In 1996, Ben Stiller and Jim Carrey stunned audiences nationwide with The Cable Guy, a dark satire of media-obsessed gen-Xers highlighted by streaks of Carrey's patented arm-flailing. Unfortunately, critics were not amused.
No Country for Old Men may be an exception to the rule, in that the film fully lives up to the prestige of the novel, both existing simultaneously as great parallel pieces of art.
When it comes down to it, there are, essentially, two kinds of science fiction films: the futuristic adventure story, such as Star Wars and the recent Guardians of the Galaxy, and the thoughtful examination of an issue or proposal, couched in a world just different