The Best Movie of 2007, and the Most Horrifying.

Rating: Null/10 (7 December 2007)

The Coen brothers have outdone themselves with this crazy and unforgettable masterpiece of a film. Based on the book, the film tells the story of the discovery of $2 million, heroin, and a lot of dead bodies. When an outsider cowboy type dude discovers these things, his whole life is in jeopardy when an extremely dangerous mass murderer armed with a cattle retracting gun comes after him. Meanwhile, a police man gets on the trail of the killer, but doesn't take into consideration that this man is impossible to get in contact with without dying. The film also has three perfect performances from Tommy Lee Jones, Josh Brolin, and Javier Bardem. Tommy Lee Jones is delightful as the old timer who isn't up to the times so much as he doesn't get what is going on. He contributes a solid supporting performance. Javier Bardem is creepy as hell as the demented killer. There were parts where he was so ratty and nasty, he reminded me of Nosferatu. He gave me the chills. Josh Brolin is the main character who finds the money and the dead bodies. He contributes a character who always has to be on his toes ad who could die any second. The scenes in which he must evade the killer are extremely suspenseful. I had to shut my eyes at one part in which the killer is about to blow his gun through a lock on a door that Josh Brolin is directly on the other side of. Add to all this one of the most chilling endings in recent years and you've got yourself an entertaining, unforgettable, and extremely suspenseful masterwork of a film that also happens to be funny and that also works in what it represents. It represents the generation gap between the old and the young and how ill-prepared both are, the fact that Vietnam veterans deserved to be treated better than they were when they got back to the states, and also the fact that life is funny and that the most unexpected things can happen, even to sick people. This was the craziest and most intelligent film I've seen in years!