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[Brassmask]

Best Movie in years.

Oscar nods for Tommy Lee Jones and Coen Brothers, no doubt in my mind.

Barry Corbin (Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure) should get a nod for his five minutes on screen.  Most natural acting I've ever seen.

Amazing cinematography of Texas.  Amazing acting from Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin and Woody Harrelson.

Astoundingly simply story told by masters of the medium.

If you ever believe me on ANYTHING, please let this be it.

[Lanya]

It's not showing here! 
We're a podunk town so maybe we'll have to wait for it to come to DVD.

[fatman]

Loved the book, loved the movie.  I agree with Brass, a must see.

[Rich]

Saw it.

It sucked.

[Brassmask]

Saw it.

It sucked.

Um, ok.  Why do you say that?

[Rich]

What was the plot? Another hitman goes out and committs murder in new and more disgusting ways?

Sorry, It was derivative and slow.

[Xavier_Onassis]

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What was the plot? Another hitman goes out and committs murder in new and more disgusting ways?

Sorry, It was derivative and slow.
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So.... according to you, what WAS a great film?

You should be aware that there are really only something like 36 different plots. Perhaps a few more if you separate gay and straight love themes and count them as separate.

[Rich]

Ummmmm?

I'll try and address the question concerning what is a great film. I didn't dislike this film because it was bloody and violent. I disliked it because it didn't have a plot and was another lame attempt at duplicating Pulp Fiction.

A great film?

The Godfather?
A Coal Miners Daughter?

[Brassmask]

What was the plot? Another hitman goes out and committs murder in new and more disgusting ways?

Sorry, It was derivative and slow.

It was a potboiler.

[Brassmask]

I don't want to argue about whether or not it was a great film or not.  I personally believe it was one of the best films of the last 30 years or so but that's me.

What I find odd is that you found that it was not a good film when it centered on some of the greatest character actors in some of the best roles in a long long time. 

And it was a rural based film.

[Rich]

There you have it. You think the plot was great. I think it was derivative. Sure, I know the actors, and I like a lot of the things they've done, but their acting couldn't save this snorer.

[Xavier_Onassis]

I rented this today. It is a great film. It does not deem even remotely derivative to me. I cannot imagine what it might be derivative of. The casting was good, the characters were well-done, and seemed to be authentic West Texans, other than Javier Bardem's character, who was supposed to be mysterious.

[Xavier_Onassis]

Barry Corbin (Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure) should get a nod for his five minutes on screen.  Most natural acting I've ever seen.

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I was also impressed with Corbin.

The acting was terrific,the scenery was great. A major film.

[Brassmask]

Barry Corbin (Maurice Minnifield on Northern Exposure) should get a nod for his five minutes on screen.  Most natural acting I've ever seen.

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I was also impressed with Corbin.

The acting was terrific,the scenery was great. A major film.

XO,

Right after it came out, I was constantly telling people that Barry Corbin should get an Oscar nod.  That scene, short though it is, is sooo natural.  I specifically think of the story he told about his grandfather (or whoever) and his standing on the porch and the guys there were "goin' about this an that" and he kind of made that motion that I have seen old men do all the time in Mississippi and Texas.

Brilliant.

[Rich]

Wow, BO disagrees with me.