saw this yesterday-WOW!!!!! Coens channel Peckinpah!

Rating: 10/10 (29 November 2007)

I'd have to say that it's the best film i've seen in the theater this year. It's weird how the Coens work,...either this awful comedies like big Lebowski or great intense dramas like Miller's Crossing. This is in the 2nd category and their best work since Blood Simple. It simply pulls you into this weird barren landscape and you don't leave. Amazing work from both Javier and Brolin and of course Tommy Lee Jones.
I loved the atmosphere and locations used, so bleak and so barren, just like real life. The fact that there was no music soundtrack added to this. It was like an art-house film filtered thru Sam Peckinpah. The violence and evil vibe was prevalent throughout the entire film and it really kept my eyes from even blinking.
Masterfully shot and edited....some have argued that the 3rd act is a let-down but what where they expecting, Josh Brolin is killed offscreen and makes for a very anti-climatic finale.
Just like real life, there's no real pay-off.
It works