No Country for Old Men. The book is good but was obviously written to be adapted to a movie, and the bits the Coen brothers tweaked or cut really streamlined the story.
As beautiful as McCarthy’s language is in general, it’s not so much at the forefront in this novel, and the cinematography in the movie is breathtaking. Javier Bardem is just so menacing, and reducing the exposition on his character really elevates him to an unfathomable, almost supernatural evil. The movie version of the ending scene with Carla Jean is also way better than the book’s version.
Overall they took a solid if middling entry in mccarthys bibliography and made a truly incredible film out of it.
No Country for Old Men. The book is good but was obviously written to be adapted to a movie, and the bits the Coen brothers tweaked or cut really streamlined the story.
As beautiful as McCarthy’s language is in general, it’s not so much at the forefront in this novel, and the cinematography in the movie is breathtaking. Javier Bardem is just so menacing, and reducing the exposition on his character really elevates him to an unfathomable, almost supernatural evil. The movie version of the ending scene with Carla Jean is also way better than the book’s version.
Overall they took a solid if middling entry in mccarthys bibliography and made a truly incredible film out of it.