Sort by. Lastly, Sherriff Bell, the man who doesn’t understand and doesn’t want to. I like this explanation a little more than Chigurh being a personification of evil. report . I disagree totally. evil) he still thinks that he can change it. There is no showdown. Not because of the characters being flawed, but because of how contrived I found the plot to be. No country for old men: Am Filmende führt Darsteller Sheriff Bell, welcher inzwischen in Pension gegangen ist, ein langes Gespräch mit seiner Frau. It is actually outside of genre, and the meditations on impotence, aging, and how we respond to cruelty are more central to the theme than cowboy movies and action movies. "No Country for Old Men" is as good a film as the Coen brothers, Joel and Ethan, have ever made, and they made "Fargo." I struggled to think of real life examples of why people would need to die out of necessity. The car crash is quite clearly the universe kicking him down a notch-- Anton's services as metaphor are no longer needed; the real deal steps in. Any time you quit hearing Sir and Mam the end is pretty much in sight...” ― Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men. It’s one of those that keeps coming back to you days later. The whole point of this story is that life is about how you PERCEIVE it. 17 hours ago. However, in the film Chigurh clearly checks the soles of his boots outside of the house, so she dies. We don’t see this as evil though, we see it as the circle of life. No Country For Old Men is no exception. The last scene of him talking about his dream where where his dead father was riding with him was the saddest thing I have seen in a movie. .FIYolDqalszTnjjNfThfT{max-width:256px;white-space:normal;text-align:center} Hard to believe. share. The story occurs in the vicinity of the United States–Mexico border in 1980 and concerns an illegal drug deal gone awry in the Texas desert back country. minutes, but his short time on screen serves to tell us something (I’ll reveal this at the end). Like I said, it's been a while since I've seen it, but I also remember being frustrated by how illogical some of the characters acted. If he did, he would’ve never gone back to give the dying man water in the beginning of the film. Blood Meridian (based on Glanton's Raiders) is full of people every bit as savage, and that's not even including the terrifying supernatural evil of Judge Holden. So, what did I miss? ._7_d4sJjd2oYzaJuU_QpOI{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-flair);color:var(--newRedditTheme-linkText);margin-top:10px;padding:0 4px}._7_d4sJjd2oYzaJuU_QpOI._1rtoCmW_7bFJWYffSOwt4R{margin-top:0} Das Drehbuch für die erste explizite Literaturverfilmung der beiden Brüder beruht auf Cormac McCarthys Roman Kein Land für alte Männer, was sinngemäß Kein Land zum Altwerden bedeutet,[3] und erzählt von einem Katz-und-Maus-Spiel dreier Männer nach e… He lasts a little bit longer than Carson, but both end up the same way. /*# sourceMappingURL=https://www.redditstatic.com/desktop2x/chunkCSS/TopicLinksContainer.361933014be843c79476.css.map*/._2ppRhKEnnVueVHY_G-Ursy{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;margin:22px 0 0;min-height:200px;overflow:hidden;position:relative}._2KLA5wMaJBHg0K2z1q0ci_{margin:0 -7px -8px}._1zdLtEEpuWI_Pnujn1lMF2{bottom:0;position:absolute;right:52px}._3s18OZ_KPHs2Ei416c7Q1l{margin:0 0 22px;position:relative}.LJjFa8EhquYX8xsTnb9n-{filter:grayscale(40%);position:absolute;top:11px}._2Zjw1QfT_iMHH7rfaGsfBs{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;background:linear-gradient(180deg,rgba(0,121,211,.24),rgba(0,121,211,.12));border-radius:50%;display:-ms-flexbox;display:flex;height:25px;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center;margin:0 auto;width:25px}._2gaJVJ6_j7vwKV945EABN9{background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-button);border-radius:50%;height:15px;width:15px;z-index:1} Posted by 18 hours ago. The thing is, I picked up on a lot of visual cues, just didn't find them satisfying or felt like the movie was better for it at the time, who knows why, as I like it a lot when movies and media in general go for a more subtle approach in terms of storytelling. The Movies: The 2000s to Today (2019) (TV Episode) Scenes shown WatchMojo: Top 10 Scariest Characters in Non-Horror Films (2020) (TV Episode) Anton Chigurh is #2. He just collects debts and effects older people who encounter him. For years I subscribed to the belief that the film is essentially about Tommy Lee Jones’ character of Sheriff Bell’s struggle to find reason, dignity, and understanding in the face of old age. There's a generic "found some illicit money, gotta run with it without getting killed" plot...for example the Josh Brolin character comes off as a Texan version of the guys with the briefcase in Pulp Fiction and meets a similar fate. I think it gets a lot of praise simply because it's the Coen brothers adapting a Cormac McCarthy book, both held up as meditative and philosophic. hide. Llewlyn Moss has a good run considering Chigurh is on his trail for the majority of the movie. Als der Kriegsveteran Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) auf die Jagd geht, erwartet er nicht, einen ganzen Berg Leichen mitten in der Prärie vorzufinden — ein gescheiterter Drogenhandel. Sheriff Ed Tom Bell (Tommy Lee Jones), the only other character in No Country for Old Men who seems to have any real sense of what’s going on around him, explicitly compares Chigurh to a … His second way, the more entertaining and disturbing way, is the coin toss kill. A Vietnam vet hunting in the desert comes across the site of a drug deal gone bad. I think you're generally right, but I don't think Chigurh is necessarily Evil as much as he is randomness, death, inexplicability. 3 comments. Les ellipses sont subtiles, les images léchées. I think Llewlyn, his wife Carla Jean, Carson, and Bell all have four different and distinct relationships to Chigurh. The protagonist dies offscreen in a random fashion that has nothing to do with the danger he's trying to evade. Llewlyn does not understand what he is dealing with, but thinks that he can outsmart and outrun (i.e. Offensichtlich haben sich die Gangster zerstritten und gegenseitig erschossen. I don't know if you're the kinda person who plays on their phone or computer when watching a movie, but this isn't a movie you can do that during. He can't make sense of the violence and brutality of the world and at the end realizes he is no longer a part of it. If we allow ourselves to see Chigurh as a physical manifestation of evil, then these four characters all represent different ways that we as people make sense of and deal with evil in our lives. tags: regret. ._3-SW6hQX6gXK9G4FM74obr{display:inline-block;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:16px;height:16px;font-size:16px;line-height:16px} I also felt that the whole thing they did with changing from which character's perspective the story is presented is a technique better suited for a book... and later found out that the movie actually is based on a book, so maybe this was something that should have been left out for the adaptation. La fin est un peu est un WTF ou c'est moi qui comprend rien ?J'ai rien capish - Topic Fin de "No country for old men" du 18-10-2013 21:31:15 sur les forums de jeuxvideo.com Me and him was sheriffs at the same time, him up in Plano and me out here. RedLetterMedia: Plinkett Reviews, Half in the Bag, Best of the Worst, re:View and more! But maybe I'd like it more if I watched it now. And again. A great book. /u/07wcsf_wasFixed responds to: A New Perspective on No Country for Old Men [+32]. But isn't it interesting that it's precisely this moment when Anton's invincibility comes crashing down? ._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4{width:100%}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA{display:none}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._31L3r0EWsU0weoMZvEJcUA,._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4:hover ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:block}._1LHxa-yaHJwrPK8kuyv_Y4 ._11Zy7Yp4S1ZArNqhUQ0jZW{display:none} I really have to recommend the book to everyone that loves this movie. report . Log in or sign up to leave a comment Log In Sign Up. We use cookies on our websites for a number of purposes, including analytics and performance, functionality and advertising. I watched this movie a few years back due to how highly reviewed it is and how willing people are to recommend it. Carla Jean has seen her husband’s bloody death, she has seen the lengths Chigurh has gone to get his money, and when she sits down with the grim reaper himself, she refuses to play his game. While it may trouble him, by the end of the film Bell has resigned to not knowing, and likely no longer trying to understand. "Not like you say," is her answer to Anton's description of reality that completely omits his own agency. Due to this, he will likely not die in peace. Llewlyn clearly doesn’t understand what he’s dealing with. Chigurh is described as "a pure prophet of destruction" or something like that. First, it employs a bit of a mirror to the end of the script. No Country for Old Men (2007) Plot. No Country for Old Men (2005) is a novel by American writer Cormac McCarthy. Alternatively, you could continue walking on by, not wondering how the fire started, or how many would get out alive. It wasn't a bad movie, but, in my opinion, it's a tad overrated. People need to die so that there is room for the new people being born. Showing all 7 items Jump to: Summaries (6) Synopsis (1) Summaries. 58 likes. Had he tried to understand evil (Chigurh), it likely would’ve led him on a chase that would’ve ended up with a cow pressurizer to his head. 2 people found this helpful. Both the movie and the book versions of No Country For Old Men repeatedly touch on how the aging-sheriff protagonist feels he's no longer a match for modern criminals. This theme is best represented in the gas station scene where the clerk is confronted with something outside of his control, the flip of a coin. ._2cHgYGbfV9EZMSThqLt2tx{margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{width:75%;height:24px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-,._3Q7WCNdCi77r0_CKPoDSFY{background:var(--newCommunityTheme-field);background-size:200%;margin-bottom:16px;border-radius:4px}._2wgLWvNKnhoJX3DUVT_3F-{width:100%;height:46px} I thought Chiggurh killed him offscreen? ._1QwShihKKlyRXyQSlqYaWW{height:16px;width:16px;vertical-align:bottom}._2X6EB3ZhEeXCh1eIVA64XM{margin-left:3px}._1jNPl3YUk6zbpLWdjaJT1r{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;padding:0 4px}._1jNPl3YUk6zbpLWdjaJT1r._39BEcWjOlYi1QGcJil6-yl{padding:0}._2hSecp_zkPm_s5ddV2htoj{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;display:inline-block;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;margin-left:0;padding:0 4px}._2hSecp_zkPm_s5ddV2htoj._39BEcWjOlYi1QGcJil6-yl{padding:0}._1wzhGvvafQFOWAyA157okr{font-size:12px;font-weight:500;line-height:16px;border-radius:2px;margin-right:5px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;vertical-align:text-bottom;white-space:pre;word-break:normal;box-sizing:border-box;line-height:14px;padding:0 4px}._3BPVpMSn5b1vb1yTQuqCRH,._1wzhGvvafQFOWAyA157okr{display:inline-block;height:16px}._3BPVpMSn5b1vb1yTQuqCRH{background-color:var(--newRedditTheme-body);border-radius:50%;margin-left:5px;text-align:center;width:16px}._2cvySYWkqJfynvXFOpNc5L{height:10px;width:10px}.aJrgrewN9C8x1Fusdx4hh{padding:2px 8px}._1wj6zoMi6hRP5YhJ8nXWXE{font-size:14px;padding:7px 12px}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y{border-radius:20px}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y:hover{opacity:.85}._2VqfzH0dZ9dIl3XWNxs42y:active{transform:scale(.95)} Let’s start with Carson, a bounty hunter/hit man character who is all to sure of himself. Anton might represent an agent of evil, but that doesn't make him any different than the Mexican hitmen, or the cartel members in the desert. Carla Jean sees through him-- and unlike her husband and Carson she has no illusions about trying to beat fate herself. Absconding with a satchel full of drug money, he finds himself on the run from an eccentric hitman who uses an air-powered captive bolt gun to dispatch roadside Good Samaritans and other unwitting marks like h… I enjoyed the movie, I particularly … ._3Im6OD67aKo33nql4FpSp_{border:1px solid var(--newCommunityTheme-widgetColors-sidebarWidgetBorderColor);border-radius:5px 5px 4px 4px;overflow:visible;word-wrap:break-word;background-color:var(--newCommunityTheme-body);padding:12px}.lnK0-OzG7nLFydTWuXGcY{font-size:10px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:.5px;line-height:12px;text-transform:uppercase;padding-bottom:4px;color:var(--newCommunityTheme-navIcon)} I know this is an old discussion but I think the car crash is important because Anton tries to push the idea that things just happen by chance, like the coin flip. He doesn't cheat on his wife, he gives a dying man his last wish, he leaves his family behind to protect them. He just let inertia run his life by "marrying into" and living the station attendant's life. and choosing not to educate yourself about it but believing you can still beat it. The No Country for Old Men Opening . People seem to really like the antagonist and it was Harrelson's most serious role. All throughout our lives we our confronted with things that we don't decide, the only thing we do choose is how we respond and label these events. Like “It starts when you begin to overlook good manners. Carla Jean understands the evil she is dealing with, but chooses not to play Chigurh’s game (the coin flip). 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I find the movie perversely entertaining, and still one of my favorites to go back to. Now it’s my favorite Cohen Brothers movie. .LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH{fill:var(--newRedditTheme-actionIcon);height:18px;width:18px}.LalRrQILNjt65y-p-QlWH rect{stroke:var(--newRedditTheme-metaText)}._3J2-xIxxxP9ISzeLWCOUVc{height:18px}.FyLpt0kIWG1bTDWZ8HIL1{margin-top:4px}._2ntJEAiwKXBGvxrJiqxx_2,._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{vertical-align:middle}._1SqBC7PQ5dMOdF0MhPIkA8{-ms-flex-align:center;align-items:center;display:-ms-inline-flexbox;display:inline-flex;-ms-flex-direction:row;flex-direction:row;-ms-flex-pack:center;justify-content:center} I saw it before I read the book. By the end of the film, Bell has fallen into the latter category. 209 votes, 172 comments. To conclude, I believe that No Country for Old Men is a retrospective on the different ways that humans deal with evil in their lives. 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(It's pretty much a lock for a slot on my top five films of the year, and at the moment, it's looking like a possible number one.) I'm not a huge McCarthy fan. I read the book a few years after I saw the movie and I was amazed how true to the book they kept it. 97% Upvoted. I liken these types of deaths to coin flips because it can happen to you, or it can happen to someone else. The neo-noir/western, based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel of the same title is a complex work of art that has caused many people over the years to ask, “what does all of this mean?”. No Country is like the inverse. There's a line that sticks with me: "I got here the same way the coin did." Decades pass as strangers move in and out of the poor man's life, barely stopping for small talk, then going on with their own lives. Chigurh’s crimes cause Bell to retire, a decision which ultimately saves his life. La violence y est aussi stylisée que chez Alfred Hitchcock ou Sergio Leone. 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