Jann on Movies » Action http://www.jannonmovies.com Jann's Movie Reviews! My opinions and thoughts on movies! Sun, 11 May 2008 17:13:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 No Country For Old Men (2008) http://www.jannonmovies.com/2008/04/13/no_country_for_old_men/ http://www.jannonmovies.com/2008/04/13/no_country_for_old_men/#comments Sun, 13 Apr 2008 17:28:44 +0000 admin http://www.jannonmovies.com/?p=36 No Country For Old Men (2008)

No expectations with this one…wasn’t sure what to expect.  The movie started very slowly and just when I was settling in the for the drudgery, the movie kicked into high gear and pulled me along with it. 

Llewelyn (Josh Brolin ) plays an easy going hunter that sumbles on a drug-deal gone bad and walks off with two-million dollars of drug money.  He is quickly on the run as the cattle-gun wielding bad guy chases him to the border of Mexico trying to get the money back.

I’m still not sure how to explain why I liked the movie.  I didn’t really hate the bad guy.  I didn’t really like the good guy.  I felt sorry for the peripheral characters who were injured in the fight but not too much.  Oh yeah, and the ending wasn’t all that satisfying but I actually enjoyed the movie quite a bit!  I would recommend it and I would watch it again.

 Watch it yourself and let me know what you think.  I would love to hear your comments.

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I had very high hopes for Jumper.  It is the sort of movie that, when done well, I really enjoy.  But i’ve gotten used to not seeing my hopes fulfilled and I wasn’t surprised by the wooden performances of the actors in this movie and the major worm-holes in the plot.

I’ve never known Hayden Christenson to be a very good actor but considering Samuel Jackson’s substandard performance, I have to assume the problem was not with the actors.

The effects are not too bad and the action sequences are entertaining.

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Personally, I thought it was enjoyable…escapism.  Not a history lesson.  I didn’t go to the theater to get an education…but to sit back and let a good storyline coupled with my own imagination take me away…and this movie gave me what I expected.
The visuals were great…and I am a sap for a love story.

Remember…this is fantasy…not fact…if you do…you might like this one…I did.

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This had the feel of a good action movie…similar to Mission Impossible…but after seeing the same scene played over and over…eight times…even though it was through different perceptions…you want to scream!

The concept seemed interesting but the movie fell short with all the repetition.

Not my cup of tea!  Rental…maybe.

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Outstanding in every way. I can’t think of a movie in recent history that I have enjoyed more.

Great cultural piece.

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