“Somewhere you made a choice. All followed to this.”
Anton Chigurh, No Country For Old Men
It’s Christmas morning. Mariah Carey is playing over the speakers quietly. I slowly rise up from under the blankets and make my way downstairs to join my family around the tree. Little about myself; I love giving gifts, but am a horrible gift receiver. I think it’s because I have a tough time hiding my feelings. “Socks?! You shouldn’t have.”
My girlfriend at the time hands me a gift, beautifully wrapped in gold and red. I carefully tear all the paper off and in my hands I now hold a box. “Nature Valley Granola Bars? You shouldn’t have!”
“No, Cody. Inside the box..” I am politely told from a voice across the room.
Inside, there is no granola to be found. But there is a blu-ray disk.
Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, No Country For Old Men was released in box offices November 2007 and features incredible cast members such as:
The story is set in the in 1980’s on the Texas – Mexico boarder. While out hunting for antelope, Llewelyn Moss stumbles across the aftermath of a drug exchange gone horribly wrong. After exploring the scene, he discovers a lump sum of cash (2.4 million dollars to be exact) and can’t resist taking the money. This could help solve a lot of problems in his life, but instead is the start of many more.
Unknowingly to Moss, the briefcase of cash contains a GPS tracking device. This is when our antelope hunter, becomes the hunted, and must escape the literal hands of death. Enter Anton Chigurh, now listed as #44 on Empire Magazines Top 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.
“If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?”
Anton Chigurh
No Country For Old Men
Little spoken words. Music quietly played through out. Intense scenes of chaos. An ongoing battle between good vs evil. Well developed characters. I had no idea that Christmas morning I would be opening a box that would, not only become my favourite present, but also my favourite movie recommendation to others.
No Country for Old Men is almost considered, by me, a modern day Charlie Chaplin silent film. Almost completely removed of all music and spoken dialogue for much of the film, the strength of the film are the provided by the outstanding performances from the entire cast of actors. Josh Brolin as Llewelyn Moss, for example, often builds tension in scenes without saying a single word.
“One of the things you realize about gettin older is that not ever’body is goin to get older with you.”
Llwelyn Moss, No Country For Old Men
The Coen Brothers did an amazing job on this film. If you don’t believe me, take a look at this list of awards this movie has won since released in 2007. I highly recommend you sit down and watch this movie, not once, but a couple of times. I have seen it, I believe 5 times now, and each time I pick up on another small, but big detail, I missed the time before.
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