No, you don't need to see the film but it was a way of me trying to put across how much his style really sucks out of the films.
I see No Country For Old Men as one of the top films of the last 20 years, what with its pacing and the atmosphere they create. It's not an original story, based on a book, so therefore any director could have been brought on board.
You might say I am comparing apples to oranges but it was just a way to illustrate what I think the problem is.
There's still a selection problem in adaptation.... Directors are not interchangeable, and that's ok! It means there can be a broader range of styles and flavors in the world.
For example, what if the Coen brothers had directed, say, 'Adaptation'? It would have been a completely different film. Would we ever want to see Christopher Nolan adapt Stefan Zweig? Hardly.
I see No Country For Old Men as one of the top films of the last 20 years, what with its pacing and the atmosphere they create. It's not an original story, based on a book, so therefore any director could have been brought on board.
You might say I am comparing apples to oranges but it was just a way to illustrate what I think the problem is.