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From the mountains to 6th Avenue
Many Evergreeners commute. It's been described as a commuter community. Accurate. So there is an etiquette to commuting. The first rule: Leave early. Even if you depart for a 9 to five job at 6:30 a.m., you will not be alone. If you like being alone on the highway, go to Montana. The second rule: Leave early If you don't get off til 5 p.m., take a book on tape, because you will be sitting in traffic near Federal and 6th, and entertainment of any kind is helpful. There are polite drivers, like me, who let others sneak in, especially in merge lanes. I try. You probably do too. The one thing I have decided that will not happen to me is that I will not be mangled in a car wreck on 6th Avenue or I-70 in either direction. What do you do to keep this promise to yourself?
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Coen brothers know how to make movies
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If the
Coen
brothers movie-making adventures exemplify what collaboration means, then I think I get the picture. And it's a good one. They wrote and directed
No Country for Old Men.
I was riveted. More than midway through this dark, disturbing film, I realized there was no score in the typical fashion. Instead a low rumble of humming, thumping was audible, as if someone were drumming or gasping at the center of the earth.
The story centers around a drug deal gone bad.
The cast was well poised.
Woody Harrelson
appears in a supporting role, trim with a skewered grin, he is overly confident.
The dry worried landscape of west Texas is dry and worried and mean. It works to torture those who traverse it. Except for
Tommy Lee Jones
, who is comfortable in this landscape, but worried and tired.
Josh Brolin
, the handsome wiseacre of few words makes his way as the protagonist, bold and brave, perhaps foolish, throughout.
The antagonist,
Javier Bardem
is thoroughly intimidating,steely and scary.
Few women appear, except forfresh-faced
Kelly MacDonald
, who portrays Brolin's wife, a sweet, innocent and raw young southern woman. She stands by her man.
Tess Harper
appears briefly at the beginning and again at the end, while Jones, as the sheriff and her husband, remembers his dreams. Her clear blue eyes may bethe one forgiving moment in this tawdry, violent tale.
Thismovie is teamwork to perfection.
Unless you're into
National Treasure
or sugary movies. If so, don't go to this one.
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Karen, I love your descriptions. How you paint Texas really captures the rough and harsh texture of the film. I hear this one is good and I always like a Coen brothers movie.
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My son is a Coen brothers fan. He and my husband went to see this together, and they said pretty much the same as you. I, as wife, mom and grandmom prefer the sugary and sweet.
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