No Country for Old Men

Did I hit this in the wrong mood?

I generally love the Coens, and I can count several things in this film that were wonderful.  It’s my favorite Tommy Lee Jones role in quite some time.  The landscapes are immersively captivating.  It reminds me of Fargo in that its humor and graphic violence walk hand in hand.  The in-scene pacing is outstanding.

Yet I walked away finding this film well-crafted, but mostly unremarkable.  It’s almost like it was less than the sum of its parts.  I mentally composed most of a mixed review that tiptoed up to an accusation of “The Emperor’s New Clothes” and just backed off, but I scrapped it.

Instead I’m going to watch it again.  Perhaps that’s a telling comment in itself.

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