No Country for Old Men. The 10th anniversary is coming up soon (!), and it gets better every time.
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Inside Llewyn Davis
Inside Llewyn Davis. I liked it but I feel like I was missing a little something. It’s just not the Coen way to get super sappy. Can’t help but see this movie as the two of them trying to work out how they’d carry on without the other. I’d rank this one third out of their movies I’ve seen, behind No Country for Old Men and Fargo and way ahead of The Big Lebowski.
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men. Fourth or fifth time I’ve watched it, I think. Dear lord. There might be just a single-digit number of movies better than this one.
Fargo
Fargo. First off, how is this movie 19 years old now? Second, it’s great. Some of the gee-golly-dontcha-know Midwestern charm doesn’t age as well, but it does a wonderful job of nudging these great characters along, and switching between their scenes. McDormand and Macy are geniuses. I realized when watching this time that Stomare’s Grimsrud character is something of an early variation of Waingro, and anticipates their own rendition of Chigurh, too. As for the based on a true story part:
If an audience believes that something’s based on a real event, it gives you permission to do things they might otherwise not accept.
Themes and analysis of No Country for Old Men (film) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Well this is… thorough.
Themes and analysis of No Country for Old Men (film) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men. Still one of the best I’ve ever seen. I love this movie.
No Country for Old Men (2007) – “I feel overmatched.”.
All the time you spend tryin’ to get back what’s been took from you, more’s goin’ out the door.
I need to watch this movie again. Cf. F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.