One thing I do like from this movie is its capability of creating round characters. Compared to other movies in which we can guess who will win from the first 15 minutes of the movie, No Country of Old Men is way much stronger. It just has the so-called round character as my Prose Fiction professor used to say.
By round character I mean the character that we can’t hardly decide whether he/she is good or bad. In the case of No Country for the Old Men, I can see clearly the character roundness from the semi-protagonistic character called Llewelyn (Josh Brolin). At first, we hate Llewelyn because he does not help a dying man who covets water. I firstly said to myself, ‘Oh, this must be the bad guy.’ And when he is at home, where he is so indifferent towards his wife (his very loving wife), my hatred to him grew stronger. However, later, with the course of the movie, when I saw how Anton Chigur killed people and tried to kill Llewelyn, I felt a strong empathy to this guy Llewelyn. Than, Llewelyn turns into a hero.
Later, when you have seen that Llewelyn seems to deserve to be called a hero, you’ll find how the story twisted and you’ll find your expectation ruined. This time, you’ll know that actually the hero of this movie is not only Llewelyn. Actually I want to tell more about this movie, but I just don’t have the heart to ruin the potential thrill that you might have once you enjoy the movie. Well, guys, find the movie and enjoy the thrill.
Tags: movie, no country for old men, characterization, round character
