Outstanding Movie !!

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2007)

Like a good cigar "No Country For Old Men" gets better with each draw. This is a film that is unlike most from the very beginning. The story is told slowly at first with a delicate crescendo to the climax. Then, like one of the characters in the film says, "I knew this weren't over." it is the last 15 minutes that makes this film truly great. To say more would be unthinkable.
The film is set in 1980. The writers are very specific about this for several reasons. Primary of which is the fact that the US is about to change. Drugs and technology are about to change society forever and for those of us that lived through that period, we never saw it coming. Indeed, the primary focus of this film is about the inevitability of change. That, and not unlike the Vietnam war, we are a bunch of strangers thrown into events out of our control being run by powers much bigger than ourselves. We can't stop it. Whether we survive this period or not is as random as a coin toss.
The writing, direction, cinematography and acting are all first rate. If Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones aren't mentioned on Oscar night, something is terribly wrong. Go see this film!