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I've never been a huge fan of the Academy Awards. In fact, I haven't watched them in many years because of the politics involved with both the voting and the presentation itself. That said, seems like they sure got it right giving No Country for Old Men the award for best picture.

The film opens in west Texas with financially-strapped Llewelyn Moss stumbling upon a satchel full of cash and a whole bunch of dead bodies. Like any tragic movie protagonist, he takes the money and does his best to cover his tracks. He is quickly and efficiently pursued by a monstrous psychopath (played by best supporting actor Javier Bardem) with his own twisted views on justice. What follows is a whole lot of shooting, running, hiding, driving, and breaking windows.

Bardem earns his Oscar and portrays one of the greatest movie villains put to film. Dude is downright scary every single moment he's on screen. Although the film itself is very intense and violent it has no score and it is surprisingly subdued during moments of dialogue. Sheriff Ed Bell (Tommy Lee Jones) pursues both men and spends a good amount of time providing the film's moral compass and looking at the moral decay of the world around him.

What we have here is at times a surprisingly quiet, meditative movie that also happens to be very bloody and extremely violent. Joel and Ethan Coen have made a movie with no music to speak of and none of their trademark humor or witty dialogue. The movie also lacks foul language and has little to no sexual content. On DVD, the movie looks great and the sound is truly awesome. With all that in mind, I can't really recommend this because of the extreme violence, although it truly is an amazing achievement.