Comments on: No Country for Old Men.

By: Sweeney Todd « 2sparrows

Sweeney Todd « 2sparrows — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 23:28:57 +0000

[...] seen in a long long time. I don’t really watch horror movies, and I guess you could say No Country for Old Men and The Departed were pretty bloody, but not so much [...]

By: creativethursday

creativethursday — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:45:20 +0000

I liked both and loved “No Country”. Not a fan of violence I wasn’t sure I would like it ~ but I found it so compelling from the story to the cinematography. I was hooked in from the first moment, even with the slow pace of the film. It challenged me as a viewer which is so rare in film these days.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 02:58:23 +0000

I wasn’t a fan of No Country either. It really wasn’t due to the violence (I’ve been overly desensitized I fear), but the story itself just wasn’t there for me. The Departed was better put together in my opinion. The violence could have been toned down, but it did seem to be better placed when compared to No Country.

By: seanb724

seanb724 — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 11:52:27 +0000

Hmm, after reading your post, you reminded me of more violence in The Departed then I remember. However, I still liked it much better than No Country. I thought Dicaprio did an amazing job…. I definitely agree with you that both had a lot more violence than was necessary!

By: Ben

Ben — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:32:40 +0000

After seeing both, I feel the opposite. I thought the gratuitous violence in the Departed was over done to the point of being detracting from the story. The excessive blood and brain matter splattering (cop thrown off roof + several characters shot in the head) detracted from the potential sense of loss for any of the characters. I also felt that the character development was much better done in No Country For Old Men because of the empathy I felt for Josh Brolin’s character. Maybe it was just my preference for how the movie was done, but either way, I think that the gore/violence was unnecessarily excessive in both films. That leads to desensitization to the value of life which our country does not need any more of. BTW, did you get to vote for either film? I think that whole system is garbage. Hollywood voting for itself. nice.