Watched No Country For Old Men for the first time. “In the bleakness of its storytelling and its utter lack of a score, Joel and Ethan Coen blast the audience with this painful truth – life is no more than a frustrating endeavor that leaves these characters no choice but to traverse its meaninglessness.” Yes, but did we need this tale to remind us? I’m wondering why we applaud gratuitous despair. Cormac McCarthy’s The Road was, for lack of another word, miles better.

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