Amongst the finest pieces of story telling that I have seen. Dont know why the phrase "cleanly made" comes to mind when thinking of how to describe a good part of the movie. Movie starts with a deal gone wrong near the Mexican border. The story slowly kicks into gear with completely unconnected characters getting drawn into the plot. The following hour of the chase (of many sorts) appear seamless, with the action sequences capturing everything that one would expect.
However, where the film - for want of a better word - disappoints is the way it closes. Not so much the plot, but the last 10 minutes somehow wasnt truly allowed to say what it wanted to say. Did not have the support of what went on previously. That is, if one prefers scripts that are well rounded. I read that its just the Directors' complete allegiance to the novel. Considering I am watching a movie, I dont buy that. However, on the flip side it could be considered as a V gesture from the directors to Hollywood - which is endearing, but not part of what the greater part of the movie was about.
The peformances were fuckin fantastic across the movie - Javier Bardem, Tommy Lee Jones (who does a quiet but very integral bit) and Josh Brolin (whom I havent seen much of or cant remember). A pity that Woody Harrelson got an extremely insignificant bit.
A must-see beauty.
Rating: * * *
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For some reason I watched the film thinking I was watching "There Will Be Blood". And there was a lot of blood...
PS: Completely agree with you about the ending!
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