Movie Reviews: "No Country for Old Men" & "I am Legend"

I finally started to get caught up with movies. The past two weekends we saw "I am Legend" starring Will Smith and "No Country for Old Men", the movie that won a gazillion oscars this year. 

Drastically different movies but both were thoroughly enjoyable. I thought Will Smith did an excellent job in "I am Legend". In my opinion, it's extremely difficult to keep an audience captivated when the story is primarily centered around one individual character's story. In this movie the actor and director were able to keep engrossed throughout the 2 hours. It was suspenseful, intriguing and highly entertaining. I thought that they could have spent a few more minutes towards building up the character of Will Smith's but all in all I thought it was good movie. I'm sure if I were to do some deep analysis I'd find holes in the plot but what's the point. All in all a good 2 hours spent. 

"No Country for Old Men" was disturbing at first and then confusing. Javier Bardem did an excellent job of being the cold blooded psycho killer. The suspense of the chase was gripping. But then there were these dialogues (mostly with Tommy Lee Jones) where there was all this questioning about life, age, and who knows what else. I liked the movie as a whole, but I can't say I was as interested about the philosophical aspect. It's definitely worth a watch. You just need a stomach for graphic killings.