This weekend, if you choose to see a film, you have many choices.
You could visit the 3D animation carmel popcorn Beowulf. Sure, it looks beautiful, but then again, so did Revenge of the Sith. Sure, it has fully naked Angelina Jolie, but then again, you can get that for free on the internet. And not just a CGI version. I mean the real thing.
Or, you could visit a movie that treats its audience with an absolute ruthlessness. A film that never approaches the words “kind,” “life-affirming,” or “uplifting.” A film that treats you like an adult. A film made by men who understand the sublime truth that can be demonstrated with silence, shadow, and patience.
No Country for Old Men opens wide this weekend. You will squirm in your seat. You will wince. You will react. This film will not leave you alone. And in the end, it will betray you with a heartless cruelty.
Your choice.