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I believe that it opens the 21st nationwide, which sucks ***. I haven't been able to wait for this movie since hearing about it this summer.

Also, Mac you are dead to me.
 
Saw it last night. Badass. Like others said the sound editing was some of the best I've ever heard. Fella who played Anton Chiggur was outstanding. **** ever person played their part perfectly. Brolin was awesome. Really just a very, very good movie.
 
For those of you in Austin, the Alamo downtown is showing it this weekend. There's a ton of showings starting Thursday at midnight. Soooo pumped.
 
it's an unbelievably good movie. Those of you in Dallas, you can catch it at Northpark Mall AMC. I went yesterday afternoon and it was only about half full
 
Saw the movie last night in Dallas at the Magnolia. Thought it was a pretty good crowd for a Wednesday night.

I really enjoyed the movie. Anton was a badass and the west Texas scenery was shoot beautifully.
 
Boquillas is the tits. That is one place that if I hadn't been there, wouldn't believe it existed. Playing pool in that bombed out bar... and eating mini-tacos from that other little place while watching the sunset.
 
Yeah I went to Boquillas back in 03 I guess it was. One of the coolest things ever. Went to the border town up stream on the west side of Big Bend called Santa Elena I believe. Very cool. DMN had an article the other day about how Boquillas is suffering since the border was cut off.
 
I finished the book last night (took about a day and a half). Allsome. I read this morning in the SA paper that some of the scenes (Sanderson, etc.) were actually filmed in New Mexico. This did not sit well with TLJ but there was nothing he could do about it. I usually spend the pre thanksgiving weekend out there at Cajunhorn's ranch but it doesn't look like I'm going this year.
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Really good movie.

I like the book quite a bit, and I walked away from this movie thinking that the book and the film are equally good.
 
I used to live in Alpine and as Lat22 stated, have a family ranch bordering Black Gap Game Reserve that's over 100 years old. I haven't seen the movie yet, but have seen all the trailers and read the book twice and I can tell you that the scenery in those trailers and the portrayal of the people out in West Texas couldn't be any more dead on. Whoever claims different knows little of what they speak. Just curious, anyone here ever been to the Stillwell Ranch (there's RV Hook-ups and a General Store) and/or heard of Hallie Stillwell? Sounds like a few of y'all have traveled around a bit out there and I'm just wondering.
 
genereal realease is the 21st. Can't speak for other cities, but in Dallas, they only released it in 3 theaters, 2 of which where artsy type filmhouses called the angelika. The other one is a normal mall cinema. Not sure how they decide where to do limited releases.

I'll be very anxious to see how well this does at the box office, although it doesn't matter in that the movie is ******* fantastic, whether the general public picks up on it or not.

I had never read the book until after I saw the movie, and now that I have read it as well, I would agree with others in that both are terrific. Cormac can really write, and man, the Coen Brothers can really direct.

It may not be the best movie I have ever seen, I know it isn't. But it's one of the best in recent memory, and I'll be shocked if it doesn't pick up numerous awards.
 
Just saw it tonight at the Alamo Ritz. Great, great, great movie. I need to pick up the book. Superb directing and screenwriting. Agreed with the sound design; I noticed that in the first ten minutes of the movie. Everything is so crisp and clear and the scenery is beautiful.
 
It was really great.

I need to read the book again. The only thing I didn't like was that they only included one of the sheriff's monologues, the one at the very beginning. I think those are the best parts of the book. They worked some of them in to some dialogue, but those asides were the thing that I most identified with.

The last scene of the movie was pretty much perfect, when the sheriff is telling his wife about the dream about his father. (I think this was one of the monologues that got turned into dialogue, but I'm not positive) The whole "carrying fire" theme is something that McCarthy works into most of his novels, as a metaphor for the good in humanity, and how it's dwindling. And the whole execution of the sheriff talking about his dream, his wife's reaction (or lack thereof), and the fade to black, was about as good of an ending for the movie as possible.
 
I saw it last Friday night at the new downtown Drafthouse...amazing movie. Highly recommend it.
 
Saw it Saturday night. Not an empty seat. Everyone quiet as a mouse...hanging on every line. A rarity these days...a movie with writing and acting so good that nobody in the house wants to miss a single word.

Great, great........GREAT film. Instant classic.

IMHO, the Coen Brothers' best yet. Tommy Lee Jones' best yet as well.
 
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