No Country For Old Men
345101
Excellent movie showing the saga of retrieving contraband. Quite realistic in showing the evils and determinations in the drug world.
4023747
This is a coming of age book no matter how old you are. It is the every mans story only altered by location.
4062394
Well, I guess our Country is at the "No Country For Old Men and Women" stage for me and many others my age and older.  People with purple hair, rings in anything that will pierce and drug crime so rampant people are killed over them.  So sad to see America in this state of affairs.
3630485
Gary DeRigne offers an excellent historical novel that profiles his experiences as a young soldier in Vietnam.  Unfortunately, the Bush Administration continues to ignore the wisdom of DeRigne and other Vietnam veterans who had the courage to fight this senseless conflict. I encourage all aspiring politicians to read DeRigne's novel.  Maybe then we can avoid another McNamara, Johnson, Nixon, Bush, Cheney, et. al.  Then again, maybe not...
1735347
Contrary to many reviews of the film, I felt that this movie is mainly about old age and retirement in western societies today in the context of the changes brought about by globalization. The film has a great cast of elderly English actors such as Judi Dench and Bill Nighy and the story line is pleasant if not gripping.

A group of retired English people decide to move to Jaipur in northern India for various reasons, but primarily financial ones. The film is about their encounter with India which is told in an engaging manner. India, with its color and people, also turn out to be a significant actor in the film.

I won't go into the story as it has been told in many other reviews. What I found interesting was the idea of changing times in Britain today and its impact on the elderly. Unlike the past, the welfare state is slowly being chipped away in the era of globalization, leaving elderly people now waiting for six months to get a hip replacement and others not being able to lead a comfortable living with the money that they have left in retirement. The movie dabbles with the idea that perhaps senior people may be better off moving to foreign lands where their pounds and dollars go a lot farther. It suggests that even though they will have to come to terms with substantial cultural shocks initially, it is worth the effort and that it is never too late to learn to effect a change in one's life. Since the era of baby boomers is reaching the retirement age, this is a very relevant and topical film because baby boomers also have been adventurous travellers to the east in their twenties. So, they may be well equipped to implement the message of this film.

The film has got its usual cliches about untouchability in India, the squalor and poverty of India as well as race prejudice among the older generation of Britain. But overall, it is a feel-good film and treads lightly on the negatives of its characters. It is enjoyable to watch.
238717
I remember this wonderful old movie from my childhood.  I consider it so good that all children should have an opportunity to see it.  It is with much disappointment that I wonder why Warner Brothers have licensed this DVD for VIEWING IN THE UNITED STATES ONLY.  This black and white movie is 70 years old and yet the rest of the world has no opportunity to see it.  So much for the so-called Free trade agreement between Australia and the USA! It doesn't surprise me that there is so much pirating of movies when DVDs are so restricted. I do hope to see it again.
3986615
Rewatching this film after decades, I realize how much women were controlled and put down by men at the turn of the last century.  If the family had had a girl the story would have been much different.  The wife having to account for every last penny was very common; people like John D. Rockefeller, before his wealth, kept track of every penny he spent in a small account book.  Very common.  A better movie than this is Cheaper by the Dozen -- same era but a larger family with boys and girls and a Mother that was college-educated (not common in those days) who had MUCH more to say in the rearing of her children and was an equal with her husband.  Cheaper by the Dozen was about a real family -- the husband and wife were scientists who did time tests to determine how to cut down the time it took for manufacturing tasks and the like.  Meet Me in St. Louis is also a better choice than Life with Father.  In Life With Father the father comes off as an isolated buffoon who makes unfair demands on his family, ignores his kids and family doings, and only regrets his wife's possible demise in what it would mean to HIM -- the loss of someone whose sole task is to make his own life easier and more comfortable.  I hate men like that.  Not very good role models for our kids to see either.  This is an outdated, silly film.  Even Elizabeth Taylor has such silly lines it is hard for her deliver them with any sincerity -- she and Irene Dunne are the best actors in this film.
3427069
Loved this movie, funny, sad, all around great movie, more for the older crowd. How a group of older people from different walks of life trying to get away from it all end up at a broken down hotel in India and have a re-assessment of life..sounds boring but it was a really good movie
1219410
It has nothing to offer anyone now, it's too old.
971454
Watching the movie now. Have seen it before tho. So thought I would look up this book for taking care of an aging Mother. However, she does not have dementia just getting very old. 91.  Lives at home alone but has just recently decided she doesn't like to drive much anymore even tho she still can with no accidents.  Will not go anywhere. ANYWHERE! Will not call me on the phone...her kids must always call her then get crap if they don't.  I just don't sometimes get the thinking of someone that old bc she is very very stubborn. I cannot deal with her.  I think she needs antidepressants bc she is depressed but would never admit it. Guess I need the book. How do you make an older person go to the Dr when they know they should but they won't!  She has a death wish for herself I know! Thank you for letting me vent!
3077380
By The Hands of Men: The Old World takes place during WWI. A first hand account (in novel form) of the women and men who helped shape the history of the world. We meet Charlotte, a Russian aristocrat, who has left her home to nurse the wounded in France. Robert, a soldier in the King's army encounters Charlotte and helps her while she performs a medical procedure on an injured soldier. Over time their friendship turns to love. Near the end of the war, their love takes a terrible blow when Robert contracts typhus and unbeknownst to Charlotte, is sent back to his family home in England to recuperate. Unable to cope with the loss of her love, Charlotte makes plans to return home to Russia.
Roy Griffis paints with words as well as the great artists did on canvas. He makes the characters come alive and you feel you are right beside them. If you enjoy the stories of Ken Follett, Roy Griffis should be included on your reading list.
4517183
Well credentialed cast, good performances but a story line that will not have you on the edge of your chair.  It helps to be over 60.  Enjoyed it though.  Dreyfuss?  Its been a long time since American Graffiti and Jaws!
4128215
I purchased the film for my brother who fought at Chosin with the British Army. But he had to send it back as it is can not be played on his machine in the UK. He was disappointed he could not watch it. He is only one of six who survived the battle. he was rescued by an American Marines and thought he might see the ones who saved him.
3424546
This is one of those movies that if you don't have years of living and friendship behind you, you will miss so much of what it is about.  We are of the same age of these guys and we understand where they are coming from so it was a fantastic movie to us.  The younger generation (any one under 55) more than likely will not enjoy this movie, regretfully!
2793588
Dresden was a city hundreds of years old, thatched roofs timbered walls. It had no military value, no manufacturing, no search lights no anti-aircraft guns,no bomb shelters. It was a cultural center, museums libraries music halls, the residents were a large part artists, authors, sculptors.  At the time of the fire bombing most all the adult males had been conscripted into the army and gone, the population was elderly, women, and children.  The British commander Harris demanded the fire bombing, it was his goal to wipe out German culture. The eye witness of how these people died, seeing women trying to lead small children to safer places the horrible way they died will rip at your heart. The temperature in the heart of the city after day and night fire bombing was in the 1000s degree and no rescue was possible by the eye witness group. What they saw when it was possible to enter the city will make this book something you can never forget.
3249596
This novel was written in the new fashion of not including quotation marks around dialogue.  I am too old fashioned to be able to appreciate it.  Many of my acquaintance have complained of the same thing.
619020
Growing up I knew a lot of older gentlemen who fought in WWII, like my dad and uncles.  No matter they loved their country and people and were willing to die if need be to protect what they loved.  This movie exemplifies that spirit.