No Country for Old Men is a western thriller starring Josh Brolin and Javier Bardem. The movie is based on the novel of the same name about a man, Llewelyn Moss (Brolin), who comes across a large fortune only to find himself in a cat-and-mouse chase because the there is a series of other people after the money. The film is Coen Brothers film and is the second movie made by the brothers that I have seen.
In a unique way of telling the story, Joel and Ethan Coen opted to limit the soundtrack in this movie. In many scenes, the movie was almost dead silent. When the movie first started and the credits were rolling, I thought that there was a sound issue with Amazon on Demand or my MacBook when there was no sound for at least 3 minutes in the film. But as it turns out, it was all part of a technique used in the film to tell the story. I must admit that I thought it was weird that the film didn't have an extensive soundtrack, but as the movie progressed, I found that the chilling silence actually added to the intensity of the wild goose chase.
The film was around 2 hours long, and I thought that I was going to be bored to death after watching the trailer. However, I must admit that I was surprised at how intense the film was, as it constantly left me at the edge of my seat wondering what would happen to Josh Brolin's character next and whether or not he would survive the sadistic killing spree that Javier Bardem's character, Anton was going on in the movie.
The dialogue used in the script was crisp and only there when necessary, letting the actions of the characters tell the story. And in the closing monologue of one of the Sheriffs, the description of two dreams he had was a very brilliant way of closing out the film I thought.
Though the violence was heavy, the movie was intense and engaging. And Javier Bardem's Best Supporting Actor win at the Academy Awards was well deserved in my opinion.
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