No Country For Old Men (2007) First Time Watching! Movie Reaction!!

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  • No Country For Old Men (2007)
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  • @TBRSchmitt
    @TBRSchmitt  Před rokem +379

    Definitely picked up on more going through the edit but the movie builds so much tension and leaves a lot left to unpack! Chigurh will haunt us for a long time coming!
    Thank you all for the support!

    • @christoffesedao3579
      @christoffesedao3579 Před rokem +7

      So glad you guys watched this 😁. . . Have you guys done SUPERBAD yet❓. If you need a great comedy after being haunted by Chigurh then PLEASE React to SUPERBAD 😁🙏

    • @fsociety7494
      @fsociety7494 Před rokem +9

      You guys should go down the coen brothers rabbit hole of movie (since you have reacted to fargo and now no country for old men). Blood simple, millers crossing, raising arizona. 3 great movies.

    • @fashizzle78
      @fashizzle78 Před rokem +1

      I don't know who's scarier Anton Chigurh or the evil T800

    • @iggypopped
      @iggypopped Před rokem

      @@fsociety7494 Barton fink can’t be missed. Also, the Hudsucker Proxy.

    • @leoda_lion4107
      @leoda_lion4107 Před rokem +5

      The guys that Anton Cigurgh kills at the scene of the drug deal at night, were part of the investigation agency that later sent Woody Harrelson. I love Javier Bardem's performance in this movie, because like the girl said at the end, you have your rules, its not about the coin. Its about you, wanting to do this. And because she challenged him on this, she had to go. She didn't bargain with him, like the others did, and this upset his established Order.

  • @braedensteele3184
    @braedensteele3184 Před rokem +1268

    Crazy thing about this movie that almost no one notices: there is no musical score

    • @TBRSchmitt
      @TBRSchmitt  Před rokem +254

      Absolutely did not notice until after haha!

    • @ADifferentVibe
      @ADifferentVibe Před rokem +108

      If a compelling story is done well with balancing pace and tension, a musical score isn't necessary. This movie is perfect example of this.

    • @SuperWhofan1
      @SuperWhofan1 Před rokem +44

      Marvel take notice. Who needs a music score to tell us how to feel

    • @MDK2_Radio
      @MDK2_Radio Před rokem +17

      Another great movie without music, driven only by the tension created, is China Syndrome. Largely forgotten now that nuclear power is mostly gone, but highly relevant back in the Three Mile Island era in which it was made.

    • @derworfnet
      @derworfnet Před rokem +11

      @@MDK2_Radio Fun fact, Jerry Fielding actually did compose a 30-Minute Score for "China Syndrome" but it wasn't used (it was later released on CD, though)
      Another example for a Movie without score is Darren Aronofskys' "Mother!". In that case, Johann Johannsson appearantly wrote and recorded a full score but then himself decided that the movie would work better without it.

  • @innocentbystander1853
    @innocentbystander1853 Před rokem +630

    The absence of music in this film just adds to the tension and is one of the many things that makes this film such a masterpiece.

    • @marinatedbeef1683
      @marinatedbeef1683 Před rokem +6

      Innocent Bystander.., whoa u are so right. And Javier has such a dead appearance, idk not like a zombie just scary look.

    • @ladolcevita6645
      @ladolcevita6645 Před rokem +9

      @@marinatedbeef1683 Bardem’s performance is a complete contrast to Heath Ledger’s Joker who is constantly shifty and twitchy. While Bardem here is just completely still, no sudden movements, no twitching. Both splendid performances.

    • @ryanhighberg4662
      @ryanhighberg4662 Před rokem +6

      It wasn't void of music completely. My man gets woken up by a mariachi band 😅

    • @cbalan777
      @cbalan777 Před rokem +3

      There is music, it's just subtle.

    • @SleepParty30
      @SleepParty30 Před rokem +3

      omfg i just realized that and I watched that movie like three times. i feel so goddamn stupid no cap

  • @joerafferty3248
    @joerafferty3248 Před rokem +88

    Fun fact: the scene where Llewellyn crosses over into Mexico and is woken up on the street by the Mariachi band, the song that they're singing translates as the following:
    "You wanted to fly without wings, you wanted to touch the sky, you wanted too much wealth, you wanted to play with fire".

  • @realsies9387
    @realsies9387 Před rokem +705

    This is probably the best depiction of a psychopath ever put to screen. It’s honestly so unnerving yet so calm.

    • @TBRSchmitt
      @TBRSchmitt  Před rokem +84

      His calm makes it unnerving!

    • @christoffesedao3579
      @christoffesedao3579 Před rokem +44

      Chigurh is definitely one of the best, however I think John Doe In SE7EN is still the greatest cinematic psychopath. Methodical, patient, and preaching so elaborately without breaking a sweat. No Country For Old Men gave me hope that quality movies can still be made. It reached that level with SE7EN.

    • @Cinerary
      @Cinerary Před rokem

      He’s definitely on the spectrum lol. Prob has Aspergers

    • @akisvoul1760
      @akisvoul1760 Před rokem +11

      You should see 'I saw the devil' then.

    • @realsies9387
      @realsies9387 Před rokem +5

      @@akisvoul1760 I saw that movie. It was Japanese or something right?

  • @Ithro-Ithrozovich
    @Ithro-Ithrozovich Před rokem +428

    I love the little exchange between Chigurh and the kids at the end.
    "What would you take for the shirt?"
    "I can give you my shirt."
    And you get a fraction of a hope that there are still decent people left in the/this world, but then as soon as the money enters the equation, the kids start arguing about it.

    • @LembeckIsStaying
      @LembeckIsStaying Před rokem +21

      Good catch.

    • @ThePartisan13
      @ThePartisan13 Před rokem +35

      I mean just because they're arguing about the money doesn't not make them decent. That kid was still willing to give Anton his shirt for free unlike the kids earlier that Llewelyn was dealing with who wanted money up front. If anything the message being conveyed would be that money can corrupt anyone. Not that I believe that message to be true irl, but it makes sense in regards to the movie. Llewelyn could have saved his wife had he given up the money to Anton, but he still didn't. Hell had he given his wife the money in the first place the majority of this movie wouldn't have happened.

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 Před rokem +40

      @@LembeckIsStaying There's also how the car crash and the fact that Anton has to get help from kids shows that the title not only applies to the heroes, but to the villains as well. Anton wants to believe he's in league with fate, yet fate equally doesn't give an F about him.

    • @Grnademaster
      @Grnademaster Před rokem +12

      @@ThePartisan13 If he HAD given the case of money to his wife, she would be 100% killed because the case still had the tracker in it at that time.

    • @ThePartisan13
      @ThePartisan13 Před rokem +4

      @@Grnademaster You realize the probability of that being tracked tho? It's not a global tracker, it has to be within a certain proximity of the receiver to even go off. She was in Odessa.

  • @babadook4404
    @babadook4404 Před rokem +471

    I know Javier Bardem gets a ton of love for his performance and rightly so. But I love Tommy Lee Jones in this; he seems so beat down and weary throughout having to witness all this carnage. His final monologue is the perfect cap on the entire film.
    "And then I woke up."
    And I know yall just watched Fargo, another Coens movie. But whenever I watch this film, I think of Marge's words following her discovering the guy shredding his partner in the wood chipper.
    "And for what? For a little bit of money? There's more to life than a little money, you know. Don'tcha know that? And here ya are, and it's a beautiful day. Well. I just don't understand it."
    Look at Llewellyn and his wife; was that money really worth it in exchange for their lives?

    • @cleekmaker00
      @cleekmaker00 Před rokem +9

      @@buddystewart2020 Best role next to Lonesome Dove.

    • @JRoss80
      @JRoss80 Před rokem +47

      Honestly the acting genius in this movie that doesn’t get recognized enough is Kelly MacDonald (Carla Jean). She’s actually Scottish, and to pull off that Texas accent like that had to have been tough to do.

    • @autohmae
      @autohmae Před rokem +2

      tip: when you see a scene with a lot of dead people: leave and report it to the cops. And life happily ever after.

    • @BigMike246
      @BigMike246 Před rokem +9

      Next time you watch the movie, look at Tommy Lee Jones shadow he casts. He almost always has two shadows or a reflection of himself in something and a large shadow next to his reflection.
      I read somewhere that they wanted to make it feel like he lives under the shadow of his father. I don't know if that's true, but seeing him cast two shadows seems to be true throughout the movie.

    • @vivectelvanni
      @vivectelvanni Před rokem +13

      Yes. The book is even better and gives some extra scenes. The story is really about the sheriff and the "silence of god". The monologue at the end is such a call-back to earlier Cormac McCarthy when he was really more imbedded in his Southern Gothic lyricism vs. the more bare writing he used for No Country.

  • @SuperWhofan1
    @SuperWhofan1 Před rokem +66

    Javier is such a charming Spaniard but somehow he transforms himself into this monster. His Oscar is well deserved

  • @angelomaurizio1668
    @angelomaurizio1668 Před rokem +115

    Being from Texas myself, Kelly McDonald had one of the best Texas accents I'd ever heard knowing she is Scottish.

    • @CT.1982
      @CT.1982 Před rokem +5

      Exactly she sounded Exactly like all My aunts

    • @simplelife88393
      @simplelife88393 Před rokem +3

      Shes Diane in trainspotting

  • @hadlee73
    @hadlee73 Před rokem +145

    I love how this film blows away all the hollywood cliches and conventions. Its so good.

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 Před rokem +9

      Thanks to the Coen Brothers who are making the best films in Hollywood.

    • @TheMrFu
      @TheMrFu Před 7 měsíci +5

      @@ericsierra-franco7802 thanks to cormac mccarthy

  • @strawdawgs78
    @strawdawgs78 Před rokem +434

    Fun fact: No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood were both shot concurrently, sharing some of the same shooting locations in New Mexico. At one point the Coen Brothers had to stop shooting due to massive smoke clouds caused by the oil fire scene in There Will Be Blood.

    • @NoName-cn3cp
      @NoName-cn3cp Před rokem +5

      Thanks for stating something that basically everybody on Earth already knew

    • @devodavis6747
      @devodavis6747 Před rokem +111

      @@NoName-cn3cp even if you were correct, what a buzz-kill thing to say.
      I bet you're a blast at parties.

    • @NoName-cn3cp
      @NoName-cn3cp Před rokem +2

      @@devodavis6747 lol I'm not. The truth hurts lol.

    • @crazyfvck
      @crazyfvck Před rokem +74

      @@NoName-cn3cp I saw both movies in theaters, and I had NO idea that they were filmed near each other, or that there was an issue during filming. I just knew that they came out the same year.

    • @NoName-cn3cp
      @NoName-cn3cp Před rokem

      @@crazyfvck it's understandable if you're just a casual. Us real movie buffs won't hold it against you.

  • @Mcgerkusc
    @Mcgerkusc Před rokem +109

    I really liked the ending monologue the more I thought about it. You really feel the Sheriff's tiredness and dismay at what the world has become. The Sheriff feels like an alien in an unfamiliar world which saddens him. Nostalgia is really a strong motivator and emotion for a lot of people even if the good ole days they remember weren't actually the rosy bliss they imagine it to have been.

    • @LembeckIsStaying
      @LembeckIsStaying Před rokem +9

      It may not be bliss, but at least you understood it. That's hitting me hard just turning 40. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @jacpinky
      @jacpinky Před rokem +1

      Also, the title says it all, maybe the dream makes no sense at all, Sheriff's were always a step behind criminals all the time...

    • @crobarus
      @crobarus Před rokem +5

      But the dream he's describing is about how his father will be waiting for him when he dies . Chgurgh must have gotten him thinking about death and how "you can't stop what's coming " , another important life lesson from the Cohen brothers.

    • @construct3
      @construct3 Před rokem

      @@crobarus "And then I woke up." That realization you're talking about is what gives him a new clarity.

  • @jonathancruz5932
    @jonathancruz5932 Před rokem +26

    They’ve won four academy awards for best supporting actor, best adapted screenplay, best director, and best picture

  • @Droski_Rodriguez19
    @Droski_Rodriguez19 Před rokem +161

    The coin toss scene with the gentleman in the gas station is probably my favorite scene in all of cinema. The tension and weight to the whole conversation left me shook.

    • @Scott_Forsell
      @Scott_Forsell Před rokem +8

      I don't remember the exact line but Chigurh says something like "This coin is 22 years old. Imagine its journey, and today it ended up in front of you." Obvious paraphrasing, sorry!

    • @JamesBeam420
      @JamesBeam420 Před rokem +5

      So fucking terrifying! I have no idea what I'd do if that happened to me. Probably piss myself.

    • @genghisgalahad8465
      @genghisgalahad8465 Před rokem

      Favorite it is not. Compelling and gripping yes. But it’s no favorite.

    • @robertharper5087
      @robertharper5087 Před rokem +2

      @@Scott_Forsell I’ve always seen that as a key point. Everything/(Everyone) is on its own path, and sometimes, for good or for bad they cross. I think that’s why Chigurn chuckles when the cashier said he married into it, it’s funny to him that his wife put him there.

    • @Scott_Forsell
      @Scott_Forsell Před rokem +5

      @@robertharper5087
      Kelly Macdonald is sublime in this, but I really like her last scene.
      She calls out Chigurh on his bullshit. The flip, the heads or tails, is essentially meaningless. Dude had already made up his mind. She wouldn't call it. She refused. Good on her. Go down fighting.
      As Scottish as shortbread, oatmeal, and haggis, but she nailed that west Texas accent hard. I was very impressed.

  • @hankhill4101
    @hankhill4101 Před rokem +17

    Good job on noticing at 15:16 that he was practicing his bust in and memorizing the layout of the room, because he knew they'd be similar. No other reactors I've seen have noticed that.

    • @scotthewitt258
      @scotthewitt258 Před 3 měsíci +2

      The first few times I watched the movie, I just thought he was unsure which room was the right one. Then, eventually, I was like "He's practicing clearing empty rooms before he goes after Lewellyn."

  • @toddjacobs6068
    @toddjacobs6068 Před rokem +220

    The movie makes more sense when you realize Tommy Lee Jones is the main character.

    • @williamestrada1773
      @williamestrada1773 Před rokem +15

      Yup that’s why the movie is called what its called

    • @FlipArt57
      @FlipArt57 Před rokem +5

      You nailed it! His philosophy is in the beginning and til the end. Set in the 80's, a "Big Time "drug deal went bad is taking place. Subliminally it seems he understands all that. He plays this character extremely well.

    • @professorgnomes7565
      @professorgnomes7565 Před 2 měsíci

      Nah

    • @imjonathan6745
      @imjonathan6745 Před měsícem +1

      you mean the protagonist? because the three of them clearly are "Main characters" thats for sure

  • @LordTywinLannistertheBased
    @LordTywinLannistertheBased Před rokem +177

    This is probably, if not definitely, Javier Bardem's best work. He's chilling throughout the entire thing. Glad you guys got around to reacting to this one.

    • @dutchguylikesmovies2416
      @dutchguylikesmovies2416 Před rokem +3

      Disagree. Go watch “Biutiful” (yes its spelled like that)

    • @parsasadri8015
      @parsasadri8015 Před rokem +2

      People who say this don't know about his other films like The Sea Inside, Biutiful, Perdita Durango or Before Night Falls

    • @nicholashunt9522
      @nicholashunt9522 Před rokem

      He's crazy in Skyfall

    • @zatoichi1
      @zatoichi1 Před rokem +3

      He's an amazing choice to play Stilgar in Dune. Only introduced in Part One but will have a much greater role in Part Two. Can't wait...

    • @alainvosselman9960
      @alainvosselman9960 Před rokem +1

      Hell no ! His role in Perdita Durango is in my opinion his best role EVER. He's also in a Spanish movie called Cojones D'oro (Balls of Gold). He's an amazing actor but in NCFOM he shows just a touch of that...;

  • @david4883
    @david4883 Před rokem +187

    This film is a masterpiece. And oddly enough, the first time I saw it, I was underwhelmed. I didn’t really get what it was trying to “say”. But this is definitely one of those situations where the more you watch it, you pick up more and more each time and now it’s easily in my top 3. So happy to see this reaction.

    • @pigpiggypigbigpig681
      @pigpiggypigbigpig681 Před rokem

      Glad to hear that!

    • @felphero
      @felphero Před rokem +2

      Wow, the same thing happened to me! First time I saw it I was like "Huh, it was okay I guess?" Didn't think much of it however certain scenes really just stuck with me afterwards. After caughting it some more times on tv it just clicked, and now it really is one of my favorites

    • @Nick_CF
      @Nick_CF Před rokem +3

      Same. I think it was my third watch when it clicked and this movie captured me. I think my favorite scene is the Sheriff talking to his mentor. "This country is hard on its people"...phenomenal film and a lot to unpack

    • @Projeckt
      @Projeckt Před rokem +4

      I think Cormac McCarthy hit you that way. His books seem so simple yet are so deep

    • @MrUndersolo
      @MrUndersolo Před rokem +1

      Don't worry. I did not like "Fargo" the first time I watched it. You need to take your time with certain films...especially with the Cohens.

  • @jimtatro6550
    @jimtatro6550 Před rokem +82

    Anton Chigurth is one of the greatest villains ever. I never thought a coin flip could be so scary.👍

    • @bobbwc7011
      @bobbwc7011 Před rokem +3

      Call it.

    • @MadMaximo
      @MadMaximo Před rokem +1

      Call it Jim

    • @alvarhanso6310
      @alvarhanso6310 Před 25 dny

      And yet Chigurh wouldn't stand a chance against Sy Ableman. Now, he's A Serious Man.

  • @Icedsobaka
    @Icedsobaka Před rokem +224

    In my personal interpretation the protagonist isn't Llewellyn, It's Ed the Sheriff, The movie opens with a monologue by him and ends with a monologue by him, He's the narrator and works as the neutral expectator in the unravel of the story, and he is the only one who has a clear arc in the story, He starts the movie by talking about how simple the times were in the old days, He believes the world around him is getting more violent, Until he hears the story about his deceased uncle in that conversation inside the shack where he realizes the world he knows has always been this violent and will aways be this violent because violence is a force of nature, it's nonsensical it has no meaning, which is best examplified by the whole character of Anton Chigurh that kills people without reason and decides on a man's death with a flip of a coin, That's the raw reality the Sheriff has to accept

    • @el34glo59
      @el34glo59 Před rokem +15

      Bingo

    • @harrymarshall
      @harrymarshall Před rokem +2

      ,, Ultimo Hombre

    • @SnailHatan
      @SnailHatan Před rokem +1

      Huh? There is no “Moss the Sheriff”

    • @Icedsobaka
      @Icedsobaka Před rokem +3

      @@SnailHatan Lol you're right his name is Ed, Im sorry bro here in Brazil the videos drop a little late at night so my head was probably a little fuzzy

    • @DogmeatDied989
      @DogmeatDied989 Před rokem +2

      Nice point. I just watched the tv show “1883”. Though we open with one character, it becomes apparent that the daughter of said character is the protagonist. Also, seen in the Shawshank Redemption.

  • @randommindz6782
    @randommindz6782 Před rokem +7

    A second viewing with this film really opens eyes of what you missed:
    The Jeep that is in the background when Llewellyn was talking to that woman in the hotel,
    The coin Ed finds on the ground in the crime scene (it is heads...as if Ed won the coin toss)

  • @lazyatthedisco
    @lazyatthedisco Před rokem +83

    There are many clues that Chigurh was hired by the business man. He was talking with the other two guys before they got whacked by him. Plus the business guy himself said to Woody Harrelson's character "We have a loose cannon here" implying Anton was initially working for him to track the money.
    What I love about this movie is how Chigurh feels almost like a force of nature, he doesn't interact with almost anyone unless is to kill them and acts savagely, but with his own set of rules. For example in the hotel scene, he shoots but you barely even see anything but a shadow of him, straight out of a horror movie like you said.

    • @jpotter2086
      @jpotter2086 Před rokem +8

      In the book-not that the movie has to follow the book, just offering-Chigurh is freelancing, auditioning to impress a wealthy kingpin, and doing so by showing all the kingpin's underlings, at all levels, to be incompetent. As he says in that office scene, it's foolish and inefficient to send out multiple hunters.
      PS-the book is even more random and violent!

    • @snooks5607
      @snooks5607 Před rokem +18

      I thought the conversation at 28:00 was pretty straightforward, Anton was pissed that they sent more people after a target that they'd given to him.

    • @NondescriptMammal
      @NondescriptMammal Před rokem +3

      weird to think the businessman is the same actor who did Milton in Office Space, and the voice of Bill on King of the Hill

  • @BigMike246
    @BigMike246 Před rokem +41

    I was in a cinematography class at UCLA Extension when this came out. My teach stopped the class to express his amazement at the lighting that Roger Deakins was able to get.

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Před rokem +6

      I remember being blown away at the movie theater when I saw that. I’m a big Cormac McCarthy fan, so I was worried about how the movie would turn out. When I saw that lightning & the scene with the shadow of the clouds running across the plains, I knew everything was in very capable hands.

    • @alittlebitgone
      @alittlebitgone Před rokem +5

      I cannot think of another movie with lighting this amazing.

    • @slmott399
      @slmott399 Před rokem +4

      @@alittlebitgone Barry Lyndon always deserves a shout-out when lighting is being discussed, the cinematography in that film is breathtaking.

    • @levirognejensen1745
      @levirognejensen1745 Před 2 měsíci +1

      ​@@slmott399 Barry Lyndon is just unfair to name, Kubrick was flexing. I also like Jurassic Park the lighting looks very natural and always comes from light projectors and other diegetic elements

  • @dukedude7460
    @dukedude7460 Před rokem +76

    Great reaction guys! I like to think the car crash with Chigurh was to show that he himself is not immune to fate, which he thought he was an agent of. He could have died in that crash but by luck and having to rely on the kindness of strangers (funnily enough), he got lucky.

    • @crackajacka87
      @crackajacka87 Před rokem +4

      I believe the car crash scene at the end was to symbolise that Chigurh had the money as he paid for that shirt with a $100 dollar bill.

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 Před rokem +4

      @@crackajacka87 "No Country for Old Men" not applies to the heroes, but to the villains as well.

    • @crackajacka87
      @crackajacka87 Před rokem +1

      @@Wired4Life2 I believe the title was meant for the Sheriff which was why he retired at the end and I doubt Chigurh will ever stop doing what he does even with all of that money.

    • @Wired4Life2
      @Wired4Life2 Před rokem

      @@crackajacka87 Yes, primarily the sheriff.

    • @DefenestrateYourself
      @DefenestrateYourself Před rokem +5

      @@crackajacka87 Sure but he’s still subject to the whims of fate, which is what the car crash scene is conveying

  • @AdmiralFerret
    @AdmiralFerret Před rokem +54

    Aside from my love for this movie; the store clerk's scene is my favorite bit of dialogue of any movie. Javier was amazing throughout the movie, but Rutherford Cravens deserves credit there for making that a perfect scene

    • @adgato75
      @adgato75 Před rokem +5

      Yeah , it is so good that , as TBR Schmidt mentioned , they show it in film schools as an example.

  • @jxchamb
    @jxchamb Před rokem +33

    To call this film a masterpiece is an understatement. It gets so much better with every rewatch.

  • @Thunderchicken69
    @Thunderchicken69 Před rokem +11

    They don’t mention in it in the movie, only mentioning that Lewellyn was a Vietnam veteran, but in the book it’s stated that he was a sniper, hence his tracking and survival skills

    • @owendispensa8953
      @owendispensa8953 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I’m glad Coens chose not to embellish on this aspect of his character. We feel Moss’s soldier-like resolve throughout the film on a subconscious level. If they were to dial in on his military history it would counteract the overwhelming subtlety of the film’s narrative style.

    • @kylelee7140
      @kylelee7140 Před 2 měsíci

      @@owendispensa8953 High-level comment, well said and absolutely agreed.

  • @BiggySn1p3r
    @BiggySn1p3r Před rokem +28

    Didn't Samantha mention at one point that she likes the show King of the Hill? If so, FUN FACT: 17:32 That's Stephen Root, the voice of Bill Dauterive.

    • @sean-ew2qv
      @sean-ew2qv Před rokem +11

      And he's Milton in Office Space.

    • @brad7932
      @brad7932 Před rokem +4

      And the two goofiest characters (Tom Smykowski & Milton) from Office Space are the two internal affairs agents giving Michael Douglas a hard time in Black Rain.

    • @kaiyamya9882
      @kaiyamya9882 Před rokem +1

      Don't forget Fuchs from Barry, who's probably one of the most despicable characters in a series ever. The man's got an amazing range and I don't think he's appreciated enough as a character actor.

    • @sean-ew2qv
      @sean-ew2qv Před rokem

      He's hilarious as Jimmy James in the underrated sitcom NewsRadio.

  • @jjmalaprop9968
    @jjmalaprop9968 Před rokem +45

    A movie that gets better and better with subsequent viewings.

  • @paulieluppino1856
    @paulieluppino1856 Před rokem +6

    16:56 ...."His coins come in handy".... The power of change..... XDXDXD

  • @GrosvnerMcaffrey
    @GrosvnerMcaffrey Před rokem +51

    "Didn't mean nothing" still the most chills out of a non horror character

    • @stevemadrid6522
      @stevemadrid6522 Před rokem +7

      When Chigur sighs and says, "You don't know what you're talking about , do you?"

  • @manuelacosta9463
    @manuelacosta9463 Před rokem +23

    Bardem delivered an absolutely chilling performance that really stole the show. Me and some buddies saw this in the theater back then and we'd tightly grip the arms of our chairs whenever he showed up onscreen. Such was the raw tension. Especially the gas station scene.

  • @YankeesForever25
    @YankeesForever25 Před rokem +62

    One of the most compelling, no-bullshit movies ever. Chigurh is such an interesting and entertaining villain. A few more Coen Brothers recs for you guys: Barton Fink (where, like Lebowski, John Goodman steals the show), Miller's Crossing (stylish mob flick) and The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (great western anthology).

    • @kennethwilliams7731
      @kennethwilliams7731 Před rokem +3

      I loved Buster Scruggs too! Such a big are and entertaining film! The things Buster can do with a pistol is mind blowing 🤯

    • @Corn_Pone_Flicks
      @Corn_Pone_Flicks Před rokem +5

      I second Miller's Crossing, and would third and fourth it as well, if possible. That film doesn't get the attention it deserves.

    • @daryl772003
      @daryl772003 Před rokem

      @@Corn_Pone_Flicks "look in your heart" "what heart?"

    • @danh.5998
      @danh.5998 Před rokem

      I really enjoy Burn After Reading as well.

  • @Jumpman67
    @Jumpman67 Před rokem +18

    Near the end when Chigurh is in the hotel room and they show the open vent grate, I believe they are eluding to him getting the money that Moss hid in there. The tracker is gone but since Moss previously hid the money in the vents, Chigurh knew where to look.

    • @goldenageofdinosaurs7192
      @goldenageofdinosaurs7192 Před rokem +2

      That’s how I’ve always taken it.

    • @LokRevenant
      @LokRevenant Před rokem +1

      Moss’ wife ended up with the money. That’s how she bought that house. By the time Chigurh gets to her, she says she’s spent it all on bills and such.
      EDIT: Nope. I’m wrong. Chigurh retrieves the money after Moss’s death.

    • @fewwiggle
      @fewwiggle Před rokem +2

      @@LokRevenant That doesn't sound right. But, maybe I missed that dialogue. Regardless, it wouldn't seem like a mystery to her why he would be after her if she has or had part of the money.

    • @LokRevenant
      @LokRevenant Před rokem +3

      @@fewwiggle Yeah. I looked it up. Chigurh ends up with the money. I misremembered.

  • @william1611youtube
    @william1611youtube Před rokem +34

    The Coen brothers are SO versatile, but their off-kilter style comes through in all their movies: this one is very different from "Fargo," and they're both very different from their 2010 Remake of "True Grit," which was truly unique: it's not easy to remake a classic (a John Wayne classic at that) and, arguably, improve on the original - but the Coen brothers did it. I hope y'all see their "True Grit" sometime, even if you don't react to it. You'd love it.

    • @mitchhamilton64
      @mitchhamilton64 Před rokem +1

      true grit might my favorite movie of theirs.

    • @billyhill7630
      @billyhill7630 Před rokem +1

      they sure know how to milk a scene for all its worth. Patience is their key.

  • @MsAppeljack
    @MsAppeljack Před rokem +10

    When he won his oscar for this role here, he really deserved the win.

  • @LokRevenant
    @LokRevenant Před rokem +8

    Fun Fact: the actress who plays Carla Jean Moss is from Scotland and is the voice of Merida in the Disney film Brave using her natural Scottish accent.
    She’s also in Gosford Park.

    • @iftyz263
      @iftyz263 Před rokem

      Gosford Park is an excellent film! Kelly Macdonald is a wonderful actress. She's also great in the Netflix mini-series Giri/Haji

    • @Madbandit77
      @Madbandit77 Před rokem +3

      @@iftyz263 She was also on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.

    • @robhoskins8871
      @robhoskins8871 Před rokem

      She's also in "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" as the ghost Helena Ravenclaw.

    • @Fan_Made_Videos
      @Fan_Made_Videos Před 3 měsíci

      Trainspotting too

  • @59eurobug
    @59eurobug Před rokem +9

    "Woody Harrelson does not stand a chance..." You should look into Woody's background and family life. Also, Bardem's portrayal as Anton Chigurh was named the 'Most Realistic Depiction of a Psychopath' by an independent group of psychologists in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.

  • @billiam8554
    @billiam8554 Před rokem +17

    I love how this movie ignores typical conventional movie rules. The cat and mouse between Bardem and Brolin lead to...them not having a final confrontation! And Brolin getting killed off screen, and Bardem just walking away and not getting caught. One of my favorite scenes is Tommy Lee Jones with his uncle talking about his family's past. The older I get, the more I appreciate the abrupt ending (and especially Tommy's monologue about his dreams).

    • @bauertime
      @bauertime Před rokem

      That's way I hate this movie.

    • @abramsullivan7764
      @abramsullivan7764 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@bauertimewell you don't get a happy ending in No Country For Old Man.

    • @bauertime
      @bauertime Před 3 měsíci

      @@abramsullivan7764 I don't care about a happy ending. I just hate having the guy you've been following gets killed off screen. It's like if Indiana Jones gets killed 3/4 through the movie and not showing it, after all you've been through with the character.

  • @txalex
    @txalex Před rokem +17

    As a night owl, can I say that, I love the fact that yall upload so late at night. always a treat coming across a new vid late at night. Great job and keep up the awesome content!

  • @tonygriffin_
    @tonygriffin_ Před rokem +8

    Kelly McDonald , who is Scottish and has the accent to prove it, delivers such a great performance in this, especially that Southern USA accent she uses.

  • @roywilson4514
    @roywilson4514 Před rokem +14

    Love Kelly MacDonald in this. Makes me proud to be Scottish ❤️

  • @VirusZ001
    @VirusZ001 Před rokem +2

    The brilliancy of the Coen brothers is their ability to cinematize subtleties that have to be read between the lines in the book by McCarthy. A thorough comprehension of the spirit of the book paired with their already dark and pessimism evoking creativity is what makes this film a masterpiece along with its contemporary There Will Be Blood.
    One of my favorite parts of this movie is when Tommy Lee Jones tells the wife about the guy who injured himself killing a cow (one of the most defenseless creatures) to where he couldn't lift his arm above his head. After Anton kills the wife (arguably the most defenseless person in the film), he gets injured by no fault of his own, where he can't lift his arm above his head. Beautiful portray of moral chaos even to those who strictly live by moral order. My two cents 🍺

  • @yahirjsantiago8984
    @yahirjsantiago8984 Před rokem +63

    Fun Fact:Scientists studied a lot of character villains like about 400 characters and they choose Anton Chigurgh as the most realistic psychopath of all time .

  • @rx7dude2006
    @rx7dude2006 Před rokem +11

    When Bell went to the hotel and you see Chigurh behind the door it is all in Bell's imagination as he knows Chigurh has been there, he is just thinking if that is how he will confront him.Also Chigurh definitely ended up with the money as you see the coins that he used to open the grate on the vent but also you see him give that kid on the bike a nice new $100 bill after he gets in that accident.

  • @nirvanalama8493
    @nirvanalama8493 Před rokem +5

    One of the few react channels, where you guys reacted perfectly!! Didn't talk over the scenes a lot, yet gave their two thoughts without interrupting the pace of the movie. All in all an honest reaction and not faked like all these other react channels out there!!
    Keep it up guys!! 👍

  • @shainewhite2781
    @shainewhite2781 Před rokem +24

    Winner of 4 Oscars including Best Picture.
    What's interesting is that the hero (Tommy Lee Jones) and the villain (Javier Bardem) never meet in any scene of the movie

    • @TBRSchmitt
      @TBRSchmitt  Před rokem +9

      Amazing! Feel like it just does the unexpected compared to so many other films!

    • @echoesofmalachor3700
      @echoesofmalachor3700 Před rokem +4

      only other movie that comes to mind with that same dynamic is The Fifth Element

    • @billiambillionaire2813
      @billiambillionaire2813 Před rokem +1

      best soundtrack?

    • @johnguevara6160
      @johnguevara6160 Před rokem +1

      Fifth Element style

    • @scottjo63
      @scottjo63 Před rokem +2

      ​@@TBRSchmitt And Javier Bardem did win the Academy Award for best supporting actor.

  • @hartspot009
    @hartspot009 Před rokem +4

    Anton immediately became ready to kill as soon as the gas station attendant asked "ive seen you were from Dallas". And we must give kudos to the actor playing the attendant...without him being spot-on, the scene wouldnt have worked.

  • @rboyd41731
    @rboyd41731 Před rokem +6

    The title for this film comes from Sailing To Byzantium, a poem by William Butler Yeats. It is another Coen brothers masterpiece. Again, they are masters of irony because Moss goes back to the sight of the execution to give a man water, yet the man is already dead; thus sealing his fate. I compare this movie to HALLOWEEN as being a straight up horror film and Chigurh is really a version of Michael Myers. A kind of unstoppable killing machine. I think, for me, the movie is about how we are eventually unable to stop anything, especially the older we get. This world is especially tough for the aged, even if it can be brutally harsh for the young. The older you get, the more experience you have, but your usefulness becomes less and less. Anyway, I so love Tommy Lee Jones in this. He is such a great actor. Some trivia: Jones was roommates with Al Gore at Harvard. He got his start in acting on the soap opera One Life To Live. If you get a chance, do a reaction for COAL MINER’S DAUGHTER. He plays Loretta Lynn’s husband Doolittle. You’ll be blown away by his performance and Sissy Spaceck’s performance as Loretta Lynn.

  • @andrewdawson8684
    @andrewdawson8684 Před rokem +15

    An absolute masterpiece in every way. Hard to pick out a favourite element. It's just an accumulation of sensational talent that grips you from start to end. With the greatest antagonist in cinema history in my opinion. I have to admit, first time through I was left reeling and confused. Have watched it again and again since. Never fails to hold my full attention. Great reaction Schmitts :D

  • @jackyoung2110
    @jackyoung2110 Před rokem +38

    Haven’t felt a cut to black so profoundly since The Sopranos, which you guys should definitely check out if you haven’t!! (Another good tv show would be Twin Peaks - it’s David Lynch 😌)

    • @TBRSchmitt
      @TBRSchmitt  Před rokem +30

      The Sopranos is coming!

    • @tonyyul703
      @tonyyul703 Před rokem

      @@TBRSchmitt okay this is a suggestion and I'll understand if THIS 6 may seem extreme or used to definitely watch *The Last House On The Left*

    • @nationalcoasternews5798
      @nationalcoasternews5798 Před rokem +4

      I absolutely second twin peaks. Would LOVE to see their reaction

    • @TheWindcrow
      @TheWindcrow Před rokem +1

      @@TBRSchmitt YES!

    • @i_so_late
      @i_so_late Před rokem +1

      A Serious Man has an even more wild cut to black

  • @greggately5782
    @greggately5782 Před rokem +5

    I loved how you both mention it feels like a horror film during the hotel scene/sequence. The suspense is so compelling and scary, along with the setup that it definitely makes it feel like a horror film during that part. I never really thought about that before (and I’m a huge horror fan), but rewatching and dissecting that scene it really is shot like a straight up horror film.

  • @monk3yv
    @monk3yv Před rokem +5

    Milk drinking is generally a callback to the character of Barnaby Jones, a detective that would famously go into bars and order milk. This was because he wanted to be completely clear minded. It's since been adopted in countless movies and TV shows with no B.S. type characters.

  • @guitarman8462
    @guitarman8462 Před 8 měsíci +3

    The killer in this movie is actually from Spain. And he had to have that special hair style for 3-4 months during the making of the film . Also during breaks when they weren't filming he would go into stores to buy food & drinks and the people would be scared of him. At the end of shooting the whole film he says " They brought me a cake and on each candle were the faces of all the people I killed " 😂.

  • @Scott_Forsell
    @Scott_Forsell Před rokem +5

    Samantha sees an unmade bed and her first reaction is "They left in a hurry."
    I literally have not made my bed in nearly 40 years. What's the point? I'm just gonna mess it up again tonight. A completely pointless task.
    (Technically untrue. Whenever I change out sheets I do it up nice. I make my bed every 10 days, two weeks.)

  • @alligatorscrublord
    @alligatorscrublord Před rokem +2

    There are a million things I could say about the movie to explain various parts. The train sounds representing his unstoppable nature, the reason why he probably spared the accountant, his sense of honor, his reasons for killing, which side he's on, how the movie panders to no one...

  • @toddjacobs6068
    @toddjacobs6068 Před rokem +12

    Brolin represents humankind's greed, Bardem represents humankind's mindless violence, and Jones represents the law who is useless to stop it and the reminiscing about better times that never were. The greed and mindless violence have always been here just in different forms.

    • @Hexon66
      @Hexon66 Před rokem

      And the added complexity that it wasn't so much his greed that doomed him, but Llewelyn's guilt-cum-compassion with the agua.

  • @Jeff_Lichtman
    @Jeff_Lichtman Před rokem +27

    As soon as you said you studied one of the scenes in film school I knew which one it was.
    Kelly Macdonald, who played Carla Jean, is Scottish, and she speaks with a Scottish accent. Her accent in this movie was perfect. I was surprised to learn she isn't from the American south.
    No Country for Old Men is an unconventional movie in a lot of ways. There's no musical soundtrack or score, and there's a lot of silence. The story sets us up to expect a confrontation between Sheriff Bell and Anton Chigurh, but it doesn't happen. Llewelyn Moss dies off-camera, and the killer isn't even Chigurh. The story ends abruptly, without anything really being resolved.
    I think the car crash that happens near the end shows that Chigurh isn't in control of things as much as he believes, despite his rules. He's just as subject to the random forces of life as anyone else.
    One thing I like about the Coen Brothers is that they have memorable bit characters. The manager at the trailer park, the salesman at the western wear store, the woman at the pool, Carla Jean's mom, were all distinct and interesting characters despite their minimal screen time.

    • @slmott399
      @slmott399 Před rokem +5

      Everyone always rightfully gives credit to Javier Bardem, many give credit to Tommy Lee Jones for his performance, and lots of people shout-out the small supporting roles like the store clerk and the manager of the trailer park. But man.. Kelly Macdonald never gets the credit she deserves. She is incredible in this and yeah, it all starts with her amazing accent. But her acting in her final scene... wow.

    • @pabloc8808
      @pabloc8808 Před rokem +2

      I think the car crash also shows that Chigurh is shaken by the fact that someone saw through his "rules": he would lie to himself by saying there are rules, and that he does things the way he does because of those rules. Carla Jean pointing out that the coin doesn't decide anything was also her pointing out that Chigurh does what he does because he wants to, he has complete agency, but doesn't want to believe that.

    • @crose7412
      @crose7412 Před 2 měsíci

      @Jeff_Lichtman Of course she speaks with a Scottish accent if she's Scottish!

  • @Rob-eo5ql
    @Rob-eo5ql Před rokem +7

    Raising Arizona & True Grit are my favorite Coen brothers movies. Great movies!

  • @Pandaemoni
    @Pandaemoni Před rokem +5

    You should read the novel and you will see that a lot happens "off screen" there too, and a lot of questions are not answered. This was a very faithful adaptation for the most part.

  • @jaredhawkley
    @jaredhawkley Před rokem +3

    So glad you finally caught this one. I think the brilliance of this movie is that it leads us to expect a showdown, and when it doesn't happen, we are left to question "what now? What's the story really about?" The three main characters almost don't even appear on screen together. I love how the movie undermines convention and forces us to participate in the telling of the story.

  • @Shnonan
    @Shnonan Před rokem +5

    With all of the happy comfort food audiences have become accustomed to, this is a much needed dose of reality.

  • @corvuslight
    @corvuslight Před rokem +3

    The gas station scene is a callback to a scene from Raising Arizona. It's almost exactly the same set.
    ...
    "He's seen the same things I've seen, and it sure made an impression on me."

  • @brandonhendrix7223
    @brandonhendrix7223 Před rokem +3

    Raising Arizona is a must see. I'm also a big fan Blood Simple and Barton Fink.

  • @crazyfvck
    @crazyfvck Před rokem +5

    Most people were shocked when the 'main character' was killed, because they never realized that Tommy Lee Jones is the main character. He is the first person that you hear talking in the film, and the last.

  • @Nay-kp6uu
    @Nay-kp6uu Před rokem +10

    I love this movie. I went to an Art house theater to see this and soon as it ended people were like, "What? That's it? That was dumb..."
    It's an unconventional ending but sometimes life doesn't make sense and the bad guy gets away.

    • @kevtb874
      @kevtb874 Před rokem +5

      Exactly. It fits thematically and works if you follow the fact that Moss is the central character grappling with the nature of his work and how it will never be done. Good does not always win over evil. Life does not always make sense, or fit into a tidy box or wrap up neatly. How does a good law abiding person come to terms with that? That's the story and exactly the ambigous, troubled thoughts the film wants to leave you with.

    • @ericsierra-franco7802
      @ericsierra-franco7802 Před rokem +4

      They didn't understand it.

    • @yourcommentisntfunnyv2709
      @yourcommentisntfunnyv2709 Před 9 měsíci +1

      It wouldn’t make sense if Anton got killed

  • @ronadish1
    @ronadish1 Před rokem +4

    'Oh brother' should be your next Cohen brothers movie.

  • @mikecrider8478
    @mikecrider8478 Před 5 měsíci +2

    A bunch of psychologists watched a bunch of movies to see who most accurately played a psychopath. Every one of them stated that Bardem's portrayal was the best and spot on.

  • @BryanWhite77
    @BryanWhite77 Před rokem +4

    31:17 - One of the best things about this movie is that, for almost the entire runtime, there is no music/musical notes. The tension without music is so good.

  • @subasurf
    @subasurf Před rokem +6

    Probably one of the great adaptations of a book to film in terms of absolutely capturing the essence of it.

  • @Smeatbass
    @Smeatbass Před 5 měsíci +1

    I felt simialrly the first time watching. The beginning and ending made me wonder what the story was really about. It's only clear after re-watching it and/or reading the book, that it's Sheriff Bell's story. The prologue and epilogue are the bookends to the films themes, and the rest is a masterful cat-and-mouse game facilitated by a pure evil that Bell can never understand.
    Once I realized that, this became a top 5 movies of all-time. No music, minimal dialog, and the mood of existentialism are the most amazinglly exexuted elements I have ever seen. A true masterpiece of storytelling.

  • @alexanderkantakusiniii8411

    "O Brother Where Art Thou"....a must watch

  • @psycho42069
    @psycho42069 Před rokem +3

    My favorite part of every one of your videos is when Samantha says "Hello!"

  • @BigPete44
    @BigPete44 Před rokem +3

    A few others are … “True Grit”, “Raising Arizona”, “Millers Crossing”, Burn after Reading”…. 😎

  • @oxyiscool
    @oxyiscool Před rokem +3

    Read the book....you will be amazed...
    He allowed himself to be arrested, he explains it in the book during his conversation with Woody's character....

  • @NeutronDance
    @NeutronDance Před rokem +8

    Incredible movie. BTW, it's a cattle gun that he uses.

  • @poiballs425
    @poiballs425 Před rokem +4

    the movie was truly about the tommy lee jones character...the rest is just an experience that moves that character...unbelievable film.

    • @TheGoodChap
      @TheGoodChap Před rokem

      Even chigurh is more of a main character than moss, its set up early on that moss and chigurh have a lot of skills in tracking and survival which they both do, and that's most of the movie, but chigurh and the sheriff double bookend the movie and chigurh is the unstoppable superhero whos usually the main character, but in this he's the polar opposite of a true western hero. Crazy movie

    • @poiballs425
      @poiballs425 Před rokem +1

      @@TheGoodChap totally can see that....cohens usually bring a dark side to their movies which is quite entertaining....i know this is from a book, but man they nail the essence of the story with this film.

  • @jmh8846
    @jmh8846 Před rokem +10

    This channel has become one of my favourite channels in CZcams. Thank you very much to both of you, you seem very nice people. Waiting for new awesome reaction videos 😊

  • @artdeco64
    @artdeco64 Před rokem +1

    The wife (Kelly MacDonald) is a Scottish actress who played Diane in Trainspotting.

  • @peteyn.y.7960
    @peteyn.y.7960 Před rokem +13

    This movie is a GEM!! It also seems to get better each time you watch it! At least for me it did! 🤘🏽💪🏽

  • @gregall2178
    @gregall2178 Před rokem +7

    You'll never look at a coin flip the same again 😀

  • @DezDies
    @DezDies Před rokem +7

    One of the best movies there is. Also objectively one of the scariest villains, because people like him exist in real life. No concern for life, just a biological machine existing in society, killing without concern or conscious.

  • @rx4095
    @rx4095 Před rokem +2

    Great reaction. Also another cool thing to note about the ending, Anton was always very calm and calculating and knew everything. And then he got hit by a random act that he couldn't have predicted

  • @jpa5038
    @jpa5038 Před rokem +3

    "What you got is nothing new. This country's hard on people. You can't stop what's coming."

  • @Timeisaflat_O
    @Timeisaflat_O Před rokem +8

    I don't know if you take requests off of CZcams, but I'd love to see you react to "Hell Or High Water." It's another amazing film set in Texas.

    • @eric5926
      @eric5926 Před rokem

      Also Wind River. (Same screenwriter as Hell or High Water, Taylor Sheridan.) Set in Wyoming.

  • @MrZampanov
    @MrZampanov Před rokem +13

    There's a lot to love about this movie, but the part that might stick with me the most is when Tommy Lee Jones is visiting his old family friend. He tells him that violence has always been a part of life and the line "You can't stop what's comin'. It ain't all waitin' on you. That's vanity." I think about that conversation a lot.

  • @Thedesertguy75
    @Thedesertguy75 Před rokem +2

    Movies like this are rare, pure, raw, no filler or bloat, just raw rotting meat throughout the picture...........love it. Masterpiece.

  • @oxyiscool
    @oxyiscool Před rokem +3

    This movie is the perfect example of a movie doing a book true justice. Such a good rendition of an amazingly tight book!

  • @CineRam
    @CineRam Před rokem +4

    This is a good choice for a movie to react to, seeing as how there's hardly any music in it! I hope the both of you check out the Coens' "Miller's Crossing" at some point. It came out a few years before "Fargo". Pretty complicated plot, great performances, and some of the best dialogue I've ever heard.

  • @mitchellhodgemeyer7306
    @mitchellhodgemeyer7306 Před rokem +8

    You MUST react to Raising Arizona - my favorite "comedy" movie of all time right up there with Pee Wee's Big Adventure. The Coen's are amazing. I'm hard pressed to think of other directors who have such a complete mastery over the crime and comedy genres, and who so often adeptly and effectively meld those two genres together seamlessly.

  • @DDT61586
    @DDT61586 Před 5 dny +1

    HE WAS THE JOKER (CRAZY), 2 FACE (COIN), BANE (VOICE & STRATEGY), & SCARECROW (SCARE TACTICS) ALL IN 1 VILLIAN.

  • @sheryldalton8965
    @sheryldalton8965 Před 11 měsíci +2

    When he goes into the motel room at the end Shugar is setting in his car in the parking lot watching him. It's in the book.

  • @nealturner7348
    @nealturner7348 Před rokem +5

    Hey guys. Great react.
    People talk about how clever Josh Brolin's character is but he's really not. I NEVER would have gone back to give a dead man water. If he hadn't gone back he would have gotten away clean. They never would have figured out what happened. There wouldn't have been a movie, but....
    🤘😎

  • @stsolomon618
    @stsolomon618 Před rokem +5

    Javier Bourdem at his best, he was also great in Skyfall.

  • @scotthewitt258
    @scotthewitt258 Před 3 měsíci

    That unexpected T-bone MVC at the intersection is one of the two best "jump scares" in all of the movies I have seen. It still startles me many watches later, KNOWING IT IS COMING.

  • @cbalan777
    @cbalan777 Před rokem +1

    Lots of hidden symbolism in this movie. When Moss checks into the Hotel there's a painting behind him on the wall that looks like the scene that was described to Bell about Indians coming up to Uncle Mac's house. There's also a painting in Moss's room when he turns on the light that is of two men riding on horseback through the mountain, which is what Bell says his dream with his father was about. Then in the last scene there is a painting on the wall that looks like the shot of the roadway from the beginning of the movie.

  • @fumblingtitan1411
    @fumblingtitan1411 Před rokem +11

    I'm glad you guys did this, its one of my all-time favourites. Now if you watch Children of Men you may have covered nearly all of my favourite movies! You guys are great! I'm glad I found this channel. ;)

    • @TBRSchmitt
      @TBRSchmitt  Před rokem +6

      Children of Men is Sam’s favorite film! I wish we could watch it for the first time again

  • @littleghostfilms3012
    @littleghostfilms3012 Před rokem +12

    The Coen's snatch away from us the viewers the predictable showdown between Brolin's character and Chigurh. Some other mindless mayhem interferes and kills him which just shows what a violent, merciless world the characters live in. There's not just the psychopath Chiguhr roaming around, but other feral groups of outlaws out for their own greed. Hence the title of the film says it all.

    • @jcon2060
      @jcon2060 Před rokem +3

      I think "No Country For Old Men", "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind", "The Silence of the Lambs", "Requiem for a Dream" and "There Will Be Blood" are movies where the title is poetic while also being profoundly tied with the story they are trying to tell. "Shogun", "Die Hard", "Twilight", and "the shining" sound really nice too, but I'm not sure why I feel that way.

    • @frankbiondo3624
      @frankbiondo3624 Před rokem

      I still feel that not showing the death of one of the major characters was a poor narrative choice. I realize that the Coen's were trying to be "unique" with that reveal but, the first time I saw the film, I didn't even catch that Brolin was dead. And I still don't understand the meaning of the car accident at the end. Is it because Bardem's character was supposed to believe in structure in the world but this indicates that life is so random and there's no way to actually control anything?

    • @jcon2060
      @jcon2060 Před rokem

      @@frankbiondo3624 your answer lies with the title of the movie. The movie was never about these main characters. That narrative decision was not for the sake of being unique, but rather to make a point.

    • @frankbiondo3624
      @frankbiondo3624 Před rokem

      @@jcon2060 Well then, I guess I grasp the reason for not showing Brolin's death, but I'm still in the dark about the car crash ending. Is this just saying that life is random chaos, no matter how hard you try and control things?

  • @davidhirako4210
    @davidhirako4210 Před rokem +2

    Some believe that when Tommy Lee's character went back to the motel and was outside, and that Anton being behind the door was just in head.

  • @PureFalcon1
    @PureFalcon1 Před rokem +1

    the lady lived because she stuck to her own rules and spoke with clarity, didn’t mince words