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No Country For Old Men (2007) - ★★★★☆

I think it's interesting that this, the second movie I've viewed on this grand adventure with a motif of tube-related crime, is called 'No Country For Old Men,' because something I noticed while watching it was that there were actually a couple old men in it, and they don't even die. I think that some would have me believe it is called this because it is a line from a famous poem, and is a reference to the disillusionment Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (an old man) feels with these modern times.... kids have green hair and nose piercings, and guys do violence with tubes. He probably feels like he doesn't belong in Texas anymore because of all these crazy kids and their newfangled violence, thus making the country not one which is for an old man. Nonetheless, he's there, and time sort of goes on no matter what, and things have always been bad in one way or another. He should probably get over it.

That being said, I have a few ideas of other names this movie (yeah, I know it was a book first. who cares) could be called that I think might be a little better.

It could be called 'No Country For Guys Named Llewelyn Who Don't Wear Belts With Their Pants,' because that guy does die, making the Texas of the film effectively a country which is not for him.

It could also be called (unfortunately) 'No Country For Woody Harrelson,' since the character portrayed by Woody meets his end pretty soon after we meet him, even though he's wearing a very large cowboy hat. 

It could maybe even be called 'No Country For Serial Killers With Funny Haircuts,' since even though that guy doesn't die, I really don't think he's having a spectacular time, and maybe he'd be happier in a different place. 

'No Country For Having A Good Time' would also be a good idea for a name, I think. I don't think anyone really has a good time in this movie.

If I was naming this movie, I'd probably choose to call it 'No Movie For A Soundtrack,' since it does not really have a soundtrack. The only real song in it is performed by a norteño band in a scene I'm assuming is supposed to be kind of edgy and unexpected, because the band plays a kind of upbeat song to Llewelyn when he's passed out and bleeding from various gunshot wounds. Even so, I probably wouldn't have noticed that this movie didn't have a soundtrack if I hadn't seen a tweet saying so a couple days earlier. It's an interesting thing to notice, though, so if that fun fact was just embedded in the title, everyone else could notice it too. 

Anyway, it's a good movie. I don't like watching any movies by the famous guys (you know the kinds of guys I mean), mostly just on principle, but for Woody, of course, I had to make an exception! It turned out alright, in my opinion.

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