No Country For Old Men

I am probably the last person on the continental US to see this movie, but now that it is out on DVD I finally had the chance to sit down and watch it. I was a little leary going in because of my high expectations issue. Having heard it was great from everyone I know who has seen it, my expectations were very high. It won Best Picture, Best Directing, etc. - it doesn't get much better than that. I was told Javier Barden was incredible, and he won the Supporting Actor Oscar.

That being said, I am not disappointed - NCFOM is excellent, and Javier Barden is great (and really creepy). Expecting both the movie in general, and Barden to be excellent, I am not blown away by either, but I really enjoy the movie and Barden's performance.

NCFOM contains elements from several different genres including psychological thriller, western and drama. There's a drug deal gone bad, $2 million up for grabs, and a spooky serial killer in the mix. Mostly it follows 3 different storylines from 3 of the main players. There's a loner cowboy who stumbles across the $2 mil, a psychotic killer who believes the $2 mil is rightfully his, and a cop who is investingating the whole affair. Over the course of several days, they chase each other around Southern Texas in a deadly game of hide and seek.