No Country for Old Men

No Country for Old Men is the latest from Ethan and Joel Coen adapted from a Cormac McCarthy (The Road, All the Pretty Horses) novel. I can't even begin to explain what a trip it is for the viewer.

As usual, when exiting a Coen brother film, I seriously questioned what type of childhood could these two have had in St. Louis Park, MN that made them the way they are.

You end up not knowing what to feel when the screen abruptly goes black and the movie ends. I actually really, really liked this. Dan loved it and we had some good debate on the way home, again as usual after a Coen film.

Javier Bardem is disturbing from first scene, you truly believe his character Anton Chigurh has no soul, his eyes are dead and he is almost robotic with his actions. You begin to believe he isn't human, but eventually you realize he is very human in body only.

Chigurh is the source of so much violence in the movie and eventually you don't even see the violence at his hands. In fact, by the end of the movie the Coen brothers stop showing Chigurh's acts, almost as if they know the viewer will fill in the blanks for themselves.

Josh Brolin has redeemed himself from his Goonies turn in 1986 and plays Llewelyn Moss who has had a hard life and makes some very bad decisions which affect his entire family and anyone he comes in contact with.

The movie builds the characters so very carefully bit by bit and you are there on the edge of your seat every step of the way.

The movie doesn't leave you after you walk out of the theatre it stays with you, I actually had nightmares about this movie and the air tank Chigurh carries days later.

It is an amazing movie which will be at the top of the list for Oscars when the time comes.