Last Movie Watched

DiehardKingsFan said:
I disagree with pretty much everything in this post.

*SPOILERS*


The character of Ed Tom Bell was absolutely pivotal to the theme of the movie. In his visit to Ellis towards the end of the film, Ellis tells him "You can?t stop what?s coming. It ain?t all waiting on you. That?s vanity." That's the message Cormac McCarthy and the Coen Brothers were conveying - sometimes, the forces of good just can't prevent what's coming. A harsh realization that Bell gradually comes to realize, and this brutal truth is summed up in the closing lines "And then I woke up."
Click to expand...

I didn't get that being the theme so much myself. It seemed to me that the theme of the film was the same as the title of it. That the world is not a place for older men anymore, men of that previous generation. They don't understand it because people are different now and things like honor and trust are not things you can count on in people.

After I thought about it for a good long while and then saw the movie a second time, the ending made much more sense in that context. To me, at least.
 
DiehardKingsFan said:
*more spoilers*

I think the accident at the end was another obstacle that Chigurh overcame. I mean, he was shot by Llewellyn, pursued by Sheriff Bell and Wells the bounty hunter, and involved in an unexpected car wreck, but still pressed on. Nothing, not even a random act of chance, could stop him. That's something Bell was forced to accept at the end, that there wasn't anything he could do to stop the evil force. Makes it very fitting that Chigurh's character survived.
Click to expand...

Excellent point...I didn't think of it that way.

One thing we can both agree upon, Chiguhr was one creepy mother****er. Especially when he was talking to the poor schlep at the gas station.
 
adgy-san said:
I didn't get that being the theme so much myself. It seemed to me that the theme of the film was the same as the title of it. That the world is not a place for older men anymore, men of that previous generation. They don't understand it because people are different now and things like honor and trust are not things you can count on in people.
Click to expand...


Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!!!!! A reading of the W. B. Yeats poem "Sailing to Byzantium" from which the title of the movie is taken might shed a little light on this subject as well, or read either The Crossing or Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. Also, I think much of the movie's thematics are encoded in the initial monologue by Tommy Lee Jones, largely voiced over a shot of a desolate plain.




SPOILERS:



I don't understand people who don't like the ending. What would've been a better ending? Bell going Charles Bronson/Chuck Norris on Chigurh? Are you crazy? Go see Alien v. Predator if you want that s***. Rambo, the Septugenarian years should be out soon. too.

I admit it was a bit jarring, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized how courageous of an ending it was on the part of the author and filmmakers, and how it made sense from a thematic perspective. It's actually the more unified ending.
 
awayfromherpostermeduf0.jpg


Quite an emotional film. I really enjoyed it. Julie Christie gives an amazing performance.
 
Having just finished the book, I decided to re-watch this:

518MCH73PGL._.jpg


I thought it was great before, but I love it even more now. A great example of how to adapt a book that requires certain changes in the story to fit into a film.

Mary Harron, come back to film please.
 
Snape said:
waitress_posterbig.jpg

I was underwhelmed. Waitress is one of those movies that you might watch on a night where there isn't anything else on cable, so you watch it and think it's a cute movie. There really wasn't anything dynamic about it. Keri Russell did a good job, but I don't think it was an Oscar-worthy performance like the many other who feel that she was snubbed.
Click to expand...

I just saw this recently as well. It was a cute movie, and I liked it, but definitely not spectacular.
 
mpabucketlistposter.jpg

Better than I thought it would be. Rather funny. And, of course, with the sweet, tear-jerker ending. But the laughs are good enough to go through that.
 
Sweeney Todd the Barber Demon of Fleet Street​

Ok...this movie was OUTSTANDING! I loved everything about it. Depp, as usual, was superb. I was never one for musicals until I saw "Moulin Rouge" which was incredible. I was let down by "Chicago" but now "Sweeney Todd" has restored my faith. If this doesn't win best picture something is wrong with Hollywood (besides the obvious stuff).

sweeney-todd-poster.jpg


The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford​

assassinationofjessejamesposter.thumbnail.jpg

A very good movie. As he did in Gone Baby Gone, Casey Affleck shows us who has the acting talent in the Affleck family. Seriously, how can Ben and he be brothers? I guess it's no different from Chris Drury and Ted Drury when it comes to skills of the trade. Brad Pitt, on of my favorite actors, was disappointing. He had parts where he was ok but a lot of the time I felt he was reprising his role as Early Grace from "Kalifornia."

War of the Worlds

poster.jpg

It's not the best movie but it's a guilty pleasure of mine and I love it. Saw it twice in the theatre back in 2005 and tonight I watched it again on DVD. Overall I've seen it about 7 times which is kind of a lot for me considering it's been around about 2 1/2 years. Tom Cruise is not a favorite actor of mine but for some reason I like a lot of his movies going way back to "Top Gun."
 
Last edited:
OrangePuck said:
ahhhhhh.....so you are the kind of person that goes to see movies like that. lol ;)
Click to expand...

Who doesn't like watching Britney get kicked down the pit of death? But seriously, this was the first comedy film i've seen in over two years and this really makes me want to stick to dramas.
 
Just saw World Trade Center. Finally Oliver Stone makes a movie with heart and no pretensions.

World-Trade-Center.jpg
 
just bought this at dvdplanet and saw this last night:
519H-UDb0gL._AA240_.jpg


none of it was mind blowing or anything, but it wasn't bad. i particularly liked how they made everything look genuine to the 1930s-50s. the camera angles they used on ice were neat also.

sean avery is in it and his role of bob "the killer" dill could satisfy both avery lovers and haters since he gets his arse whooped by richard. mike ricci is in it a lot, but doesn't do much speaking (actually none of the nhl stars do). vincent lecavalier plays jean beliveau and doesn't appear until closer to the end when the canadiens became a younger (in player age) team. ian laperriere also plays a small part in the locker room.

i was happy with the film, i got it because i wanted to see some nhlers in a film (particularly avery :grin:) and i love period pieces from the 1920s-50s in general. plus, i learned some stuff about maurice richard that i didn't already know before. :)
 
33isgod said:
Who doesn't like watching Britney get kicked down the pit of death? But seriously, this was the first comedy film i've seen in over two years and this really makes me want to stick to dramas.
Click to expand...

lol...honestly, I would mute the TV and not look at it whenever that commercial came on. I don't know what it is but all of those types of movies like Scary Movie, Meet the Spartans, etc....but I hate them with a passion and all I've seen is the trailer.
 
lunchbox said:
i plus, i learned some stuff about maurice richard that i didn't already know before. :)
Click to expand...

Spoiler Alert

Totally agreed LB-I never knew the Rocket was a cross dresser who huffed nitrous oxide. That one totally caught me off guard.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.

Now Chirping

Share this page

Back
Top