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RE: I thought it was about...

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In Reply to: RE: I thought it was about... posted by Harmonia on December 19, 2007 at 18:54:54

I was certainly aware of TLJ's place in the movie and the importance of that opening narrative but as the movie went along I got caught up in the Lewellyn/Bardem storyline and it's not that I felt we were set up for or expected a showdown (except, maaaybe a little, by Lewellyn's wife and stepmother's encounter with the Mexican gangster dude) it was the way we came upon what was obviously a showdown - involving the person we'd been experiencing most of the movie thru/with - and we were basically left out of it. It's not like it ruined the movie for me (or even came close to doing so) but it did have an effect. I'm looking forward to a 2nd viewing.
"You can safely assume you have created God in your own image when he hates all the same people you do."

Follow Ups:

"...and we were basically left out of it." Yes, there's the problem! nt - clarkjohnsen 09:25:32 12/20/07 (1)
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- "...and we were basically left out of it." Like it happens in real life. - Harmonia 14:02:40 12/20/07 (0)
  The abrupt left turn was less of an issue on the page.
  
  On the screen, I think it appealed mightily to the Coen's sense of the fatalism and the absurd. I can see where it frustrated audiences who were expecting a bit more of a conventional structure. Or Blood Simple. Always tough with a likable character too. But thats...Cohenland. And McCarthyland too.
  
  I was expecting the left curve.
  
  I will see this movie again.

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