I Love The Character

Rating: 8/10 (17 March 2008)

The main reason I went to see this movie was people won’t keep on talking about it. I love good movie. This also got one of the best reviews of the year and nominated for Oscar and BAFTA, so it’s pretty much an assurance. But what I didn’t expect was an instant classic; this will truly be talk about in years to come (unlike those Crash, The Departed, Million Dollars Baby, and Chicago) (I still wonder if people still remember that those movie actually won an Oscar for Best Picture too?)(Yeah, it was fun at that time, but no one talk about it anymore, so what is the point)
What I like about this movie was the driven story with great flow and the character that has been written with so much enthusiasm and characteristic, it very rare nowadays to find things like this in the movie. As much as I don’t really see what happening much in the movie apart from the thrill we get from Anton weather he will decide to kill or not, I find myself extremely enjoying it. It was the character driven story so this is definitely not up for everybody.
The casting and the acting got to be the best part in the movie; boys, those actors sure bring those characters out so beautifully. It was a superb acting – Anton was rough, destructive, outlaw, at the same time can be thoughtful and have his own set of rules. Llewelyn Moss is kind, thoughtful but at the same times a fighter, a survivor. Sheriff was old and doing nothing. Man, that Texas accent is really hard to understand.
I also love the lighting in this movie, I thought it was clever and save the movie from looking too dry with most shot was in the deserted place. Also great cinematography, not this year best but it was awesome. I think it wills more easily if I say everything was awesome. The story also contains the metaphor that is quite hard to understand; specially the ending.
Recommendation: Serious Movie Watcher Should Have It As A Collection. Reason To Watch: One of the best pictures of the year, Very well written characters, Awesome acting.
Reason Not To: Desert, Personal dislike of this genre of movie.
Rating:8.5/10 (Grade: A-)