Sunday, March 16, 2008

Movie Review: No Country for Old Men

Here are some of the things I wish I had chosen to do for 2 hours instead of watch No Country for Old Men:

Scratch my balls.
Lick dry paint.
Talk to my crazy aunt on the phone.
Paint my toenails toenail color.

This movie was (and on purpose too, I think) just like having a conversation with an old Texan farmer. It was mostly dull and boring and slower than molasses, but every now and then something interesting popped up, if just for a fleeting second. Hell, even the gunfight scenes were boring. I'm seriously unsure of the purpose of what I just watched.

There was one line that jumped out at me though. One character says to another right before he kills him:

If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?

I guess to me that means that you can decide to always live by a specific rule, but it won't always apply to every situation and can take you down a road you might not want to travel on if you aren't careful. Or, in other words, it's good to have things to believe that you live your life by, but it's also important to think your decisions through and see where they might go before you make them.