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well it is basically the same as the book. The only scene in the movie that wasn't in the book was when the dog was chasing him through that river. I know it's a strange way to kill off a main character, but I think the film is flawless.
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07-07-2009, 03:34 PM | #2718 |
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I thought it was flawless right up until the ending, which made me want to beat the shit out of somebody.
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I feel the same way. And its not like I have a problem with the bad guy winning in the end, I dont. I just have a problem with this epic 2+ hour movie ending SO anti-climactically. It felt really unfinished or something. Great movie though
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it definately made you wonder what happened. Very strange ending for sure, but that is exactly how the book ended. I guess the Coen brothers just wanted to stay true to the book? They couldn't have found a better guy to play the killer, Javier Bardem was fantastic IMO.
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We've discussed this before, though I'm not sure where, but that anti-climactic disappointment was the PURPOSE of the ending. We're used to those cinema tropes, where the protagonist is tried mightily, but ultimately prevails. But this is NCFOM, where evil is a new [or just the same old] unstoppable force that comes out of left field, effs shit up, and carries on. The white hat doesn't get the girl any more, the showdown doesn't play out by the rules at high noon, you're as likely to be taken out by Mexican yahoos as a worthy adversary. It's bleak and dystopian, and I love it.
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I think they should do a remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark where Indiana Jones is killed off screen by a German lackey, Marion gets raped to death by the Gestapo guy, and the Ark itself is destroyed in a nasty camel accident on the way to the airport.
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What you apparently don't get is that Raiders of the Lost Ark is fantasy adventure.
No Country For Old Men is supposed to be realistic.
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See, I don't think you do, actually. If you got it, you wouldn't be so upset over it.
In the context of the NCFOM universe, the ending makes sense. In fact, I actually look forward to the ending now. It's so...so...normal. There's no grand stage. It just...IS. And Tommy Lee Jones essentially saying "**** this, it ain't worth it," is also awesome.
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And critiquing a film for not being more like everything we've already seen, and not being more like an entirely different type of film, is the epitome of weak sauce. "Titanic sucks, maybe I'll remake Star Wars and the Millenium Falcon will crash into the Death Star, Luke Skywalker floats off into space, and the story is told from the POV of a 90 y.o spinster Leia."
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'Chinatown sucked ass, maybe I'll remake Transformers, and the Decepticons will win the day and Megan Fox will have been raped by her father.'
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