tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18861479.post7776907831086701400..comments2024-03-23T19:37:52.547+01:00Comments on nyc/caribbean ragazza: "No Country for Old Men" directed by Joel and Ethan Coennyc/caribbean ragazzahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09370358466131415888noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18861479.post-52519587854349668722008-03-06T22:32:00.000+01:002008-03-06T22:32:00.000+01:00I haven't seen Michael Clayton yet so I can't comp...I haven't seen Michael Clayton yet so I can't compare the two. Maybe because I am a "woman of a certain age" in Hollywood that means over 25, so this movie really resonated with me. This is No Country for Old Men or Women. :)nyc/caribbean ragazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370358466131415888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18861479.post-83504375145021763382008-03-03T23:46:00.000+01:002008-03-03T23:46:00.000+01:00I wanted to like this film. The funny thing is tha...I wanted to like this film. The funny thing is that I did enjoy it a bit until the last half-hour. All of a sudden, I began to question the point of the violence. I've never enjoyed too much blood & guts, but I actually felt dirty leaving the film. I felt like the directors were showing off. It was a higher budget student film. I sat through film school looking at people make films like this that were pretty to look at and had some 'deeper' meanings, but minus a narrative. There are great moments in the film and is by no means a bad movie, but it was empty to me. I actually wondered if we needed that film, anymore than we need "Flavor of Love". I think "Michael Clayton" was a superior film. There's actually a sense of humanity.Hampton06https://www.blogger.com/profile/03584363844014835130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18861479.post-91599312159532326402008-01-23T04:56:00.000+01:002008-01-23T04:56:00.000+01:00wordtryst - Phew, I think you are safe from the FB...wordtryst - Phew, I think you are safe from the FBI now. :)nyc/caribbean ragazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370358466131415888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18861479.post-76047583104515195672008-01-23T04:49:00.000+01:002008-01-23T04:49:00.000+01:00Just so that the FBI guys don't come knocking: I d...Just so that the FBI guys don't come knocking: I didn't buy the thing. Someone brought it to my house; she hadn't watched it either but had heard the buzz. We didn't have a clue what it was about, and were both horrified when we realized how it had been copied.<BR/><BR/>I'll give it another chance when it comes to the theatres here.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18861479.post-14405186616219542302008-01-18T00:02:00.000+01:002008-01-18T00:02:00.000+01:00jen - let me know what you think.wordtryst - okay,...jen - let me know what you think.<BR/><BR/>wordtryst - okay, as someone who makes a living in the film business I am going to pretend I did not read that you watched a pirated DVD. ha<BR/><BR/>The dialogue is sharp. To not be able to hear it would make this movie unwatchable. <BR/><BR/>Given the scale of the movie, it's better to see it on a big screen. The cinematography was stunning. <BR/><BR/>I also have a real hard time with watching violence. This movie does have some pretty intense moments but I didn't feel like it was gratuitous. It fits the story. <BR/><BR/>I haven't read the book but those who have told me the movie is a great adaptation.nyc/caribbean ragazzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09370358466131415888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18861479.post-19846427775672565492008-01-17T22:07:00.000+01:002008-01-17T22:07:00.000+01:00The version of this movie that I saw was a pirated...The version of this movie that I saw was a pirated DVD that someone had actually filmed <I>in the theatre</I> with a shaky camcorder! The quality was execrable, of course, and I didn't catch a lot of the dialogue, although I did catch the audience's guffaws and chuckles. :( This might have contributed to my jaundiced impressions of the film.<BR/><BR/>I hated it. I've never been good at handling extremes of violence, and the subtleties you mention were utterly lost on me.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to watch it again, either in the cinema or on a good disc. This is because you're the second person whose opinion I respect who has given the movie a glowing review. Makes me think I've missed something.Liane Spicerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05035607144500219524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18861479.post-29836616998271841452008-01-17T19:48:00.000+01:002008-01-17T19:48:00.000+01:00This and Juno are the two movies I'm dying to see ...This and Juno are the two movies I'm dying to see right now. Thanks for the review!Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02362687820368214420noreply@blogger.com