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re: No Country for Old Men is streaming on Netflix
Posted on 8/16/16 at 8:53 pm to Lieutenant Dan
Posted on 8/16/16 at 8:53 pm to Lieutenant Dan
I don't know exactly what you are referring to when he walked out, but I thought the ending was absolutely masterful. I felt like it conveyed to the audience exactly how the sheriff would have felt.
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Posted on 8/16/16 at 9:06 pm to tiger114
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I don't know exactly what you are referring to when he walked out
When he walks out he stops to check his boots for blood. This is how you know he killed her.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 9:23 pm to Lieutenant Dan
great movie
that scene with the quarter and the old man was perfection. Javier was brilliant.
that scene with the quarter and the old man was perfection. Javier was brilliant.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:46 pm to dallastiger55
This and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada were two great TLJ movies that came out back to back.
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:53 pm to aib799
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One of my favorite things about the movie is the ending.
It wasn't they typical Hollywood ending.
That's what makes this movie so great. Nothing about it was "typical Hollywood"
No dramatic shootout with 1200 bullets where everyone dies but the good guy
While I love good movie scores, this movie basically not having one was fricking perfect
The main character actually dies, and does so quickly off screen
And the ending like y'all pointed out
Posted on 8/16/16 at 10:53 pm to Lieutenant Dan
Oh, right. I was thinking about the scene in the hotel room when the Sherriff went back to the crime scene and saw the quarter on the floor.
There are a couple of theories ranging from the Sherriff getting freaked out and hallucinating to the theory that Chighur was in the room and the Sherriff knew it and was too scared to walk in. Or was the quarter still there from Chighur killing Llewelyn? (I believe the last one). Never the less, this is what finally makes the Sherriff realize that he is in over his head and retires.
There are a couple of theories ranging from the Sherriff getting freaked out and hallucinating to the theory that Chighur was in the room and the Sherriff knew it and was too scared to walk in. Or was the quarter still there from Chighur killing Llewelyn? (I believe the last one). Never the less, this is what finally makes the Sherriff realize that he is in over his head and retires.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 2:48 am to LG2BAMA
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but Bale's facial expressions and behavior were simply amazing.
'cause he's a great actor.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 4:54 am to GetCocky11
Watching it now.
GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME
GREATEST MOVIE OF ALL TIME
Posted on 8/17/16 at 8:29 am to tiger114
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There are a couple of theories ranging from the Sherriff getting freaked out and hallucinating to the theory that Chighur was in the room and the Sherriff knew it and was too scared to walk in. Or was the quarter still there from Chighur killing Llewelyn? (I believe the last one). Never the less, this is what finally makes the Sherriff realize that he is in over his head and retires.
Chigurh wasn't in the room, he was in Bell's head and imagination. I'm not crazy about how the Coen's handled this. But he clearly wasn't physically in the room, he was gone with the money. The dime is what he used to open the air conditioner grate screws to get to the money. Bell's seen this before at a previous hotel and knows exactly what it means. He showed courage to enter the room but he's too late and he's clearly outclassed by Chigurh.
In the book Bell talks about the shootout in his county early in the story and says "if you got a bad enough dog in your yard, people will stay out of it. And they didn't." He knows he's not a bad enough dog and so he quits.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 9:04 am to GetCocky11
Great movie, I watch it fairly often. Chigurh was one of the best villains ever imo.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 9:29 am to TexasSinger
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This is where it turns unrealistic, as we would all go have a been in her room
I believe he did go have that beer in her room. That is when he let his guard down and was killed. Or am I misremembering? It was implied in the movie, but I believe more descriptive in the novel. Don't know, need to go back and read/watch.
fricking love this movie, top 5 for me.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 1:08 pm to Honest Tune
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am I misremembering? It was implied in the movie, but I believe more descriptive in the novel.
In the book she was a young, naive hitchhiker that Moss tried to help out (he needed some help driving). He bought her a separate room in spite of her offer to share his. They had a long conversation during the drive in which Moss tried to convince her to be more careful.
The woman at the pool was floating in the pool after the shooting and Moss was in his room so there is no reason to think that Moss went to her room. Moss had his principles, in many ways like Chigurh did.
Actually, there wasn't any real reason for the Mexicans to shoot the woman by the pool. She was a good ways away from Moss's room. The hitchhiker story line really should have stayed in the movie.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 2:20 pm to Tigris
Thanks for explaining that. Yes, Moss had principles.
The Mexicans threw down on her because she was a witness, is my guess.
The Mexicans threw down on her because she was a witness, is my guess.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 6:04 pm to NeverRains
Spoiler alert: ******
I love the movie and Cormac, but I still have a hard time getting over what I see as a pretty critical flaw in the plot. The story never happens if Llewellyn does not go back to give the wounded Mexican some water (other than the fact that they would have found him with the transponder anyways). It just seems so out of character for Llewellyn who seems to be rather street smart and unsympathetic to drug dealers other than at that moment. Plus the fact that of all the times the Mexicans might come to check on the situation it is in the middle of the night when Llewellyn just happens to be there with the water? Then him outrunning a truck going 30 or 40 mph? That part of the plot needed to be cleaned up. Too silly and cliche for writers and directors of this caliber.
I love the movie and Cormac, but I still have a hard time getting over what I see as a pretty critical flaw in the plot. The story never happens if Llewellyn does not go back to give the wounded Mexican some water (other than the fact that they would have found him with the transponder anyways). It just seems so out of character for Llewellyn who seems to be rather street smart and unsympathetic to drug dealers other than at that moment. Plus the fact that of all the times the Mexicans might come to check on the situation it is in the middle of the night when Llewellyn just happens to be there with the water? Then him outrunning a truck going 30 or 40 mph? That part of the plot needed to be cleaned up. Too silly and cliche for writers and directors of this caliber.
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Posted on 8/17/16 at 6:16 pm to Monticello
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The story never happens if Llewellyn does not go back to give the wounded Mexican some water (other than the fact that they would have found him with the transponder anyways). It just seems so out of character for Llewellyn who seems to be rather street smart and unsympathetic to drug dealers other than at that moment.
"If the rule you followed brought you to this, of what use was the rule?"
You're simply nit-picking the rest.
Posted on 8/17/16 at 6:43 pm to JombieZombie
Top 3 movie for me. Watched it again today and I can't find something to dislike about it.
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