No Country For Old Men... But No Point Either

Rating: 3/10 (11 February 2008)

I was really looking forward to seeing this movie, but i've gotta say I was seriously disappointed by it all. After hours of watching I couldn't help the feeling it was all a case of style-over-substance.
The plot had a lot of promise... Nice (but hard-ass) guy finds a bag full of drug money, and gets chased by a psycho trying to get it back. But it never lives up to its potential. And the repetitive disbelief of Tommy Lee Jones Character, really has nothing to do with the main plot of the film.
I know the point of the whole thing was supposed to be less of an action film and more of a thoughtful one, but I don't think the trade-off worked. And the ending was just a "WTF" moment... a lot of people in the cinema broke into laughter at the end, at disbelief of how it finishes.
The only redeeming feature of this film is Javier Bardem (who was exceptionally good at playing the psychopathic killer). But apart from the scenes involving him, the rest of the film just felt like it was trying to fill the empty space until he came back on screen. Josh Brolin also played his role well... in fact.. all of the acting was good in this film... but it just doesn't manage to pull it together.