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I just finished reading another Tolstoy. It’s The Raids. This short story is, again, inspired by Tolstoy’s life when he joined his brother in the front with soldiers in the province of Don Cossack, in a war with enemy Tartars.

In my opinion, this story is the most beautiful of Tolstoy’s first works, in terms of language. It is true that the story tells about wartime. Yes. But, telling about war doesn’t necessarily mean that a work is unbeautiful (:D). The Raids is beautiful in terms of its description of the landscape, the chain of snowy mountains, the crimson color of dusk, the violet mist surrounding the snowy mountains also in the dusk, and all. I believe it’s because Tolstoy had just seen such panorama there in the region.

Besides description of nature, I also find that it has a very good description of people. Here Tolstoy describes Captain Khlopov’s facial expression and how the I analyzes the characteristic of the Captain.

However, there’s one thing that, in my opinion, needs improvement, that is, its size. I don’t feel comfortable reading Tolstoy when it is very short. Yeah, Tolstoy is served best when it is long, comprehensive, and effectual!!!!!

One thing about No Country for Old Men that singles this movie out of other action/drama movie is its unpredictability. In other action movies, we can easily find who will find and who will lose and who will potentially die and who will stay alive although badly wounded. Yes. I bet you agree with me about this point.

But here, in No Country, you’ll be amazed to know that it turns out to be the movie that breaks our heart because it does not make our hero the last man standing and laughing. No. Don’t expect to be made relieved with the final conclusion of the story. No.

Again, IF YOU DON’T EXPECT ANY SPOILER, PLEASE STOP READING RIGHT AT THIS POINT! Continue reading »

Yeah, the next character to talk about is Anton Chigur (Javier Bardem). I believe people will say that this is the coolest character in the movie. You’ll find this guy as a top, cold blooded, no-fear-no-pain murder. He would kill only because he wants to. He never needs any reason to kill. When he promises to kill you, well, you can expect that he comes to you and ask you to choose between head and tail, and the coin will decide whether or not you deserve the killing.

Another cool character of his is his being ultra tidy. He’s a clean man in spite of his occasional blood shed during efforts to murder. The amazing thing is that he knows well how to kill, Continue reading »