No Country for Old Men

In picking my topic I thought I would write my own movie review for the movie, No Country for Old Men. For those of you who haven't seen it, you're really missing out on one of the best movies made in a long time. I will not go into the story line to much for those of you who haven't seen it but will discuss the underlining message of the movie, because it is so relevant to what is currently going on in our country. The story follows a man who has come across some money that does not belong to him but rather to some very unsavory people. This unsavory crowd then unleashes a very destructive and disturbed individual to retrieve the money for them. The hit man (that's what we will call him) possess no feeling of any kind, no remorse, no guilt, no anger he simple goes about his business destroying everything and everybody in his path. This lack of emotion helps demonize the character to the point that he seems to be truly evil. On the trail of the Hit Man is an old sheriff who is very knowledgeable, but has realized that perhaps his life really hasn't made any difference in the larger picture of things. He realizes that there's evil in this world and always will be and he's started to give up on trying to change things. The movie is very eerie and not once does it use any music to change the slow methodical pace to which it unfolds. I'm not going to say much more about the movie itself but the underlining message is that, all evil needs to succeed is for good men to stand by and do nothing. A very relevant message to what's going on in our country today. To much today people just accept the actions of our leaders and don't question or oppose the machine that is our government. The more we stand by and let or government increase the power it has over us the further we are from what makes this country great. I read a quote once that sums things up pretty good but can't remember the author, the quote goes, "People should not fear their government the government should fear its people. Shouldn't the many have power over the few when it comes to the direction our country wants to take this country. I feel we've lost that power and are slowly heading in a direction that in time may change the way people live in America. I'm rambling - See you in class.