Anton didn’t see a threat until the old man mentioned where he’s from (from small talk). This flipped a switch because Anton can’t be tracked. So he was deciding when to kill him.
The whole conversation is an interrogation as to whether or not he should kill him. He doesn't like him but he recognizes he's a normal civillian, so he leaves it up to the coin.
Not tracked. The character doesn't like to be seen/noticed. He kills the 2 Mexican guys because they've seen him at the drug deal area. He almost kills the shopkeeper because he sees him by trying to engage in small talk. He asks the accountant "depends. Do you see me?" He makes a distraction at the pharmacy so he isn't seen. He kills the hotel front desk person because he was seen by him. He likes to not exist. He likes to be seen as a ghost. An unstoppable force. Almost mythical.
@narcodium i do like that idea for his character. So many good character videos on Anton and his motivations, pointing out things like you did with the bowl cut. I know the part where he chokes on the peanut was just something that happened and wasn't intentional, BUT if I wanted to look deeper into it, he chokes at the part where he realizes "you married into it?" Almost like it stuns him or angers him in some way, leading to the choking. Almost like he's holding back rage after he asks the question. Anton is very mechanical and routine. Even the way he chews is routine. But the realization of the man "marrying into it" stuns him off his routine of chewing. He's always in control. But that made him lose control for a split second. OR, it highlights the randomness of life. He could have died there from a peanut. Or, the randomness of getting hit by a car at the end of the movie. Can't control everything in life, even if you put on a persona of ultimate control. There are a few spots where Anton Almost dies/gets mortally wounded or is put in a shootout situation where he could die. The peanut is one of them. Randomness. 1 in a million. But eventually, that 1 will hit. Sometimes, I think Anton is a gambling addict. Testing fate more and more. Always betting on black. Red WILL hit at some point.
A bunch of psychologists watched hundreds of characters in movies playing a psychopath and they all voted Chigur was the most accurate portrayal in a movie of one to date.
He's not crazy. How would your mind be if someone stole two million dollars from you? Are you going to just stroll into work the next day with a smile on your face.
So many people misunderstand, misinterpret psychopathy and always imagine it to be some calculating murderer like hannibal or some deranged crazy screaming manchild who murders people cause he's mad but the reason Anton displays psychopathy so accurately is his lack of emotionality for other people, the need to mimic standards and norms and also the inability to do so, that's why he comes off so odd and his inherent hate for small talk cause he cannot bond with others like usual people do, he views it as pointless. The main defining trait people also misinterpret is that psychopaths have no morals whatsoever which is just false, when he observe anton we actually observe that he has logical principles and "fairness" in killing people, that's his morality. This is something that does occur in psychopathy where they have their own twisted perspective of the world and rules they make for people and themselves. Anton displays the most accurate depiction of ASPD because of these traits. Specifically want to accentuate the inability to follow social norms correctly because ASPD does tend to display this trait very commonly due to the lack of empathy. There's a lot more to write but I already wrote a lot on his character, yeah he's great and I'm a big fan of his depiction
Except the sheriff at the beginning said he just started carrying a gun and the sheriff's before him never carried. So I can infer that at this time, people are more trusting and blind to the evil on the world. So he probably didn't have a gun. It's also very likely he's never had a problem out there, so no need to have a gun in the literal middle of nowhere. Obviously he should've had a gun, and probably got one over the course of the next few days
Whenever I watch this scene, or reactions to it, I look through my pocket change to see which coin has been travelling longest to be with me at this time. In this case I was amazed to find a 1971 UK penny. it has been travelling 53 years to get to my sideboard and now it's here. Over the course of that journey it has lost 90% of its value, although physically it still looks in great shape.
@@LLiivveeeevviiLL she has an extraordinary ability to talk everything apart until the last grain. Some people can only appreciate that in small doses.
The scene means that you should not ask compromising questions to strangers. So he asks awkward and compromising questions back to him, and seeing that he doesn't understand, he tells him that he has bet his life. And yes. That's right. Great scene.
The strangest reaction came from the guy in the blue shirt. He was the only person who appeared to think that extremely tense scene had comedic value. Now that is weird.
I started watching that channel recently. He seems to laugh like that whenever he he likes the scene and It’s like a coping mechanism for how tense the scene is. They watch a lot of horror movies too and he does it in those.
People say that in the comments on their GoT reactions but others say it's because he's watched the show before, so he's reacting to what his friend's reaction is. But now that I have watched a few of these compilation videos with their channel, that's not GoT, and he's the same in those reactions too. I think it's a nervous behavior
I honestly never thought this was the best way to lay low. I mean I get that the guy mentioned where he's from and that meant he was being observant to his customers, but only to the extent of wanting to know if they had gotten any weather. It always seemed waaaaaay more of a risky move to intimidate and scare these random people with a coin toss, that they could very well survive and leave behind a potent memory for a witness who would be able to give an accurate description of an encounter that could have otherwise been a harmless, unmemorable one. I mean the store clerk had barely made eye contact before Anton set in on his line of questioning. Now the clerk has a vivid account and description of Anton to give to the police should they come knocking. Regardless, this movie is perfect, through and through.
I think half these people just watched this clip and have zero idea of why hes doing this!!?? Edit: i mean that theyre ONLY watching this scene and not the whole movie!! Thats what it feels like anyway!! At least a couple of them??
He married into it so he made him call the heads or tails because he stands to win everything. I believe that meaning is, if he won then Anton was going to kill his wife leaving him the business. But like protagonist's wife, you don't get to see if he actually killed her either so it's kind of like a up in the air thing
Chigurh's definitely is not what he think's of himself but his way to smart to go toe to toe with teacher without it being a gun show down or something.
@@OldWestGunslinger-vs9mx Right. My point was that the value of the silver should be based on that year, and not now. But, looking it up, 1980 was the all time high for silver, and those 5.6 grams were worth about $8.90. So you and Anton were even more right.
Je travaillais au festival de Cannes en 2007 et j'ai pu voir ce magnifique film .Je pensais qu'il allait gagner la palme d;or .Mais les intellectuels n'ont pas vote pour " No country for old man ." Qui se souvient ,17 ans après ,du vainqueur? Même moi,j'ai oublié .
The conversation with the store clerk is just something to see if a reaction or emotion can be felt....yet, nothing. This is the problem, what usually causes the escalation to violence. Wether he lives or dies it doesn't really matter. Anything to feel something instead of just an emptiness . He doesn't see the clerk as human, he doesn't see anybody that way. They are just there. Dexter was trained to have a code to try and control his addiction. Anton uses the coinflip the same way. Otherwise he would just go on a random spree but the emptiness would always be there and no amount of lives taken could fill it. Without a code , just a wild, rabid dog.
Christ why can't Anton show up with a quarter and tell that first reviewer to either call it or shut up for two seconds so she can have a clue what's going on in the scene instead of trying to be full time witty and ending up supremely annoying?
That's really not that uncommon of a hairstyle or hairdo for some people. Especially for a certain time. I think people are too focused on the hair yes it gives him a weird look and even Javier Bardem hated the hairdo on himself lol. Thing is if he had had a nice fade and wellcroft hair he would have looked handsome and dashing and wouldn't have looked creepy and murderous.. there's usually a really good reason they went for a certain look for someone in a movie.
She talks way more than even the characters in the movie. I don't know why. She's not as interesting as the people in the movie, yet she loves to hear herself talk anyway. It's actually quite annoying.
I swear none of the people in this video watched it up until this sceene. You lose a lot of reaction magic when you're to lazy to know the character better b4 the sceen
Anton didn’t see a threat until the old man mentioned where he’s from (from small talk). This flipped a switch because Anton can’t be tracked. So he was deciding when to kill him.
He also didn’t want to kill the old man. You can tell by how he sighs when he flips the coin.
The whole conversation is an interrogation as to whether or not he should kill him. He doesn't like him but he recognizes he's a normal civillian, so he leaves it up to the coin.
Not tracked. The character doesn't like to be seen/noticed.
He kills the 2 Mexican guys because they've seen him at the drug deal area.
He almost kills the shopkeeper because he sees him by trying to engage in small talk.
He asks the accountant "depends. Do you see me?"
He makes a distraction at the pharmacy so he isn't seen.
He kills the hotel front desk person because he was seen by him.
He likes to not exist. He likes to be seen as a ghost. An unstoppable force. Almost mythical.
@@DrSpoculusDeath! Hence the bowl cut to symbolize a hood on his shadow silhouettes
@narcodium i do like that idea for his character. So many good character videos on Anton and his motivations, pointing out things like you did with the bowl cut.
I know the part where he chokes on the peanut was just something that happened and wasn't intentional, BUT if I wanted to look deeper into it, he chokes at the part where he realizes "you married into it?"
Almost like it stuns him or angers him in some way, leading to the choking. Almost like he's holding back rage after he asks the question.
Anton is very mechanical and routine. Even the way he chews is routine. But the realization of the man "marrying into it" stuns him off his routine of chewing. He's always in control. But that made him lose control for a split second.
OR, it highlights the randomness of life. He could have died there from a peanut. Or, the randomness of getting hit by a car at the end of the movie. Can't control everything in life, even if you put on a persona of ultimate control.
There are a few spots where Anton Almost dies/gets mortally wounded or is put in a shootout situation where he could die. The peanut is one of them. Randomness. 1 in a million. But eventually, that 1 will hit.
Sometimes, I think Anton is a gambling addict. Testing fate more and more. Always betting on black. Red WILL hit at some point.
A bunch of psychologists watched hundreds of characters in movies playing a psychopath and they all voted Chigur was the most accurate portrayal in a movie of one to date.
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I've got to say my older sister could give Anton Chigur a run for his money in the psychopath department
only one that beats him is todd from breaking bad for the simple fact anton is TOO perfect and psychopaths arent perfectly that way
He's not crazy. How would your mind be if someone stole two million dollars from you? Are you going to just stroll into work the next day with a smile on your face.
So many people misunderstand, misinterpret psychopathy and always imagine it to be some calculating murderer like hannibal or some deranged crazy screaming manchild who murders people cause he's mad but the reason Anton displays psychopathy so accurately is his lack of emotionality for other people, the need to mimic standards and norms and also the inability to do so, that's why he comes off so odd and his inherent hate for small talk cause he cannot bond with others like usual people do, he views it as pointless. The main defining trait people also misinterpret is that psychopaths have no morals whatsoever which is just false, when he observe anton we actually observe that he has logical principles and "fairness" in killing people, that's his morality. This is something that does occur in psychopathy where they have their own twisted perspective of the world and rules they make for people and themselves. Anton displays the most accurate depiction of ASPD because of these traits. Specifically want to accentuate the inability to follow social norms correctly because ASPD does tend to display this trait very commonly due to the lack of empathy. There's a lot more to write but I already wrote a lot on his character, yeah he's great and I'm a big fan of his depiction
Every time I hand over change at a gas station I say "call it" People just look at me like I'm dumb, (which is true)🤷♂️
@@pjsebadoh5412 - that’s funny. I might try that myself, now. I need a different hairstyle, though, to pull it off.
@@conureron3792 😂🫡
Made me chuckle although I guess it would be confusing saying to call something without flipping a coin. Really is a "huh" moment. 😅
They'd have to understand.........they're wagering everything on it 😂
Don't stop after saying 'call it', just play out the whole scene lol
Anton Chigurh is an unsettlimg character. You can't predict what he would do.
An absolute masterclass in how to get a free tank of gas.
He spent 25 cents technically
@@two-bearshigh-fiving9293For the peanuts.
"Shoot him.I know you've got a gun behind the counter.".I've seen this scene a lot of times prior to this video and i've never thought about that.😆
Except the sheriff at the beginning said he just started carrying a gun and the sheriff's before him never carried. So I can infer that at this time, people are more trusting and blind to the evil on the world. So he probably didn't have a gun. It's also very likely he's never had a problem out there, so no need to have a gun in the literal middle of nowhere. Obviously he should've had a gun, and probably got one over the course of the next few days
Whenever I watch this scene, or reactions to it, I look through my pocket change to see which coin has been travelling longest to be with me at this time. In this case I was amazed to find a 1971 UK penny. it has been travelling 53 years to get to my sideboard and now it's here. Over the course of that journey it has lost 90% of its value, although physically it still looks in great shape.
Well don't mix it in with any other pennies or it'll become just another penny.. which it is.
Natalie Gold must have some special skill to be able to watch a film while also incessantly talking to herself.
She is good.
I find her rather irritating in that regard. She often talks over crucial dialogue or the point of it flies way over her head.
@@LLiivveeeevviiLL she has an extraordinary ability to talk everything apart until the last grain. Some people can only appreciate that in small doses.
@@-jess--here-- I can get that, I find her funny and after all: I came for the comments.
@@-jess--here--Small doses. That's nanoseconds actually. She's hugely annoying
The scene means that you should not ask compromising questions to strangers. So he asks awkward and compromising questions back to him, and seeing that he doesn't understand, he tells him that he has bet his life. And yes. That's right.
Great scene.
I like how Anton never tells him hes gonna off him but the guy definitely knew his life was endanger.
The strangest reaction came from the guy in the blue shirt. He was the only person who appeared to think that extremely tense scene had comedic value. Now that is weird.
I started watching that channel recently. He seems to laugh like that whenever he he likes the scene and It’s like a coping mechanism for how tense the scene is. They watch a lot of horror movies too and he does it in those.
He's like a Middle school kid.
People say that in the comments on their GoT reactions but others say it's because he's watched the show before, so he's reacting to what his friend's reaction is. But now that I have watched a few of these compilation videos with their channel, that's not GoT, and he's the same in those reactions too. I think it's a nervous behavior
This is the most disturbing scene of a total psychopaths power over an unknowing victim. Brilliant acting!
Now, see Kevin James as the Sound Guy doing this scene. It’s intense but hilarious.
@conureron3792 Omg! Thank you for that! I almost pissed myself, Kevin James 😂👍
“Friendo”
My favourite quote :)
The actung in this seen is phenomenal. The old man actor doesnt get enought credit, this scene would not have been so good without him
Imagine the most random encounter with a stranger who would end it all for you at the (literal) drop of a dime
Anton out here bullying NPCs
This format is fascinating. I would have never thought to do it this way.
Hearing people's commentary makes me realize just how clueless some people are when it comes to following a narrative.
Most of them are just watching the clip, and not the movie in its entirety. Reason why most of them are clueless of what’s happening
First girl reacting is over the top for real
During the filming of this scene, Anton chokes on one of the peanuts he's eating. Somehow he recovers and continues the scene.
I usually just get nickel and dimed to death.
I honestly never thought this was the best way to lay low. I mean I get that the guy mentioned where he's from and that meant he was being observant to his customers, but only to the extent of wanting to know if they had gotten any weather. It always seemed waaaaaay more of a risky move to intimidate and scare these random people with a coin toss, that they could very well survive and leave behind a potent memory for a witness who would be able to give an accurate description of an encounter that could have otherwise been a harmless, unmemorable one. I mean the store clerk had barely made eye contact before Anton set in on his line of questioning. Now the clerk has a vivid account and description of Anton to give to the police should they come knocking. Regardless, this movie is perfect, through and through.
The proprietor was almost given 'no quarter'.
One of the best villains ever
I think half these people just watched this clip and have zero idea of why hes doing this!!??
Edit: i mean that theyre ONLY watching this scene and not the whole movie!! Thats what it feels like anyway!! At least a couple of them??
He married into it so he made him call the heads or tails because he stands to win everything. I believe that meaning is, if he won then Anton was going to kill his wife leaving him the business. But like protagonist's wife, you don't get to see if he actually killed her either so it's kind of like a up in the air thing
Science says it's head's 55 percent of the time
But tails never fails
Science says it’s 50.8 percent for the side of the coin that was up when the coin was flipped.
I'd like Anton to cross paths with Reacher and see what happens.
Chigurh's definitely is not what he think's of himself but his way to smart to go toe to toe with teacher without it being a gun show down or something.
@@ciaraMaeGatchalian Definitely. Lol.
anton would fk reacher up
The scarest scene in history.
Not even close 😂
Just one dude for some reason found the scene highly amusing. His three friends need to be careful in his company.
Definitely a contender. I was on the edge of my seat the whole movie.
"Shoot him and give him a fade" 💀💀💀💀💀💀 16:09
*The Joker would love this guy.*
"... did I really just almost die right now?..."
Might be just me but I think Javier Bardem resembles Raúl Julia (R.I.P.).
Javier Bardem for M. Bison in the next Street Fighter movie!
Anton gave good advice. A quarter from. 1958 would be 90% silver & worth about $5 for the silver content.
He said travelling 22 years, not 66.
@chulavista5239 the movie takes place in 1980.
@@OldWestGunslinger-vs9mx Right. My point was that the value of the silver should be based on that year, and not now. But, looking it up, 1980 was the all time high for silver, and those 5.6 grams were worth about $8.90. So you and Anton were even more right.
Je travaillais au festival de Cannes en 2007 et j'ai pu voir ce magnifique film .Je pensais qu'il allait gagner la palme d;or .Mais les intellectuels n'ont pas vote pour " No country for old man ." Qui se souvient ,17 ans après ,du vainqueur? Même moi,j'ai oublié .
Bruh imagine watching a movie with the first girl... i cant
What you didn't realize is he just paid twenty-five cents for gas and sixty-nine cents of peanuts.😂
Oscar win 🏆 movie 🎬 Best Actor.
Anton is the only real maniac. This is true horror film. They are out there.
Some time's small talk. Can get you in trouble
How do you get a reaction channel? I do reactions all the time without recording it.
"What business it is of yours... buddy-o" Such an iconic line
Friend-o***
“Buddy-O”?? 🤣🤣
The conversation with the store clerk is just something to see if a reaction or emotion can be felt....yet, nothing. This is the problem, what usually causes the escalation to violence. Wether he lives or dies it doesn't really matter. Anything to feel something instead of just an emptiness . He doesn't see the clerk as human, he doesn't see anybody that way. They are just there. Dexter was trained to have a code to try and control his addiction. Anton uses the coinflip the same way. Otherwise he would just go on a random spree but the emptiness would always be there and no amount of lives taken could fill it. Without a code , just a wild, rabid dog.
Southern bumpkin felt bad lol
Was expecting a comment on the “69¢” and was not disappointed… 🙄
*"He really thinks he has the power to take people's lives away"*
Erm...he does?
What a scene 🎬
Christ why can't Anton show up with a quarter and tell that first reviewer to either call it or shut up for two seconds so she can have a clue what's going on in the scene instead of trying to be full time witty and ending up supremely annoying?
Everyone, me, you, the entire audience, Chigur, _knows_ what's going on. Everyone but the clerk. He doesn't have a clue.
The smart way to not pay for gas and a candy will he did pay 25 cents, whst a bargain
Good movie scenes make you analyze your life and choices
Hmm, I don't recall ever seeing this film 😏
*Dude...what if the store clerk was driving rhe orher care at the end...*
If he said heads he would have been killed were he stand 🧍♂️.
That's really not that uncommon of a hairstyle or hairdo for some people. Especially for a certain time. I think people are too focused on the hair yes it gives him a weird look and even Javier Bardem hated the hairdo on himself lol. Thing is if he had had a nice fade and wellcroft hair he would have looked handsome and dashing and wouldn't have looked creepy and murderous.. there's usually a really good reason they went for a certain look for someone in a movie.
That first girl is so unbelievably annoying oh my god.
it is always heads you call as the same with casinos ,heads they always win.
but what about tails never fails?
@@HaienTwitch not a scientific fact that a grandma tail to make money lol.
Not happy
What's wrong?
Is there something wrong?
@@sethteeter5225Yes this is not a reaction its the most pointless reaction of a movie I've ever seen 😂
A lesson for clerks. Just do your job and mind your business.
She talks way more than even the characters in the movie. I don't know why. She's not as interesting as the people in the movie, yet she loves to hear herself talk anyway. It's actually quite annoying.
this is by far the most pointless reaction i have ever seen 😂
Too much yap yap. Couldn’t finish it.
I swear none of the people in this video watched it up until this sceene. You lose a lot of reaction magic when you're to lazy to know the character better b4 the sceen