcendent than any of those. No good deed goes unpunished is the essence of the story.
The Coen brothers are one of those directors whose movies are destined to not be epics. They make a very specific type of movie that are fun watches and may be rewatches but thats it.The darkness is comedic in nature at times.There is hyper realism to them and most of the times they have old men at the heart of the story. In a way they make movies that are very appealing to Oscar voters. Most of the revenue for their movies come from retirees who watch movies and older people.They are the exact specimens of what elite hollywood thinks is auteur filmmaking. They make movies that are mid to low budget. They are never style over substance. They rarely cast beautiful people and they don't have movie star roles. They make original movies. Win for this movie at Oscars was because of "its' time for a coen brothers" narrative among the voters. But it certainly was more deserving than many movies nominated that year. There will be blood sort of became masterpiece over years for me but this was an instant great movie.
Javier Bardem Oscar win is one of those instances were a role fits an actor very well and the actor is not a famous movie star and belongs to one of the countries which is good overseas market for US. So he kinda fits the bill for "Oscars are international awards" token program. This is one of the things that kinda pisses me off with performances. Some times certain actors fit certain roles without having to do much but for some reason they will be awarded because they are lucky someone wrote some role for them. But certain times an actor has to work so hard to create a character that is unlike them and it gets ignored. Sometimes luck takes precedence over hard work.
The thriller aspect of the movie is the best part. The intricacies of the cat and mouse chase and the character study of both the cat and mouse is awesome.The moment where this movie sort of stopped being your very well made thriller and became an Oscar material is towards the ending where it becomes more philiosophical and less conventional.So it kinda deserved its awards for the most part but it is not that much better than your conventional well made thrillers.
An ex-soldier stumbles up a huge amount of cash and is pursued by a sociopathic hitman with his own set of rules. As the body count piles on, the archaic police system in rural south, in charge of the case learns that it is unprepared for the evil they are dealing with.
There have been movies about drug cartels like Sicario but this movie even though it deals with drug cartels is much more transcendent than any of those. No good deed goes unpunished is the essence of the story.
The Coen brothers are one of those directors whose movies are destined to not be epics. They make a very specific type of movie that are fun watches and may be rewatches but thats it.The darkness is comedic in nature at times.There is hyper realism to them and most of the times they have old men at the heart of the story. In a way they make movies that are very appealing to Oscar voters. Most of the revenue for their movies come from retirees who watch movies and older people.They are the exact specimens of what elite hollywood thinks is auteur filmmaking. They make movies that are mid to low budget. They are never style over substance. They rarely cast beautiful people and they don't have movie star roles. They make original movies. Win for this movie at Oscars was because of "its' time for a coen brothers" narrative among the voters. But it certainly was more deserving than many movies nominated that year. There will be blood sort of became masterpiece over years for me but this was an instant great movie.
Javier Bardem Oscar win is one of those instances were a role fits an actor very well and the actor is not a famous movie star and belongs to one of the countries which is good overseas market for US. So he kinda fits the bill for "Oscars are international awards" token program. This is one of the things that kinda pisses me off with performances. Some times certain actors fit certain roles without having to do much but for some reason they will be awarded because they are lucky someone wrote some role for them. But certain times an actor has to work so hard to create a character that is unlike them and it gets ignored. Sometimes luck takes precedence over hard work.
The thriller aspect of the movie is the best part. The intricacies of the cat and mouse chase and the character study of both the cat and mouse is awesome.The moment where this movie sort of stopped being your very well made thriller and became an Oscar material is towards the ending where it becomes more philiosophical and less conventional.So it kinda deserved its awards for the most part but it is not that much better than your conventional well made thrillers.