What did people think of No Country for old men? I thought it was good except for the ending, it would have been better if the main guy could have got his revenge and not died. I didnt get the ending really.
SPOILERS, BEWARE! Here's my ideas about the movie that may help you appreciate it more. The movie represents the death of the cowboy and as a documentation of the absurd; thats why they do not show Llewelyns death, thats why Chigurgh lives. Llewelyn's death is supposed to be insignificant, since the death of the cowboy went unnoticed in our nation. Also, the Coens are only tricking the audience into believing the psycho killer finally gets whats coming to him in the car wreck, but ultimately he just walks away to what we assume is a clean getaway. That is an absurd concept in conventional storytelling. One thing I love about the concept of Chigurgh, is that he is like something straight out of an Albert Camus' novel. The absurdity in his actions, his morals and principles, his method of choosing his victims, etc. This flip of the coin manner in which Chigurgh chooses his actions, along with the lack of a soundtrack and the shots of the sprawling Texas hill country, injects a sense of dread and tension into the movie. The intensity of certain scenes derives from this unpredictability of many of the character's fates. To the Sheriff, Chigurgh's actions represent the absurdity the world is coming to, and it confuses and scares him. Eventually this brings him to his retirement, he can't handle it anymore... or No Country For Old Men. I absolutely love the ending, Tommy Lee Jones does an awesome job on the Sheriff's last scenes. Hell, I even have the last line of the movie in my signature. The second time I saw this, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell's line : "I always thought when I got older God would sort of come into my life in some way. And he didn't. I don't blame him. If I was him I'd have the same opinion about me that he does.", really helped me understand his last speech about his dreams better. The Sheriff concludes, "And in the dream I knew that he was goin' on ahead and he was fixin' to make a fire somewhere out there in all that dark and all that cold, and I knew that whenever I got there he would be there. And then I woke up."
amazing flick. i actually liked the much debated 'ending'. oh, has anyone tried the coin toss? DO IT, it's fun. voila..... (thanks to adam, for showing me how to do the stupid code )
I did like the movie. It wasn't as great as I expected it to be due to all of the hype around it but it was very well made and a good movie overall. The ending was alright to me, I didn't mind it. I liked Tommy Lee Jones' bit at the end about his dream. He should've gotten the Oscar nod for this and not that Paul Haggis Iraq movie (forgot the name..haha.) Javier Bardem was a fucking nutcase in this though. He played the part very well. He deserves the win for the Oscar by far. :]
I thought this movie was awesome. The air tool he carried around was awesome, and gave him a more psychopath type feel. I thought the ending was good, it wasn't the ending you would expect with that kind of movie.
yes, I really liked this movie. Neuroptican's post was spot on. It was about the end of the traditional mindset, and the transition to the ridiculous (absurd) modern era/culture. The end was disappointing, but I found it fit with the message of the movie. Loved it.
I thought it was a big disappointment, the actors were great and all...but it does not deserve the oscar wins... I really don't mind the ending, actually i like those kind of endings.. but the movie has so many loop holes that it gets ridiculous. They killed off one of the main characters without even showing us how it happened, i really don't understand why they did that, and The movie started out great, then it just went slower, and slower and slower... I like movies that keep you guessing, but this is too much..its like you have to guess the whole plot, so you might as well write a movie of your own.
i loved this movie...so i used the hipforums search engine and found this old thread so i guess i dont need to start a new thread..that would be lame
I really enjoyed it but then again I saw it on cable over the Labor Day weekend and I didn’t have to shell out $45 dollars on tickets and concessions, and deal with other peoples loud kids with runny noses. H
Are you serious peoples, this movie won an Oscar, it was well written and film, I just didnt understand the ending when the guy was talking. But the movie was great
I thought the tone and direction of the film ruined it. Great story, very well acted; yet still horribly boring.
My take is that the central message is about Americans losing, that's why the cowboy had to die. All the reasons for his demise are tied into the cultural references. Despite being capable, there's no respectable state of living for the man. He protects the money out of desperation to the point that it drives him crazy and to an early death. It's the international drug trade that he's a victim of. The same happens in the life of a laboring American male in general. Often times there's no benefit to working - it's paycheck to paycheck. People gamble and do other trades that make them have to go on the run, often because they're desperate to get money. Also many workers are victims of global trade, being rendered obsolete to cheaper labor or mechanical labor - Likewise the antagaonist in the story is a foreign import and is mechanical in nature. The cowboy is a victim of circumstance, quite literally. Bell has to quit his pursuit because he's resigned to the fact it's something greater than his entire law office. It's indeed a sign of changing times.
