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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 10:41 am
Has anyone seen this yet? It's the new Coen brother's film. It's certainly not my favorite of theirs, but there's something about the film that stays with you. If anyone has seen it and would like to discuss...
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Jan
Moderator
08-01-2000
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 11:57 am
It isn't in my town yet but I plan to see it when it comes. The Toronto Star and CTV reviewer gave it 4.5 out of 5 stars. was it worth going to see?
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 - 9:02 pm
I think it's probably worth seeing if you're a Coen brother fan or an art film fan. I don't see it having broad appeal.
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Monday, December 03, 2007 - 9:44 am
My son and daughter went to see it and both absolutely loved it. (My son is a fan of the Coen Bros, but my dd has no idea who they are.) It does have terrific ratings . . . so is on my list to see.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Monday, December 10, 2007 - 11:58 am
we are going to see this. We loved Raising Arizona, Fargo and O Brother where Art Thou. DH likes Tommy Lee Jones, so this may be what we do for our anniversary next weekend.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 6:39 pm
I saw this today..I LOVED it. It was so twisted...LOL
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 10:43 pm
I just returned from seeing this movie and being a big Coen Bros fan, I absolutely enjoyed the twisted (great word Naja!) storyline. I found it to be very intense and I told dh that I needed to see this movie again so I could figure out all that I watched.
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 10:46 pm
Egbok, for me Woody Harrelson's part felt SO out of place, until, well, you know..LOL Then it fit right in Know what I mean?
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Friday, December 28, 2007 - 10:49 pm
Naja...YUP!, I know what you mean. Like I said...intense!!
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Herckleperckle
Member
11-20-2003
| Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 7:32 pm
Well, Ed and I just returned from the movie. Didn't realize it was such a 'dark' movie (in theme). Extremely well done, great acting, good lines, but no, I wouldn't say I liked it or would recommend it. I guess I really want to come out of a movie feeling good, or have a kind of higher moral resolution. This one doesn't attempt to do that. I guess the most positive things I can say about the flic is that it is honest (in portraying the characters) . . . and the parched look of the film reinforces the unforgiving nature of violence--and life.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Saturday, January 19, 2008 - 10:34 pm
Thanks HP, I'll be giving it a wide berth. From your review, It's No Film For An Old MameBlanche. LOL
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Sunday, February 03, 2008 - 12:13 am
It is violent, it is unforgiving, it is interesting, it is well acted, and I was so tense whenever Javier Bardem's character was on the screen, that my back is aching after seeing it. Not sure if I loved it, but I'm still thinking about it. We saw it today.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 2:54 pm
My husband and I rarely go to movies.Something else always comes up.Im bound and determined to go to one this weekend. Is this the type of movie thats very wordy and hard to follow?if I get up to go to the bathroom will I be lost when I return to my seat?
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Brenda1966
Member
07-03-2002
| Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 3:02 pm
I don't know Lakecat, I saw it back in November and I don't recall it being a wordy film. But I have a hard and fast rule that I never leave my seat for a bathroom break. In any well edited film, even a 1 minute break should leave you missing something! Go potty before the movie! 
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 3:06 pm
I don't think it's wordy per se -- the first 20 minutes has maybe 20 words of spoken dialogue total -- but it is "artsy" and a bit abstract, I think.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 3:41 pm
Ok,probably not for my husband-his taste is more in line with say Die Hard, lol,altho he did like Fargo.How does it compare to that?
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Naja
Member
06-28-2003
| Thursday, February 28, 2008 - 4:53 pm
Lakecat, this movie won best picture of the year. Even if I had Montezuma's revenge I would make sure to see it. It was great. Very dark and sick, but great.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Friday, February 29, 2008 - 7:29 am
Ill probably rent it when it comes out for sure.Im just afraid it would be like, cant remember if it was "Vanilla Sky" or "Magnolia" it was alittle too artsy for my taste and i didnt know what was going on half the time.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 10:48 pm
Lakecat, imho, this is one movie you should see on the big screen. It's not like Vanilla Sky, which was a little too artsy for my taste as well. This movie is intense and as Naja described above...very dark and sick, but great. If your dh liked DieHard and Fargo, he'll definitely like this movie. Javier Bardem won an Oscar for his character's portrayal and the movie won the Oscar for Best Picture of the Year. I just finished reading a novel called Love In the Time of Cholera (a love story!) and saw that a movie was made from this novel. I went to the movie's website and discovered that Javier Bardem plays the lead male character. I didn't hear about this movie before tonight after finishing the book and I see that it'll be out on DVD on March 18th so I queued it in Netflix.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 10:50 pm
Eggie, warning -- Loved the novel (Love in the Time of Cholera). But the movie got COMPLETELY PANNED. The critics absolutely hated it.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, March 01, 2008 - 11:18 pm
Yankee, thanks for the warning. I hadn't heard of the movie before tonight after finishing the novel. And I did wonder why I hadn't heard about the movie beforehand. And yes, the novel was great!
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Tuesday, March 04, 2008 - 5:24 pm
Egbok-I think we will go to a theater and watch it now that I read your post.
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Egbok
Member
07-13-2000
| Wednesday, March 05, 2008 - 7:39 am
Lakecat, I'd really enjoy hearing what you and dh thought about this movie!
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Melfie1222
Member
07-29-2002
| Sunday, March 16, 2008 - 11:22 pm
Not my favorite Coen brothers film so far, but their movies grow on me... I have to watch them a few times. The only one I loved from the start is Raising Arizona.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 8:24 pm
Well, this is my favorite Coen brothers movie. In the extras, they said they'd never make one like this again, so I imagine it will always be my favorite movie by those guys. It is violent and unflinching. Bardem is a very convincing sociopath...Dexter Morgan wishes he had Anton Chigur's freedom. I love the fact that it's set in 1980. I was 11, and I remember those fashions and cars pretty fondly. And being a Texan made the setting pretty personal for me as well. All the actors did the Texas thing pretty well. The girl that played Josh Brolin's wife is actually Irish, and when she talks in her native accent in the extras it makes her sound even younger and cuter.
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Kookliebird
Member
08-04-2005
| Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 8:41 pm
Saw this last weekend. Yes, intense is a good description. So, what did you think the ending meant with Tommy Lee Jones? He told his story about his dad and then black. I just was wondering what others thought about that particular ending.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Thursday, March 20, 2008 - 9:29 pm
It's a piss-poor ending. That's my opinion. But the whole of the movie is beyond excellent. If they could've crafted a better and more satisfying ending, this might've made my top 3 movies of all time.
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Westtexan
Member
07-16-2004
| Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 8:33 pm
I rented this movie this week. I had heard it was very violent so that scared me away from seeing it at the theater. I gotta quit doing that because when a movie is really well done, the violence is not difficult for me to watch. It's the gratuitous violence I can't handle. Some of the violence in this movie wasn't even shown--just implied. OK, that said, here's my take. Loved it! Pretty much a perfect movie. I knew that the ending was supposed to be a disappointment for a lot of people so I was prepared but I didn't find it disappointing. This is a story about Tommy Lee Jones' character who is becoming more and more distraught with the seemingly growing disturbing crime in our society. He, being a sheriff, feels he is up against evil he can't fight anymore. This is not a story of redemption where in the end his faith in society is renewed. It is just the story of how his feelings of failure to be an effective force as sheriff came to be (via a most intense cat and mouse chase between the other two main characters in the movie). The ending to me is about a man who is unhappy being retired in part because being sheriff was more than his career. It was his identity. It was his heritage. Now he doesn't know what to do with himself and he feels inconsequential. Because he had two dreams about his father, I think he is reflecting over his past as sheriff and his future when he dies. The first dream is symbolic of his belief that he was an ineffective sheriff compared to his father (who gave him money that he lost--money being the responsibility to take care of those he's supposed to protect). The second dream perhaps is comforting to him knowing that his father is waiting for him (in the next life) and is preparing things for him. He wants someone to take over again and protect him or reassure him from all the craziness out there. It's a movie about capturing the emotion of defeat.
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Saturday, May 03, 2008 - 7:23 pm
Ok finally saw the movie.I REALLY REALLY liked it, but I hated the ending- huh? I was lost from the point Luwellan died-to the end.I still liked it alot.
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Weinermr
Member
08-18-2001
| Sunday, May 25, 2008 - 9:17 am
Rented this one, and loved it. Wife hated it. Yes its very dark and twisted. I like that. I still have to ponder the ending, but that's not a bad thing. Yes Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin did a great job and deserved their plaudits, but having Tommy Lee Jones as the Sheriff raised the level of the whole movie much higher. Perfect casting.
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Lycanthrope
Member
09-19-2002
| Wednesday, May 28, 2008 - 8:36 pm
I've found that watching this movie more than once gives you a different perspective on the ending. It's still unsatisfying to me for the most part, but it's not as bad as all that...I guess I can guess at what happens to the few characters who weren't wrapped...and that last little bit isn't as off-putting the 2nd time around as it was the first...
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