Oscar Winning Blood Fest/ Nuclear Bombs

No Country for Old Men was bloody, violent, and surprisingly interesting. I say surprisingly because I don't normally care for action movies. I watched it because it won the Oscars, so I assumed it must have been pretty good.

It's a story about a poor man who lives away from civilization. While out hunting one day, he stumbles upon the remains of a bloody shootout. He goes to investigate, and discovers a few million dollars, and a truck full of heroine. My first thought was, walk away, obviously you don't want to mess with these people. Alas, that's easier said then done. Of course he takes the money.

He sends his wife to her mother's for her safety, then embarks on a heart-pounding cat and mouse chase. In the meantime there's a ruthless killer you are witnesses walking around killing people with his silenced shotgun. He also has an air tank that might be something used to euphenize cattle which shoots a rod out of the end at an incredible speed, puncturing you brain and killing you instantly. He also uses this air tank to blow out the locks on door handles. You hear a split second of a noise, and he's inside your house. This completely terrifying guy is of course who goes after our main character.

The acting, directing, and filming of this movie was superb. I don't think I have ever seen a more terrifying hired killer. I loved every minute of this movie until the last ten minutes where all the drama and suspense they had built died out. They spent the whole movie having this guy outwit the people sent to kill him, then had him killed without even showing him die. There was a quick scene where they showed the police finding what had been a bloody shootout.

Either way, still a great movie. What should we have learned from this movie? If you find a bunch of cash surrounded by dead men who have been shot, leave it alone! You know someone is going to come after that money.

I just started watching the extremely addictive television drama, Jericho. It takes place in the small town of Jericho, somewhere in Kansas. There is a nuclear bomb dropped over Denver, and the town people later find out that numerous places across the United States have been bombed. The police force is very small town, and don't really know what to do. There is a mysterious black man who seems to have all the answers. They keep showing scenes where he is doing something you know is wrong, but you don't know why, or what exactly. The townspeople are in fear of radiation poisoning, and of some unknown force that bombed the United States. This was a great idea for a T.V. show, something I had wondered about before.

What would it be like if nuclear bombs were dropped in the U.S.? Scary thought!