watching movies one cup at a time

It’s not really clear to me why everyone is going crazy about this movie. Sure it’s a good movie. But it wasn’t THAT great. Not great enough to be freaking out about it like people are.

In general I like the Coen brothers’ movies. I thought Fargo was really good and so was Hudsucker Proxy and Barton Fink. This movie is a lot different tho. It doesn’t feature quite the same exaggerated characters as in some of their other movies. This film actually reminds me the most of their first film, Blood Simple. It’s got a lot of the same tension and “true crime” violence.

I don’t really get why Josh Brolin’s character goes back to the crime scene to give the dying man some water. The guy was just about dead anyway. Going back 6 hours later won’t help him. Seems like a dumb thing to do. And of course the result is he gets found out and eventually killed for it. And why didn’t he just go to New York or some place really far away. I don’t understand why he is going to hotels one town over and thinking that’s a good idea. Where was he headed? What was his plan? And how in the hell does Javier Bardem just happen to be driving past his hotel?

About Javier Bardem, his Anton Chigurh character stole the show. Everyone remembers this character. He is so slyly evil and bizarre, you can’t help but be transfixed by him. All the actors do an exceptional job. Tommy Lee Jones is great as the understated Sheriff that is actually at the center of the movie. And Josh Brolin is the perfect roughneck Texan.

Overall it’s a good movie, just not as insanely fantastic as everyone says. And there were a few more dots that I would like to see connected.