NO MUSIC IN THE WHOLE FILM?!! WOW! This was a wild ride. Let me know what you think about this movie in the comments. Thank you so much for watching✨✨ * Let's try to get this video to 1,000 likes. Helps me and the Channel a lot. Gracias🙏🏾💚
I find that Anton’s last interaction with the kids in the street is very interesting. It shows how money and greed affects men. These children are young and innocent, they are purely worried about Anton’s well-being and would literally give him “the shirt off their backs” completely free and no charge. Anton’s methodical and transactional thinking as well as his hard exterior refuses him to take the shirt without payment to the children, possibly because he wants to exist without burden of cosmic debts (especially considering the complete random reckoning he just experienced with the crash). But once the cash is given to the children it immediately creates conflict and they are fighting over money that they weren’t even expecting before. I think it’s a great analogy that relates to the overall themes of the movie. There are a lot of events in this movie that are transactional in nature and represent a “give and take” throughout the universe.
Great explanation, didn’t catch much of this even after several watches. Definitely the connection between this scene and Brolin’s character paying for the jacket earlier stuck with me though
@@matthewlennon6289 100% a good catch about the jacket transaction. Even the most famous scene from this movie is a transaction, the gas station scene. I think a lot of it relates to how men think they can pay for the consequences of their actions through cash. Or how money can absolve someone of their wrong doings and responsibilities. Even Anton flips a coin to decide the fate of his victims. None of this would have ever happened if Llywelyn didn’t find that money.
yeah the car crash was a "cosmic reckoning" because he obviously killed Carla Jean even though she wouldn't play by the rules and call the coin toss. the coin toss is his way out of those kinds of dicey situations where he feels like he has/wants to kill someone but he also knows they are innocent. (the gas attendant was the other example; he wanted to kill him because he was nosey and he "married into" his job, which Chigur saw as dishonorable). Carla Jean arguably hurt Chigur the most of any of his adversaries.. because she shook his faith and made him doubt his psychotic worldview.
Fun fact: Anton Chigurh is the most accurate depiction of a psychopath in film history, a group of psychiatrists watched 400 films over 3 years and he was deemed the most accurate depiction of a psychopath in cinema history, and the ironic thing is, Javier Bardem (the actor who plays Anton) is a really kind man and absolutely hates violence, and yet he played a psychopath so perfectly
the lack of closure demonstrates how life isnt like a western movie. Heros dont always win. bad guys get away. The chance of death is always around the corner. and its always been like that. Great reaction btw
There are video essay that explained it far better than i did. i suggest giving them a chance as it allows you to appreciate how incredible this film is.
Don't worry - literally everyone is surprised by the ending of this film. It was however a brilliant movie. I've rewatched it about a dozen times. It never gets old.
If you haven't already and you like the movie that much you should read the novel. It's not boring or anything if you've already seen the movie, it just adds to it :)
Lady withholding "that information" stood on business & with a mad-dog state while she did it. Anton walked away like.... "Alright, ma'am. Damn." touche.
Anton cleaned his wound, disinfected it, injected a painkiller, removed the bullet fragment(s), and sutured it back up. Most likely he (like the other main characters) was a war vet, and maybe had basic combat medical training.
“Hell or High Water” is the kind of neo-Western crime drama you’re looking for. It’s a very satisfying movie with great actors with a great story. Highly recommend!
This is the Coen brothers. You mentioned several times how much you loved the dialogue, you have great taste sir! They are amazing script writers. Please watch all of their greats, you won't regret it. The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, Burn After Reading....it goes on and on. Their movies span every genre and all of them have brilliant dialogue. Love your reactions, keep doing what you do!
@@FrankFreezy_ Just don't expect to see much of Josh...he's not on screen for much. The real stars of True Grit are Jeff Bridges (oscar-worthy performance), Matt Damon and a young girl who jump-started a film career with this, her first role.
"And then I woke up...." To me that was the cold splash of truth and reality realized in the mind of the Sheriff, ironically in a dream of all things. His father in the dream tries to beat back the dark and the loneliness and cold by starting a fire, while the Sheriff is older, worn down, burn out. HE wakes up without resolution of the dream. There is no justice, there is no triumphant victory over all evil and darkness., no afterlife of happiness. Life just goes on, while we try to hold on to what we have left after losing so much, "putting a tourniquet on it" like the cousin pointed out, some losing more than others, some more ignorant than others.
This movie is such a beautifully pained love letter to america/americana ideology, scars and all, framed in the setting of the darkness of man vs the tenacity of man, with tommy lee jones as the unwilling witness to its evolution.. i think this film is one of the most important american films of all time.
The way Anton flips a coin to decide whether people live or die, it seems pretty clear that he thinks of himself as a god, or at the very least as a superior predator while ordinary humans with ethics and emotions are sheep. The car crash at the end is his reminder that he's not a deity and he's just as frail as his victims. It's the universe giving him a little comeuppance and reminding him that he is also subject to the whims of chance and sudden misfortune.
I see what you’re saying. I would offer that while he does see himself as separate from humanity in some way, I don’t think this means he feels he is superior. If he did, he would go out of his way to chase down or torture innocent people for fun. Instead, he acts like nature, like the universe itself- he is ambivalent. Things can go either way at the flip of a coin or the drop of a hat, and that’s just like life. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don’t, and despite what you think, you’re never truly in control, and there’s nobody out there waiting for you to light fires in the dark to guide or comfort you. You’re just on your own. The villain in this film doesn’t seem angry. He doesn’t have an axe to grind or an agenda. He just does what he does. Just like life.
@@butkusfan23 yes, this is it. He represents Nature, which is totally ambivalent towards man. Not fueled by any creed, or morals, or feelings. Pure, blind, chance. But his guard does go down here or there - when he’s confronted by the wife, for instance. You can see that he *is* doing this out of some kind of mutant ethical pride. He is after all, only a man. And so he dies like a man.
Anton Chigurh gives himself an injection of an anesthetic, this is a method of local anesthesia that is widely practiced in surgery, usually a solution of novocaine or lidocaine. I myself have repeatedly used this when I was doing piercings or when, at the request of someone, I was treating scars or wounds at home. But I don’t recommend doing this without a license, practice and the ability to document everything. Inaccurate use of medical anesthetics can lead to anaphylactic shock in humans, which can be fatal.
I didn't know what I thought about the movie the first time I watched it. Years later and a dozen viewings, it might be my single favorite film. You see Sheriff Bell telling the story about the bolt Anton is using. Somewhere down there, part of him is trying to make that connection. In a more traditional movie, he would, and it would give him the information he needs to swoop in and help Moss fend off Anton. But Bell is old, tired. He doesn't get there. And anyway, Moss isn't the main character, Bell is. This story is about Bell reaching the point that he can't continue. The movie lets us think Moss is the center of the story, but why the sudden end to his part works (for me) is because he never really was. He's not the one narrating, after all.
If you liked this, Check out There Will Be Blood from the same year by Paul Thomas Anderson. Daniel Day-Lewis won best actor for that that year and it has a similar vibe to this film.
I think this movie takes place in the 70s when there was almost no border security, but even now you can walk from the US border into Mexico through an official boarder crossing and not be checked at all 99% of the time. It's only coming back from Mexico to the US that you are checked heavily.
I’m glad you picked up on the silence of this film. My first time watching I was so engrossed I never realized there was no music until the mariachi band started playing. It’s insane the way they subvert the traditional 3 act structure of most films here. Having the balls as a writer to kill off your protagonist off screen and the script just keeps rolling with it… this movie is such a hallmark of cinema. 10/10 modern classic
Absolutely. I had no idea there was no music until after the movie when someone told me on patreon. Then it made sense why the movie was so quiet. Absolutely loved it. And yes that three act structure it was severely subverted. But I tried to appreciate it for what it was. Such a good one
At the time this movie was made Kelly Macdonald who played Carla Jean the wife of Moss she was zlready 31 years old. Josh Brolin was about 37. Teir age difference is pretty believable for a couple. She just looks younger than her real age which has been true for the entire career of this actress. Even now at age 48 she looks she is still in her late 30s. She was always a very youthful looking person.
I think the movie is an exploration of Choice and Chaos coming up against each other, and Chaos -- Nihilism -- winning. The whole narrative structure lets us experience that tragic pointlessness.
What Chigurh did, in a medical sense, was provide standard care for a wound. He rinsed away the blood in the tub so he could see what he was working with, irrigated the wound with a cleansing solution (probably betadine in sterile water), debrided any nonviable tissue and removed anything foreign (like the piece of cloth) from the wound, then gave himself a massive dose of antibiotics to prevent infection while he kept going.
This was a movie I’ve heard about but never seen, and probably wouldn’t have watched any other reactions to it. This was great. I guess it’s the power of Frank’s insight and his entertainment value.
Lol I had the exact same “Is that his daughter? . . . Definitely not his daughter.” moment 😂 As far as Anton’s wound care, it seems pretty legit, as far as movie-medicine usually goes lol He mixed Hydrogen Peroxide into that large bottle of saline to cleanse the wound (we don’t recommend using Hydrogen Peroxide for wound cleansing anymore, but this was the 70’s.) he injected Lidocaine around the wound site as a local anesthetic. They don’t show the label for the last injection. I would guess it’s either an antibiotic, or he gave himself a large dose of lidocaine for more pain relief.
She looked so much younger than him so I'm sure a lot of us felt that in the moment😆😆 I'm reading your comment and I'm like "dang are you a doctor or a nurse or something" lol I want to be close to wherever you are when the apocalypse starts haha
@@FrankFreezy_ lol I’m a nurse. But I work in hospice, so not the best for emergencies. Gotta be choosy about which type of healthcare worker you want near you during the apocalypse. I’m also a slow runner 😆
I l9ved your reaction to this movie. Your calm nature and sooth8ng voice are perfect to react to this movie, perfect combination, matches so well. I would not be surprised if this movie will stay with you for a long time, perhaps it might even end up.as among one of your favorites. 😊
The way the sheriff knows that if he takes ONE more step into the motel room, it's over. That's why it's called No Country for Old Men. He simply did NOT wanna die that way.
The Coen brothers are brilliant film makers. They have a wide range of film making styles but there's an unmistakable Coen-esque quality to them all. There are a couple of their movies that don't quite hit for me but generally I love them, and Burn After Reading (with Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich...) is my very favorite. I also love Hail, Caesar! (also with Josh Brolin) and Intolerable Cruelty (with George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones). Joel Coen produced and directed Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in The Tragedy of Macbeth, which was fantastic. This is a great adaptation of the novel No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. I read it after seeing the movie and it's one of the few times the book and movie are almost exactly the same. Several other of his books have been made into movies as well.
The Cohen Brothers followed the book very closely when making the movie. So many lines pulled directly from the page. The coin toss in the convenience store happened just as it did in the book and it’s WILD! Edit: a great next film for you if you like crime movies, Heat. De Niro and Pacino man, such a good movie.
also to remember, llewelyn wasnt killed by anton thats why his death was so abrupt the cartel that chased him before had a battle with him, killed him then continued fighting the cops down the road
Bro I just watched this movie 2 days ago and it was really unsettling.. then I saw you reacted to it and was so excited. I love your reactions and I think you broke down the movie perfectly ❤️ keep up the content brother
Some people were upset with the ending, but it was exactly the same in the book. The whole point of the story is that things don't go as planned. And as an audience we wanted an ending that answered all of our questions, or certain characters got what they deserved. But that's not real life, life doesn't finish stories in a perfect way. Just like that car accidence, totally random. Brilliant film in every way.
When i first saw it at the cinema people outside were all talking about the ending being bizarre...but everyone loved it. Not often the bad guy gets away in movies. The loose end for me was who took the drugs from the back of the truck ? Did Anton get away with the drugs but not the cash ? Well deserved oscar for best actor. That scene in the gas station with the old guy and coin toss was chilling. Superb.
You did a very nice job with this one. Keep up the great work..👍 (edit) Loved your comment about "subversion of expectations." Pretty much sums up the entire movie.
I think a general theme of the movie is about showing the chaotic/random nature of the universe. We want good things to happen, but sometimes bad things just happen. We want to win the coin toss, but you're bound to lose just as much as you win. The same way that Chigurh said he got there the same way that the coin did, so did the car that hit him at the end. You never expect to get in a car crash when you leave home. It just happens. Getting in the way of Chigurh is like being caught in a storm. It's a chaotic force of nature that can be destructive, and it doesn't spare anyone caught in its path.
Javier Bardem was in another great movie "Biutiful" where he plays a nice fellow. great actor, and very good movie that seems to have been forgotten today ;-/.
23:47 a little history, yeah border security was super laxed back in the 20th century. After 9/11 border security bumped up to an intense degree. It’s pretty interesting.
For the hotel scene, when Anton looks like he’s right behind the door, I think the point of that scene is to show the sheriff realizing he’s done with the job. His hesitation and imagination of this unseen evil being behind the door was the final straw. The money box being gone from the vent is proof Anton came and went. As for the end, after watching this movie like 5 times, I love it. I don’t know know what else there is to wrap up. Does Anton getting arrested or dying on screen really feel fitting? We saw he does his medical care himself so it’s likely he’ll die or get himself caught soon. Ed is now retired and it's a beautiful ending that shows so much emotion. In the same abrubt ending to the story that Ed experienced (he never even knew what Anton looked like), we're done with the story too.
I really like your tail on the hotel scene. That was on moment he knew he was done. I liked him so much I was praying he didn't go inside, because I told Anton was still inside. Maybe seen Anton meet his end or get arrested or would have been satisfying in a sense. But him just walking away and life continuing seems to really fit the vibe and overall message of the movie
I love stories that don't "complete" everything! It's just the telling of a story, but the people that remain still go on once the story that's being told is done. There's no "neat and tidy" endings, except from the Hollywood "tropes" that you were talking about, so this is more realistic. Nice reaction. x
I feel you. Especially in a story this well written. The characters seem so alive and real. So you have this feeling that the story is going on before and after you watched it
Very good and insightful reaction. One of the best I’ve seen on this movie. Except, you’d be wise to remember that taking the Lord’s name in vain is far more dangerous than the villain in this movie. Check out the third of the 10 Commandments. Regular cussing is just kind of goofy, if you feel like you have to. It has less repercussions into eternity. Thanks for the reaction.
@@FrankFreezy_ Hard to choose love em all. The most popular are probably Fargo ,big lebowski, o brother where art thou; and raising Arizona so check those out. I’ve seen literally their whole filmography hard to choose, my favorite might be a serious man tho. Cheers.
If you read any cormac mccarthy books or listen to his interviews about this story, you'll understand that the whole movie is being told at the table at the end with the sheriff. To the sheriff antons, the cause of all evil, he isn't real, but he can't rationalize the world becoming "bad" even though he can come to terms that the glorified past was just as bad.
Frank, I'd suggest Drive if you liked this style crime thriller. It's got everything, good writing, great character's, great action with surprising heart behind it all.. but unlike this one, a satisfying ending. ❤️😎👍💯🔥
The off-screen death is to make a point that in movies, there is a hero who wins against a villain. But in reality, someone might think they're the hero of their own life, but sometimes bad unexpected things happen to you that you can't control. It's the same with the random people who meet Chigurh by chance and get killed, or the mom who get cancer or the story of the cattle killer who gets shot by a ricochet trying to kill a steer. I think the final car crash was more subverting the expected. We think Chigurh might be an incarnation of death, killing people at random. But even he is affected by the chance of a car running through a stoplight. I liked your reaction, but constantly looking at bottom of screen is a bad look. There's no need to read a movie unless it's a foreign language.
Indeed. I love that he as well is subjected to chance. Just so you know some of my audience have disabilities, some are deaf. That is why I always put the subtitle. They have told me countless times how the appreciate me using subtitles for that reason. So something that might be a bad look for you, is extremely helpful to some others.
@@FrankFreezy_ That's fine that the subtitles are there, but you don't have to be constantly reading instead of reacting to the acting and scenes... unless you yourself have hearing problems.
I love a lot of the Coen stuff, and I recommend The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. I think it's underappreciated by people taking it at face value instead of looking at some of the deeper meanings like there are in this movie.
This movie is a lot of things but what is least important, is the various plot lines throughout, many of which are left unfinished. The Sheriff is the old man in the title. The title is from a line of a poem called ‘Sailing To Byzantium.’ It’s all very existential, an old man trying to come to terms with his own mortality, fleeing a country where he no longer fits in, and no longer understands the youth of the day. Anton and his coin are tied in with ideas of freewill and determinism. I personally believe Anton thinks he works for The Fates (Greek Mythology}. When he is surprised by the station owner having “married into it,” Anton’s talking about marrying into the coin toss, not the station ownership. Anton is surprised by how long the current coin toss moment was preordained by the Fates. There’s a lot more going on in this film involving foundation myths, Vietnam and the CIA, and even the Aeneid, but I gotta bring a dying man a milk jug full of water. Thanks for making videos eh.
I personally think it was the doorknob. I think that's why the movie emphasized on the damage the doorknob made on the wall when the sheriff first went to llewellyn's house
@@FrankFreezy_ I'm with the OP... he was shot. The lock hit him in the chest and hurt like hell but he was gunshot clean through. Chigurh caught him with that last shot before he ducked around the corner. If you watch the scene at a quarter speed you can see him exit that window with a clean shirt. He also grimaces and checks the wound right after he clears the corner.
Happy I've found your channel man; you've a thoughtful take I appreciate. Regarding your liking crime-mysteries of late; would love to see ya watch Sicario if you've not yet seen it - it stars Josh Brolin also.
saw your reaction to The Sixth Sense - so full respect to you Sir. No County is full on about "you yourself - your limitations - be honest with yourself - if outmatched then except - i.e. Humility. i.e.a Be Humble - Tommy Lee jones was and lived, Lew was not - even ahd 2 chances - 1st was to call the police (save the gut shot mexican and lose the money) - second chance was give your life to "sugar" to save your "wife" - instead he chose the money over the mex guy (ya he had a conscience - 10 hours later - lol - so could absolve himself when he returned seeing the guy was now dead and he still had the money - lol............too little too late per the moral compass) - FACT. and second "chance" Lew let his price rule over his humility - unlike Tommy Lee Jones - and it cost him his life and his "wifes" life too. Coen Brother Films are tops: Check out their FIRST Film (completely forgotten today - NO Reactors to it (and their Second best movie): BLOOD SIMPLE their best is FARGO third best is the one you are reacting too............. BTW Coen Bros made 10-ish other fab movies. Barton Fink is one like Blood Simple (utterly forgotten - but one of their BEST - "Mad man Munt"..................."because YOU DONT LISTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" 2 cents.
In my opinion, the creepiest scene with Anton Suguar was in the very first scene with him. He gets arrested and when he's sitting in the back of the cop car all you see is the black silhouette of him and his crazy looking haircut. That was creepy.
@FrankFreezy_ ohh okay, I thought I was blind hahaha that's great, I'm excited to hear your thoughts on that one! Appreciate the work y'all do in editing hell. 🙏
You should check out some of the 1970's new Hollywood films. The neo-noirs, Chinatown and The Long Goodbye or the Peckinpah action thriller The Getaway. This film owes a lot to that era.
Man I fkin love this movie. I have odd taste some may think but it’s my top 10 for sure. Tombstone, goodfellas, gladiator and the departed, true detective 1, all in there as well, along with a few horror movies my brain can’t remember.. to everyone who didn’t ask you’re welcome 😂..
The movie grows on you with each rewatch. The first time I was disappointed that hero dies off screen and the villain get away at the end. This is because the main theme of the movie is the randomness of death. Unlike in the movies a good person has as much chance at dying as a bad. We have no control over the time and cause of our demise.
@@FrankFreezy_ What I like is the movie is open to interpretation. My take away you should still live by a code and do the right thing, everyone dies eventually might as well live life the right way regardless of the out come.
I'll never understand how people can have such a weird mind like the psycho in this movie. Btw the white on that painting behind you looks like something else 😄 Great reaction though as always 👍
This is such a great movie and this reaction was so good. A slightly out of the box suggestion…if you like mysteries then I suggest “Knives Out” and its sequel, “Glass Onion”. Both are fantastic mystery movies with great characters, great story and great acting. But, they are both quirky and funny.
Hey brother. I love ur reactions im with you on all the feels. I asked you on a diff video where u were from because i barely hear any accent and im realizing it was a dick move on my part. Its none of my business. Also if i wasnt taking care of my disabled mom and go broke every week id buy some of you art, its top notch wish i could contribute. Keep up tje good work
Carla Jean reverse groomed Moss in the books, he was like 36 and she was 16 when they met. She said it was love at first sight and she romantically chased him for years until they got married when she was like 19 or 20 I can’t remember.
I really thought when Woody Harrison came on the scene Anton Chiguhr would meet his match. Nope, very anticlimactic but still brilliant. Same with Tommy Lee jones, yet this is what the Cohen brothers do. Break stability of expectation in films.
I guess here are my 2 cents even so its probably pointless to write this at this point but here goes me rumbleling. The movie is a great thought for a dime for A the general western fans that where flabbergasting about the hero winning while B making a pointiant criticism on peoples mindsets about mixing up their personal reality with the truth . Which is things outside of your control will happen and C each character representing a part of this Truth. Plenty of people analysed this movie to death but in a short and my personal take. The MC ,Hero Llewelyn. He is the classical Western protag. He has a classical code and a sense for justice as understood by Modern audiences. He is capable and a general good guy and didnt loose his morals. Then there is chigurh. Classical Antagonist cold, calculated , efficient. He does whatever he needs to do to get what he wants but he clearly operates on the same principle. The wind blows and he rides it. As evil as he appears to be he has a code that seems through the movie as the correct way to follow as he gets what he wants.Yet his way while claiming it is the right is certainly not fool proof. The Sheriff. Tom Bell. First he appears the odd one out. usually the sheriff in such westerns assists the main character or is first opposed to them. a Side character. But this movie twists this. Per definition the sheriff seems to be closest to the definition of a Protagonist which is odd because if you would compare it to personal feeling the cowboy "should" be but he isnt. He also ressembles another way besides Anton or Llewelyn. His talk with his father about vanity and about his dream reveal the clarity of this harsh world. While anton is essentially this cold harshness and embraces it and Llewelyn is fully opposing it to a Fantastival degree completely banking on his Will being "right"; the answer is a more subtle one. One that is perfectly in junction with the last conversation the wife had with anton. by all accounts one could describe him not just as an insane man and her a grieving woman in a difficult conversation but, most importantly; a Truth. A Truth about choice(The coin has no say , its just you). but also about inevitability (The coin got here the same way i did) People always have trouble fully understanding Anton but i dare say he is the most reasonable based on his principles. You can see multiple times in this movie how there are windmills. one is functional and can be turned. the other is broken and so turns to where ever the wind blows. The latter perfectly shows antons mindset. The cowboy doesnt just win. The stars dont just allign for one person . The cartel he stole that money from still wanted it back and they send a dozen of people. Llewelyn cant just magicly fight them all off if he isnt prepped and even then. Miracles dont happen for all of us. This whole story to me is a wake up call for people who do nothing but escape reality and never learned to live in it in a sense. But , the story doesnt tell you to just give up. i think some people called the sheriffs way the Torch. you pass it on from the next generation because you know reality is a harsh mistress. That is also why the movie certainly feels open ended. Thats just life. The story of Life.
most folks like to think life is "in my control" (Pride?) but the fact is a large part of life is random - just like the coin and the car crash. such is life. ;-/. for good or bad, it just is.............to a large degree random.
That is no country for old men. The young In one another's arms, birds in the trees, -Those dying generations-at their song, The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas, Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long Whatever is begotten, born, and dies. Caught in that sensual music all neglect Monuments of unageing intellect. An aged man is but a paltry thing, A tattered coat upon a stick, unless Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing For every tatter in its mortal dress, Nor is there singing school but studying Monuments of its own magnificence; And therefore I have sailed the seas and come To the holy city of Byzantium. W.B. Yeats, 'Sailing to Byzantium'; half of it. I'd give you the other half, but I reckon you need to work for it just a little bit.
The way I see the ending is Carla Jean is Chigurgh's final murder; after this, he's finished, never to be seen or spoken of again. Normally Chigurgh would've _never_ been caught off guard by that random vehicle t-boning him; but what Carla said "The Coin don't have no say, *it's just you"* actually disturbed him. Everyone else begged and was a victim, but she refused to play his game. And it is just a game. There on the road with bone sticking out of his arm, he has no words for those kids, no plan, no ultimatum; he's just a hurt old man.
The villain, Anton Chigurh, thinks he is the embodiment of fate and chance. That’s why he talks to multiple people about the path that led them to meeting him. The end shows though that he is just a man that is subject to the same chance everyone else is as he gets into a car accident that could get him caught. This happens right after Carla challenges his ideology as well by refusing to call the coin flip and placing the responsibility solely on him.
"Dog lovers aren't going to like this movie." I hate that people turn dogs into weapons, whether it's the military, cops, or anyone else. It's just taking advantage of an animal that doesn't know better and intentionally putting it in harm's way. But that's pretty much the least amount of harm that's done during this film.
Training a dog to attack is like giving a child a knife and teaching them they have to stab anyone you say. It's a disgusting abuse of authority over a dependant being.
It took me a long time to realize that Josh Brolin is the B-plot. The real main character is Anton and the "antagonist" is Tommy Lee Jones, or the reverse if you prefer to not have the evil character be the main character. Such a good movie. That year had a bunch of amazing films. You could just watch all the 2008 Oscar nominees that were along side this movie and be well served.
I like the sound of that. Even though Josh Brolin had the most screen time and was taught to be the antagonist. It was the other two And I think I'm going to do that. I'm going to look up 2008 Oscar nominees and see what gems I find
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You should react to Hell or High Water. Another Fantastic Movie
I find that Anton’s last interaction with the kids in the street is very interesting.
It shows how money and greed affects men. These children are young and innocent, they are purely worried about Anton’s well-being and would literally give him “the shirt off their backs” completely free and no charge. Anton’s methodical and transactional thinking as well as his hard exterior refuses him to take the shirt without payment to the children, possibly because he wants to exist without burden of cosmic debts (especially considering the complete random reckoning he just experienced with the crash). But once the cash is given to the children it immediately creates conflict and they are fighting over money that they weren’t even expecting before.
I think it’s a great analogy that relates to the overall themes of the movie. There are a lot of events in this movie that are transactional in nature and represent a “give and take” throughout the universe.
Oh that's good. I like that a lot. I love how nothing in this movie is without meaning
Great explanation, didn’t catch much of this even after several watches. Definitely the connection between this scene and Brolin’s character paying for the jacket earlier stuck with me though
@@matthewlennon6289 100% a good catch about the jacket transaction. Even the most famous scene from this movie is a transaction, the gas station scene. I think a lot of it relates to how men think they can pay for the consequences of their actions through cash. Or how money can absolve someone of their wrong doings and responsibilities. Even Anton flips a coin to decide the fate of his victims. None of this would have ever happened if Llywelyn didn’t find that money.
@@OX3YMORONor if llewlyn wouldve found the tracker sooner and have someone else dump it off somewhere out of state to waste antons time
yeah the car crash was a "cosmic reckoning" because he obviously killed Carla Jean even though she wouldn't play by the rules and call the coin toss. the coin toss is his way out of those kinds of dicey situations where he feels like he has/wants to kill someone but he also knows they are innocent. (the gas attendant was the other example; he wanted to kill him because he was nosey and he "married into" his job, which Chigur saw as dishonorable). Carla Jean arguably hurt Chigur the most of any of his adversaries.. because she shook his faith and made him doubt his psychotic worldview.
Fun fact: Anton Chigurh is the most accurate depiction of a psychopath in film history, a group of psychiatrists watched 400 films over 3 years and he was deemed the most accurate depiction of a psychopath in cinema history, and the ironic thing is, Javier Bardem (the actor who plays Anton) is a really kind man and absolutely hates violence, and yet he played a psychopath so perfectly
That is just incredible
the lack of closure demonstrates how life isnt like a western movie. Heros dont always win. bad guys get away. The chance of death is always around the corner. and its always been like that. Great reaction btw
There are video essay that explained it far better than i did. i suggest giving them a chance as it allows you to appreciate how incredible this film is.
Don't worry - literally everyone is surprised by the ending of this film. It was however a brilliant movie. I've rewatched it about a dozen times. It never gets old.
I hear that. A rewatch of this movie would be so fun
If you haven't already and you like the movie that much you should read the novel. It's not boring or anything if you've already seen the movie, it just adds to it :)
Lady withholding "that information" stood on business & with a mad-dog state while she did it.
Anton walked away like.... "Alright, ma'am. Damn."
touche.
Anton cleaned his wound, disinfected it, injected a painkiller, removed the bullet fragment(s), and sutured it back up. Most likely he (like the other main characters) was a war vet, and maybe had basic combat medical training.
That makes a lot of sense. Thanks
Anton in the books was just like John wick on steroids. He just knows everything about killing and preventing death
“Hell or High Water” is the kind of neo-Western crime drama you’re looking for. It’s a very satisfying movie with great actors with a great story. Highly recommend!
Such a great movie.
Ben Foster is wildly underrated. He's fantastic in so many things.
@@LordVolkovI'll always remember him from Get Over It. So happy he moved on from teen rom coms
@@lavinder11 I first took him seriously as an actor after Alpha Dog. He's phenomenal and I've gained a better appreciation of his earlier work since.
Thanks for recommending. Just added it to my list
They invented the shotgun silencer for the movie. It didn't exist before that.
damn thats crazy
This is the Coen brothers. You mentioned several times how much you loved the dialogue, you have great taste sir! They are amazing script writers. Please watch all of their greats, you won't regret it.
The Big Lebowski, O Brother Where Art Thou, Raising Arizona, Burn After Reading....it goes on and on. Their movies span every genre and all of them have brilliant dialogue.
Love your reactions, keep doing what you do!
You should check out True Grit (also with Josh Brolin). It has wonderful dialogue, but the dialogue is based on the speech pattern of the old west.
It's SO good.
Thanks for your recommendation
@@FrankFreezy_ Just don't expect to see much of Josh...he's not on screen for much. The real stars of True Grit are Jeff Bridges (oscar-worthy performance), Matt Damon and a young girl who jump-started a film career with this, her first role.
"And then I woke up...."
To me that was the cold splash of truth and reality realized in the mind of the Sheriff, ironically in a dream of all things. His father in the dream tries to beat back the dark and the loneliness and cold by starting a fire, while the Sheriff is older, worn down, burn out. HE wakes up without resolution of the dream.
There is no justice, there is no triumphant victory over all evil and darkness., no afterlife of happiness. Life just goes on, while we try to hold on to what we have left after losing so much, "putting a tourniquet on it" like the cousin pointed out, some losing more than others, some more ignorant than others.
This movie is such a beautifully pained love letter to america/americana ideology, scars and all, framed in the setting of the darkness of man vs the tenacity of man, with tommy lee jones as the unwilling witness to its evolution.. i think this film is one of the most important american films of all time.
This is one of the best reaction/commentary videos I've seen.
That means a lot man. I appreciate it. Thanks for watching.
The way Anton flips a coin to decide whether people live or die, it seems pretty clear that he thinks of himself as a god, or at the very least as a superior predator while ordinary humans with ethics and emotions are sheep. The car crash at the end is his reminder that he's not a deity and he's just as frail as his victims. It's the universe giving him a little comeuppance and reminding him that he is also subject to the whims of chance and sudden misfortune.
ouuu I loved reading this comment. Yes that car crash really put him in his place and showed him he's just like everyone else
I see what you’re saying. I would offer that while he does see himself as separate from humanity in some way, I don’t think this means he feels he is superior. If he did, he would go out of his way to chase down or torture innocent people for fun. Instead, he acts like nature, like the universe itself- he is ambivalent. Things can go either way at the flip of a coin or the drop of a hat, and that’s just like life. Sometimes you get lucky, sometimes you don’t, and despite what you think, you’re never truly in control, and there’s nobody out there waiting for you to light fires in the dark to guide or comfort you. You’re just on your own. The villain in this film doesn’t seem angry. He doesn’t have an axe to grind or an agenda. He just does what he does. Just like life.
@@butkusfan23 yes, this is it. He represents Nature, which is totally ambivalent towards man. Not fueled by any creed, or morals, or feelings. Pure, blind, chance. But his guard does go down here or there - when he’s confronted by the wife, for instance. You can see that he *is* doing this out of some kind of mutant ethical pride. He is after all, only a man. And so he dies like a man.
@@butkusfan23 Theres a lot of things that I see myself as above. I dont go out and torture those things for fun. What is wrong with you?
It's not so much that, as he has given himself to fate, even deciding another's life on the flip of a coin.
Anton Chigurh gives himself an injection of an anesthetic, this is a method of local anesthesia that is widely practiced in surgery, usually a solution of novocaine or lidocaine. I myself have repeatedly used this when I was doing piercings or when, at the request of someone, I was treating scars or wounds at home. But I don’t recommend doing this without a license, practice and the ability to document everything. Inaccurate use of medical anesthetics can lead to anaphylactic shock in humans, which can be fatal.
I didn't know what I thought about the movie the first time I watched it. Years later and a dozen viewings, it might be my single favorite film.
You see Sheriff Bell telling the story about the bolt Anton is using. Somewhere down there, part of him is trying to make that connection. In a more traditional movie, he would, and it would give him the information he needs to swoop in and help Moss fend off Anton. But Bell is old, tired. He doesn't get there.
And anyway, Moss isn't the main character, Bell is. This story is about Bell reaching the point that he can't continue. The movie lets us think Moss is the center of the story, but why the sudden end to his part works (for me) is because he never really was. He's not the one narrating, after all.
This movie is a classic Its just is what it is. Because im from Texas i can appreciate the authentic accents.
I sincerely enjoyed your reaction to this brilliant movie. I really dig your tone of voice and your insights. Subbed!
thank you thank you. That makes me happy. Thanks for subbing
If you liked this, Check out There Will Be Blood from the same year by Paul Thomas Anderson. Daniel Day-Lewis won best actor for that that year and it has a similar vibe to this film.
I will absolutely check it out. Thanks for recommending.
What's cool is they were both filmed at the same time in the same location.
@@GreenBayPack that's so freaking wild
@@FrankFreezy_ we need reaction to there will be blood. its a masterpiece.
There Will Be Blood is one of my favorite movies ever and PTA is my favorite director🙏🙏🙏thank you for this recommendation 💜💜💜
You’ll also notice you realized there was a lot of silence but also there’s not a single song in the movie.. extremely rare
my favorite movie of all time
It's so good. Did you do a reaction to it? If so I'm going to go watch it ASAP
I think this movie takes place in the 70s when there was almost no border security, but even now you can walk from the US border into Mexico through an official boarder crossing and not be checked at all 99% of the time. It's only coming back from Mexico to the US that you are checked heavily.
1980, I think. Chugurr makes a statement about the date when he's coin flipping with the gas station attendant ... I think you gotta do the math 🪙📆
@@Laurie-xu6fo could be, I didn't catch that and am just going off the style.
Story takes place in 1980
RIP Cormac McCarthy
I’m glad you picked up on the silence of this film. My first time watching I was so engrossed I never realized there was no music until the mariachi band started playing. It’s insane the way they subvert the traditional 3 act structure of most films here. Having the balls as a writer to kill off your protagonist off screen and the script just keeps rolling with it… this movie is such a hallmark of cinema. 10/10 modern classic
Absolutely. I had no idea there was no music until after the movie when someone told me on patreon. Then it made sense why the movie was so quiet. Absolutely loved it. And yes that three act structure it was severely subverted. But I tried to appreciate it for what it was. Such a good one
One of my favorite films of all time. Enjoyed your reaction.
At the time this movie was made Kelly Macdonald who played Carla Jean the wife of Moss she was zlready 31 years old. Josh Brolin was about 37. Teir age difference is pretty believable for a couple. She just looks younger than her real age which has been true for the entire career of this actress. Even now at age 48 she looks she is still in her late 30s. She was always a very youthful looking person.
I think the movie is an exploration of Choice and Chaos coming up against each other, and Chaos -- Nihilism -- winning. The whole narrative structure lets us experience that tragic pointlessness.
Very true
What Chigurh did, in a medical sense, was provide standard care for a wound. He rinsed away the blood in the tub so he could see what he was working with, irrigated the wound with a cleansing solution (probably betadine in sterile water), debrided any nonviable tissue and removed anything foreign (like the piece of cloth) from the wound, then gave himself a massive dose of antibiotics to prevent infection while he kept going.
Thank you so so much for that very detailed explanation
This was a movie I’ve heard about but never seen, and probably wouldn’t have watched any other reactions to it. This was great. I guess it’s the power of Frank’s insight and his entertainment value.
High compliments my friend. I appreciate you.
Lol I had the exact same “Is that his daughter? . . . Definitely not his daughter.” moment 😂
As far as Anton’s wound care, it seems pretty legit, as far as movie-medicine usually goes lol
He mixed Hydrogen Peroxide into that large bottle of saline to cleanse the wound (we don’t recommend using Hydrogen Peroxide for wound cleansing anymore, but this was the 70’s.) he injected Lidocaine around the wound site as a local anesthetic. They don’t show the label for the last injection. I would guess it’s either an antibiotic, or he gave himself a large dose of lidocaine for more pain relief.
She looked so much younger than him so I'm sure a lot of us felt that in the moment😆😆
I'm reading your comment and I'm like "dang are you a doctor or a nurse or something" lol
I want to be close to wherever you are when the apocalypse starts haha
@@FrankFreezy_ lol I’m a nurse. But I work in hospice, so not the best for emergencies. Gotta be choosy about which type of healthcare worker you want near you during the apocalypse. I’m also a slow runner 😆
This Film Is A Rorschach Test. What Ever You Have In Yourself Is What You See In This Movie
I l9ved your reaction to this movie. Your calm nature and sooth8ng voice are perfect to react to this movie, perfect combination, matches so well. I would not be surprised if this movie will stay with you for a long time, perhaps it might even end up.as among one of your favorites. 😊
Its refreshing to.watch someone react to a movie that isn't almost brain dead.
The way the sheriff knows that if he takes ONE more step into the motel room, it's over. That's why it's called No Country for Old Men. He simply did NOT wanna die that way.
The Coen brothers are brilliant film makers. They have a wide range of film making styles but there's an unmistakable Coen-esque quality to them all. There are a couple of their movies that don't quite hit for me but generally I love them, and Burn After Reading (with Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Frances McDormand, Tilda Swinton, John Malkovich...) is my very favorite. I also love Hail, Caesar! (also with Josh Brolin) and Intolerable Cruelty (with George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones). Joel Coen produced and directed Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand in The Tragedy of Macbeth, which was fantastic.
This is a great adaptation of the novel No Country For Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. I read it after seeing the movie and it's one of the few times the book and movie are almost exactly the same. Several other of his books have been made into movies as well.
I appreciate all this info and the recommendations.
If you want good westerns you should definitely watch unforgiven with Clint Eastwood
Thanks for putting that on my radar
The Cohen Brothers followed the book very closely when making the movie. So many lines pulled directly from the page. The coin toss in the convenience store happened just as it did in the book and it’s WILD!
Edit: a great next film for you if you like crime movies, Heat. De Niro and Pacino man, such a good movie.
It's almost word for word. I was so surprised when I finally read the book.
also to remember, llewelyn wasnt killed by anton thats why his death was so abrupt the cartel that chased him before had a battle with him, killed him then continued fighting the cops down the road
True. The fact that it was a random that killed him was so unexpected
Tommy Lee Jones played "Two-Face" in Batman Forever, a psychopathic killer who uses a coin toss to decide whether or not to kill people
I completely forgot that he did lol!
“Said he knew he was going to hell, be there in about 15 minutes.. what an opener.
Bro I just watched this movie 2 days ago and it was really unsettling.. then I saw you reacted to it and was so excited. I love your reactions and I think you broke down the movie perfectly ❤️ keep up the content brother
one thing that strikes me with this movie is the lack of soundtrack, there’s very minimal music in the movie and it just makes it hit harder
Some people were upset with the ending, but it was exactly the same in the book. The whole point of the story is that things don't go as planned. And as an audience we wanted an ending that answered all of our questions, or certain characters got what they deserved. But that's not real life, life doesn't finish stories in a perfect way. Just like that car accidence, totally random. Brilliant film in every way.
Yep. You end up rooting for Llewelen who seems to be a good guy, but forget that he inserted himself into the crime by taking that dirty 🤑
When i first saw it at the cinema people outside were all talking about the ending being bizarre...but everyone loved it. Not often the bad guy gets away in movies.
The loose end for me was who took the drugs from the back of the truck ? Did Anton get away with the drugs but not the cash ?
Well deserved oscar for best actor. That scene in the gas station with the old guy and coin toss was chilling. Superb.
You did a very nice job with this one. Keep up the great work..👍
(edit) Loved your comment about "subversion of expectations." Pretty much sums up the entire movie.
Thank you. Appreciate it.
The novel by Cormac McCarthy is great too.
I love how the Sheriff always eats his eggs with sliced tomatoes , it goes so good with runny eggs
I think a general theme of the movie is about showing the chaotic/random nature of the universe. We want good things to happen, but sometimes bad things just happen. We want to win the coin toss, but you're bound to lose just as much as you win. The same way that Chigurh said he got there the same way that the coin did, so did the car that hit him at the end. You never expect to get in a car crash when you leave home. It just happens. Getting in the way of Chigurh is like being caught in a storm. It's a chaotic force of nature that can be destructive, and it doesn't spare anyone caught in its path.
I really like that perspective
Javier Bardem was in another great movie
"Biutiful"
where he plays a nice fellow.
great actor, and very good movie that seems to have been forgotten today ;-/.
And there's no music to distract us. The movie the acting is the star.
This is true
I like your art collection
Thank you very much😄
23:47 a little history, yeah border security was super laxed back in the 20th century. After 9/11 border security bumped up to an intense degree. It’s pretty interesting.
Flying used to be fun; now, it kinda sux
For the hotel scene, when Anton looks like he’s right behind the door, I think the point of that scene is to show the sheriff realizing he’s done with the job. His hesitation and imagination of this unseen evil being behind the door was the final straw. The money box being gone from the vent is proof Anton came and went.
As for the end, after watching this movie like 5 times, I love it. I don’t know know what else there is to wrap up. Does Anton getting arrested or dying on screen really feel fitting? We saw he does his medical care himself so it’s likely he’ll die or get himself caught soon. Ed is now retired and it's a beautiful ending that shows so much emotion. In the same abrubt ending to the story that Ed experienced (he never even knew what Anton looked like), we're done with the story too.
I really like your tail on the hotel scene. That was on moment he knew he was done. I liked him so much I was praying he didn't go inside, because I told Anton was still inside.
Maybe seen Anton meet his end or get arrested or would have been satisfying in a sense. But him just walking away and life continuing seems to really fit the vibe and overall message of the movie
One of my favorite crime thrillers is The Departed (directed by Martin Scorsese) I would love to see you react to it
Thanks for putting that on my radar
Highly recommend Fargo!! It’s the same directors and it has even more personality. If you like this you’ll love Fargo!
I love stories that don't "complete" everything! It's just the telling of a story, but the people that remain still go on once the story that's being told is done. There's no "neat and tidy" endings, except from the Hollywood "tropes" that you were talking about, so this is more realistic. Nice reaction. x
I feel you. Especially in a story this well written. The characters seem so alive and real. So you have this feeling that the story is going on before and after you watched it
You would enjoy the Cormac McCarthy novel, the screenplay is based on.
Very good and insightful reaction. One of the best I’ve seen on this movie. Except, you’d be wise to remember that taking the Lord’s name in vain is far more dangerous than the villain in this movie. Check out the third of the 10 Commandments. Regular cussing is just kind of goofy, if you feel like you have to. It has less repercussions into eternity.
Thanks for the reaction.
The movie was like real life, you usually don't get a concise ending with a tied bow on top, things just end and there is a lot of randomness to it.
i hate this reasoning of life. It implies a lack of responsibility, but such is democracy i suppose
@@Wetcamerainc People still have consequences for their actions but not everything is in their hands.
He still out there. Scary
Please do more coen bros movies
I looked at their catalog and there are some really interesting movies there. Which ones are your favorite?
@@FrankFreezy_ Hard to choose love em all. The most popular are probably Fargo ,big lebowski, o brother where art thou; and raising Arizona so check those out. I’ve seen literally their whole filmography hard to choose, my favorite might be a serious man tho. Cheers.
@@perry7777 Oh Brother, True Grit, and The Big Lebowski are all great, as are many others.
If you read any cormac mccarthy books or listen to his interviews about this story, you'll understand that the whole movie is being told at the table at the end with the sheriff. To the sheriff antons, the cause of all evil, he isn't real, but he can't rationalize the world becoming "bad" even though he can come to terms that the glorified past was just as bad.
Frank, I'd suggest Drive if you liked this style crime thriller. It's got everything, good writing, great character's, great action with surprising heart behind it all.. but unlike this one, a satisfying ending. ❤️😎👍💯🔥
I might definitely need to check that out. It's the one above the stuntman right?
@@FrankFreezy_ It's the one with Ryan Gosling, Brian Cranston from Bad.. quite a few other notable actors.
The off-screen death is to make a point that in movies, there is a hero who wins against a villain. But in reality, someone might think they're the hero of their own life, but sometimes bad unexpected things happen to you that you can't control. It's the same with the random people who meet Chigurh by chance and get killed, or the mom who get cancer or the story of the cattle killer who gets shot by a ricochet trying to kill a steer. I think the final car crash was more subverting the expected. We think Chigurh might be an incarnation of death, killing people at random. But even he is affected by the chance of a car running through a stoplight.
I liked your reaction, but constantly looking at bottom of screen is a bad look. There's no need to read a movie unless it's a foreign language.
Indeed. I love that he as well is subjected to chance.
Just so you know some of my audience have disabilities, some are deaf. That is why I always put the subtitle. They have told me countless times how the appreciate me using subtitles for that reason. So something that might be a bad look for you, is extremely helpful to some others.
@@FrankFreezy_ That's fine that the subtitles are there, but you don't have to be constantly reading instead of reacting to the acting and scenes... unless you yourself have hearing problems.
I love a lot of the Coen stuff, and I recommend The Ballad of Buster Scruggs. I think it's underappreciated by people taking it at face value instead of looking at some of the deeper meanings like there are in this movie.
This movie is a lot of things but what is least important, is the various plot lines throughout, many of which are left unfinished.
The Sheriff is the old man in the title. The title is from a line of a poem called ‘Sailing To Byzantium.’ It’s all very existential, an old man trying to come to terms with his own mortality, fleeing a country where he no longer fits in, and no longer understands the youth of the day.
Anton and his coin are tied in with ideas of freewill and determinism. I personally believe Anton thinks he works for The Fates (Greek Mythology}. When he is surprised by the station owner having “married into it,” Anton’s talking about marrying into the coin toss, not the station ownership. Anton is surprised by how long the current coin toss moment was preordained by the Fates.
There’s a lot more going on in this film involving foundation myths, Vietnam and the CIA, and even the Aeneid, but I gotta bring a dying man a milk jug full of water.
Thanks for making videos eh.
His wound wasn't from the doorknob hitting him. He got shot right before he ducked around that corner after he jumped out of the window.
I personally think it was the doorknob. I think that's why the movie emphasized on the damage the doorknob made on the wall when the sheriff first went to llewellyn's house
@@FrankFreezy_ I'm with the OP... he was shot. The lock hit him in the chest and hurt like hell but he was gunshot clean through. Chigurh caught him with that last shot before he ducked around the corner. If you watch the scene at a quarter speed you can see him exit that window with a clean shirt. He also grimaces and checks the wound right after he clears the corner.
@@FrankFreezy_ its just not though. Where the doorknob hits and the injury he has aren't even in the same area
Great reaction! There Will be Blood is another one you should check out!
Thank you. It's already on my list🕺🏾🕺🏾
Happy I've found your channel man; you've a thoughtful take I appreciate.
Regarding your liking crime-mysteries of late; would love to see ya watch Sicario if you've not yet seen it - it stars Josh Brolin also.
saw your reaction to The Sixth Sense - so full respect to you Sir.
No County is full on about "you yourself - your limitations - be honest with yourself - if outmatched then except - i.e. Humility. i.e.a Be Humble - Tommy Lee jones was and lived, Lew was not - even ahd 2 chances - 1st was to call the police (save the gut shot mexican and lose the money) - second chance was give your life to "sugar" to save your "wife" - instead he chose the money over the mex guy (ya he had a conscience - 10 hours later - lol - so could absolve himself when he returned seeing the guy was now dead and he still had the money - lol............too little too late per the moral compass) - FACT. and second "chance" Lew let his price rule over his humility - unlike Tommy Lee Jones - and it cost him his life and his "wifes" life too.
Coen Brother Films are tops:
Check out their FIRST Film (completely forgotten today - NO Reactors to it (and their Second best movie):
BLOOD SIMPLE
their best is FARGO
third best is the one you are reacting too.............
BTW Coen Bros made 10-ish other fab movies.
Barton Fink is one like Blood Simple (utterly forgotten - but one of their BEST - "Mad man Munt"..................."because YOU DONT LISTEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
2 cents.
Main characters name is Sugar. He's fierce
No soundtrack whatsoever.
Makes this movie even more special.
In my opinion, the creepiest scene with Anton Suguar was in the very first scene with him. He gets arrested and when he's sitting in the back of the cop car all you see is the black silhouette of him and his crazy looking haircut. That was creepy.
Did he say he watched Silence of the Lambs? I don't see it on the channel
Oh yes, I did and I loved it. Unfortunately it has just been in “editing hell” 😭 it should be on UA-cam in the next week
@FrankFreezy_ ohh okay, I thought I was blind hahaha that's great, I'm excited to hear your thoughts on that one! Appreciate the work y'all do in editing hell. 🙏
@@TestaRosssa_ 💜💜🙏🏾
The story ended up being about how it is to be a retiring deputy, even though these crimes are insane.
You should check out some of the 1970's new Hollywood films. The neo-noirs, Chinatown and The Long Goodbye or the Peckinpah action thriller The Getaway. This film owes a lot to that era.
Man I fkin love this movie. I have odd taste some may think but it’s my top 10 for sure. Tombstone, goodfellas, gladiator and the departed, true detective 1, all in there as well, along with a few horror movies my brain can’t remember.. to everyone who didn’t ask you’re welcome 😂..
We still need the whiplash reaction!!
I just watched it yesterday. Coming out soon
@@FrankFreezy_ one of my favorites of all time. Hope you enjoyed it brother!
@@loganwillett2835 now I see you why people say that movie is so great!
The movie grows on you with each rewatch. The first time I was disappointed that hero dies off screen and the villain get away at the end. This is because the main theme of the movie is the randomness of death. Unlike in the movies a good person has as much chance at dying as a bad. We have no control over the time and cause of our demise.
This is very true. Especially someone like Llewellyn that always goes out of his way to do the right thing. Still met a tragic end
@@FrankFreezy_ What I like is the movie is open to interpretation. My take away you should still live by a code and do the right thing, everyone dies eventually might as well live life the right way regardless of the out come.
@@petercofrancesco9812 facts
I'll never understand how people can have such a weird mind like the psycho in this movie. Btw the white on that painting behind you looks like something else 😄
Great reaction though as always 👍
This is such a great movie and this reaction was so good. A slightly out of the box suggestion…if you like mysteries then I suggest “Knives Out” and its sequel, “Glass Onion”. Both are fantastic mystery movies with great characters, great story and great acting. But, they are both quirky and funny.
Not out of the box at all. I absolutely love those two movies. I like that Knives Out was more serious, Glass Onion was hilarious but just as good
Hey brother. I love ur reactions im with you on all the feels. I asked you on a diff video where u were from because i barely hear any accent and im realizing it was a dick move on my part. Its none of my business. Also if i wasnt taking care of my disabled mom and go broke every week id buy some of you art, its top notch wish i could contribute. Keep up tje good work
Carla Jean reverse groomed Moss in the books, he was like 36 and she was 16 when they met. She said it was love at first sight and she romantically chased him for years until they got married when she was like 19 or 20 I can’t remember.
I really thought when Woody Harrison came on the scene Anton Chiguhr would meet his match. Nope, very anticlimactic but still brilliant. Same with Tommy Lee jones, yet this is what the Cohen brothers do. Break stability of expectation in films.
you should react to There Will Be Blood if you haven't already, it was made in the same area and year as No Country
Absolutely. It’s on my list.
I guess here are my 2 cents even so its probably pointless to write this at this point but here goes me rumbleling.
The movie is a great thought for a dime for A the general western fans that where flabbergasting about the hero winning while B making a pointiant criticism on peoples mindsets about mixing up their personal reality with the truth . Which is things outside of your control will happen and C each character representing a part of this Truth. Plenty of people analysed this movie to death but in a short and my personal take.
The MC ,Hero Llewelyn. He is the classical Western protag. He has a classical code and a sense for justice as understood by Modern audiences. He is capable and a general good guy and didnt loose his morals.
Then there is chigurh. Classical Antagonist cold, calculated , efficient. He does whatever he needs to do to get what he wants but he clearly operates on the same principle. The wind blows and he rides it. As evil as he appears to be he has a code that seems through the movie as the correct way to follow as he gets what he wants.Yet his way while claiming it is the right is certainly not fool proof.
The Sheriff. Tom Bell. First he appears the odd one out. usually the sheriff in such westerns assists the main character or is first opposed to them. a Side character. But this movie twists this. Per definition the sheriff seems to be closest to the definition of a Protagonist which is odd because if you would compare it to personal feeling the cowboy "should" be but he isnt. He also ressembles another way besides Anton or Llewelyn. His talk with his father about vanity and about his dream reveal the clarity of this harsh world. While anton is essentially this cold harshness and embraces it and Llewelyn is fully opposing it to a Fantastival degree completely banking on his Will being "right"; the answer is a more subtle one. One that is perfectly in junction with the last conversation the wife had with anton. by all accounts one could describe him not just as an insane man and her a grieving woman in a difficult conversation but, most importantly; a Truth.
A Truth about choice(The coin has no say , its just you). but also about inevitability (The coin got here the same way i did)
People always have trouble fully understanding Anton but i dare say he is the most reasonable based on his principles. You can see multiple times in this movie how there are windmills. one is functional and can be turned. the other is broken and so turns to where ever the wind blows. The latter perfectly shows antons mindset. The cowboy doesnt just win. The stars dont just allign for one person . The cartel he stole that money from still wanted it back and they send a dozen of people. Llewelyn cant just magicly fight them all off if he isnt prepped and even then. Miracles dont happen for all of us.
This whole story to me is a wake up call for people who do nothing but escape reality and never learned to live in it in a sense. But , the story doesnt tell you to just give up. i think some people called the sheriffs way the Torch. you pass it on from the next generation because you know reality is a harsh mistress.
That is also why the movie certainly feels open ended.
Thats just life. The story of Life.
Yes, their meet up will be legendary, but “not in the sense that you mean” 😈
Absolutely not the way I thought it was going to be LOL
There will be blood not only flimed in the same year, but the same location, had caused friction between them!!!
most folks like to think life is "in my control" (Pride?) but the fact is a large part of life is random - just like the coin and the car crash.
such is life. ;-/. for good or bad, it just is.............to a large degree random.
That is no country for old men. The young
In one another's arms, birds in the trees,
-Those dying generations-at their song,
The salmon-falls, the mackerel-crowded seas,
Fish, flesh, or fowl, commend all summer long
Whatever is begotten, born, and dies.
Caught in that sensual music all neglect
Monuments of unageing intellect.
An aged man is but a paltry thing,
A tattered coat upon a stick, unless
Soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing
For every tatter in its mortal dress,
Nor is there singing school but studying
Monuments of its own magnificence;
And therefore I have sailed the seas and come
To the holy city of Byzantium.
W.B. Yeats, 'Sailing to Byzantium'; half of it.
I'd give you the other half, but I reckon you need to work for it just a little bit.
The way I see the ending is Carla Jean is Chigurgh's final murder; after this, he's finished, never to be seen or spoken of again.
Normally Chigurgh would've _never_ been caught off guard by that random vehicle t-boning him; but what Carla said "The Coin don't have no say, *it's just you"* actually disturbed him.
Everyone else begged and was a victim, but she refused to play his game. And it is just a game.
There on the road with bone sticking out of his arm, he has no words for those kids, no plan, no ultimatum; he's just a hurt old man.
I love this take so much. She broke his philosophy and he will never be the same
The villain, Anton Chigurh, thinks he is the embodiment of fate and chance. That’s why he talks to multiple people about the path that led them to meeting him. The end shows though that he is just a man that is subject to the same chance everyone else is as he gets into a car accident that could get him caught. This happens right after Carla challenges his ideology as well by refusing to call the coin flip and placing the responsibility solely on him.
Absolutely love that. He got a reality check from Carla and that car
8:48 IRL playing dead just gets you killed pointblank
How so?
You gotta watch The power of the dog
"Dog lovers aren't going to like this movie."
I hate that people turn dogs into weapons, whether it's the military, cops, or anyone else. It's just taking advantage of an animal that doesn't know better and intentionally putting it in harm's way. But that's pretty much the least amount of harm that's done during this film.
True. All dogs should be doing is getting love on and being our best friends
Training a dog to attack is like giving a child a knife and teaching them they have to stab anyone you say. It's a disgusting abuse of authority over a dependant being.
It took me a long time to realize that Josh Brolin is the B-plot. The real main character is Anton and the "antagonist" is Tommy Lee Jones, or the reverse if you prefer to not have the evil character be the main character. Such a good movie. That year had a bunch of amazing films. You could just watch all the 2008 Oscar nominees that were along side this movie and be well served.
I like the sound of that. Even though Josh Brolin had the most screen time and was taught to be the antagonist. It was the other two
And I think I'm going to do that. I'm going to look up 2008 Oscar nominees and see what gems I find
Such a great reaction to a fantastic movie! Also, I love how you read through & interact in the comments. Thank you for everything 🙏
Appreciate you Matthew. And yes I love to chat with as much of you guys as I can.
That "silence" that you hear is the lack of a music score. That's a peculiar movie making style.
Yes indeed. It was quite an experience.
Way too much cut out. Plz make 2 videos for the longer films in the future.
The full movie from start to finish is on my patreon if you want everything. Here's a link: www.patreon.com/frankfreezy