Anton Chigurh = Michael Myers

Rating: 6/10 (22 January 2008)

After seeing this movie, I was impressed with the fact that Anton Chigurh was just too lucky, and indestructible to be believable. Then it dawned on me, Anton Chigurh is Michael Meyers! True, "No Country for Old Men" was a much better movie than "Halloween", but there is still the striking similarity in how each movie's villain not only embodies evil, but apparently cannot be killed and is an unrelenting force of nature.
The writers also seem to be unable to bring the story line to a resolution. What is even the point of the Ed Tom Bell character? Apparently he is simply a red herring. And the comment early in the movie about "the last man standing" is also misleading and a misuse of foreshadowing. Apparently an unresolved storyline makes up for the lack of realism elsewhere in the movie.
It may not seem like it, but i liked the movie. But it just is not Oscar caliber. "Michael Clayton" is a much better movie with a deft touch for character that is exceedingly rare. And "The Bourne Ultimatum" is a better movie overall, but it not mentioned as an award contender.