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Originally Posted by Nosferatu@Cult Labs  You're missing out because both are superb films. The Coen brothers are brilliant filmmakers and No Country for Old Men is one of the Best Westerns made in the last 50 years. It's probably worth watching just for Javier Bardem's exceptional portrayal of Anton Chigurh. Cormac McCarthy's novel on which the film is based is well worth reading as well.
Although The Departed isn't Martin Scorsese's best film, and perhaps not as good as the great Infernal Affairs trilogy either, it's a superbly acted and masterfully created crime thriller. |
The Departed had zero competition when it won in 2006, same goes for
No Country the year after.
2008 was a joke for nominated films but 2009 faired better with
Hurt Locker, Avatar and
District 9.