Not really impressed...

Rating: 3/10 (14 March 2008)

I only watched this movie because I heard that it was great. I don't know much about the Coen brothers and the fact that this is their film doesn't been a thing to me.
I think that the basic idea, the story about a guy who comes across a bunch of dead bodies, drugs and 2 million dollars, is quite good. Javier Bardem is very good, convincing. And I like the part when everyone start chasing him, just because he went back to give that guy some water. The first half is tense, interesting and just when I thought that this movie is really that great, I got disappointed. The first half is actually good and interesting, but the second half... Help me, I'm lost.
In the second half, I cannot memorize all the characters, they all look the same to me and I don't even know who they are or what they're after. I get it that it's all about the money, but it's just all confusing. Maybe I just didn't quite understand this movie, but I wouldn't be 100% sure of that, because even if this is the big "Coen brothers" movie and they're all talented, there are things in this movie that just seem like they don't belong here. For example, the title, "No country for old men", I don't really know why it's called that way or what does it has to do with the sheriff's dream in the last scene. The ending was poor. I just sat there for a few seconds wondering: "This is it?" And the old guy in the wheelchair, is he supposed to be some kind of a wise man? Or how did Anton escape when sheriff came back to the scene of the crime after Llewelyn's death? And when did Anton get a chance to kill them all (the girl by the pool, Llewelyn and all the other guys around)? I watched it twice, and I'm considering watching it five times if necessary, but I think that, even if I watch this movie 100 times, I'm still not gonna like it...
I thought this movie was a lot better.