❤️BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY❤️ 1 CHRONICLES 4:9-10 NIV 9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” 10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.
Hey, if you enjoyed No Country for Old Men you should know that it was a book written by author Cormac McCarthy. Tommy Lee Jones must've been a fan of his work because he stars in another movie called The Sunset Limited, which was a play written by Cormac. The Sunset Limited stars both Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L Jackson. And I think you'll find the story interesting since you're a believer. Tommy Lee Jones plays an atheist professor and Samuel L Jackson is an ex convict who turned his life around and became a man of God. The whole movie is their dialogue and battling theologies and it's easily in my top 5 favorite films of all time. Put it on your list because I would love to hear your thoughts on it. It's a movie not a lot of people cover.
Great verse. Here is one pertaining to the theme of the movie. Ecclesiastes 9:11 & 12 "I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them." "Point being that even in the contest between man and steer the outcome is not certian". - Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
Agree. It takes more than one viewing to understand. The Coens like to do subvert expectations. In this case in a modern western, life is random and the hero doesn't win which is what we expect him to win the boss fight at the end.
It's not till near the end that you realize that Llewellyn isn't the main character, it's the sheriff. The story is about his trying to deal with the changing world and senseless violence.
More the realization of the existential nihilistic nature of the universe. This is a realization that comes as a huge shock to many folks once they hit their latter years.
I believe the lack of justice is the point. Llewelyn didn't die a hero's death, his death was inconsequential and uncelebrated. He was a grain of sand in a sand storm, enveloped in a world of senseless violence that doesn't even grant the humanity or dignity of a meaningful death.
It’s very well summed up by Ed Tom’s uncle: “You can’t stop what’s coming, and it ain’t all waiting on you. That’s vanity.” Llewelyn’s death is no more meaningful than chicken-truck guy as far as fate is concerned.
Yup. It's in the title "No Country for Old Men" where the "old men" are people who existed in stories where the good guys win and the bad guys lose. People care about each other and events have meaning. But we find out from Bell's cousin that even the old stories are an illusion and really it's always been like this.
@@stevesheroan4131was going to quote the same line. Also the coin toss .. it’s all just events that don’t have to make sense and violence might happen and it might not. A bullet might hit you and it could miss. He gets hit by the car, and it’s just a flip of the coin
He told you when this was taking place. 1980. During the first coin flip, he said "this coin has been traveling since 1958. It's been traveling for 22 years".
Javier Bardem did, in fact, win an academy award for best supporting actor. Another thing worth noting is that according to a study published by researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, in 2014, his portrayal of Anton Chigurh is the most clinically accurate portrayal of a psychopath to date.
The film is partly about how no person is in control over their destiny. A hint to this is the very first opening scene, where you see three windmills. Windmills are blown in a direction by the wind, much the same way our main characters have various events happen to them beyond their control. Also, Llewelyn died off screen, because as in life things happen without any spectacle or show, one minute you're alive the next you're not. The character Chigurh, who thinks of himself as the hand of fate, isn't in any real control. He gets seriously injured in a car collision. He even mocked Carson, saying "if the rule you followed lead you this, what good is the rule." However he was following his own rule when he goes to kill Carla Jean, and ends up in the wreck.
exactly. Fatalism, which is a cultural trait of most 3rd world nations, but not one for America. I think most Americans (I am an American too - but maybe think more about this type of stuff) miss the mentality of Fatalism and view it - if they even can/do - as utterly foreign. Its just a mindset "We" dont have - instead "we" are all about "freewill"/'pulling oursefves up"/"self made man"/etc...........I noticed this much 20 yrs ago when we illegally invaded Iraq and we just could not understand why the Iraqis where blowing us up and dying doing so (the whole Martyr mentality - at home/front and center in Iraq (and i suspect in Veitnan too - but it was 3 back then - so just assuming) culture) - utterly mindbogolling to us Americans. I suspect the True path is somewhere in the middle personally.
When you mentioned parallels, it made me think that Chigurh tells the man he pulled over to hold still, and Lewellen tells the deer he's about to kill to hold still.
Anton didn't kill the trailer court manager because not only did the toilet alert him of a witness/victim but he recognized that she was acting on a matter of principle, as was he. In this case, he decided it wasnt worth pressing the issue. Killing her would not get him the information that he wanted.
I’ve never seen someone with such an incredible range of faces. And there isn’t a single face you could make that I wouldn’t fall in love with. Great reaction! You’re perfect.
The story is more about the Sheriff coming to terms with the craziness of the world and realizing that, sometimes, there really is nothing you can do. Llewelyn survived being hunted by Chigurh, made it to his wife, and was just about to escape all to get gunned down by some gangsters that got lucky. Didn’t matter how well he did against Anton in the end, and he died off screen with no fanfare or epic last stand. His wife was (probably) killed just for being associated with him. Taking her out wouldn’t get the money back and Llewelyn was gone so hurting her wouldn’t even send a message. It just happened because Chigurh thought it needed to. Chigurh is this unstoppable killing machine and he ends up getting taken out by a random car crash. The driver wasn’t after him, he just wasn’t paying attention and ran a red light. Not to mention that Chigurh could just be a ghost created by the Sheriff. Some monster living by a twisted moral code. Could it really be one man going on a senseless killing spree for some money that doesn’t even belong to him, or is the sheriff reading all these stories of innocent people being murdered for no reason and he has to come up with a monster to chase? Awesome book and amazing film.
Exactly! Well said. Also, his brother basically laid out the scenario of the whole movie with the line “You can’t stop what’s coming, it ain’t all out waiting on you, that’s vanity”.
I might be in the minority, but; it didn’t bother me that Llewelyn died. The minute he took the money, he sealed his fate as far as I was concerned. And of course, his fatal mistake was deciding to go back and give the moribund cartel guy some water. From that point forward he was on borrowed time. To me, he was smart enough to figure out what was going on, but dumb enough to think he was the smartest guy in the room.
The woman at the pool, inviting him for beers, Llewelyn smiled, thought it would be a save spot to finally relax, not realizing that his mother-in-law had giving him away... He was likely at the pool with the woman drinking beer, when the bad guys came. Llewelyn's taking of the money caused the deaths of at least twelve people in the ensuing chase.. 1 & 2. The two that brought Chagur to the drug deal site. 3. The Hotel Desk guy. 4. The pick-up driver. 5, 6, 7. The men tracking him in the motel. 8 & 9. The head office guy and the accountant. 10. Carson. 11. The woman in the pool. 12, His wife.
They probably would have used the tracker to find him at home if he never returned with the water. Involving the mother in law was the fatal mistake as far as I'm concerned. Or he could have just chartered a private plane or boat and gone anywhere else with the whole family. He never really took advantage of that $2 million.
Chagur is methodical. He uses an air bolt/push rod because you don't have have to worry about finger prints on bullets, and you don't have to worry about sounds....and carrying a tank of air is less alarming than a gun. He also takes off his shoes to be more stealthy. Plus he can change socks if he gets blood on them easier than shoes. And he pulls the curtain over the shower/tub so the blood spray doesn't get on his clothes.
This book was written by Cormac McCarthy who passed away last year. One of the greatest American writers of all time. Another movie based off one of his books is "The Road" starring Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn from Lord of the Rings fame). Also an amazing movie.
I think what might be bothering you is that you don't see that the Sheriff is the main character. All the others are players in a theatrical piece the Sheriff was watching or observing from afar. He's beaten and he's watching it in real time. THAT is the point.
Yeah, Chigurh might not even exist to begin with. The Sheriff can’t make sense of all this needless death and violence, so he comes up with a monster that he can chase down and arrest instead of coming to terms with the chaotic reality of the world he lives in. Gangs, cartels, murderers running rampant in his small town killing for nothing? Couldn’t be. It has to be a lone psychopath doing this out of some twisted moral code. “The nature of you”
I liked this reaction. You’re so animated, it was very entertaining. For the record, I watched this movie so much, it eventually became my all time favorite! Love it
1980. Remember when Anton told the storekeeper that the quarter was dated 1958 and had travelled 22 years to get to where it was now. Thanks for the entertaining commentary.
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The point of the movie is that evil is indiscriminate (the coin toss) and without any kind of glory (killing Lou offscreen). It always survives (Anton getting away in the end) and the best we can do is find a small place to hunker down and try to survive (the dream of the campfire in the darkness).
Llewellyn's death was so anti-climactic because that's the reality of life. Dying is significant to each of us as we face it, but it's an "off camera death" to everyone else.
First time I watched this movie I was torn. Liked many things about it, but didn't get many others. Couple months later felt like watching it again and it has being in my top 5 since. I love this movie.
When I first saw this film I was just as perplexed as you seem to be here, and since then it has become my all time favorite. So how I understand it is as follows: This seems to be a western film but one that subverts the most common western tropes. There is no high-noon duel between the main villain and the town sheriff, and the good guy doesn’t get to ride off into the sunset with the girl. In fact, besides the gunfight between Anton and Llewelyn, the three main characters never even share the same screen time. Where the audience might expect to see Chigurh killing some poor gas station attendant purely out of the evil of his heart, instead we get a strangely awkward walk-off showing that Anton seems to follow some sort of code based on chance, like a coin flip. And where we’d expect to see a showdown between Llewelyn and Chigurh, instead Llewelyn is killed *offscreen* by the Mexicans and not even the main bad guy! The only person that seems to be fully aware of the gravity of the situation is the sheriff, and he’s the only one wise enough to get out of the game before it kills him too. So there’s no climactic duel between him and Chigurh; in fact, the only time Chigurh is seriously injured in the movie it’s purely by chance, the same kind of coin-flip chance he offers to some of his victims. Anyway, I could gush forever but I hope you come to realize how great this one is. Finally, a quick little fun fact, this was shot at the same time as There Will Be Blood, and very close in proximity. There was at least one day where this film had to wrap filming early because the set for TWBB had created a giant plume of smoke in the sky which ruined some of the intended shots for NCFOM. Both very strong films, and TWBB probably could have won best picture that year if this film hadn’t been released at the same time.
I love it that you get all the humor. I’ve seen a few people just miss so much. I really enjoyed your reaction. You should give the novel a read. Cormac McCarthy, the author just passed away last year. This film got me interested in where the screenplay came from, it’s turned Me onto a Masterclass literature previously unknown to me. This movie is one of those times where you read the book then see the movie or the other way around, both works.
Very Deep Movie, gotta watch it a few times to connect the dialogue and metaphors. Acting was superb, arguably every actor slayed it when you break down each. 👍👍
The Coens purposely didn't give you that satisfaction of a typical Good guy vs Bad Guy battle at the end in my opinion because both were not good guys. They were 2 guys fighting over drug money. Besides Chigur to the Sherriff was a ghost, you never saw them together in a scene. Chigur was looked at from the imagination of the Sherriff. When he went back to the Motel the sherriff thought he was there and it showed him being in there waiting with a gun. But no one was in there. This is the best movie I've ever seen, and I think as good as Bardem was, Tommy Lee Jones stole this movie. That last scene make's me well up every time and I don't know why. Fun reaction.
I am glad someone with your movie analysis skills saw this. I just saw it as the old school law enforcement felt outmatched yet the old retired disabled deputy pointed out 'what ya got ain't nothing new.' Keep up the great work!!!
Don't think I ever heard of a movie winning multiple Oscars without a Score. I believe this movie was based in the Summer of 1980 and it did look as if Anton did kill Carla Jean since Anton wiped his boots from possibly kicking her and wiping the blood off. I'd saw an interview not too long ago when the host asked about what was their most challenging scene in the movie. Josh Brolin informed the phone scene with Anton: Brolin had to wear a ear piece from his end because Anton's part was recorded since Bardem was working on another project at the time. This explains why Llewellyn had his head facing away from the camera to avoid the showing of the ear piece. So Brolin had to respond to a recorded Bardem which he had never done before. Javier Bardem informed the gas station scene was his most challenging scene. The FRIENDO scene where he had the most dialogue. He was very nervous since he hadn't really portrayed a villain and understood it had to be perfect and English is Bardem's second language which didn't help any either. The scene took the whole day to get it down because Javier Bardem just didnt know how to play the bad guy, WOW! Kelly MacDonald was beautiful in this movie. I fell in love with her on the Boardwalk Empire series. When I'd heard her Texas accent in this movie, I said wow, that's the best Texas accent from an actress I have ever heard knowing she is Scottish. Kelly has a deep rich Scottish accent and her challenging scene(s) she'd informed was getting the Texas accent down in which they had to redo scenes cause she couldn't get the accent down.
The disappointment in you feel in Llewelyn’s death is supposed to mirror the disappointment in the sheriff, how he was so close to saving him yet inevitably failed and Chigurh took the money and got away. The sheriff is trying to do good in a world of evil even though he feels it’s pointless and Llewelyn being killed is a crushing reminder of it. You empathize with the sheriff because of the disappointing ending.
I predicted your reaction and verdict to this film to a T! I felt the same way! I was so hoping for a final clash between Moss and Chigurh. Such an anti-climatic way to just kill Moss off like that. I agree with you with the 3/4ths of this movie being brilliant. The ending was kind of deflating. Ambiguous endings are good and all; but for this movie , I feel it should've been more direct. But maybe this is just the Coen Brother's way of telling us that there aren't always happy endings when it comes to stealing money from the cartel(I believe). Great reaction as always...uh..what's your name exactly? You look gorgeous by the way!
In the beginning when Llewelyn shot the gazelle, he was following the gazelle’s blood trail and came across another blood trail that went left to right. That was the dogs blood and he followed the blood.
You didn't come this far for you to kill him off camera sums up the movie perfectly. Life is disrespectful. There is no camera. It wont be cinematic....and Anton not seeing the car coming, that's also the point. You cant stop whats coming.
Thats the point - - the randomness, notwithstanding peoples plans. Lou Ellen finding it all then getting killed, Sugar getting crashed at the end, the actual end itself. If you think youre controlling / in charge - that's vanity
Please watch their next movie Burn After Reading. They wrote it the same time they were writing this one. Totally different movie with a bunch of comedy rolled in. Plus it has a kick butt cast. You’ll love it. For me personally it’s my favorite Coen Brothers movie and they have all good movies. Not too long but tons of fun.
The woman at the pool, inviting him for beers, Llewelyn smiled, thought it would be a safe spot to finally relax, not realizing that his mother-in-law had giving him away... He was likely at the pool with the woman drinking beer, when the bad guys came. Llewelyn's taking of the money caused the deaths of at least twelve people in the ensuing chase.. 1 & 2. The two that brought Chagur to the drug deal site. 3. The Hotel Desk guy. 4. The pick-up driver. 5, 6, 7. The men tracking him in the motel. 8 & 9. The head office guy and the accountant. 10. Carson. 11. The woman in the pool. 12, His wife.
My favorite theory of this film is that Anton is just a figment of the sheriffs imagination, and Llewellyn is only being hunted by the cartel. The Sherriff wants to believe that he can save the day if he defeats a big villain, but realizes that the world has changed beyond his old ways of thinking. Anton and the Sherriff never meet directly and i think that's intentional
Anton Chigurh pulled the shower curtain closed before he shot the man in the shower so that no blood would splatter on himself. I think it's great when scripts don't always go the same way. The good guys stay, the bad guys die. That's far too predictable and boring in the long run. Besides, real life is not always the same and predictable. The Coen brothers have done a terrific job as directors. “No Country for Old Men” was completely deservedly awarded four important Oscars. In addition to the award for best film, the auteur filmmakers can also take home the Oscars for directing and screenplay. Javier Bardem from Spain was honored for his fantastic performance in a supporting role. The 38-year-old shines here as a psychopathic killer who prefers to hunt down his victims with a captive bolt pistol.
This is a really well done adaptation of the book by Cormac McCarthy. In the book, there is a kind of undertone that suggests that most of what we see from outside the Sheriff's perspective (Llewellyn and Chigur's perspectives) is just the old sheriff finding these crime scenes with no real evidence, or an abundance of evidence but no leads, and making up stories about who and why and how these crimes are happening. Llewellyn and Carla Jean's deaths happening off screen really hits this idea home for me. Its all just Tommy Lee Jones trying to solve an unsolvable case. Great movie, was fun watching you come to terms with the super dissatisfying ending. The Road is another adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's books and is also amazing and worth checking out
At the end Tommy Lee Jones talks about how dark it would get but his dad would always be there set the light. Now there’s nobody there to light the fire for him amidst all this chaos. No Country for Old Men is definitely top 10..I had to watch it 3times to get most of the details.
Greed and vanity. All the reasons why we love Llewelyn are the reasons we should hate him. He seems confident, decisive, cunning, and brave. We miss that he's greedy, arrogant, complacent and stupid. Every person who watches this says the same thing at the very begining. "Dude, don't touch that money". Had he not, Sigur would have not been hired, and none of those people would have died. Sigur was right at the end. Llewelyn did sacrafice Carla Jene trying to save himself and keep the money. Carson was his last chance. Had he given the money to Carson, Sigur would have not made the final deal with Llewelyn.
The point of the movie is that there is no fate, no karma, no higher law, there is no greater being guiding the actions we take and the results of those actions, the universe is indifferent.
Both Anton and Llewelyn had these plans for when they meet each other again. Llewelyn was killed off screen because neither life or death wait for your grand plans. Life, death, and change...you can't stop what's coming.
Not exactly the classiest thing to suggest another video in the comments, but Wendigoon has a pretty good breakdown about how he sees the story's (and the book's) themes from the Christian perspective. For the most part I think he has the right of it.
it feels like there's a persistent theme and it's "you can't stop what's coming", that's probably what the title is referring to; the future. this is just before or during the Cocaine-Cowboy's era and Anton is representative of the new breed of gangsters. This movie is a Classic, I would consider it a masterpiece.
Yes, you were right. Why would they let his death be off screen. We'll call that a fault in the movie. Yes he killed his wife, because he sticks to his mission. The real question who got that cash. Live right. Enjoyed your reactions. You know they left it open for a follow up movie.
❤️BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY❤️
1 CHRONICLES 4:9-10 NIV
9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” 10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.
Hey, if you enjoyed No Country for Old Men you should know that it was a book written by author Cormac McCarthy. Tommy Lee Jones must've been a fan of his work because he stars in another movie called The Sunset Limited, which was a play written by Cormac. The Sunset Limited stars both Tommy Lee Jones and Samuel L Jackson. And I think you'll find the story interesting since you're a believer. Tommy Lee Jones plays an atheist professor and Samuel L Jackson is an ex convict who turned his life around and became a man of God. The whole movie is their dialogue and battling theologies and it's easily in my top 5 favorite films of all time. Put it on your list because I would love to hear your thoughts on it. It's a movie not a lot of people cover.
This is a first for me
Great verse. Here is one pertaining to the theme of the movie.
Ecclesiastes 9:11 & 12
"I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all. For man also knoweth not his time: as the fishes that are taken in an evil net, and as the birds that are caught in the snare; so are the sons of men snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them."
"Point being that even in the contest between man and steer the outcome is not certian". - Sheriff Ed Tom Bell
@35:16 He checked his boots for blood! He m*rdered her. Sadly. No Country for Old Men.
Parts of this movie is obviously influenced by .The Good ,The Bad & Ugly
At first it'll frustrate you, then you'll realize its one of the greatest movies ever made
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Agree. It takes more than one viewing to understand. The Coens like to do subvert expectations. In this case in a modern western, life is random and the hero doesn't win which is what we expect him to win the boss fight at the end.
I still think doing Lewellyn off-screen was dirty 😭
It’s not that great the ending is horrible
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Anton did kill Carla Jean cause when he stepped out of the house he lifted his foot looked down to make sure there was no blood.
That's a man following his "principles" for ya.
It's not till near the end that you realize that Llewellyn isn't the main character, it's the sheriff. The story is about his trying to deal with the changing world and senseless violence.
More the realization of the existential nihilistic nature of the universe. This is a realization that comes as a huge shock to many folks once they hit their latter years.
I believe the lack of justice is the point. Llewelyn didn't die a hero's death, his death was inconsequential and uncelebrated. He was a grain of sand in a sand storm, enveloped in a world of senseless violence that doesn't even grant the humanity or dignity of a meaningful death.
Well said 👍!
It’s very well summed up by Ed Tom’s uncle:
“You can’t stop what’s coming, and it ain’t all waiting on you.
That’s vanity.”
Llewelyn’s death is no more meaningful than chicken-truck guy as far as fate is concerned.
Yup. It's in the title "No Country for Old Men" where the "old men" are people who existed in stories where the good guys win and the bad guys lose. People care about each other and events have meaning.
But we find out from Bell's cousin that even the old stories are an illusion and really it's always been like this.
@@stevesheroan4131was going to quote the same line. Also the coin toss .. it’s all just events that don’t have to make sense and violence might happen and it might not. A bullet might hit you and it could miss. He gets hit by the car, and it’s just a flip of the coin
He told you when this was taking place. 1980. During the first coin flip, he said "this coin has been traveling since 1958. It's been traveling for 22 years".
The opening also says it is set in 1980 with a caption on the screen.
"just looking for whats coming"
"but no one ever sees that"
movie in a nutshell.
"Can't stop whats coming"
Life in a nutshell.
Javier Bardem did, in fact, win an academy award for best supporting actor. Another thing worth noting is that according to a study published by researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, in 2014, his portrayal of Anton Chigurh is the most clinically accurate portrayal of a psychopath to date.
The film is partly about how no person is in control over their destiny. A hint to this is the very first opening scene, where you see three windmills. Windmills are blown in a direction by the wind, much the same way our main characters have various events happen to them beyond their control.
Also, Llewelyn died off screen, because as in life things happen without any spectacle or show, one minute you're alive the next you're not.
The character Chigurh, who thinks of himself as the hand of fate, isn't in any real control. He gets seriously injured in a car collision. He even mocked Carson, saying "if the rule you followed lead you this, what good is the rule." However he was following his own rule when he goes to kill Carla Jean, and ends up in the wreck.
exactly. Fatalism, which is a cultural trait of most 3rd world nations, but not one for America. I think most Americans (I am an American too - but maybe think more about this type of stuff) miss the mentality of Fatalism and view it - if they even can/do - as utterly foreign. Its just a mindset "We" dont have - instead "we" are all about "freewill"/'pulling oursefves up"/"self made man"/etc...........I noticed this much 20 yrs ago when we illegally invaded Iraq and we just could not understand why the Iraqis where blowing us up and dying doing so (the whole Martyr mentality - at home/front and center in Iraq (and i suspect in Veitnan too - but it was 3 back then - so just assuming) culture) - utterly mindbogolling to us Americans.
I suspect the True path is somewhere in the middle personally.
When you mentioned parallels, it made me think that Chigurh tells the man he pulled over to hold still, and Lewellen tells the deer he's about to kill to hold still.
Anton didn't kill the trailer court manager because not only did the toilet alert him of a witness/victim but he recognized that she was acting on a matter of principle, as was he.
In this case, he decided it wasnt worth pressing the issue. Killing her would not get him the information that he wanted.
The mother-in-law was the reason that the bandits were able to track him down. She gave them the information in the cab ride
I’ve never seen someone with such an incredible range of faces. And there isn’t a single face you could make that I wouldn’t fall in love with. Great reaction! You’re perfect.
The story is more about the Sheriff coming to terms with the craziness of the world and realizing that, sometimes, there really is nothing you can do. Llewelyn survived being hunted by Chigurh, made it to his wife, and was just about to escape all to get gunned down by some gangsters that got lucky. Didn’t matter how well he did against Anton in the end, and he died off screen with no fanfare or epic last stand. His wife was (probably) killed just for being associated with him. Taking her out wouldn’t get the money back and Llewelyn was gone so hurting her wouldn’t even send a message. It just happened because Chigurh thought it needed to. Chigurh is this unstoppable killing machine and he ends up getting taken out by a random car crash. The driver wasn’t after him, he just wasn’t paying attention and ran a red light.
Not to mention that Chigurh could just be a ghost created by the Sheriff. Some monster living by a twisted moral code. Could it really be one man going on a senseless killing spree for some money that doesn’t even belong to him, or is the sheriff reading all these stories of innocent people being murdered for no reason and he has to come up with a monster to chase? Awesome book and amazing film.
Exactly! Well said. Also, his brother basically laid out the scenario of the whole movie with the line “You can’t stop what’s coming, it ain’t all out waiting on you, that’s vanity”.
Great reaction! Friend-O. 😂
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I might be in the minority, but; it didn’t bother me that Llewelyn died. The minute he took the money, he sealed his fate as far as I was concerned. And of course, his fatal mistake was deciding to go back and give the moribund cartel guy some water. From that point forward he was on borrowed time.
To me, he was smart enough to figure out what was going on, but dumb enough to think he was the smartest guy in the room.
The woman at the pool, inviting him for beers, Llewelyn smiled, thought it would be a save spot to finally relax, not realizing that his mother-in-law had giving him away... He was likely at the pool with the woman drinking beer, when the bad guys came. Llewelyn's taking of the money caused the deaths of at least twelve people in the ensuing chase.. 1 & 2. The two that brought Chagur to the drug deal site. 3. The Hotel Desk guy. 4. The pick-up driver. 5, 6, 7. The men tracking him in the motel. 8 & 9. The head office guy and the accountant. 10. Carson. 11. The woman in the pool. 12, His wife.
They probably would have used the tracker to find him at home if he never returned with the water.
Involving the mother in law was the fatal mistake as far as I'm concerned. Or he could have just chartered a private plane or boat and gone anywhere else with the whole family.
He never really took advantage of that $2 million.
Chagur is methodical. He uses an air bolt/push rod because you don't have have to worry about finger prints on bullets, and you don't have to worry about sounds....and carrying a tank of air is less alarming than a gun.
He also takes off his shoes to be more stealthy. Plus he can change socks if he gets blood on them easier than shoes. And he pulls the curtain over the shower/tub so the blood spray doesn't get on his clothes.
Javier Bardem was terrific as hell here. Awesome acting and deserved Oscar.
This book was written by Cormac McCarthy who passed away last year. One of the greatest American writers of all time. Another movie based off one of his books is "The Road" starring Viggo Mortensen (Aragorn from Lord of the Rings fame). Also an amazing movie.
Lewellen wasn't the main character. He was simply a vessel. The Sherrif was the "old man" and the main character.
I think what might be bothering you is that you don't see that the Sheriff is the main character. All the others are players in a theatrical piece the Sheriff was watching or observing from afar. He's beaten and he's watching it in real time. THAT is the point.
Yeah, Chigurh might not even exist to begin with. The Sheriff can’t make sense of all this needless death and violence, so he comes up with a monster that he can chase down and arrest instead of coming to terms with the chaotic reality of the world he lives in. Gangs, cartels, murderers running rampant in his small town killing for nothing? Couldn’t be. It has to be a lone psychopath doing this out of some twisted moral code. “The nature of you”
@@DeltaDanner I personally like the theory that Anton isn't real. Lots of little clues that point to it imo "That all depends.. Do you see me?"
Llewelyn's wife seems like pure Texas. She's a Scottish actress.
I liked this reaction. You’re so animated, it was very entertaining. For the record, I watched this movie so much, it eventually became my all time favorite! Love it
1980. Remember when Anton told the storekeeper that the quarter was dated 1958 and had travelled 22 years to get to where it was now. Thanks for the entertaining commentary.
And yet there’s modern Jack Links bags on the rack behind him🤣
Everybody lives....until they die.
And we die offscreen to no music.
So deep
You are perhaps the most beautiful movie reactor on TH-cam! Your analysis is refreshing!
I love how there's no music in this movie. Just adds to the tension.
Hi...just to let you know..I have watched your channel from time to time and you are hands down one of the best..your keen observation humour emotional range make you absolutely watchable keep up the good work.thanks for your hard work.
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The point of the movie is that evil is indiscriminate (the coin toss) and without any kind of glory (killing Lou offscreen). It always survives (Anton getting away in the end) and the best we can do is find a small place to hunker down and try to survive (the dream of the campfire in the darkness).
Lewellyn isn't the main character. It's the sheriff.
Llewellyn's death was so anti-climactic because that's the reality of life. Dying is significant to each of us as we face it, but it's an "off camera death" to everyone else.
In part II he was a mexican with his shirt and hat...
First time I watched this movie I was torn. Liked many things about it, but didn't get many others. Couple months later felt like watching it again and it has being in my top 5 since. I love this movie.
The themes and subtle things you recognize and pick up on are impressive.
This is a big part of why I enjoy her reactions so much. The girl is mad smart.
She didn't even realize he killed the wife...
Oh mannnn can't believe the girl from one of my favorite youtube channels is reacting to one of my favorite movies!!!! :D
18:07 Jeez, poor dogs. 😅
When I first saw this film I was just as perplexed as you seem to be here, and since then it has become my all time favorite. So how I understand it is as follows:
This seems to be a western film but one that subverts the most common western tropes. There is no high-noon duel between the main villain and the town sheriff, and the good guy doesn’t get to ride off into the sunset with the girl. In fact, besides the gunfight between Anton and Llewelyn, the three main characters never even share the same screen time. Where the audience might expect to see Chigurh killing some poor gas station attendant purely out of the evil of his heart, instead we get a strangely awkward walk-off showing that Anton seems to follow some sort of code based on chance, like a coin flip. And where we’d expect to see a showdown between Llewelyn and Chigurh, instead Llewelyn is killed *offscreen* by the Mexicans and not even the main bad guy! The only person that seems to be fully aware of the gravity of the situation is the sheriff, and he’s the only one wise enough to get out of the game before it kills him too. So there’s no climactic duel between him and Chigurh; in fact, the only time Chigurh is seriously injured in the movie it’s purely by chance, the same kind of coin-flip chance he offers to some of his victims.
Anyway, I could gush forever but I hope you come to realize how great this one is. Finally, a quick little fun fact, this was shot at the same time as There Will Be Blood, and very close in proximity. There was at least one day where this film had to wrap filming early because the set for TWBB had created a giant plume of smoke in the sky which ruined some of the intended shots for NCFOM. Both very strong films, and TWBB probably could have won best picture that year if this film hadn’t been released at the same time.
I love it that you get all the humor. I’ve seen a few people just miss so much. I really enjoyed your reaction. You should give the novel a read. Cormac McCarthy, the author just passed away last year. This film got me interested in where the screenplay came from, it’s turned Me onto a Masterclass literature previously unknown to me. This movie is one of those times where you read the book then see the movie or the other way around, both works.
Love this flick and excellent writing and directing
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Hello "friendo" LOL, love that line
One of my all-time favorite films it's crazy how a movie can be so good without any music it just makes the scenes so tense.
Tommy Lee Jones was a roommate with Al Gore at Harvard.
Very Deep Movie, gotta watch it a few times to connect the dialogue and metaphors. Acting was superb, arguably every actor slayed it when you break down each. 👍👍
@17:14ish... "He acting like he can't hear me!" Ha ha ha!!! =X-D
Even during traumatizing movies I’ll stop and be like wow she so pretty
Physicality aside, noticing no soundtrack within 1/3rd of the film is fascinating and "intellectually pretty" within itself.
Yes, she is very beautiful. Even more so due to her personality and charm.
The Coens purposely didn't give you that satisfaction of a typical Good guy vs Bad Guy battle at the end in my opinion because both were not good guys. They were 2 guys fighting over drug money.
Besides Chigur to the Sherriff was a ghost, you never saw them together in a scene. Chigur was looked at from the imagination of the Sherriff. When he went back to the Motel the sherriff thought he was there and it showed him being in there waiting with a gun. But no one was in there.
This is the best movie I've ever seen, and I think as good as Bardem was, Tommy Lee Jones stole this movie.
That last scene make's me well up every time and I don't know why.
Fun reaction.
I am glad someone with your movie analysis skills saw this.
I just saw it as the old school law enforcement felt outmatched yet the old retired disabled deputy pointed out 'what ya got ain't nothing new.'
Keep up the great work!!!
Don't think I ever heard of a movie winning multiple Oscars without a Score. I believe this movie was based in the Summer of 1980 and it did look as if Anton did kill Carla Jean since Anton wiped his boots from possibly kicking her and wiping the blood off.
I'd saw an interview not too long ago when the host asked about what was their most challenging scene in the movie.
Josh Brolin informed the phone scene with Anton: Brolin had to wear a ear piece from his end because Anton's part was recorded since Bardem was working on another project at the time. This explains why Llewellyn had his head facing away from the camera to avoid the showing of the ear piece. So Brolin had to respond to a recorded Bardem which he had never done before.
Javier Bardem informed the gas station scene was his most challenging scene. The FRIENDO scene where he had the most dialogue. He was very nervous since he hadn't really portrayed a villain and understood it had to be perfect and English is Bardem's second language which didn't help any either. The scene took the whole day to get it down because Javier Bardem just didnt know how to play the bad guy, WOW!
Kelly MacDonald was beautiful in this movie. I fell in love with her on the Boardwalk Empire series. When I'd heard her Texas accent in this movie, I said wow, that's the best Texas accent from an actress I have ever heard knowing she is Scottish. Kelly has a deep rich Scottish accent and her challenging scene(s) she'd informed was getting the Texas accent down in which they had to redo scenes cause she couldn't get the accent down.
The disappointment in you feel in Llewelyn’s death is supposed to mirror the disappointment in the sheriff, how he was so close to saving him yet inevitably failed and Chigurh took the money and got away. The sheriff is trying to do good in a world of evil even though he feels it’s pointless and Llewelyn being killed is a crushing reminder of it. You empathize with the sheriff because of the disappointing ending.
This movie reminds me of Fargo. The Sheriff coming up against evil that is outside his/her ability to comprehend.
It takes place in 1980. You were actually told this by Chigur. ;)
Love the reaction, and love the verses too! 🙏
Thank you for this awesome and the best reaction to one of my favorite films.
I predicted your reaction and verdict to this film to a T! I felt the same way! I was so hoping for a final clash between Moss and Chigurh. Such an anti-climatic way to just kill Moss off like that. I agree with you with the 3/4ths of this movie being brilliant. The ending was kind of deflating. Ambiguous endings are good and all; but for this movie , I feel it should've been more direct. But maybe this is just the Coen Brother's way of telling us that there aren't always happy endings when it comes to stealing money from the cartel(I believe). Great reaction as always...uh..what's your name exactly?
You look gorgeous by the way!
10:35 yup, he lives! Believ it
You're over 15 years late on the Friendo thing being in style😂
In the beginning when Llewelyn shot the gazelle, he was following the gazelle’s blood trail and came across another blood trail that went left to right. That was the dogs blood and he followed the blood.
You didn't come this far for you to kill him off camera sums up the movie perfectly. Life is disrespectful. There is no camera. It wont be cinematic....and Anton not seeing the car coming, that's also the point. You cant stop whats coming.
The movie takes place *right* at the beginning of the 80s.
This is based on a book by Cormac McCarthy. Another story of his that they made into a movie worth checking out is The Road.
Llewelyn, not Lou Allen.
C'mon, Gabby. 🤣🤣🤣
LOL at 8:20 was that a Rick Griiiimes 'Stuff n Thangs' reference? 😂
One of my favorite films! very excited to hear your thoughts
Thats the point - - the randomness, notwithstanding peoples plans. Lou Ellen finding it all then getting killed, Sugar getting crashed at the end, the actual end itself. If you think youre controlling / in charge - that's vanity
Please watch their next movie Burn After Reading. They wrote it the same time they were writing this one. Totally different movie with a bunch of comedy rolled in. Plus it has a kick butt cast. You’ll love it. For me personally it’s my favorite Coen Brothers movie and they have all good movies. Not too long but tons of fun.
“I don’t know how to feel.” Sums it up. You don’t wanna push your chips in on somethin’ you do not understand.
When he talks about a judge being assassinated, it is a reference to Woody Harrelson's real dad. His(Carson) dad was the real life assassin.
Lou Ellen was revealed to not be the main character at that point. It was Anton Sugur.
Carla Jean is dead. You can tell because Anton checks his boots for blood when he walks out the door.
Lol, what was that sound you made at 5:08, was that a e i o u ? 😅
He did kill Carla! You saw him checking his boots for blood when he was leaving the house!
The woman at the pool, inviting him for beers, Llewelyn smiled, thought it would be a safe spot to finally relax, not realizing that his mother-in-law had giving him away... He was likely at the pool with the woman drinking beer, when the bad guys came. Llewelyn's taking of the money caused the deaths of at least twelve people in the ensuing chase.. 1 & 2. The two that brought Chagur to the drug deal site. 3. The Hotel Desk guy. 4. The pick-up driver. 5, 6, 7. The men tracking him in the motel. 8 & 9. The head office guy and the accountant. 10. Carson. 11. The woman in the pool. 12, His wife.
Great reaction. ❤❤❤
lol, stop calling him Lou Allen, it's Llewelyn
My favorite theory of this film is that Anton is just a figment of the sheriffs imagination, and Llewellyn is only being hunted by the cartel. The Sherriff wants to believe that he can save the day if he defeats a big villain, but realizes that the world has changed beyond his old ways of thinking. Anton and the Sherriff never meet directly and i think that's intentional
Anton Chigurh pulled the shower curtain closed before he shot the man in the shower so that no blood would splatter on himself.
I think it's great when scripts don't always go the same way.
The good guys stay, the bad guys die.
That's far too predictable and boring in the long run.
Besides, real life is not always the same and predictable.
The Coen brothers have done a terrific job as directors.
“No Country for Old Men” was completely deservedly awarded four important Oscars.
In addition to the award for best film, the auteur filmmakers can also take home the Oscars for directing and screenplay.
Javier Bardem from Spain was honored for his fantastic performance in a supporting role.
The 38-year-old shines here as a psychopathic killer who prefers to hunt down his victims with a captive bolt pistol.
Yas, my fav youtuber and one of my fav movies
"I ain't got no agua"
Imagine the time Brolin spent learning another language.
So, what have we learned from this film? If you find a bag full of money in the middle of nowhere, just walk away.
This is a really well done adaptation of the book by Cormac McCarthy. In the book, there is a kind of undertone that suggests that most of what we see from outside the Sheriff's perspective (Llewellyn and Chigur's perspectives) is just the old sheriff finding these crime scenes with no real evidence, or an abundance of evidence but no leads, and making up stories about who and why and how these crimes are happening. Llewellyn and Carla Jean's deaths happening off screen really hits this idea home for me. Its all just Tommy Lee Jones trying to solve an unsolvable case. Great movie, was fun watching you come to terms with the super dissatisfying ending. The Road is another adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's books and is also amazing and worth checking out
check out:
The Witches of Eastwick with Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon
At the end Tommy Lee Jones talks about how dark it would get but his dad would always be there set the light. Now there’s nobody there to light the fire for him amidst all this chaos. No Country for Old Men is definitely top 10..I had to watch it 3times to get most of the details.
People are used to having a moral to a story, not all movies are like that, they just show you how things are, the coin flips are significant
Greed and vanity. All the reasons why we love Llewelyn are the reasons we should hate him. He seems confident, decisive, cunning, and brave. We miss that he's greedy, arrogant, complacent and stupid. Every person who watches this says the same thing at the very begining. "Dude, don't touch that money". Had he not, Sigur would have not been hired, and none of those people would have died. Sigur was right at the end. Llewelyn did sacrafice Carla Jene trying to save himself and keep the money. Carson was his last chance. Had he given the money to Carson, Sigur would have not made the final deal with Llewelyn.
18:10-18:25 i died 😂😂😂
THATS THE VOICE OF JACK MARSTON THE KID THAT GAVE HIM THE SHIRT
This movie has a lot more to say than the standard movie structure.
The point of the movie is that there is no fate, no karma, no higher law, there is no greater being guiding the actions we take and the results of those actions, the universe is indifferent.
We should've brought weenies.
Truly great movie. That gas station scene was chilling.
Both Anton and Llewelyn had these plans for when they meet each other again. Llewelyn was killed off screen because neither life or death wait for your grand plans. Life, death, and change...you can't stop what's coming.
Not exactly the classiest thing to suggest another video in the comments, but Wendigoon has a pretty good breakdown about how he sees the story's (and the book's) themes from the Christian perspective. For the most part I think he has the right of it.
it feels like there's a persistent theme and it's "you can't stop what's coming", that's probably what the title is referring to; the future. this is just before or during the Cocaine-Cowboy's era and Anton is representative of the new breed of gangsters. This movie is a Classic, I would consider it a masterpiece.
Anton is basically the Grim Reaper.
@@dan_hitchman007 that's true.
The transceiver would not have worked inside the ductwork, it would effectively be a faraday cage.
There is a theory that Chigur didn't exist at all, the sheriff invented him in his head. And the action takes place between Lou and the cartel
This movie I believe takes place in 1980. Great movie reaction by the way!
From now on he shall be known as Lou Allen.
Great reaction.
Yep, sis! This movie is set in the 80s.
Oh don't worry. Llewelyn totally lives.
Yes, you were right. Why would they let his death be off screen. We'll call that a fault in the movie. Yes he killed his wife, because he sticks to his mission. The real question who got that cash. Live right. Enjoyed your reactions. You know they left it open for a follow up movie.