there's something about opening an epic with the Chorus narration in the 1st person. Scorsese is very fond of it - a classic example with his central characters Frank Sheehan (the Irishman) , Jordan Belfort (The Wolf of Wall Street) and Henry Hill (Goodfellas) - in a sense, these are the survivors, the witnesses to the entire drama. So it is with the Sherriff here. Another interesting addition is the archaic, I assume south-western Texan accent, at least two generations back from current. Perhaps a device to suggest the audience of times gone by, of a fading perspective on encountering a new threat that went with change. Crime .... violence and so on.
True..... The main difference is that the real director's always start the the movie with how the real non fiction novels starts.... Here's a couple... Futurescapes/aether. Or revonethree....😇🌎🪐⌛☣️☢️🤫😏🌌🌌🌌⚛️⚛️🌌🌌⚛️🌌🌌
Look, hate me all you want, but I have to be honest: Overall, this movie just didn’t do it for me. I can see why people like it, but LOVE it or even hailed it as a masterpiece and one of the best films of the century?! I just can’t see it that way. The acting and the pacing of the film just felt painfully flat and slow. It was way too dialogue/exposition heavy. Very little to no music. It also just felt all over the place in terms of the themes, storylines, and characters. The Ed Tom Bell character storyline felt like it was from a different movie and was trying to shoehorn its way into No Country and had very little to no impact other than exposition. Also, the drug cartel as well as the Carson Wells character had very little explanation or development as well. Lastly, Anton’s shotgun and its sound gave off a completely sci fi feel to the movie that did not belong. To be honest, it could’ve worked SO MUCH BETTER as a mini series instead. That’s me!
You have a right to your opinion, but just extrapolating from your insight, I think you've never lived life with all its discomforts. You will though, and I recommend watching this movie again after that.
@Fan_Made_Videos: Right. Now, having said all that, it definitely was NOT a terrible movie, or even a bad movie. I just felt that there was A LOT material and potential that was presented, but it just wasn’t utilized and/or developed very well, and overall, it just felt underwhelming and left more to be desired. That's why I said that I feel that it could have worked MUCH better as a mini series instead. I know that very likely will not happen at this point in time, but if it did, I’d definitely like to watch it! For all those who do love and enjoy this movie, I wholeheartedly respect that and don’t mean to demean you for it at all. We all have different tastes and different feelings towards various things in life. It’s all love! ❤️👍
“He killed a 14 year old girl.” That line was delivered PERFECTLY. You can hear the defeated, dejected, sad way he thinks about it. You can tell how senseless he sees it as.
"But I don't want to push my chips forward and go out and meet something I don't understand." The way this bit of narration hits when we see Anton's weapon just adds to its weight.
When you reflect on the movie's title... and the fact that the sheriff's monologue opens and closes the story... you realize that this isn't really Llwellyn's story. That's just something for the sheriff to observe and mull over.
This film has one of the most compelling opening scenes and ending scenes of any I have ever watched in my 60 years. What a masterpiece of movie making and story telling.
What’s crazy is I saw this movie when it first came out and never paid this opening line any thought. A year later I became a cop. 15 years later I find myself thinking exactly this and I can’t wait to get out either.
I just have to echo what all have said here in that this is incredible cinema - every aspect of the medium is executed at the highest level, the effort coalesces into a cohesive emotional feeling that is beyond powerful. Incredible.
