Javier Rocks

Rating: 8/10 (13 February 2008)

I went to see this one with great expectations. If you read the short content of the movie you think you got a police-movie of one in a dozen. Luckely this is not the case. No Country for the old men is a strange mix between a high tension thriller, a modern western, a black comedy and a philosophical tragedy. The thriller element is very well done. Javier Bardem plays maybe the best Psycho in years. I definitely would not like to come across his way in the streets. WIth only few dialog he has the power to carry the whole movie.
For the good ones TOmmy Lee Jones comes into 'action'. He is an old sheriff who can't cope more with the violence and the way of life of the modern society. Maybe he is right. The news now is much more filled with violent images then before. Unhappily the people get used to it.
Only the ending was for me a little bit disappointing. But this is personnel and must not make you to chose another movie.
Is the movie oscarworhty? Javier Bardem will certainly win his first Oscar. For the best film? Maybe ...