just wonderin if anyone gonna check the film out, looks good to me!

My buddy Luis and I are going to go see it on Monday, when I get back to Chicago. We are both looking forward to this film as it looks like it contains elements of such Coen classics as Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing and Fargo. Could it be a "return to form"? We'll see but I must say it looks very promising and I am very pleased with the casting of Javier Bardem as the resident bad ass Lone Hit Man of the Apolcalypse.   

I just got back from seeing this film and it has left me virtually speechless.  It was as pure a cinematic experience as I have had in many years.

I don't want to say too much until folks have had a chance to see it but some quick bullet points (sans spoilers):

- I don't believe there is any music in the entire film, an interesting choice that just ratchets up the tension.

- Speaking of the tension, almost unbearable at times.

- Dialogue that is phenominal backed up by amazing acting.

- Despite the edgy atmosphere there are still typical Coen moments of great humour.

- A controversial ending (from what the critics say) but I thought it was the perfect note.

Looking forward to more people chiming in, I think this is the best film in a long time.

There are no SONGS in the film, but Carter Burwell does supply the understated score. Must say that I was hoping for a return to form here. Enjoyed it, but was not knocked out. Bardem looks how Jackson Browne must have appeared to Daryl Hannah  when he was abusing her. Thought he played a more vivid loco hombre in Dance with The Devil (adapted from Gifford's Perdita Durango). I loved the Coens from Blood Simple on, but still find their first 2 films my faves.  No Country suffered for me after watching Before The Devil Knows You're Dead & Gone Baby Gone, 2 neo-noirs by a novice (Affleck) & a vet (Lumet), which touched a deeper chord in me. Glad you enjoyed it so. Sorry I don't share your enthusiasm...

Damn good. Having listened to the audiobook the week before (which I also recommend), I found the Coens' choices for adapting the story, the casting, the economy of storytelling in the visuals, all excellent. The ending is more streamlined in the film, and actually made more sense to me in that form.

Well, it's certainly  Josh Brolin's year, with major roles in this one, Planet Terror & American Gangster. And SPOILER he "bites it" in all 3!!!

I just got back from seeing this film and it has left me virtually speechless. It was as pure a cinematic experience as I have had in many years.

I really loved this movie, too. Thought TLJ's character was the best, but Carla Jean was pretty stellar as well. I'm curious about your thoughts on the conversation at the diner, between Bell and his deputy...

Also did it remind you at all of A Simple Plan with (I think) Billy Bob Thornton?

Loved it!  Sincerely. Best movie I've seen in a long, long, long time.  Definitely worth seeing in the theater. Dark and violent and suspenseful and Southern Gothic.  Best Coen Bros movie ever, imo.

I saw it.  I really enjoyed it.

My sister has a SAG screener copy so we all watched it last night.  I knew a thing or two about it in advance and I would rather not have had any clue what to expect.  I think it will require a second viewing.  I simply adored the casting of the secondary roles particularly the shop owner who asks if there's "rain up your way?"  If I am correct they filmed "Texas" in New Mexico but it sure had that Texan feeling.  Not exactly good for promoting tourism in the Lone Star state either. 

A couple comments that could be considered spoilers so skip if you don't want to know nothin' about nothin':

Looked like fake dogs to me.

I thought Sopranos finale.

Yeah, I thought Simple Plan too.  Without the snow.  Blood looks better in snow than in dust imo.

Wonder if the book is any good?

Josh Brolin is one macho hombre.

Susan 

I had just about resigned myself to seeing this on DVD when it popped up at the local theater. I really enjoyed it in that environment, besides the fact that THE ENTIRE FIRST REEL WAS OUT OF FOCUS.
Since the opening took place in the desert, for a little while I thought it was supposed to represent heat haze. But then things moved inside, speaking characters wavered in and out of amorphism, and I considered buying prescription glasses. I guess it's a testament to the Coens that I didn't want to leave my seat even to seek the projectionist. When the reel visibly switched over, things were fine for a long stretch. Then it got a little spotty again. That's podunk movie houses for ya.

But despite those technical issues, I got a lot out of the picture. I've only seen the Coens' comedies, and this film doesn't threaten the place in my heart reserved for Barton and the Dude. But it kept me involved and got me thinking about the nature of evil. I found the ending very appropriate for that theme. I'm tempted to call it a neo-noir like many critics do, even if there aren't that many elements from this film that I can attribute to that genre. Maybe I just haven't seen enough of them.

Josh Brolin has been cast as George Bush in the new Oliver Stone movie. :o!

Javier Bardem is in this film...but we havent seen it yet here in Spain

Kirk,

See Miller's Crossing as soon as possible! Thanks and have a groovy day!

Smokey 

Kirk,

See Miller's Crossing as soon as possible! Thanks and have a groovy day!

Smokey

Oh, that one is at the top of my "Coen bros. must-see" list. And I realized, after I made my post, that I have seen The Man Who Wasn't There. But that didn't make much of an impression on me.

Sure I worked in a barber shop.  But I never considered myself a barber.

If for that quote alone, you gotta love The Man Who Wasn't There, Logic.  Well, you don't have to, I guess.  But I do.

Susan 

The Man Who Wasn't There....saw it once and it didn't do much for me....one of these days I'll give it another go...it ain't no Blood Simple.

"I suppose you think you've raised hell."

"When I've raised hell, sister, you'll know it."

I must say I'm a spoiler hater, and disappointed about some that have been posted above...but then I guess people should just stay out of topics if they haven't seen a movie.

Luckily I have seen this one, and did enjoy it.

SPOILERS

I liked the isolation, the quiet, the intensity, the character focus.  Just a great movie.  The ending wasn't my cup of tea, but it did fit the movie well.

I loved it up to the ending, I found it annoying how Brolin's character was suddenly dead and didn't particularly like the lo-key ending with TLJ. Also, did Brolin's wife die?

I guess she did since Chigurgh came out of the house checking his boots for (I assume) blood.