Argh!

Can't believe "Atonement" won Golden Globes.

Convoluted, trick (not clever) ending, in need of editing, too long. Yes, good acting (see my earlier review), but not the best film of the year.

I loved "Juno," and it should be nominated.

But my vote goes to "No Country for Old Men" or "There Will be Blood."

No Country for Old Men

Wow!

Another winner for Tommy Lee Jones ... what a marvelous actor ... the quintessential Texas sheriff ... cagey, laidback, full of stories.

And an entire cast, but especially Javier Bardem - one of the most chilling characters I've ever seen - cold, calculating and insane - deciding the fate of some victims with the flip of a coin.

Josh Brolin, incredible performance - a cowboy, who finds a 2 mil stash of drug money, is discovered and pursued by Javier Bardem ... the bodies fall everywhere.

Tommy Lee Jones, nearing retirement, chats with another aging lawman - who can understand the time drugs and money? "No Country for Old Men" - from Yeats' poem "Sailing to Byzantium."

Intense, with so many twists and turns, yet a clear story-line. Music, cinematography ... someone said to me, "a perfect movie," and I agree.

The ending, like life, has no ending ... things just go on ... good and evil ...

Miramax and Paramount Vantage ... and hats off to the Coen Brothers - keep up the good work.