Film: The Counselor, 2013, Directed by Ridley Scott

Cormac McCarthy, the author of the screenplay, is a graphomaniac. The proof is in works like "All the Pretty Horses", "The Road" and finally - this film which helps highlight all the symptoms of the condition. Even a skilled director like Ridley Scott could not pull out a cogent 'story' not to mention some sense out of this pretentious textual mess. What do you think of this piece of wisdom: "When it comes to grief, the normal rules of wealth do not apply. Because grief transcends value. A man would give entire nations to lift grief off his heart and yet, you cannot buy anything with grief, because grief is worthless. What the ...?!!! What does this mean? Nothing. It's a strаin of the mind of a pseudo-philosopher and pseudo-writer who is desperately trying to be original...I should rest my case only after this quote but can't help mentioning the drug lord citing the poet Antonio Machado. Not that it can't be done, but Mr. McCarthy does it in a dumb way.

"No Country for Old Man" was a good movie only thanks to the Coen brothers who wrote the screenplay.