No Country For Old Men

Who:  Jonathan & Amber
What:  No Country For Old Men
Where:  @ home - free Starz weekend
Why:  Jonathan picked it

Normally I stay far, far away from award winning movies.  Normally I find them boring.  But why didn't anybody tell me about this movie before?  It was a violent massacre - right up my ally!

However, in true award winning movie format, it's hard to tell what the point of the movie was.  It was one of those movies that just ends, and you're like, "what the ???".

Luanne (I'm sure I'm spelling that wrong - it's a guy!) is hunting in Texas.  He sees a bunch of abandoned trucks in the distance.  When walks closer, he finds a massacre of dead bodies and truck full of drugs.  Luanne is no dummy - he knows there where there are drugs, there is money.  One guy is still alive (barely) and points to the way to the money.  A mile down the road Luanne finds the last dead guy with a suitcase full of money.

Later that night, Luanne wakes up and decides to go help out the half dead guy.  Smooth move exlax!  He is where his life turns upside down.  When he gets back to the massacre site, the guy is dead (duh!) and some guys from Mexico show up looking for their drug money.

Luanne manages to get away, but the Mexicans are after him.  One other guy is after him too.  It's creepy hair guy (Javier Barden), which you may remember from the Oscars (he won best supporting actor).  Javier Barden is a bad dude.  He's got no morals, he just kills and kills and kills.  Luanne is a pretty smart guy, and this cat and mouse chase lasts for days.

It's pretty suspenseful, and also pretty graphic.  Javier is such a great killer, that you assume he'll get him in the end.  But Luanne shows off his skills and smarts.

I don't want to give away the ending or anything.  If you enjoy artsy movies - check this out.  If you enjoy violence - check this out.  If you like it when a movie gives you no closure what so ever (grrrrr!) - then check this out!