There Will Be No Country for Bloody Old Men
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Topic: There Will Be No Country for Bloody Old Men
Posted By: manofmystery
Subject: There Will Be No Country for Bloody Old Men
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 09:04
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Everyone has had 3 years to fully take in and appreciate 2007's two film masterpieces; There Will Be Blood and No Country For Old Men. Which one do Progarchivers feel is the better film?
I, of course, will be voting for No Country, and I assume Henry will be voting for Blood, so it's all up to you non-film-related-avatar-havers. -------------  Time always wins. |
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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 09:14
| Blood: more potential vs. No Country: more accomplished. I'll vote for the latter, but both are great. |
Posted By: Mr ProgFreak
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 09:47
Both are great, but my vote goes to No Country For Old Men. 
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 10:10
| I voted for Blood, mainly because I find it more unique. (Both movies have a brilliant ending, by the way.) |
Posted By: Anthony H.
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 10:15
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If you said that Daniel Day Lewis gave the one of the greatest performances of all time in TWBB, I would agree.
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Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 10:40
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The 2 movies in question were without doubt 2 of the best releases that year, but to put one above the other - very difficult; Daniel Day Lewis put in a career defining performance (an I though Bill The Butcher couldn't be bettered), but at the same time the Coen's outshone themselves as well...
...can hardly fit a fag paper between them, but on balance, I'd go for No Country For Old Men, purely because the entire cast were superb, whereas No Country For Old Men hung on DDL alone. Also, you didn't really expect me to vote against the Coen Brothers, did you?  ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 10:47
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Overall, No Country for Old Men. I respect both films and think they're great, but I wouldn't particularly say I enjoy them very much. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 11:48
I would say that. I would also say Javier Bardem gave the one of the greatest performances of all time in NCFOM.
You'd be hard pressed to find a year with better Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor performances.
It is really a shame they didn't come out a year apart so both could have swept the major awards for their respective years. ------------- Time always wins. |
Anthony H. wrote:Posted By: The T
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 12:13
The same here, specially in the case of NCFOM. I vote for TWBB, which was better in my eyes and had a story I could enjoy much more. The acting by Day Lewis was superb. ------------- 
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Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 12:21
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No Country For Old Men. ------------- 
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 14:28
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Posted By: The Monodrone
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 15:24
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TWBB, by a long shot.
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Posted By: Conor Fynes
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 16:10
| There Will Be Blood had a dumb ending. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 20:25
| No Country was beautiful |
Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 20:29
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I love No Country, and quite desperately need to see Blood. ------------- "WAAAAAAOOOOOUGH! WAAAAAAAUUUUGGHHHH!! WAAAAAOOOO!!!" -The Great Gig in the Sky |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 20:54
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Hm, this is damn difficult. I'm going for No Country, but honestly its just a gut instinct. Both are great films though! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 23:27
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Tough call.
No Country has an aspect about it that makes me want to watch it all the through, especially on repeated watchings, similar to Pulp Fiction. However, I wasn't all too thrilled with the ending. Conversely There Will Be Blood has a better ending but doesn't entice me to watch it all the way through again.
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Posted By: Any Colour You Like
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 23:30
| Both were good, but Blood made me think more, and was more memorable in hindsight. |
Posted By: The Monodrone
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 01:26
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Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: August 10 2010 at 01:38
Agree, I come back to that movie more often, whereas NCFOM I rarely watch. ------------- 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 16 2010 at 00:56
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No country for old men is one of the Coens best movies. There will be blood is one of the best movies in cinema history. PERIOD!!!  ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: August 16 2010 at 00:58
You have a dumb ending! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?"
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 16 2010 at 01:22
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have to see both again at least one more time to decide, right now I'd have to say No Country .. |
Posted By: CinemaZebra
Date Posted: August 16 2010 at 01:22
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 16 2010 at 01:25
| ^ nor do I -- best movie in very recent cinema history maybe, not much more |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: August 16 2010 at 02:23
| and I tend to agree with Jim, DDL's work in Gangs of New York is as good or better |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: August 16 2010 at 06:54
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He had large shoes to fill in 'Gangs' as well - Scorcese originally wanted De Niro for the role -------------
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: August 16 2010 at 12:44
The same. -------------
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Posted By: Evolutionary Sleeper
Date Posted: August 16 2010 at 12:55
I agree as well, his performance as Bill was godly. -------------
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Posted By: EatThatPhonebook
Date Posted: September 07 2010 at 10:02
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I love NCFOM, I once started Blood, but never finished it. I'm looking forward to do that. ------------- 
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Posted By: Synchestra
Date Posted: September 10 2010 at 22:31
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'I drink your milkshake' was just one of the best little monologues ever. But I still have to go with No Country.. It was alot more fun to watch. ------------- 'Yeah, thats.. Whatever you're talking about for ya' - Zapp brannigan |
Posted By: Thin_Man
Date Posted: September 15 2010 at 04:26
Alex said it all in few words, but I'm going to agree with Anthony and vote fore TWBB only because of Daniel Day-Lewis.
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 17:39
| No Country For Old Men is a great movie, but There Will Be Blood is nearly perfect |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: October 29 2011 at 17:41
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No Country For Old Men ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 04:03
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No Country overall for general atmosphere, but TWWB has best ending easily! ------------- 
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Posted By: manofmystery
Date Posted: October 31 2011 at 07:13
There Will Be Blood is a great movie, but No Country For Old Men is nearly perfect*
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