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Old 07-31-2011, 01:21 PM   #7176
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Originally Posted by Reaper16 View Post
Not in that last post, you didn't. You answered that you were annoyed at the film because of your desire to see the death of a character that has earned your emotional investment.

My question is why do you have that desire? And not just you. Why does pretty much everyone naturally have that desire?

Of course, the film (and, similarly, the Cormac McCarthy novel it was adapted from) is intentionally trying to get the audience to think about that very question. It is a film about the impersonal nature of evil, about man's solipsistic conception of evil ("why does this bad stuff happen to me? What did I do?"), and about exploring and challenging the artistic construction of genre works and some of the more universal aspects of storytelling.

People are supposed to feel annoyed or cheated by the film, but they're also supposed to think about why they feel the way they do. When people say that they don't like No Country for Old Men, they often really mean "I don't like self-reflection."
I was supposed to get all of that out of "why"?

I actually liked the movie I just hated that they show you all his kills except that one. Even though I hate the bad guy getting away it didn't kill the movie for me.

god forbid that I didn't like the death we didn't get to see. Its just my opinion.
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