It's not that there aren't newer things to watch on streaming TV but it was a long week and this is my Friday and when I turned the streaming TV on, one of the first movies that hit my focus was the Coen Brothers "No Country For Old Men." I don't think I have seen it since it came out ten years ago and I held little hope for it. Lately I have had no patience for anything, and I figured I would watch this until my really good Chinese take-out was done.
I watched it straight through, beginning to end. It is really good, better than I remembered, no need to stop and start, just click PLAY and let it go. The cast is stellar: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, Garrett Dillahunt, Tess Harper, Kelly MacDonald. The story is simple, blood money stolen = revenge. But the execution, and I use that word wisely, is perfect. Man, those Coen kids know how to make a movie.
My favorite actors in this are Tommy Lee Jones, of course, with his wrinkles and his old nature and his honesty. And Kelly MacDonald, whose Scottish accent is often so broad that I can't understand a thing she says, is perfect as the small, obedient wife who knows her fate and yet says "nope" in the face of it. But everyone is amazing in their roles.
Even if you saw it ten years ago and didn't like it or found it too violent, check it out again. The violence is nasty but it is mostly off camera and it is part of the tale. And the end scene, I had no idea it would end like that, it is brilliant.
Watch it again, tell me what you think. If you hate it, I will buy you a beer or a glass of wine or a glass of ice tea and we can discuss.
over and out.
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