So, Cormack McCarthy wrote the novel for No Country for Old Men. He also wrote the screenplay, with director Ridley Scott, for the film The Counselor. Ridley Scott makes some very powerful and cinematic films (Blade Runner, American Gangster, Gladiator to name a few) but I don’t remember a film as dark and depressing as The Counselor. If you’re OK with dark & depressing content I highly recommend it. I’ve seen it several times and I am sure I still don’t quite understand all the messages they were trying to tell. It was too heavy, I think, to ever be a “big summer film” like the others he has made. But Cormack McCarthy is a writing tour de force.
Haven’t seen that one. I’ll keep it in mind. I haven’t seen The Road yet, either. I have to be in the mood for a downer film.