Josh Brolin: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked
1. Llewelyn Moss - No Country For Old Men (2006)
At number one, another Coen Brothers film, and arguably their greatest. No Country for Old Men is an adaptation of a Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name and follows numerous narrative threads all relating back to a briefcase full of money. After a drug deal gone wrong, Llewelyn Moss (Brolin) comes across the cash and decides to take it for himself. Little does he know, the briefcase has a tracker inside, which acts as a beacon for scene-stealing and utterly terrifying villain Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), a hitman who has been tasked with retrieving it. While this game of cat and mouse is played out, the downbeaten Sheriff Ed Ball (Tommy Lee Jones) follows the evidence left by Chigurh. This performance from Brolin is testament to what he can do with very few words. The film is very light on dialogue and it rests on the cast to fill in the blanks with facial expressions and body language, and more intangible characteristics like presence and charisma. Brolin has said in an interview that he was initially nervous of taking on a role with so little talking, and how he would go about conveying the film's ideas without speaking, but his concerns were ill-conceived, as he proved himself particularly adept to the role, which confirmed his screen presence in compelling fashion. As further evidence, despite the fact that his character may not be the most likeable person in the movie, you're still able to root for him thanks to the charisma Brolin brings to the performance. Now we've looked into his very best performances it's time to look at five of those that weren't so great...
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At number one, another Coen Brothers film, and arguably their greatest. No Country for Old Men is an adaptation of a Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name and follows numerous narrative threads all relating back to a briefcase full of money. After a drug deal gone wrong, Llewelyn Moss (Brolin) comes across the cash and decides to take it for himself. Little does he know, the briefcase has a tracker inside, which acts as a beacon for scene-stealing and utterly terrifying villain Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem), a hitman who has been tasked with retrieving it. While this game of cat and mouse is played out, the downbeaten Sheriff Ed Ball (Tommy Lee Jones) follows the evidence left by Chigurh. This performance from Brolin is testament to what he can do with very few words. The film is very light on dialogue and it rests on the cast to fill in the blanks with facial expressions and body language, and more intangible characteristics like presence and charisma. Brolin has said in an interview that he was initially nervous of taking on a role with so little talking, and how he would go about conveying the film's ideas without speaking, but his concerns were ill-conceived, as he proved himself particularly adept to the role, which confirmed his screen presence in compelling fashion. As further evidence, despite the fact that his character may not be the most likeable person in the movie, you're still able to root for him thanks to the charisma Brolin brings to the performance. Now we've looked into his very best performances it's time to look at five of those that weren't so great...