Current Events > Hell or high water felt like a discount no country for old men. *spoilers

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jeff bridges being the obvious discount tommy lee jones.

I liked it ok enough, but not as much as critics seemed to. Movie was painfully slow in places

chris pine and ben foster were pretty good in it. I wasn't expecting him to get away with it

I dunno, I feel like the only similarities they have is that they're neo-westerns that focus on criminals.

both are great, IMO, with NCfOM being the better of the two.

DuranOfForcena posted...

yeah i didn't care for it much, but mostly because i don't like Chris Pine. i only gave it a shot because Taylor Sheridan is generally a really good writer.

Oh you don't like chris pine either? Yeah I haven't been a fan of him much in the past 20 years of stuff I've glimpsed of him, but I'm assuming once I watch that recent dungeons and dragons movie I might like him.

he plays a decent villain in Smokin' Aces, IMO.

it's an overall ridiculous movie, though, but I thought it was fun.

I thought it was really damn good. No Cpuntry is better but I consider No Country to be among the best movies of all time.

boxoto posted...

he plays a decent villain in Smokin' Aces, IMO.

it's an overall ridiculous movie, though, but I thought it was fun.

Smoking Aces is fine because of the ridiculousness imo

That being said, what is it about taylor sheridan that you liked? I just skimmed his credits and he wrote those Sicario movies? I liked those. There's another movie of his called Wind River that I'm wondering if I'd like. I remember I was gonna get this but forgot after reading up on the missing native american women crisis

true, but sometimes when people hear "ridiculous", it's a turn off for them, but SA benefits from it.

yea, I'd definitely recommend Wind River.

Jeremy Renner & Elizabeth Olsen were really good in it.

boxoto posted...

true, but sometimes when people hear "ridiculous", it's a turn off for them, but SA benefits from it.

I say stylized, because tbf while it's over the top it's with a very specific vision in mind.

I really liked wind river. a necessary story with great, emotional performances throughout and high tension moments with explosive endings. my biggest complaint is that I wish they cast a native actor for Jeremy renner's role. Renner was good but the movie could have been better and I think it would have made a bigger impact too without two white people headlining a story about native americans.