See. And Decide it yourself

Rating: 8/10 (24 September 2009)

I've seen a lot of controversy and mixed opinions since the movie was released. Some seem to love it, while other's seem to hate it to their guts. I think most agree that the performances, dialogs and general execution of the movie was great. The problem seems to be (for the people giving bad reviews) is that they couldn't understand the general idea and the way the plot unfolds.
I have to say, most of the people posting reviews and comments here have strong points on their favor and I try to understand the different point of views. I would just like to add that I enjoyed watching the movie and that maybe the idea behind it, it's that there isn't any particular reason for the events displayed besides the money, weather is motivated by greed or despair. Maybe the screen writers on this movie tried to make it simple and focused on the characters in the present situation without giving us a backup and a Philosophical, Mystical or Ethical reason for their behavior.
Sometimes people NEED to have a reason, we all love conspiracy theories and complex plots because it brigs up more drama to the whole situation, but the way I see it, it's not necessary, because we can read it or see it on the NEWS every single day: People getting killed, kidnapped, beaten up or whatever for no apparent reason besides being on the wrong place at the wrong time. You know people DO a lot of crazy stuff for money (if you don't believe me just watch any "Reality" TV stupid show on MTV or any other channel) So why not have a guy just trying to keep a big amount of money, a crazy strange psychopath murderer trying to take it away and a Sheriff who maybe didn't really give a rat's ass about the situation (since he was retiring anyways) just doing what they think is the best for them??? Maybe simplicity isn't that simple for some people. I give this movie an 8 because although I liked it, It doesn't fall in my best movies of all time category, and I wouldn't give it a better score than the top movies here average.