What does it say about our culture that a total pain body movie (what other part of us besides the bit that likes pain would be entertained by this) wins the best picture award???? I really like the Coen brothers, but this movie was just a pure slice of violence and I didn't find any real meaning underneath it.

Did I miss something?

Now O Brother Where Art Thou on the other hand....

I totally disagree. I think it does deserve, Best Picture. The plot and characters were well developed. I was glued the whole time and tried to figure out what would happen next. Even thought it was quite violent, it had to be to make the plot believable. However last year's Best Picture movie, The Departed was not the best movie. I think they felt sorry for Scorsesee (sp?) not winning Best Picture or Best Director, more than anything else. I thought Pan's Labyrinth was by far, the Best Picture.

Haven't seen it yet, so .... please don't spoil it too much...I'll come back later to read.

I loved the movie. You have to look behind the violence as there's lots of underlying themes that took me a couple of viewings to pick up on.

Characters were great and that twist near the middle was pretty cool.

I personally thought There Will Be Blood should have won for best movie.

Lots of cold and serious movies last year. Juno and Superbad were the only decent comedies I can remember off the top of my head.

It's human nature to be fascinated/entertained by violence but I just don't agree with you that No Country was all about that. Have you ever seen any of the Saw movies? :( now those ones are disgusting

I can't wait to see 'No Country for Old Men.' It looked really good to me. Unfortunately, I am currently too lazy to go out and rent it. :P

My SO thought it was pathetic too. Overhyped movie that doesn't deliver.

I rather liked the movie. Kept you on your seat in anticipation. Not many movies do that for me.

I loved the movie. You have to look behind the violence as there's lots of underlying themes that took me a couple of viewings to pick up on.

Characters were great and that twist near the middle was pretty cool.

I personally thought There Will Be Blood should have won for best movie.

Lots of cold and serious movies last year. Juno and Superbad were the only decent comedies I can remember off the top of my head.

It's human nature to be fascinated/entertained by violence but I just don't agree with you that No Country was all about that. Have you ever seen any of the Saw movies? :( now those ones are disgusting

I did not find any real themes that simply used the violence as a tool to teach something. What is your perspective on that as I may have missed it.

I don't think it's human nature, I think it's ego's nature.

I think violence is human nature. To refrain from violence is the way of society. Society teaches us that violence is wrong, but without violence mankind would be no where.

Nothing is "good" unless there is something "bad" to counter it. It is all a balance. Without "bad" people and "bad" experiences we would not know how to be "good" people and we would not understand what a "good" experience was.