So get this. I am lucky enough to have another huge movie buff sit right by me at my job. Her name is Christina Cece and she’s fabulous, funny, and wicked smart. Somehow or another I’ve talked her into reviewing movies each week on the blog. Her column will be called, Cece on Cimema. (I know, super cute, right?) So without further ado, here is Cece’s inaugural post on No Country for Old Men.

I never thought of myself as a Coen brothers kinda gal. I remember liking Raising Arizona, but Fargo disturbed me (must have seen it at a more tender and idealistic age). This is so “last year’s shoes” after all the awards it won, but the Coens’ most recent film, No Country for Old Men, is incredible. Here’s one of my very favorite quotes:

Wendell: You know, there might not have been no money.
Ed Tom Bell: That’s possible.
Wendell: But you don’t believe it.
Ed Tom Bell: No. Probably I don’t.
Wendell: It’s a mess, ain’t it, sheriff?
Ed Tom Bell: If it ain’t, it’ll do till the mess gets here.

Now, when I was watching this movie, I convinced myself that the dialogue was pure genius, and indeed, the Coens are known for this. However, just reading the lines doesn’t capture the surprise or subtlety of the humor–an effect that somehow makes it even more funny when you’re watching. This realization has forced me to acknowledge that (oh. my. gosh.) making movies is actually an art. Can you believe it? And here I was thinking Hollywood is all about the pretty. In case you’re not yet convinced, here’s another excerpt:

Carla Jean Moss: Where’d you get the pistol?
Llewelyn Moss: At the gettin’ place.
Carla Jean Moss: Did you buy that gun?
Llewelyn Moss: No. I found it.
Carla Jean Moss: Llewelyn!
Llewelyn Moss: What? Quit hollerin’.
Carla Jean Moss: What’d you give for that thing?
Llewelyn Moss: You don’t need to know everything, Carla Jean.
Carla Jean Moss: I need to know that.
Llewelyn Moss: You keep runnin’ that mouth I’m gonna’ take you in the back and screw ya’.
Carla Jean Moss: Big talk.
Llewelyn Moss: Keep it up.
Carla Jean Moss: Fine. I don’t wanna’ know. I don’t even wanna’ know where you been all day.
Llewelyn Moss: That’ll work.

This is a very entertaining movie, with a messed up ending. I was impressed enough to buy a few of the other films by these guys in order to re-watch them. And now I have the perfect answer when my husband asks me where I got the shoes he’s never seen before: From the gettin’ place!

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