There Will Be Blood or No Country For Old Men?

[New England]

Alright then. Two of 'em. Both had my father in 'em . It's peculiar. I'm older now then he ever was by twenty years. So in a sense he's the younger man. Anyway, first one I don't remember too well but it was about meeting him in town somewhere, he's gonna give me some money. I think I lost it. The second one, it was like we was both back in older times and I was on horseback goin' through the mountains of a night. Goin' through this pass in the mountains. It was cold and there was snow on the ground and he rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' by. He just rode on past... and he had his blanket wrapped around him and his head down and when he rode past I seen he was carryin' fire in a horn the way people used to do and I could see the horn from the light inside of it. 'Bout the color of the moon. And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and he was fixin' to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold, and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there. And then I woke up...

[FinitoxDinamita]

There will be blood is way better

[BoxingFan85]

He peaked at bill the butcher

Oh butcher was an epic performance... just when I thought he is done, Lincoln came along..

[*TonyMontana*]

alright then. Two of 'em. Both had my father in 'em . It's peculiar. I'm older now then he ever was by twenty years. So in a sense he's the younger man. Anyway, first one i don't remember too well but it was about meeting him in town somewhere, he's gonna give me some money. I think i lost it. The second one, it was like we was both back in older times and i was on horseback goin' through the mountains of a night. Goin' through this pass in the mountains. It was cold and there was snow on the ground and he rode past me and kept on goin'. Never said nothin' goin' by. He just rode on past... And he had his blanket wrapped around him and his head down and when he rode past i seen he was carryin' fire in a horn the way people used to do and i could see the horn from the light inside of it. 'bout the color of the moon. And in the dream i knew that he was goin' on ahead and he was fixin' to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold, and i knew that whenever i got there he would be there. And then i woke up...

will you stop it!!!!

[Elroy The Great]

Those socks doe!!!!

AND the title of that other movie was misleading. i was expecting there to be blood

[John Barron]

i've seen no country for old men a dozen times, it's one of my favorite films.

[-Kev-]

No Country For Old Men. They make you get attached to Moss like he's the protagonist and they kill him off nonchalantly. You could say the bad guy kinda wins.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

no country is he better story. i think there will be blood is the more visually appealing film. i love the outdoor and desert scenes. it was the first movie i ever saw on blu ray, and the use of sunlight really blew me away.


voting for no country. i'll be part of this world.

Very good answer. Yes, There Will Be Blood's use of light struck me as well when I saw it. I think in some ways, it may be a deeper film than No Country For Old Man, but I don't know. It's pretty deep, too and plus, I loved the book. Man, I'm just torn.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

No Country For Old Men. They make you get attached to Moss like he's the protagonist and they kill him off nonchalantly. You could say the bad guy kinda wins.

I read the book before the movie came out. When Moss is killed in it, I had to reread it like five times. I couldn't believe it. Every thriller or mystery I'd read never did such a thing. Like you say, it leads you to think Moss is the protagonist but it's more about the sheriff. And honestly, I don't think anybody wins in this one. Chigur does get broken up in a car wreck. The sheriff retires but doesn't seem too happy. Everyone else dies. Not uplifting, but brilliant.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

I was sheriff of this county when I was twenty-five years old. Hard to believe. My grandfather was a lawman; father too. Me and him was sheriffs at the same time; him up in Plano and me out here. I think he's pretty proud of that. I know I was. Some of the old time sheriffs never even wore a gun. A lotta folks find that hard to believe. Jim Scarborough'd never carried one; that's the younger Jim. Gaston Boykins wouldn't wear one up in Comanche County. I always liked to hear about the oldtimers. Never missed a chance to do so. You can't help but compare yourself against the oldtimers. Can't help but wonder how they would have operated these times. There was this boy I sent to the 'lectric chair at Huntsville Hill here a while back. My arrest and my testimony. He killt a fourteen-year-old girl. Papers said it was a crime of passion but he told me there wasn't any passion to it. Told me that he'd been planning to kill somebody for about as long as he could remember. Said that if they turned him out he'd do it again. Said he knew he was going to hell. "Be there in about fifteen minutes". I don't know what to make of that. I sure don't. The crime you see now, it's hard to even take its measure. It's not that I'm afraid of it. I always knew you had to be willing to die to even do this job. But, I don't want to push my chips forward and go out and meet something I don't understand. A man would have to put his soul at hazard. He'd have to say, "O.K., I'll be part of this world."

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