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[biscuiteater]

The worst movie of 2007.
Hi. I just watched No Country For Old Men, and then promptly took a shard of glass to my retinas. So if I make a spelling mistake, you'll have to bear with me. I can't see. Spoilers for the rest of the entry.

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[biscuiteater]

I understood the dream sequence at the end of the movie and what it was ultimately alluding to. But in all honesty, those scenes would have meant more (to me, at least) had they been placed at the beginning or even throughout the movie to give some context for the sheriff (besides the fact that he's a cop and looking for the "bad guys"). AND THEN killing off the main character and shifting focus to the sheriff, would not have pissed me off so much.

Instead they trick (and it is trickery) the viewer into liking Brolin's character to ultimately reveal the movie is about the sheriff's inability to deal with the sitch given his age. That's a boring plot!

Maybe I missed something throughout the sequence of events, I don't know. But what this movie basically said to me, is that in the end, none of these characters fucking mattered and we're going to kill them off because we want to make something that doesn't follow the movie mold. Anti-Hollywood can be just as bad as Hollywood, and in this case I consider this movie to be one of the worst Anti movies ever.

[uberdionysus]

It's not the Sheriff's age that makes him impotent. He's simply two steps behind. Nothing more, nothing less. He still outsmarts all the other cops, and still gets closer than anyone (other than the rookie cop who is killed).

But the film wouldn't have worked if it was structured as you said. It IS a trick. They want us to identify, at first, with Llewelyn more than the Sheriff. He's the proxy for the All-American Western Hero, and he is one of the archetypes that they (the Coens and McCarthy) want to rip apart.

If you know that Llewelyn isn't the "real" focus, then you won't be as invested in his fate. You need to be as invested in Llewelyn as the Sheriff is, so when Llewelyn dies you feel the same frustration and inadequacy as the Sheriff, and that allows you to understand why the Sheriff gives up.

[biscuiteater]

I see what you're saying. I just feel that they could've taken another route to achieve their pretentiousness or given us the showdown that ended Brolin's chracter or at least spared the wife. Unstead they take it ALL AWAY. All of it

They withheld a little too much for me, which in turn makes not give a shit about Tommy Lee's character at the end of the movie.

I don't like tricks. Tricks are for kids.

Unstead

[biscuiteater]

It's moments like these I wish I had a paid account.