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[biscuiteater]

The worst movie of 2007.
Hi. I just watched No Country For Old Men, and then promptly took a shard of glass to my retinas. So if I make a spelling mistake, you'll have to bear with me. I can't see. Spoilers for the rest of the entry.

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[biscuiteater]

A movie of this promise and all the accolades it's getting, I'm gonna need a lot more plot other than oh, this psychotic guy wants back the money he lost. And this other guy has it and needs to get away. Seriously, that's all the movie was about. For 2 hours.

If nothing gets resolved in the movie, then what is the point? What can you say was accomplished at the end of the movie? The bad guy wins? Not necessarily, seeing as how he never recovered the money. It was kind of like watching a horror flick, in which by the end of the movie everyone is dead. BUT, there's promise in the sense that the antagonist is gone and they can start a new life. I'm not saying every movie needs a happy ending. I'm saying every movie needs an ending. And as far as I'm concerned, this one lacked it.

The ending of that movie was the worst I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot of M Night Shlamamanana's movies. And if I want a dose of real life, I'll go watch the news. Tons of unresolved (and more interesting) stories there.

I won't lie, the movie was awesome until the ending. And Bardem was fucking fascinating in it.

[agloriousday]

The point is that no one can run away from fate. No one in that movie could predict what was going to happen to them, although they all tried. That's the unresolved ending that I loved. I felt like I didn't need any more of a point, it was very satisfying. But I can see why you didn't like it... I guess the same reason why I did! :o)

Hey, wanna see a movie with the worst ending of all time? Go see The Ninth Gate. I'm not shitting you, there is no movie that will make you want to unwatch itself more, and it's not even considered to be "bad." I think all people should have the experience of seeing it, to survive and tell about it. DO IT.

[uberdionysus]

I don't know that I agree that's it's about fate.

I mean, both Llewelyn and The Killer have an insane appetite to persevere and survive, but Llewelyn fails (along with Woody). That said, they always had a chance of survival, and Llewelyn's biggest fuck up (going back to give the dying Mexican water) was exactly what makes Llewelyn a moral man and not an amoral killer.

But Llewelyn wasn't fated to die, anymore than The Killer was fated to get hit by a car. It was a combination of dumb luck/fate, perseverance and skill. The Killer kept on going, even after fate fucked him with a car swipe. Llewelyn did not.

The sheriff, however, didn't keep on going. He just gave up. He wasn't fated to give up, but he did. He was ineffectual against the larger horrors, but his keeping on was a value in and of itself, even if he was always two steps behind.

[agloriousday]

Ok, not fate, but ... life's course in general. Some things weren't up to them, some were, some were mistakes, some were atrocities, but the movie's ending was like, BAM, you see? THIS is how shit pans out, whether you like it or not, whether you choose to face it or not, whether you like the ending or not. :o)

[uberdionysus]

Exactly.

[biscuiteater]

If I can find it online, I'll watch it, and let you know.

[agloriousday]

just don't skip anything. And watch it until the credits, otherwise you might actually enjoy it and NOT feel cheated, and that's unacceptable.

[uberdionysus]

Yeah, this film was totally in the modernist camp, and that camp is all about NOT giving you resolution. Most modernist narrative stress what you never get in classical narratives: ambiguity. But it also leaves the viewer feeling the same sorts of frustrations that they would feel in real life, or in the news.

But it definitely had an ending. And the ending was not only deliberate but had a lot to say.