"No Country For Old Men"

[rdcl]

I just finished watching this 2007 movie.

I really liked it. Good movie, but I wonder if anyone here that has seen the movie find some of the police procedures within the story a bit far fetched.

A scene near the beginning comes to mind......I'll wait and see if anyone else knows what scene I refer to and why.


Russ

 

[Ranger514]

It's fiction, and Hollywood takes it a step further. Lots of stuff to poke fingers at when it comes to authenticity. While the movie was okay, what really matters is the writing. Read the book. McCarthy weilds words like a Samurai warrior weilds his sword.

 

[JayFramer]

I like the guy in it who kills people with the cow poker gun!!!

 

[Tom S.]

I like the guy in it who kills people with the cow poker gun!!!

He also played a villain in one of the later Bond movies.

 

[6518John]

It's fiction, and Hollywood takes it a step further. Lots of stuff to poke fingers at when it comes to authenticity. While the movie was okay, what really matters is the writing. Read the book. McCarthy weilds words like a Samurai warrior weilds his sword.

I did think the movie did the book justice. The same with The Road.

 

[6518John]

I like the guy in it who kills people with the cow poker gun!!!

Javier Bardem. Married to Penelope Cruz--¡Ay, caramba!

 

[Arik]

I liked the movie. Never really cared if police procedures were 100% automatic. Just like carrying a cow poker gun cylinder thing isn't exactly realistic.

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[rdcl]

Well okay, here is the scene that bugged me a bit. As I say near the beginning:

We see a deputy leading a handcuffed suspect to his car.....way out in the middle of nowhere. So, the deputy is back at his station all alone except for himself and the suspect.

Now, instead of locking the suspect into a cell, he simply has the suspect sit in a chair.....still cuffed....and then carries on a conversation on the phone with his sheriff about the mysterious suspect he just brought in......the entire time with his back to the suspect. We see the suspect in the back round rise from the chair and sneak up on the deputy......and he then brutally strangles the deputy with the handcuffs. Bad guy then cleans up in the restroom and then drives off in the deputies squad car.

Now I realize....it is just a movie. A good movie. A VERY good movie and that is why the scene bugs me because I can easier accept such "movie nonsense" in a lesser movie.


I cannot imagine in such an otherwise well written story they'd have this deputy so careless/stupid.

Russ

 

[Ben_hutcherson]

I saw the movie in the theater years ago...wouldn't have been something I'd have chosen but I went with some friends.

I loved it then, and have seen it a number of time since. Even if not 100%, I still find it an interesting story.

 

[WardenRoss]

 

[blues7]

Cormac McCarthy is one of my favorite authors. I've read pretty much everything he's written.

 

[cmort666]

I like the guy in it who kills people with the cow poker gun!!!

I try to be like Anton Chigurh... minus his girly side.

 

[cmort666]

He also played a villain in one of the later Bond movies.

"Skyfall".

 

[Chuck24]

Synopsis

Tommy Lee Jones has a cup of coffee. Everybody kills everybody else. Tommy Lee Jones has a cup of coffee.
The End.

 

[model70hunter]

Well okay, here is the scene that bugged me a bit. As I say near the beginning:

We see a deputy leading a handcuffed suspect to his car.....way out in the middle of nowhere. So, the deputy is back at his station all alone except for himself and the suspect.

Now, instead of locking the suspect into a cell, he simply has the suspect sit in a chair.....still cuffed....and then carries on a conversation on the phone with his sheriff about the mysterious suspect he just brought in......the entire time with his back to the suspect. We see the suspect in the back round rise from the chair and sneak up on the deputy......and he then brutally strangles the deputy with the handcuffs. Bad guy then cleans up in the restroom and then drives off in the deputies squad car.

Now I realize....it is just a movie. A good movie. A VERY good movie and that is why the scene bugs me because I can easier accept such "movie nonsense" in a lesser movie.


I cannot imagine in such an otherwise well written story they'd have this deputy so careless/stupid.

Russ

Russ, I like your question. The reality is I knew a few deputies who were not any more intellectual. They made everyone around them nervous. Small Counties sometimes do not get folks who graduate at the top of the class. It was one reason the Sheriff relied on some proven reserves. At times it was not realistic, but I got the picture. Criminals are becoming organized and more deadly.

 

[Xfuzz]

Texas real life ending for me:

Killin scene of Lewellen.
Ed-Tom at the door with the lock punched.
He knows...but leaves.
That was the movie.

Real deal:
Ed-Tom see's punched out lock.
Backs off and wait's.
Chigger...Sugar..whatever was name is comes out.
Sheriff lights him up...
The End.

 

[chud333]

Well, Up yonder is the OK corral......

Chuck

 

[rdcl]

I like the scene of Llewelyn being chased across the stream by a pit bull dog......and as he gets back on land running he takes his 1911 pistol from his waistband.....drops the mag.....then shakes the water out of the pistol & mag....he even blows into the open chamber......re-inserts mag drops the slide just in time and shoots the dog just before it attacks him.

A great little detail in gun-handling most movies would ignore.

Great scene!


Russ

 

[Gunslinger808]

I like the guy in it who kills people with the cow poker gun!!!

Call it, friend-o...

 

[Farmer17]

I liked the silenced 12 gauge Remington 1100, it was really quiet!