Thought on, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
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Watching Tommy Lee Jones in any movie for me is something I enjoy. I cant think of anyone who could have played this part any better than he did.

It is a dark movie and an extremely violent movie. The villain in this movie is so cold blooded his very presence makes your hair stand on end. He is a calm and quiet man who is so troubled your radar for holding on to any sort of normal compass is sent spinning. It does however address the cold facts of drugs and money and continues to press the complicated duty of trying to stop forces that are this strong. A cold wind blows throughout this movie, mostly through the veins of the villain and his seemingly lack of any real human emotion and in fact is frightening in this regard.  I will have to say that I would have to know a person pretty well to be able to say, yes, watch it. Buckle up for the villain, he is a dark soul indeed.
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The personal sufferings of single and groups of soldiers seems to contains universal theme. Read about Andersonville in the civil war and any other war which leads to pow,s and you read of the same or similar sufferings-disease, starvation, lack of medical care, feeling abandoned, an woeful loss of any rights. The question is still the same, Why War? Who gives a select few the power to send millions of young men and women to war? Which war has ever ended with just a few deaths or casualties? Why are we still nothing but apes who think like apes and are willing to kill wholesale for a political point or cause that is soon forgotten? I am afraid that the killing, suffering, and wars will continue until mankind has evolved to a being of superior intelligence and rational enough to live harmoniously with their neighbor. Only then will war be thought of as a primitive act committed by inferior humans.
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It wasn't what I expected, but still very good.  Man goes looking for his 3 sons who went to war together and never came back home.  Impossible odds of finding them.  Kind of like water divining.
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Chris Bohjalian's Nan is "elderly" at 70, dead a short time later and probably would have died a decade earlier had she not lived a vigorous life.  I find this age judgment a tad jarring and wondered about  Bohjalian's arbitrary arrival at a leading character's destiny.
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Nothing funny here.  A spot-on piece of nursing home realism.  Unfortunately,  critics of nursing care don't understand that all people and families are not equipped to care for elderly parents, especially when they've been away from them most of their lives and are barely making ends meet in their own stressful lives.  At a time when they should be looking forward to some final peace at retirement they are faced with becoming parents to parents.  It's unbearably sad all around.  I would've found this more uplifting if it hadn't hit home so depressingly hard.
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If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?

That's a question I continue to ponder.  No Country For Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy and brought to the screen by the Coen Brothers is a singular movie experience.  5 stars is not high enough for me, but its the best I can do under the circumstances.  I grew up in the west and traveled plenty, here and there, seeing what was to be seen, doing what was to be done.  West Texas is one place I just passed through.  I felt too exposed.  Locations. Cast. Dialogue from the Source. Superb directing. No Country hits a raw nerve.  It asks all the right questions right off the bat and hangs around beautifully waiting for an answer....
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One of my all time favorite movies, cold war era film with potent messages and warning concerning the behaviour of mankind, seems now tha we did not listen! Gort where art thou? lol
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There were lots of points to ponder in this video. I didn't agree with everything, but it's sad to think that most of our world leaders today think this is the only way to solve conflict. I just pray there really aren't any crazy leaders anxious to set off any nuclear weapons. I hope they all really enjoy being alive and living a life of quality.  I believe every nation has the right to defend itself, but as someone once said, "war doesn't prove who's right, just who's left." If we have an all out nuclear war, I don't think there will be many people left, and the ones who survive will wish they weren't alive.
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This book has a different slant about the military. It follows up the lives of 80 young men who completed Marine basic training at Parris  Island, S.C.  Most of the men knew they were headed for Vietnam.  As a  veteran, I always thought about my fellow recruits and what happened to  them.  I was sadden by parts of the book.  The chaotic nature of some after  leaving the Marines, and the death of others. I read many books, rarely  military types, as I  flinch from violence in my older days, but this  type  of book had a certain measure of attraction for me.  I can't get this book  out of my mind, and I don't know why. An interesting concept for a book.
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Much like, "Too Kill a Mockingbird"  Scott's idealist viewpoint.  Still go reading for a 67 yr old "good Ole boy", from Alabama.  Thought Notthern, folks will have total different perspective, than myself.  Will NOT, get it.
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Once again the Coen brothers dazzle and confuse with their latest movie "No Country for Old Men", which is right up there with Rambo when it comes to despatching people, good or bad, en masse.

I will not go into plot and story because there are enough others who do, but I will say, that there are some very good acting in there, especially, in my opinion, by Tommy Lee Jones. It is very well produced, very well directed, well scored, and has a dark quality that permeates almost every scene throughout the film. I don't know if it particularly original, but there is definitely something there. It seems to be one of those films that, momentarily at least, leaves an impression on the viewer. An impression that varies from person to person. It makes you think.

It is quite graphic in its portrayal of violence, which I personally do not mind, but some people absolutely detest. It is therefore not a kiddie film, but no one ever said it should be.

Highly recommendable.
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That we all love our country is a given, but to close our eyes and mind to the competing interest and the dominant influence of those who exercise control over our governments direction; who ultimately defines the totality of who we are as a nation but more significantly where we are today is doing himself a great disservice.  That is not a legacy worth leaving.

Mr. Edward Luce's "Time to Start Thinking: America in the Age of Descent" if nothing else opens and provoke the mind to ask questions that each of us as a citizen have to seriously ponder.  Is this the America we want our children to inherit?

I would hope not.
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If nations (people) could only learn to live together in peace and harmony we would not be fighting each other. The history of man is a very slim, Part 1: we evolved from the lower animals,  and an enormous Part 2: the chronicling of our conflicts. At last comes the ultimate evolution where man ignores the conflict and concentrates upon the profit to be found. Remember there is profit in confusion and these ones are getting rich. All except a very few who would rather ride above and get on with life. This is their story.
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Anyone with a heart should enjoy this thought provoking ?story? A veteran could possibly be able to relate. And\or family of their hero\loved one.
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It is a very well written book with much deep soul searching on the part of Dr. Gawande. However, being a person who just turned 79 year young it is an eye-opener to what growing old really is. Some people care but my experience as a former hospital chaplain says that many do not care one iota about the elderly. Look at what the doctor says about gerontologists numbers decreasing because as the University of Minnesota found in their research that taking care of the aging is not "profitable."  I must admit that I have to put the book down sometimes and let is sit and let my brain digest what I have just read. The doctor speaks from personal experience although he is not a gerontologist. He has done his "homework" very well and shares his HONEST thoughts and feelings about "Being Mortal". Many physicians just prolong "life" for the dying to be more profitable for themselves and not for empathy of the aging. I know, I have seen it first hand in ICU units.
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There were parts of this book that brought memories back to me, but as an older veteran I could not see the problems that our veterans are now having in Iraq and Afghanistan.
I didn't know him but his death was a very sad and wasteful one specially for our country.
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Good book, well written.  It could have provided more information, more details, and more ways to go about retiring overseas. Retirement can be fun, exciting, and adventurous.  It just takes courage, determination and a little bit of money to change the status quo.  Don't sit home and mope, watch TV and play poker.  Get up and go!