Finally saw this movie after missing it in the theaters and I must say I was completely underwhelmed. Great performances from Bardem and (surprisingly) Brolin, but best picture?!?

Hardly.

Gone Baby Gone offered a far better story with equivalent acting and a much more enjoyable pace. Glaciers move quicker than No Country. I'm no film critic (if I was I'D BE WRITING IN ALL CAPS), but I just don't understand the infatuation with the Coen Brothers. Raising Arizona is the only movie of theirs that I have enjoyed. I literally walked out on their other Best Pic winner, Fargo. Mebbe I'm not sophisticated enough? When reviewer after reviewer hailed No Country as a return to the great Westerns of yore, I was ready with money in hand, but this movie is no Unforgiven. Heck, Open Range was better than this.

Blechh.