During this winter break, my cousin was over at my house so we decided to watch a movie. After staring at a good number of movies at blockbuster, we decided to get "No Country for Old Men." Both of us had heard that it had won numerous Academy Awards, and had been based off of a book written by Cormac Maccarthy, one of my favorite authors. So, that night, we watched the movie, and both of us were blown away. Although gory at times, the movie was excellent: great acting, great suspense, and an amazing storyline. Especially intriguing was the main antagonist of the film, Anton Chigurh. A killer and hitman, Chigurh appears completely unstoppable. Yet, as the movie points out, he is not without principles. Chigurh will only kill someone if he believes they have done something unjust. For everyone else he comes across, Chigurh allows the person to pick head or tails on a coin toss, and the result of the toss will determine their fate. Overall, the movie turned out to be one of my all-time favorites, and I currently find myself reading the book by Cormac Maccarthy in which the movie heavily follows.
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