Too many problems

Rating: 3/10 (9 March 2008)

I realize that this movie is supposed to be very artsy, but it just doesn't work--at least, not for me. This is what I find unsupportable:
(1) There is no resolution. A novel, a movie, or a TV drama has to go somewhere with a definite change. The movie doesn't have this.
(2) There are too many unexplained occurrences, e.g., the final scene. I could go into this in more detail, but I don't want to give too much away.
(3) The villain is completely one dimensional, which is probably the fault of the directors. The scariest villains are those with redeeming qualities, some ability to function in society. Nurse Ratchet in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and Hal in "2001" are examples of what I mean. One look at or one word from the villain in "No Country" and it is obvious that he is completely and dangerously crazy. Even Charlie Manson is more presentable. Or Jeffrey Daumer. Or John Wayne Gacy. Or, or, or... I realize the actor received an Academy Award for this role, but I wouldn't have voted for him.
(4) I didn't keep count of the killings in this movie, but it has to be somewhere between 15 and 20, Maybe more. killings by the cruelest methods. If one man, in real life, accounted for that many killings in such a short period, he would be featured nightly on Nancy Grace, even on the front page of the New York Times. And no killer could just walk away from it. No, I don't think so.
(5) I couldn't always understand the dialogue, and I didn't always understand where we were. No, I'm not retarded. I paid attention. In understand other movies. I didn't have any problem with "Fargo." In short, I'm no longer much entertained by violence and bloodshed when there's no point made by the film makers. I prefer a better story with better acting.