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Posted by Pejman Yousefzadeh on Mon Dec 24, 2007 at 07:13:30 PM EST

A fascinating movie. Superbly well-acted, containing an engrossing plot and brilliantly written, it had my attention from the beginning of the movie until the end. And I do believe that Javier Bardem plays one of the most chilling villains I have ever seen on the silver screen. This guy almost makes Hannibal Lecter look like a piker.

Of course, there is loads of violence in the movie, so don't go if you don't want to expose yourself to that sort of thing. But given how taut the action is, how powerful the dramatic performances are and the nature of the script, my personal opinion is that if you let the violence deter you from going to see the movie, you will miss out on one of the more amazing cinematic achievements of the year.

DON'T CLICK THE "FULL STORY" LINK IF YOU WANT TO AVOID SPOILERS . . .

Okay, so you chose to come for the spoiler. Here it is: I initially didn't know what I thought about the ending. On the one hand, I am an adherent of Aristotle's dictum that a story should have a beginning, a middle and an end. So in many ways, the abrupt end of the movie left me unsatisfied.

At the same time, the nagging lack of satisfaction can serve as reason to see the movie. There is, at times, a virtue in feeling unsettled, confused or puzzled. It shows that one is thinking and that one is intellectually engaged in the story of the film. If No Country For Old Men did indeed follow Aristotle's dictum and contained a beginning, a middle and an end, we might feel that the movie did all of our thinking for us, something that may be less intellectually satisfying in the long run.

Here is Josh Brolin talking about the movie's ending. This is a very good analysis as well. See also this. The comments here are very informative as well.

Given the very strategic nature of the ambiguity left in the movie and the way in which it has prompted such interesting discussion, I've come around to the opinion that I like the movie the way it ended. And since I loved just about everything else No Country For Old Men had to offer, I have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending it to others. It is a deeply impressive intellectual achievement, one of the most meaningful movies to come out in recent years. I am glad to have seen it and even gladder that I was forced to think about whether I was glad to see it.

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