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05-20-2008, 09:24 AM
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| No Country for Old Men ? Who has seen this movie? How in the heck did it get to be Best Picture for 2007? It has to be one of the worst movies we've ever seen. No redeeming value whatsoever. We were so angry to have wasted a good 2 1/2 hours watching it last night.  Anyone else concur with our take? Or can someone explain what was supposed to make it worthy of several Oscars?
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05-20-2008, 09:28 AM
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| I'd rather be at DL!  Join Date: May 2004 Location: Currently - Oregon . . . normally, Virginia Beach, VA.
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| I really liked it, though I like a lot of the Coen brothers' movies. They have an odd quality to them that I just really like.  HOWEVER . . . I really don't get the hype about it being the best movie ever and still don't understand the Oscars.  : I think there were other movies a lot more deserving than No Country.
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05-20-2008, 10:22 AM
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| BeerSnob  Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Philadelphia
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| You either like the work of Joel and Ethan Coen, or you don't. There doesn't seem to be a middle ground with their films. I have yet to see it, but I have enjoyed all of the other Coen brother films.
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05-20-2008, 10:40 AM
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| I'd rather be at DL! Join Date: May 2004 Location: Currently - Oregon . . . normally, Virginia Beach, VA.
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05-20-2008, 10:58 AM
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| We liked it also but I also don't understand the Oscar buz.
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05-20-2008, 12:09 PM
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| Yeti Chaser  Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Way down south
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| HM - my DS said exactly the same thing you did - he hated it. He said he especially hated the ending.
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05-20-2008, 12:35 PM
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| I also didn't get why it was best picture. It was gruesome. Isn't it based on a Cormac McCarthy book? He writes some somber, depressing stuff. Read The Road- much better than No Country and a good read.
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05-20-2008, 04:01 PM
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| I run hot and cold with the Coen bros. Some I LOOOOOOVE!!!!! and some I can't bear to watch, including No Country For Old Men. (Yuck!) I thought that the oil movie got robbed.
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05-20-2008, 05:52 PM
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| Uncle Duck  Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Paradise, CA
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| I saw it ... I agree it is one of the worst movies I have seen (sorry official movie reviewers.. but I thought it was bad  )
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05-21-2008, 06:15 AM
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| Community Rank: Trekker   Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: South Carolina
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| I really HATED it....i usually give movies a fighting chance but i realllllly did not like the ending at all....i mean i thought that it had a great story line but i felt the ending really was awful*L* but i'm not sure why that was such a buzz at the oscars...Atonement really deserved the oscar!
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05-21-2008, 06:23 AM
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| I loved it up until the last 20 minutes or so which I found highly irritating. I did rate the acting. The Oscar for Best Supporting Actor was well deserved - in my opinion anyway. |
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