Film Review: No Country For Old Men

On February 26th, 2017 I watched the Neil Young “Heart of Gold” concert with my dad. It was a DVD recording containing 20 tracks of his live performance. We watched the concert in our home theatre room through a sound system that captured the quality of the concert.

First impressions are not always right. This is what this essay is about, and my opinion is that you should not judge even though it's hard not to. I've stereotyped and judged a person by their looks, but I was wrong and it made me feel bad. He was a good guy and he became one of my best friends. This is a 12 Angry Men essay about all the stereotyping and judging someone by their looks that is on trial in the

This film highlights the flaws of humanity in a western world. The films ability to touch on topics of classism, prostitution, and alcoholism makes the content mature and unlike typical western films. This revolutionary and innovative western created a foundation for many future films. The sophistication of the content, and lack of adherence to the production code makes this film an “adult”

In Cormac McCarthy’s “No Country For Old Men,” fate plays a significant role in the novel and is present in the lives of each of the characters he portrays. Fate, as defined in the dictionary, is “the will or principle or determining cause by which things in general are believed to come to be as they are or events to happen as they do.” The theme of fate is demonstrated in all of the characters in the novel, but most evidently in Llewellyn Moss, Ed Tom Bell, Carla Jean, Carson Wells, and Anton Chigurh. Fate is the main difference that lies between all of these characters. In his interactions with other characters, Anton Chigurh continually suggests that each and every choice we make determines our fate.

Bitter about the evolution of the corruption of society, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell plays the official hero clinging to old traditions and reminiscing about the old days in No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Delusions of a peaceful utopia during the time his grandpa Jack was a sheriff has left Bell looking at the world through hopeless eyes; a world on its knees with only one explanation for its demise: Satan. Not necessarily a religious man, Sheriff Bell, when asked if he believes in Satan, remarks: “He explains a lot of things that otherwise don’t have no explanation. Or not to me they don’t” (218). Throughout No County for Old Men, Sheriff Bell is determined to save Llewellyn Moss in order to prove that justice can be served in a world

Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, an aging Western legend, epitome of an older tradition in the movie, who does not serve an underpopulated territory but rather a developed county with new types of crimes which bewilder him. Bell, who is pulling back from an evil which he can't comprehend or address, mirroring the film's millennial perspective with no desire for a practical future, just the distant chance of individual separation from it

If told that Joel and Ethan Coen’s film No Country for Old Men is a Western, a viewer may develop some preconceived notions on what the narrative will include: ten-gallon hats, shiny law-enforcer badges, and a clock struck at high noon. While the former two may technically be included in the film, said viewer will likely be shocked at how far off their assumptions were. The Coen Brothers used some aspects of the traditional Western when making this film, but turned the rest of the genre on its head. No Country for Old Men exists in contrast of traditional Western narratives, where the unavoidable, fatalistic forces of the universe overshadow the .44 magnum of justice.

O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a film that will surely make you want to fall out of your chair laughing, and make you want to get up and dance. This film is an absolute classic. It is hilarious, adventurous, and makes you feel good about yourself. The most unique thing about this film is the main characters break out of jail for the wrong reason, and then go on a wild chase trying to get home. Another unique part about this film is that the main character is currently divorced and wanting to remarry his ex-wife. The film, O Brother, Where Art Thou? is a classic comedy because it has well-rounded characters, adventure, and a little bit of love.

is set in Texas, USA and concerns an illegal drug deal gone awry in the deserted backcountry. No Country for Old Men features Josh Brolin as protagonist Lewellyn Moss, Tommy Lee Jones as protagonist Sheriff Ed Tom Bell, and Javier Bardem as antagonist Anton Chigurh. Themes of good/evil, nostalgia, chance/choice and hunter versus hunted are apparent in the film. The picture received four awards at the 80th Academy Awards including Best picture, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Javier Barden). No Country for Old Men uses the methods of cinematography, Mis – en – Scene and editing to accurately convey and contrast themes of chance, choice and hunter versus the hunted

The state of being haunted is often associated with certain psychological condition in people. However, often this phenomenon appears as a result of person’s victimization and psychological pressure. The two films chosen for current study – No Country for Old Men and Apocalypto – depict how fear can take control over person and show two different outcomes of this state. In the first movie, one can see how this haunting energy leads the protagonist to death while Apocalypto shows the audience the way to break the connection between the haunting energy and the protagonist’s destiny. One can either let the haunting spirit overwhelm himself or confront it and terminate the experience.

No Impact Man is a book and also a documentary written by Colin Beavan, about how him and his family went green by giving up all of what some people call “necessities”; like, electricity, vehicles that run on gas, shipped foods, and waste. By doing so he was hoping to drastically change his environmental impact on the world.

If I were to make a modern day movie of And Then There Were None I would change almost everything. First off, I would make the movie more modern and take place in the 2000s. Doing this would make it more interesting to read because there would be technology I could relate to. Also I would make the characters younger in age, maybe between 20-25 years old. This would make the movie more thrilling because the characters wouldn’t know what to do in these situations since they are young and naive. And around this age most of the characters would be in college and still sort of reliant on their parents. They would want the help of their parents, but can’t get it because there is a power outage on the island. Also I would make it so that all of the

Frank Capra, a renowned Hollywood director, directed Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, which was released in 1939. The film stars Jean Arthur and James (Jimmy) Stewart in the principal roles. James Stewart plays the title role of "Mr. Smith" as Jefferson Smith, a man chosen to take assume the role of senator after US Senator Sam Foley dies. Governor Hubert "Happy" Hopper selects Jefferson Smith to fill this role, pressure from his corrupt pseudo mob boss to choose one of his goons notwithstanding. The narrative is the story of an ordinary, every-man who is swept up in the fervor of the political process and power in Washington D.C. Though a humble and genuine man, Jefferson Smith is chastised and ridiculed by his enemies and sometimes the public for his lack of urban sophistication. The film exemplifies the experience of a man, who thrown into a situation largely beyond his control, struggles to maintain his personal integrity and succeed professionally.

The first topic discussed were cops. Cops play a major role in the drug war. The film made it clear that cops are a tool for a self-perpetuating system.

It has been theorized that the ability to communicate through language made the human species possible and in the same way, each individual becomes humanized as he/she enters into verbal communication with those around (Simmons-McDonald). If this statement is accepted as true, then it follows that the continued development of the human species depends on each individual being able to participate effectively in the process of communication. Was this the message of the movie “My Fair Lady”? Mr. Higgins certainly believed that a person’s accent and tone of voice determine his/her prospects in society and that ‘verbal class distinction could be extinct if the English taught their children how to speak.’