An amazing movie.

Rating: 10/10 (24 November 2007)

The Coen brothers are known for making very good movies, and this is no exception. The Coen brothers are also known for making strange films and screwing with the audience, and this does that more than any of their other movies. And because of this, some people will not like this, and even though I was angry from some choices the Coens made, I still loved this!
Llewlyn Moss (Josh Brolin) finds 2 million dollars out in the desert, from what appears to be a drug deal gone bad. What he didn't expect (and who would) was Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), one of the worst villains the screen has ever seen. Meanwhile, the town sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) is trying to figure out exactly what's going on, and how he'll deal with it. This movie is amazing in every sense of the word. The direction is perfect. It's almost as though the camera is following people around in their everyday life, which makes this movie feel very real. The acting is wonderful, with the cast being led by Josh Brolin as a redneck who's in a whole lot of trouble. We get next to no background on him (or any character), yet we still care about them. Their characters are revealed through their actions, which is very rare in movies. The writing is my only gripe. I loved the dialog, loved everything about this writing, but the ending. I suppose the ending was effective in conveying a message, and it got it's point across, but along with that, it almost felt like a fade out, with no real ending. My only gripe is that ending, which will bother most of the people who see this. Everything else was amazing, making this one of the best movie-going experiences in years for me.
My rating: **** out of ****. 120 mins. R for violence.