Two stories perfectly blended into one perfect film

Rating: 9/10 (12 March 2008)

I know it won't happen, but I would love for everyone who questioned or didn't like this film to have a chance to read this comment. I'm a huge movie buff and I've seen just about everything out there and I, like other movie buffs get into watching a movie thats been given four stars and has won best picture and wonder if it's really going to be that good. I started this movie and was on the edge of my seat from the very start. This film is two hours in length and the first hour and ten minutes may be the most edge of your seat, suspenseful and beautifully filmed hour and ten minutes of any film in a long time. There is very little dialogue but the violence and images that unfold the story in this hour and ten minutes is just incredible. It is at this point that the film takes a turn and involves more dialogue and gets more complicated and has less action. It is probably from this point of the film until the end that people get turned off and hate the film. They wonder to themselves, why would the writers/directors go from the suspenseful/little dialogue first half of the film to this, well I'll explain. You must watch this film until the very end, it may even take viewing it two or three times to realize the true point. Once you really understand the title you will understand the film. You should understand it is basically two films in one, a very violent half with a henchman who is crazy and defies the code of ethics to the extremes of even killing his employers and innocent people for no reason trying to get back two million dollars that a man without a clue stumbled upon and the sheriff caught up between them. Then there's the other half that once understood blends perfectly with the first half where we realize that this sheriff is caught up in the past and the good ol' days. He loves the way things used to be. He realizes how the violence and mayhem are just too much for him to handle. He realizes how this country is going bad and how its badly effecting everyone, especially old men like himself who probably share the same thoughts as himself. He realizes as does the audience in the awesome climax of this amazing film that it truly is "No Country for Old Men"