Boring beyond belief

Rating: 1/10 (9 February 2013)

No country for old men? Mo' like No Oscars for crappy films.
I did not even for a second care for any character in this movie. The extremely unsympathetic main, the clichÃ© insane evil mass murderer/serial killer (since this movie is a ripoff of The hitcher, it's fair to say Bardem is no Rutger Hauer), the simpleton wife (with annoying accent), the elderly and in dire-need-of-retirement sheriff. Plus two or three characters who are shown once and then killed off immediately. None of those characters' backstories are explained by the way.
Since I did not care about any of the above-mentioned, sitting through two hours of this flick was tedious beyond belief. The plot is simple, yet manages to be ludicrously convenient and riddled with holes big enough to put even a Transformers film to shame (another way this movie reminds me of The Hitcher btw). I think the IMDb goofs section makes a very interesting read for any defender of this garbage flick, by the way. Anyway, not even a decent ending is provided, most characters are killed off-screen (LOL) and the film just ends. While this could work in better films, here it was but the icing on the turd cake.
The only good thing that can be said is that the cinematography is quite OK, I wouldn't even mind the slow pacing - but alas, there is nothing even vaguely interesting happening in this one, and nothing makes a film worse than it battering me with its uninterestingness.
Skip this one and do yourself a favour. Just shows how ridiculous the Oscars are if this crap can win best picture.