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just watched "no country for old men"... hated it...

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DJFuji

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So i just watched the "critically acclaimed" No Country for Old Men...which i believe won 4 oscars and countless other awards...

And i hated it.

Awful.

It reminded me of that style of "art" where you throw a bucket of paint at a canvas and the resulting splash is somehow a stroke of genius. But remember, if you disagree at all, it's because "you lack sophistication and don't know how to appreciate true art."

It lacked closure or any sense of an ending, the theme of the movie was outright retarded, and I'm pretty sure most of the "deep metaphors" are really just people unnecessarily reading into things.

It's like trying to justify "blade" as a deep movie:

"You didn't like blade?? That's because you have to read into the symbolism and analogies created by the sword and the vampires. Why does blade kill with a sword and not an atom bomb? Because the SWORD represents PURITY and VENGEANCE and an atom bomb represents DEATH and HIROSHIMA, and since the VAMPIRES are not JAPANESE, he chooses the sword."

It shouldn't take 10 viewings of a movie and reading an in-depth analysis in order to figure out who the main fucking character is. I'm watching a movie to ENJOY myself, not to write a college paper.
 
I thought the movie was really well done. I wish the ending would of had some more closure but everything else was well done to me.
 
Wow, thank God you are here. Obviously your tastes in film are incalculable levels above the majority of the Western world, so your opinion matters very much in this case. Thankfully, you are willing to share it with us and try to bestow a small amount of culture and taste to us underlings. Thank you again, you don't know how much this means to us all.
 
That's fine. You are a moron if you don't know how the story ended.

Hint: Re-read the movie title.

Anton Chigurh was one of the best characters that I've seen in a movie in a long time.
 
WTF are you talking about? The movie was good because it was totally badass and featured some good performances. There was very little in the movie that you had to take abstractly or symbolically to enjoy. It's a crime thriller for fuck's sake.
 
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
WTF are you talking about? The movie was good because it was totally badass and featured some good performances. There was very little in the movie that you had to take abstractly or symbolically to enjoy. It's a crime thriller for fuck's sake.
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Are you kidding me? The entire movie was abstract and symbolic. Major events in the plot of the movie are still being debated. In fact, if there's an FAQ about the movie on imdb, it's because a LOT of people are f'in confused after watching it.
 
You know....some of the best movies are ambiguous on purpose, just to make you speculate, to think, to spark some degree of imagination in the viewer.

Obviously, this is lost on you and well beyond your comprehension.

So, go back and immerse yourself in the Transformer, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny-type movies--the ones that are predictable, special effects-fests, and are just cotton candy for the brain--and have a happy, simple life.
 
Originally posted by: Jessica69
You know....some of the best movies are ambiguous on purpose, just to make you speculate, to think, to spark some degree of imagination in the viewer.

Obviously, this is lost on you and well beyond your comprehension.

So, go back and immerse yourself in the Transformer, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny-type movies--the ones that are predictable, special effects-fests, and are just cotton candy for the brain--and have a happy, simple life.
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so enjoying "sophisticated/elitist" movies make you better than everyone else? Getting that epiphany on what the movie is actually representing gives you orgasms?
 
Originally posted by: Turin39789
Read the book assholes
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Movies based on books should stand on their own merit, you should not have to "read the book" to enjoy the movie. The very best ones make you want to read the book if it happens to be based on a book you have not previously read.
 
Originally posted by: Linflas
Originally posted by: Turin39789
Read the book assholes
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Movies based on books should stand on their own merit, you should not have to "read the book" to enjoy the movie. The very best ones make you want to read the book if it happens to be based on a book you have not previously read.
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The movie is a pretty faithful adaptation, a lot of the dialogue is taken word for word from the book. There are only a few points that reading the book will clear up for you. I'm still scratching my head about the elevator and number of floors thing... I mean, I think I know what's going on, but I'm wondering if I'm missing something a little deeper. but that's a good thing.

I thought the movie was fantastic.
 
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Originally posted by: Jessica69
You know....some of the best movies are ambiguous on purpose, just to make you speculate, to think, to spark some degree of imagination in the viewer.

Obviously, this is lost on you and well beyond your comprehension.

So, go back and immerse yourself in the Transformer, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny-type movies--the ones that are predictable, special effects-fests, and are just cotton candy for the brain--and have a happy, simple life.
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so enjoying "sophisticated/elitist" movies make you better than everyone else? Getting that epiphany on what the movie is actually representing gives you orgasms?
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I honestly think this is why so many people "loved" the movie. Not because they actually left the theater actually appreciating it, but because they want to either feel superior to everyone else who "didnt appreciate it," or because they didn't want to feel unsophisticated for admitting that they don't like movies that take 10 viewings to understand.

Kinda like the people who left "The 6th sense" saying "i knew it all along."
 
Originally posted by: DJFuji
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Originally posted by: Jessica69
You know....some of the best movies are ambiguous on purpose, just to make you speculate, to think, to spark some degree of imagination in the viewer.

Obviously, this is lost on you and well beyond your comprehension.

So, go back and immerse yourself in the Transformer, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny-type movies--the ones that are predictable, special effects-fests, and are just cotton candy for the brain--and have a happy, simple life.
Click to expand...

so enjoying "sophisticated/elitist" movies make you better than everyone else? Getting that epiphany on what the movie is actually representing gives you orgasms?
Click to expand...

I honestly think this is why so many people "loved" the movie. Not because they actually left the theater actually appreciating it, but because they want to either feel superior to everyone else who "didnt appreciate it," or because they didn't want to feel unsophisticated for admitting that they don't like movies that take 10 viewings to understand.

Kinda like the people who left "The 6th sense" saying "i knew it all along."
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If you don't want to watch films that make you think, fine; just stop crying about it already...Gosh!

:thumbsdown:
 
There should be some kind of an "are you sure you want to announce this sort of stupidity to the world" pop up box on forums when people are about to make a post like the OP.

Just to save them the public embarrassment... they probably won't be bright enough to get anyway.

 
Originally posted by: DJFuji
Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
Originally posted by: Jessica69
You know....some of the best movies are ambiguous on purpose, just to make you speculate, to think, to spark some degree of imagination in the viewer.

Obviously, this is lost on you and well beyond your comprehension.

So, go back and immerse yourself in the Transformer, Tom and Jerry, Bugs Bunny-type movies--the ones that are predictable, special effects-fests, and are just cotton candy for the brain--and have a happy, simple life.
Click to expand...

so enjoying "sophisticated/elitist" movies make you better than everyone else? Getting that epiphany on what the movie is actually representing gives you orgasms?
Click to expand...

I honestly think this is why so many people "loved" the movie. Not because they actually left the theater actually appreciating it, but because they want to either feel superior to everyone else who "didnt appreciate it," or because they didn't want to feel unsophisticated for admitting that they don't like movies that take 10 viewings to understand.

Kinda like the people who left "The 6th sense" saying "i knew it all along."
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No need to lash out at people who liked the movie just because you didn't.

Anyway, I was a big fan of it, but simply because it took a lot of common western motifs and turned them on their head.
 
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