No Awards for Tedious Film.

Rating: Null/10 (27 January 2008)

1st, the Coen brother do not care about the ticket-buying, movie-going public. Their reality concerns the elite film awards circuit & those Coen brothers-worshiping critics who applaud at the very thought of Ethan or Joel wiping their ... you get it. This film reminds me of an 'I Love Lucy' episode wherein she is selected (much to Ricky, Ethel & Fred's dismay) to be featured in a book about first-time authors ... heading the chapter, 'Don't let this happen to you.' Why do I make this harsh comparison? Because this movie sets-up a main protagonist much like Hitchcock's stellar 'Psycho' whom audiences will identify w/ from the git go ... only Alfred directed his film superbly manipulating us up to the shocking shower scene. In this movie, ... the Josh Brolin character equates to the Janet Leigh character in 'Psycho' except the faithful audience is inexplicably robbed, by the evil Coen brothers (who couldn't manipulate mayo out of an empty jar if their ham sandwich depended on it), of a comparable scene w/ which to mourn the shocking loss of Mr. Brolin. It's as if the screenwriter hadn't a clue how to write such a scene so why bother! 'No Country for Old Men' should be included in every graduate film school program's textbook heading the chapter 'Don't let this movie happen to you.'