Grumpy Old Men

years, as they would try to win over the women’s heart. John and Max were now old men who live next door to each other. They enjoyed pulling pranks on one another, for example, Max liked to leave a dead fish in John’s car. Both men lived alone due to the death of their wives. One day, a young and attractive woman named Ariel moved into their neighborhood. Both John and Max were attracted to her and spied on her as she rode her snowmobile around the neighborhood. This began another rivalry between the two men. John and Max tried to beat each other over to Ariel’s house to be the first one to get know her better. One night, Ariel showed up at John’s house to make dinner for the two of them. After that night, Max became stuck in the friend zone as Ariel showed romantic interest in John. The next few days, John was feeling good. Not too long after, Max confronted John about taking Arial way from him. This conversation happened in…

I will also be targeting individuals who work with elderly care. As the film deals with the subject of aging as we follow Padraig growing older throughout his peacemaking, my filmmaker and I agreed that this would be a good psychographic to target. The message would be inspiring to these individuals and hopefully create a conversation in their organization that one can still do wonderful things while they are growing older. Padraig grows hard of hearing and begins losing some of his memory…

by Matt Graver (Brolin), and associate Alejandro (Del Toro), who are at the opposite end of the personality spectrum from Macer; they are unorthodox in appearance and demeanor, and view the lines of legality and morality as blurred. Sicario is a thriller, and as the name (which translates to "hitman" or "assassin"_ implies, there is graphic violence in the film, but Sicario isn 't a shoot 'em up, blow up everything in sight kind of film. Sicario is an old-school thriller, with suspense, twists…

Literary analysis of “No Country for Old Men” : Is Greed Worth it? In No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy’s book explains the problem of greed; all through the book we mainly follow main character Llewellyn Moss. Who finds himself in a pretty scary place. He found a bag filled with millions of dollars of drug money and many people are hunting for him, to collect that money. He is running for his life for a great deal of the book. All of which is because Llewellyn loved the power of money.…

In every novel or series, the important characters will have a rite of passage. This is an event that will mark an important time in someone’s life. In the novel No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy one of the main characters, Llewelyn Moss, experiences his rite of passage. Through his choices, mistakes and adventures within the novel Llewelyn Moss proves himself as an all American outlaw hero. One of the most important characters in No Country for Old Men is Llewelyn Moss. Moss is a…

No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen & Joel Coen, 2007) is story about one box of money, two ways of living, and three men. Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin), who is an ex-soldier, finds a shooting scene by chance and get a large amount of money. Then, the psychopath killer Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) tries to chase and kill Moss to get this money back. The aging sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) follows Moss and Chigurh attempt to save Moss and this case. The most impressive part in this film is…

There are a lot of similarities between “No Country for Old Men” and “Fargo”. The opening scene of NCFOM where Anton Chigurh strangles the cop to death instantly reminded me of when Gaear Grimsrud in Fargo shoots and kills the police officer in the head after only getting stopped for a minor traffic incident. “Money is the root of all evil” is a one of the common themes both “No Country for Old Men” and “Fargo” share. There is also a small time cop whose experience and intelligence pieces…

benevolent, while Zaroff is cruel. While in Zaroff’s house, after learning of the game Zaroff hunts, Rainsford says, “Did not make me condone cold-blooded murder” (7). Rainsford’s quote demonstrates that he respects human life and recognizes that Zaroff is cruel. After Zaroff disagreeing with him being a murder, Rainsford says “But they are men” (7). This shows Rainsford strongly disagreeing with killing humans, Rainsford is displaying a sense of righteousness. While quarreling with…

Chigurh Rush Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men provides an interesting take on a seemingly endless dispute between appearances and reality as seen through the character of Anton Chigurh. Throughout the novel McCarthy presents Chigurh as a relentless killer. However, a closer look into this perplexing character shows that Anton Chigurh uses his convoluted moral code to ensure that no crime goes unpunished. Although Chigurh is labelled a psychotic hit man, his dexterity allows him to pursue…

Cormac McCarthy’s No Country for Old Men follows three men on a wild chase through the borders. While on a hunting endeavor, Llewelyn Moss discovers the scene of a drug deal gone wrong. As he investigates the scene, he finds 1.4 million dollars and decides to take it. Upon taking the money, he seals his fate with a brutal killer named Anton Chiguhr. As Moss is running from Chigur, the old Sheriff, Ed Tom Bell is chasing them. These men display three different personalities and mannerisms. The…