Home     No Country for Old Men         Blood Simple, Raising Arizona, Miller's Crossing, Fargo, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski.   This is quite a list. A list of great films made by the Coen brothers. These gentlemen have made a lot of great works of art, they have a lot of talent, and I respect their work.        I anxiously await the director's cut of "No Country for Old Men" I also anticipate some dialogue on their part explaining what motivated them to leave the audience hanging. I enjoyed a lot of elements of this film, but the ending was extraordinarily disapointing. Javier Bardem has already won awards for his portrayal of the psychopathic killer, Anton Chigurh, and I would anticipate more to come. He was almost as scary as Michael Myers, more realistic than Hannibal Lector, and deadlier than Ted Bundy.        Tommy Lee Jones disappears into his role as Sheriff Bell. Woody Harrelson plays a smart ass killer who has a lot to say to everyone he meets, yet seems uncharacteristically quiet when he meets Chigurh. It was an unexpected subtle performance from Harrelson, way to go Woody.
The plot revolves around the convenient "McGuffin" of a satchel of money that everyone wants to get their hands on. Llewellyn Moss finds the money then spends the rest of the movie running from Chigurh, who has been sent to retrieve the money. Sheriff Bell, Woody, and Chigurh all chase Llewellyn at one point or other, and there are a lot of good action sequences, but the drama is the star of the show. If the Coen Brothers release this in 9 months on DVD with a director's cut and alternate endings, I might be able to give it a good rating. As it stands, I rate this movie 3 out of 5 stars, and recommend it to be watched only if you can see it for free.