I own 'No Country...'
you won't be disappointed!

little known fact:
Brolin's audition tape was directed by Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez... and intitially he DIDN't (that's did NOT) get the part... according to Brolin:

"What ended up happening is that me, Robert and Quentin created an audition tape on a Genesis camera. "Basically, we had the best-looking audition tape in the history of audition tapes, but the Coen brothers saw it and they didn't like it so they said no. "I met them in a very frustrated moment of not being able to find a guy for the part. It was the last meeting they were taking before they were going to hire a particular actor. After that meeting I got the part."

I got a kick out of the fact that the Coen brothers didn't like the tape!

As for "I Am Legend"...
let me offer this bit of advice:

If you have the choice of the theatrical versions vs the 'Unrated and Controversial Alternate Ending'... TAKE THE THEATRICAL VERSION!
controversial my @$$... it was stooPid! with a capital 'P'!!

No Country For Old Men is their best since Fargo.

Hell, it's their best ever.

Bardem (sp?) is horrifying.

Legend is in the mail to us.

The Coen brothers never fail me. Hell's bells, I even liked Barton Fink, and that one made no sense at all. I could watch it again, just for the peeling wallpaper.

Ok, we watched I Am Legend. Pretty fair flick. Will Smith was excellent as usual.

I dunno which ending we saw, though. I suppose it was the one seen in theaters.

Btw, the humanoid monsters weren't really very different from some of the real big city folks I've met. [snark off]

(SPOILER)

don't read on Winston...
... wait until you've seen it!

(I mean it!)

well good...
then you didn't watch the version where Will helps the mutant zombie re-unite... fall back in love... and everybody lives happily ever after.

I liked the ride into the sunset with the zombies singing "Happy Trails."

Saw Legend.

Good.

No Country for Old Men was great. Might watch it again.

I find the criticism about the ending to be far off base. Apparently the reviewers who didn't like the ending are a bunch of unimaginative simpletons who want all loose ends neatly tied up. Phooey. The whole subplot of the film is that things are never neat and tidy.

Anyway, the Coen Brothers are still batting 1.000 with me.

I agree with you about that ending (and my recollection is that it is faithful to McCarthy's book). Terrific movie.

If you're a big Will Smith fan, did you enjoy Six Degrees of Separation? I think it was actually his first big role.

Saw The Big Lebowski the other night. Bless those Coens.