betty boop Posted January 1 Posted January 1 I received this which is the latest release of No Country for Old Men on 4k uhd blu-ray, Part of the Criterion collection and its a "New 4K digital master, supervised and approved by director of photography Roger Deakins, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack" Watched this a week or so ago... still processing so havent posted about it yet. Wife who i didn't think would be kind of movie for her, saw me watching and caught the latter part of it. Next day she told me she was still thinking about it .. it is that kind of movie... Curiously i originally saw this while i was working in the US back in 2007 when it was released in the cinemas there, and to be honest for some reason it didn't register that much on me at the time.. a bit cold to it... since then i had a new perspective especially watching again. I have since understood what the movie was about and who the central character actually was ... @Kaynin dropped a hint recently in one of the threads and penny has dropped ! thank you ! I found it literarily having you on the brink the entire time, just has you all the time expecting things to happen - sometimes they dont and it leaves you hanging.. or others they dont show you want happened but you know what happened or its left to your imagination. Its a remarkable movie in that way and way its made... not something to take on face value... theres a bit of thinking behind it. its one heck of a movie ! . With this release, I wasnt sure what to expect with this film as its an older one and set in 1980s i wasnt sure how dated it would... it has come up better than expected.. ps a lovely music mix at end .. yes while a DTS-HDMA 5.1 track if you have DTS-X processing it decides very well to a nice 3D audio mix. Few screen shots below as its presented by our JVC 4k projector. 2 3
BLAH BLAH Posted January 1 Posted January 1 1 minute ago, betty boop said: I received this which is the latest release of No Country for Old Men on 4k uhd blu-ray, Part of the Criterion collection and its a "New 4K digital master, supervised and approved by director of photography Roger Deakins, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack" Watched this a week or so ago... still processing so havent posted about it yet. Wife who i didn't think would be kind of movie for her, saw me watching and caught the latter part of it. Next day she told me she was still thinking about it .. it is that kind of movie... Curiously i originally saw this while i was working in the US back in 2007 when it was released in the cinemas there, and to be honest for some reason it didn't register that much on me at the time.. a bit cold to it... since then i had a new perspective especially watching again. I have since understood what the movie was about and who the central character actually was ... @Kaynin dropped a hint recently in one of the threads and penny has dropped ! thank you ! I found it literarily having you on the brink the entire time, just has you all the time expecting things to happen - sometimes they dont and it leaves you hanging.. or others they dont show you want happened but you know what happened or its left to your imagination. Its a remarkable movie in that way and way its made... not something to take on face value... theres a bit of thinking behind it. its one heck of a movie ! . With this release, I wasnt sure what to expect with this film as its an older one and set in 1980s i wasnt sure how dated it would... it has come up better than expected.. ps a lovely music mix at end .. yes while a DTS-HDMA 5.1 track if you have DTS-X processing it decides very well to a nice 3D audio mix. Few screen shots below as its presented by our JVC 4k projector. A super, super movie...one of my all-time favourites...edgy is an apt description. The bad guy in this is relentless...reminding me a little of the chase in 'Apocalypto'...another fav of mine. 1 1
Kaynin Posted January 1 Posted January 1 Yeah this is just a crackingly good movie. Full of iconic and memorable moments. Woody, Lee Jones and Brolin are three of my favourite actors and they all put in strong performances. I was the same @betty boop, I was cold to this movie when I first saw it. I kept reading good reviews, then it won the best picture academy award so thought I'd watch it again. The final two scenes are key to the whole movie, and when those pieces fall in to place you can't help but keep thinking about it. The movie title then takes on a new reference too! This movie started me on a Cohen bros binge fest, but I feel this is their best. Now IIRC there isn't a soundtrack in this film??? A unique experience and adds to the strength of the production in that there's so many suspenseful moments without the impact of music. 1
betty boop Posted January 1 Author Posted January 1 17 minutes ago, BLAH BLAH said: A super, super movie...one of my all-time favourites...edgy is an apt description. The bad guy in this is relentless...reminding me a little of the chase in 'Apocalypto'...another fav of mine. yeah quite edgy...relentless, unstoppable literally..
betty boop Posted January 1 Author Posted January 1 12 minutes ago, Kaynin said: Yeah this is just a crackingly good movie. Full of iconic and memorable moments. Woody, Lee Jones and Brolin are three of my favourite actors and they all put in strong performances. one thing i have concluded is i'll have to watch it again, and cant wait to watch again ! 13 minutes ago, Kaynin said: I was the same @betty boop, I was cold to this movie when I first saw it. I kept reading good reviews, then it won the best picture academy award so thought I'd watch it again. The final two scenes are key to the whole movie, and when those pieces fall in to place you can't help but keep thinking about it. The movie title then takes on a new reference too! This movie started me on a Cohen bros binge fest, but I feel this is their best. indeed the ending really pulls all of it together ... its so easy for all that to just slip you by as well though i think, especially with all the goings on prior that can easily not catch the meaning of it all otherwise. 15 minutes ago, Kaynin said: The movie title then takes on a new reference too! This movie started me on a Cohen bros binge fest, but I feel this is their best. you got it..i never really understood the meaning of the title prior either something else that just went over my head.... 1
YCC Posted January 1 Posted January 1 Nice to see discussion on this movie, incidentally I watched it recently on a DVD from my public library . Although I had seen the movie when it was on general release, I didn't really understood what it all means. Now with subtitles turned on, as I'm hard of hearing, I got to follow the dialogue more closely. It seems to be one of those movies that bear repeated viewings... 1 1
doogie44 Posted January 1 Posted January 1 I have to watch this at least yearly. The whole movie is spectacularly good in every way. I discovered that the Cohen brothers wrote the screenplay--especially much of the clipped Texan dialogue-- by reading directly from the book onto their keyboards. Check the excellent content and cadence from Cormac McCarthy's work. How could this possibly be improved? "If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?" - Anton Chigur in a sadistically reflective moment. Only the details in the book regarding the girl that Josh Brolin's character meets near the end of the story are changed in the film. 2 1
Kaynin Posted January 1 Posted January 1 I think I'll pick this book up, it's something I'd really enjoy. 3
doogie44 Posted January 1 Posted January 1 If you've seen the movie first, reading the book is a unique experience; the words on the page just spring to life completely cinematically. At the same time you enter the character's inner world(s) more completely. Of course it's usually book first, then film but who cares? Talk about facilitation. Also, the sympathetic film-making and acting that enables such a symbiosis is transparently obvious. To me it's the most approachable book Cormac M. has written. 1 1
stevoz Posted January 4 Posted January 4 On 01/01/2025 at 2:08 PM, betty boop said: I received this which is the latest release of No Country for Old Men on 4k uhd blu-ray, Part of the Criterion collection and its a "New 4K digital master, supervised and approved by director of photography Roger Deakins, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack" Watched this a week or so ago... still processing so havent posted about it yet. Wife who i didn't think would be kind of movie for her, saw me watching and caught the latter part of it. Next day she told me she was still thinking about it .. it is that kind of movie... Curiously i originally saw this while i was working in the US back in 2007 when it was released in the cinemas there, and to be honest for some reason it didn't register that much on me at the time.. a bit cold to it... since then i had a new perspective especially watching again. I have since understood what the movie was about and who the central character actually was ... @Kaynin dropped a hint recently in one of the threads and penny has dropped ! thank you ! I found it literarily having you on the brink the entire time, just has you all the time expecting things to happen - sometimes they dont and it leaves you hanging.. or others they dont show you want happened but you know what happened or its left to your imagination. Its a remarkable movie in that way and way its made... not something to take on face value... theres a bit of thinking behind it. its one heck of a movie ! . With this release, I wasnt sure what to expect with this film as its an older one and set in 1980s i wasnt sure how dated it would... it has come up better than expected.. ps a lovely music mix at end .. yes while a DTS-HDMA 5.1 track if you have DTS-X processing it decides very well to a nice 3D audio mix. Few screen shots below as its presented by our JVC 4k projector. Yes, such a great movie. I watched it again a few months ago but for the first time on bluray. It looked superb, not sure I'd bother with the 4K.....but those screenshots look fantastic. 1 1
cafe67 Posted January 21 Posted January 21 I was so hoping the bad guy was gonna in that car crash, for the irony of a hired killer dying as something as silly as that. 1
Godot Posted January 21 Posted January 21 On 1/1/2025 at 5:22 PM, doogie44 said: If you've seen the movie first, reading the book is a unique experience; the words on the page just spring to life completely cinematically. At the same time you enter the character's inner world(s) more completely. Of course it's usually book first, then film but who cares? Talk about facilitation. Also, the sympathetic film-making and acting that enables such a symbiosis is transparently obvious. To me it's the most approachable book Cormac M. has written. Great film. I find some Cormac McCarthy books so disturbing that I don’t want to see the movie! The Road is an example of one of his books made into a film that I have chosen not to watch. I read The Border Trilogy, absolutely captivating narrative, but I don’t think I could ever reread those novels, let alone watch a film version. 2
Kaynin Posted January 21 Posted January 21 51 minutes ago, Godot said: The Road is an example of one of his books made into a film that I have chosen not to watch. You're not missing out on anything. The book is memorable, the film is forgettable. 1
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