tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post3171871593990612048..comments2024-03-28T02:30:08.913-04:00Comments on Not Just Movies: No Country for Old MenJakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-494160638739613756.post-22700625179623694262009-02-03T17:17:00.000-05:002009-02-03T17:17:00.000-05:00As one reviewer described it, the last twenty minu...As one reviewer described it, the last twenty minutes of No Country is when prose switches to poetry. The cut-throat dog-eat-dog plot that takes up much of the film is elevated, and becomes (no kidding) a model for the nature of human civilization. We strive for progress -- to become more than we are. But this is elusive. It is a dream.<BR/><BR/>I'm not as big a fan of the Coens as you. Their goofiness puts me off. I do think this is their best film (of the ones I've seen), maybe because they managed to restrain the goofy. I'm also prone to attribute most of the credit for the film's genius to Cormac McCarthy. The Coens just did the (really extraordinary) job of bringing him to the screen.I.V.P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17167362896416316361noreply@blogger.com