First I've read the book. Then I watched a movie. When you do like this, disappointment not an exception.
First and the most! Brothers-directors ruined the whole idea of the movie just by missing one scene. Scene where Chigurh pass the money to the owner. Just like that! Not showing this short scene turned Chigurh from a loyal hard worker (of very specific matter though) to a regular greedy psycho killer and trashed all the sense of the story. If there's any sense at all. Least what I see: don't take what not belong to you. That's it. And brothers Coen easily flushed it in a toilet.
Notice – I never consider the storyline. Though I got many questions to an author of the book. Here I talk about movie only. Many critics say that brothers took a book and caaaaarefully put it to a screen. Yeah right. And Chigurh was a dark-eyed? What a magic turning. McCarthy very stingy on a characters portrayal but even then we know that Chigurh had blue eyes. Bardem - not. But that's really nothing in comparison to a plot holes in a script and "magical" turning things like when 15 year old hitch-hiker turns to a mid-aged hotel slut, black Plymouth Barracuda turned to a Ford Bronco and so on and on. Not to mention disappearing scenes like Chigurh's shooting with Mexicans when he meets Moss. And much goofs, anachronisms and continuity.
And what about two guys in Dodge Ramcharger? In the movie old one says to Chigurh: mind riding, butch? WTF? In the name of what brothers-shmathers decided that employer would talk to an assassin that way??? Naturally in a book there's no such thing. Book doesn't need some stupid explanations why Chigurh killed those guys.
Actors were good but no more then poor directing allowed. Chigurh-Bardem was really not bad, but where the brothers read that he ever smiled? I can go on and on, but what the point? Totally overrated movie. If you want some more brain damage – go read the book. Also overrated, but at least with concept.
First and the most! Brothers-directors ruined the whole idea of the movie just by missing one scene. Scene where Chigurh pass the money to the owner. Just like that! Not showing this short scene turned Chigurh from a loyal hard worker (of very specific matter though) to a regular greedy psycho killer and trashed all the sense of the story. If there's any sense at all. Least what I see: don't take what not belong to you. That's it. And brothers Coen easily flushed it in a toilet.
Notice – I never consider the storyline. Though I got many questions to an author of the book. Here I talk about movie only. Many critics say that brothers took a book and caaaaarefully put it to a screen. Yeah right. And Chigurh was a dark-eyed? What a magic turning. McCarthy very stingy on a characters portrayal but even then we know that Chigurh had blue eyes. Bardem - not. But that's really nothing in comparison to a plot holes in a script and "magical" turning things like when 15 year old hitch-hiker turns to a mid-aged hotel slut, black Plymouth Barracuda turned to a Ford Bronco and so on and on. Not to mention disappearing scenes like Chigurh's shooting with Mexicans when he meets Moss. And much goofs, anachronisms and continuity.
And what about two guys in Dodge Ramcharger? In the movie old one says to Chigurh: mind riding, butch? WTF? In the name of what brothers-shmathers decided that employer would talk to an assassin that way??? Naturally in a book there's no such thing. Book doesn't need some stupid explanations why Chigurh killed those guys.
Actors were good but no more then poor directing allowed. Chigurh-Bardem was really not bad, but where the brothers read that he ever smiled? I can go on and on, but what the point? Totally overrated movie. If you want some more brain damage – go read the book. Also overrated, but at least with concept.
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