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Which is better?

No Country for Old Men
32 (57.1%)
There Will Be Blood
24 (42.9%)

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Re: No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood
« Reply #20 on: December 02, 2009, 06:44:52 PM »
I was pretty sure that There Will Be Blood was a better film back when I submitted my Filmspot ballot in 2007, but it seems I placed No Country for Old Men higher on my most recent top 100.
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Re: No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood
« Reply #21 on: December 02, 2009, 07:38:05 PM »
It's like Sophie's Choice, but I dislike both my children equally.

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Re: No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood
« Reply #22 on: December 02, 2009, 09:57:36 PM »
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Re: No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood
« Reply #23 on: December 02, 2009, 10:08:06 PM »
As time has passed after watching these two, I find that There Will Be Blood to be more compelling.  It is the one I am more likely to watch again, as well.
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Re: No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood
« Reply #24 on: December 02, 2009, 10:39:46 PM »
Oh yeah, it's the internet.

And who am I to ignore that!

There Will Be Blood is a film I love for it's absurdist black comedy(definitely in my taste) and it's risk-taking aesthetic form(PTA is only matched by Lars von Trier in terms of ambition and risk-taking amongst today's filmmakers) but interestingly enough, No Country is the one that gets even better upon repeat viewings. My level of enthusiasm stays the same after rewatches of There Will Be Blood, which is to say "OMG AWESOME! ONE OF THE BEST EVA!!!", and that's a compliment, but No Country grows and gets under my skin with it's subtle character actions, movements, aesthetic progression. The Coen Brothers said their biggest influnce for No Country was Bresson, and I can see it. With every sawing of tentpoles, picking of wounds, taping of gun, sipping of coffee, with it's observation of the seemingly minute process of life, The Coens help reinvent what can be done with the Neo-Western, and of the crime film itself.

But of course, ask me tomorrow...
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Re: No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood
« Reply #25 on: December 02, 2009, 10:55:46 PM »
See, people keep saying that but I find more things I dislike about No Country with each viewing.

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Re: No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood
« Reply #26 on: December 03, 2009, 12:45:44 AM »
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Re: No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood
« Reply #27 on: December 03, 2009, 11:20:20 AM »

But of course, ask me tomorrow...


Right!  this is how I feel.  both soooooo good on so many levels
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Re: No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood
« Reply #28 on: December 03, 2009, 01:48:47 PM »
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Re: No Country for Old Men vs. There Will Be Blood
« Reply #29 on: December 03, 2009, 02:17:15 PM »
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