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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: DREDIOCK on September 19, 2008, 10:02:20 PM
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Just got done watching this
Great movie!
Unfortunately the last 60 seconds of the movie completely ruined it :huh
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It is a great movie. The last 60 seconds doesn't ruin it. It shows that good doesn't always triumph over evil. And that heroes eventually grow old and die.
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They used Fuji-film, it made cinematography look really good :aok
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Great film. I watched it for the first time a few nights ago. I agree the ending sucked, but the Cohens were sticking to the novel.
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Yeah I enjoyed it to. Great "soul" to the film. That is to say, it has a feeling that comes across with it. Visual art.
The only downside to it is that it encapsulates and glorifies violence in an odd sort of art film way. Not to say that I don't enjoy violence in film but man, theres
enough violence in our everyday way of life as is. As I have aged I have found that my desire to participate in glorified murder on film has waned appreciably.
Still, NCfOM is a fine piece of cinematic work.
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The ending blew chunks.
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I didn't understand it. Great acting, great scenes, and then fizzle.
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Ending was refreshing. I don't lay claim to knowing any high art, but I thought it reached beyond the bone stock movies we've been spoon fed.
I thought it was great.
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The ending followed the novel verbatim.
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Yeah, I liked it alot.
If you liked this, rent "Blood Simple" if you haven't already seen it.
I still think "Miller's Crossing" was their best movie ever though.
Wab
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I was a good movie, but the ending was a bit of a let down. Not meaning it made the movie suck, but they built up the entire movie around a final show down only to let it fizzle out with no climax. I understand the point behind what they did, but still it was a bit of a let down.
Just go rent the movie "Way of the Gun" and it will make up for it.
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Try renting "The Wild Bunch" instead. Much better flick. :aok
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I've seen "Cloverfield" yesterday , walking out of the theater,I expected to get a T-shirts that had "SUCKER "written on the front and" I PAID TO SEE CLOVERFIELD "on the back.
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3:10 to Yuma was pretty good. When its under $10 I will add it to the collection.
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3:10 to Yuma was pretty good. When its under $10 I will add it to the collection.
Yea that is a very good movie.
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We watched cloverfield the other day. We felt somewhat violated....
:confused:
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I was a good movie, but the ending was a bit of a let down. Not meaning it made the movie suck, but they built up the entire movie around a final show down only to let it fizzle out with no climax. I understand the point behind what they did, but still it was a bit of a let down.
Just go rent the movie "Way of the Gun" and it will make up for it.
For the first time in my life I completely agree with crockett.
(I need a shower)
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3:10 to Yuma was pretty good. When its under $10 I will add it to the collection.
Blockbuster.
You can get previously viewed movies. Including 3:10 to Yuma For 3 or 4 for $20.
Thats how I've been buying most of my movies, including 3:10 lately.
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I never read No country for old men.. So maybe I didn't quite get the title.. I really didn't see any old men or at least.. none any older than any of the rest. Did he let down his guard and have a drink with the motel floozy?
The going back to give the gut shot mexican a drink of water 4 hours later thing made no sense... the stupid weapon thing made no sense..
I agree with crock-it on this one.. Way of the gun was a good one with a better story line.. one of the best lines in the movie... "this isn't a brains kinda operation"
Also.. even RPM nails one.. The Wild Bunch is a must see.. unbelievable. That could have been titled "No country for Old Men" it would have fit.
lazs
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I liked the movie, it was refreshing to see something that isn't predictable as to what is going on. If you are expecting a standard 'formula' movie where the sheriff, hero, and villain meet at the end in some epic life struggle you will come away disappointed. The sheriff is always a step to half step behind everything that's going on. The hero is killed 2/3rds into the movie in some unexpected way. The villain who has extreme case of bad luck, doesn't want to kill the hero because he has the money but because of the inconvenience he caused the villain throughout the movie.
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Why is a thread that was already done being repeated?
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I've only rented a couple good movies this year, and No Country was one of them. The other one was "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford".
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I didn't like 3:10 to Yuma. Seemed too contrived to me. Some hard core killer is going to give up his gang and possibly his own life for what? Respect? Not saying that isn't likely, they just did nothing to show why the change of heart.
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Why is a thread that was already done being repeated?
Deja Moo -The distinct feeling that you've read the same BS somewhere before...
:noid
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I'm beginning to think that most of the people that thought the ending of this movie 'fizzled' would also through their popcorn at the screen if their romantic comedy movie didn't end happily ever after...
:rolleyes:
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I'm beginning to think that most of the people that thought the ending of this movie 'fizzled' would also through their popcorn at the screen if their romantic comedy movie didn't end happily ever after...
:rolleyes:
I don't mind that it didn't have a traditional Hollywood ending, in fact I find that sort of thing refreshing. What I disliked about it was the fact that the first two thirds of the film was obviously building to an obvious climax, only to be completely denied, leaving me saying "WTF?" for the last twenty minutes. When he killed the wife, that did it for me; I felt completely cheated and taken advantage of.
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I'm beginning to think that most of the people that thought the ending of this movie 'fizzled' would also through their popcorn at the screen if their romantic comedy movie didn't end happily ever after...
:rolleyes:
I liked "Leaving Las Vegas" and the ending was appropriate. Even the ending for "The Departed" seemed more appropriate than did the one in "No Country for Old Men".
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I don't mind that it didn't have a traditional Hollywood ending, in fact I find that sort of thing refreshing. What I disliked about it was the fact that the first two thirds of the film was obviously building to an obvious climax, only to be completely denied, leaving me saying "WTF?" for the last twenty minutes. When he killed the wife, that did it for me; I felt completely cheated and taken advantage of.
The thinked killing his wife only added to his psycho demeanor and took the "Hollywood" out of just another murderer. Your WTF feeling was refreshing for me since it didn't play out the movie on the Type A typical storyline.
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The thinked killing his wife only added to his psycho demeanor and took the "Hollywood" out of just another murderer. Your WTF feeling was refreshing for me since it didn't play out the movie on the Type A typical storyline.
The guy was portrayed as fearless and with a calm resolve. He also adhered to the principle of keeping his word. These characteristics are not consistent with the lunacy required to murder people based on the toss of a coin. At least not in the real world.
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For the first time in my life I completely agree with crockett.
(I need a shower)
:lol I actually agree with Crockett and RPM on several issues. I just don't write snotty retorts :) when I do.
Besides, RPM is my countryman!
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I'm beginning to think that most of the people that thought the ending of this movie 'fizzled' would also through their popcorn at the screen if their romantic comedy movie didn't end happily ever after...
:rolleyes:
Booo,Throws BUCKET of popcorn at Fulmar. :P What was up with that CO2 canister? Those things are heavy. He carry that thing everywhere? Oh yeah " Call it Frendo".
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fulmar....say what you will but the bad guy was headed for a bad end.. He was out of control the ending never came.. we wanted to see what happened to the guy. It would have even been better if we could have seen him be arrested at the car wreck.. or blunder into a home and be shot.
He could not keep up the pace he had and get away with it.
lazs
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I didn't like 3:10 to Yuma. Seemed too contrived to me. Some hard core killer is going to give up his gang and possibly his own life for what? Respect? Not saying that isn't likely, they just did nothing to show why the change of heart.
He gave up his gang and lifestyle because he saw someone who was dedicated to principals and values- even willing to die for them- so he made him the hero, made sure he'd get credit for capturing him and wiping out his gang, but at the end of the movie he called for his horse, so he wasn't planning on staying in that cage....
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Yep.. 3 10 to Yuma made sense but it made more sense in the original version.. the guy knew he could get out of any prison he wanted. As carrel says.. he weighed his men against his enemy and his men came up short.
Perfectly understandable.
lazs
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3:10 to Yuma was utterly ridiculous. A sociopathic killer who knocks off members of his guard party one at a time, then suddenly has a transformation and wants to get to his prison train, even though his own gang is shooting at him and his guard.
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He could not keep up the pace he had and get away with it.
Did they ever catch Jack-the-Ripper? He had a pretty good run.
Very often bad people can do what they want as long as they want and get away with it. It happens every day.
Wab
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The only downside to it is that it encapsulates and glorifies violence in an odd sort of art film way. Not to say that I don't enjoy violence in film but man, theres
enough violence in our everyday way of life as is.
Just say no to censorship.