"The Coen Brothers, doing what they do"
I'm a big Fan of the Coen Brothers, The Big Lebowski is in the upper echelon of my favorite movies, and one thing I have learned about the Coen's.....the more you watch their movies, the more you like them. (I've seen Big Lebowski something like 73 times, if not more)
And I am going to need to watch this one a few more times.
THE PLOT
A drug deal goes bad. Man stumbles apon aftermath. Finds Money. Takes Money. Runs. Is Chased by Hitmen............
Re-Watch-ah-Bill-ah-Tee
Yup! This thing grabbed hold of me, and I want to know if it will do the same thing the second time I watch it. Plus, you've got great casting, great story, realistic emotions, and its the Coen Brothers.
Also, after you watch this movie, it leaves you with this odd, unsettling feeling.....kind of like the feeling you get after you watch Night of the Living Dead, which I love
The Cast
Javier Bardem
Is creep-ah-lee amazing in this movie, and his haircut is just creepy all together. For his haunting portrayl of Anton Chigurh, he won a Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
*this made him the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar [1]
His acting was so good in his first scene, that i feared he forgot he was acting and thought he might really choke the other actor to death.
Josh Brolin
who I can barely recognize from his Goonies days, and had a hard time believing he was the same person portraying George W. Bush in W, got his role by shooting an audition tape while filming Planet Terror, which he’s awesome in.
*also this film has a similar missing reel feel at one point
Tommy Lee Jones
Who in real life is suing for $10,000,000 in unpaid wages from the film.
Woody Harrelson
who is also great in Semi-Pro
Kelly Macdonald who is also in Trainspotting, which I have sadly, not seen yet
At this point, I must make a note of how great the Coen Brothers are with choosing actors for minor roles. I love their choices in The Big Lebowski. (i.e. Jack Kehler)
Barry Corbin
is in one scene, and I loved him in Held Up
Beth Grant
is hill-air-e-us in her short on screen appearance, and she is also in Little Miss Sunshine as one of the pageant officials
Stephen Root
back again, two days in a row
Gene Jones
who I want to see do more, portrayed a gas station attendant who’s life rested on his calling a coin flip
Kathy Lamkin
Javier BardemIs creep-ah-lee amazing in this movie, and his haircut is just creepy all together. For his haunting portrayl of Anton Chigurh, he won a Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
*this made him the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar [1]
His acting was so good in his first scene, that i feared he forgot he was acting and thought he might really choke the other actor to death.
Josh Brolinwho I can barely recognize from his Goonies days, and had a hard time believing he was the same person portraying George W. Bush in W, got his role by shooting an audition tape while filming Planet Terror, which he’s awesome in.
*also this film has a similar missing reel feel at one point
Tommy Lee JonesWho in real life is suing for $10,000,000 in unpaid wages from the film.
Woody Harrelsonwho is also great in Semi-Pro
Kelly Macdonald who is also in Trainspotting, which I have sadly, not seen yet
At this point, I must make a note of how great the Coen Brothers are with choosing actors for minor roles. I love their choices in The Big Lebowski. (i.e. Jack Kehler)
Barry Corbinis in one scene, and I loved him in Held Up
Beth Grantis hill-air-e-us in her short on screen appearance, and she is also in Little Miss Sunshine as one of the pageant officials
Stephen Rootback again, two days in a row
Gene Joneswho I want to see do more, portrayed a gas station attendant who’s life rested on his calling a coin flip
Kathy Lamkin who was amazing, was also in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and had a small role in The Heartbreak Kid
Thomas Kopache
Thomas Kopache who has about 12 secs of screentime, made an impression on me
who is in Jeepers Creepers He’s also in a terrible TV movie, that is sooooo slow, License to Kill, but it has Denzel Washington in it, so yeah.
Things Worth Noting
In the novel (but not in the movie), Sheriff Bell says of the dope-dealers, "Here a while back in San Antonio they shot and killed a federal judge." Cormac McCarthy set the story in 1980. In 1979, in San Antonio, Federal Judge John Howland Wood was shot and killed by rifle fire by a Texas free-lance contract killer named Charles Harrelson. Actor Woody Harrelson (Carson Wells in the movie) is his son. [1]
The Coen Brothers used a photo of a brothel patron taken in 1879 as a model for Anton Chigurh's hair style. Looking at its weirdness after getting the hair cut, Javier Bardem said "Oh no, now I won't get laid for the next two months".[1]
Javier Bardem’s character uses a coin at times to decide peoples' fate, like Tommy Lee Jones Two-Face in Batman Forever
Things Worth Noting
In the novel (but not in the movie), Sheriff Bell says of the dope-dealers, "Here a while back in San Antonio they shot and killed a federal judge." Cormac McCarthy set the story in 1980. In 1979, in San Antonio, Federal Judge John Howland Wood was shot and killed by rifle fire by a Texas free-lance contract killer named Charles Harrelson. Actor Woody Harrelson (Carson Wells in the movie) is his son. [1]
The Coen Brothers used a photo of a brothel patron taken in 1879 as a model for Anton Chigurh's hair style. Looking at its weirdness after getting the hair cut, Javier Bardem said "Oh no, now I won't get laid for the next two months".[1]
Javier Bardem’s character uses a coin at times to decide peoples' fate, like Tommy Lee Jones Two-Face in Batman Forever
