No Country for Old Me a positive surprise.

Rating: 9/10 (4 February 2018)

No Country For Old Men was the film viewed, the film is about a man named Llewellyn Moss (Josh Brolin), who happens to stumble across a dark and dangerous situation, and is being tracked down. Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) was a somewhat psychopathic, yet determined force that stops at nothing to accomplish his goal and track down Llewellyn. Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), he is an iconic town sheriff, who questions society and is on a mission to figure out who is causing the trouble in his town and locating and protecting Llewelyn Moss and his wife. The theme of this film would be, something that may look like a lucky find or a dream come true, may have a dark force following it and may stop at nothing to retrieve that find.
The film No Country For Old Men uses strategic camera angles to pass the emotion that the director was trying to convey. Some examples of this includes the close-up's as Anton flips a coin or speaking to a victim., in addition another great example of the skillful camera angles includes the close up of Anton's feet and/or gas tank as he walks up to a door with his Captive Bolt Pistol, the camera focuses in on his face quite frequently, this increase suspense and also focuses on his dark side and psychopathic goals .
The lighting used in this film played an important role in conveying the story. The lighting was very helpful in conveying the dark side of Anton Chigurh to the viewers. Some great examples of the skillful lighting techniques are seen when Anton pays a visit to Llewellyn Moss's wife, as she walks in he is sitting in a shaded dark corner of the room waiting for her, this shot built a lot of fear, suspense and a slight sense of nervousness.
Based on the theme of this film, another film comes to mind, which also happens to have a very similar theme, the film that seems to share this similar theme is Pulp Fiction, this film shows share the fact that it a has charactered two characters that are similar to Anton Chigurh those characters are Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L Jackson), these characters share the psychopathic yet determined drive and share a similar goal to retrieve what was stolen, while maintaining a dark tone throughout the film.
The film did a great job building on the theme, with very skillful camera angles and very skillful lighting techniques. To add to the success of the film, the cast that was chosen was a truly talented group of actors, they played the characters in the film almost perfectly, these successes alone was a few reason why this film could be considered a true classic.