So, i watched "No Country For Old Men" today...amazing...simply amazing. It's a deep, cerebral film that is probably still too fresh in my mind to review it with any decent perspective. I was eager to finally see it being a big Coen Brothers fan and given all the awards and accolades bestowed upon it. Simply put - "No Country For Old Men" makes "Fargo" look like "The Big Lebowski".
I can't get into the plot and storyline but i will say it has every classic, essential aspect of what makes a great action, drama, and thriller movie, all wrapped up into one crazy film. The acting performances clocked in by the three male leads - Brolin, Jones & Bardem, are nothing short of brilliant. After seeing his first scene, you quickly forget Brolin was the older brother from "The Goonies", as he brings amazing clarity and realism to his role as Llewelyn Moss - Vietnam vet, victim of circumstance and all-around bad-ass. Tommy Lee Jones brings the sense of authenticity and grit you'd expect him to, playing a small-town Texas sheriff like he'd been wearing the badge all his life. There is something about that stoic, leathery face of his...it reads like a road map, giving him a certain unmistakable character as he continues to be one of Hollywood's most reliable actors of our time.
...and lastly...and not that i could forget him if i tried - Javier Bardem as Anton Chigurh...perhaps one of the most low-down, heartlessly ruthless and all-out full-blown creepy psychotic badmen in all of cinematic history. There is no doubt his acting performance is worthy of his Oscar...but make no mistake...they gave it to him out of fear. This character will haunt my dreams for the next few weeks...i'm sure of it...prompting me to plug in a nightlight for the first time in over 25 years. It is with total honesty that i admit - if i were to encounter him walking towards me down the middle of the busiest street at Disneyland loaded with plenty of witnesses on the sunniest day of the year and at the same time, i happen to be walking past a police officer, Chuck Norris and '70s era Jack Lambert - i'd still shit myself.
...see this movie.
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