Friday, April 22, 2011

I preferred the original version.

2 comments:

  1. Those of us old enough to recognize this presumably well-known reference don't have enough working brain cells left to actually do so. A little help please?

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  2. Javier Bardem is actually carrying a "bolt" or "cattle gun;" it uses compressed air to fire a piston to crack the skull of the creature whose head it's applied to.

    In the original, there are no balloons. ;)

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    No Country for Old Men

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0477348/
    8.3 stars/10

    Violence and mayhem ensue after a hunter stumbles upon some dead bodies, a stash of heroin and more than $2 million in cash near the Rio Grande.


    Directors:
    Ethan Coen, Joel Coen

    Stars:
    Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem and Josh Brolin

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