Movie Review | No Country For Old Men

I generally get a ‘feeling’ that a movie might be good, Otherwise I wouldn’t see very many movies because I’m generally turned off by most ad campaigns for movies. They seem to over hype and get people to watch based on visuals…I don’t care for special effects. So I had a feeling this movie would be pretty good, and it was.

When the closing credits rolled I said to myself, “That was real.”, while most of the theater pissed and moaned about what they thought to be a bad ending. Not that I thought it was a true story…just that it was a beautiful glimpse into reality and truth.

I was introduced to a character that was so evil yet so true that I was in awe every time he was on screen. Anton Chigurh, is played by Javier Bardem and he may be my new favorite actor. He has and ethic and a wisdom to him that you must admire as you learn that he is a man alone and in great pain, that is if you can look past the fact that he is pretty much murdering every person in his way.

I don’t want to give anything away so I will leave the details at that. No Country for Old Men is a slow and intense movie that will challenge you to find truth surrounded by evil, which has always been hard for Christians.

If you liked Little Miss Sunshine last year, then this is your flick for ’07, Deep and heavy…if you like to check out and be entertained…you will be let down.

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