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The lack of music in this film was a brilliant creative choice by the Coen brothers. They used no music effectively to enhance the already tense scenes.
The car accident is an important addendum to the philosophy of the movie: Throughout the movie, Chigurh acts as the Angel of Death, talking about how following this or that moral code is useless, because it all ends in a visit by him (and their death), and that therefore all morality is meaningless, that there is nothing but Nihilism. But even as Chigurh expounds his Nihilism, secretly he believes that he has the power over life and death, and that that gives him control. The car accident is a rebuff to Chigurh himself: he also has no control, and is subject to the whims of Fate. No one is above Death, not even Chigurh.
Great comment. I always wondered as he limped away if Chirgurh, realised this on some level, and from then on was no longer as horrifyingly effective, that the crash in combination with his rejection of his creed at the hands of Mrs Moss he'd lost something, been diminished and therefore would eventually be killed in the course of his profession.
The death of Brolin reshapes the whole movie. Now that the story we expected to happen (Brolin v Chigur) isn’t going to happen we ask “what’s this story now.” Which reframes Tommy Lee as the protagonist of the story and his existential struggle. Which is what the movie was actually about we just didn’t see it cus we got caught up in the cat and mouse. It’s one of the most brilliant deconstructions and subversions of the western genre ever and the themes of chaos, death, capitalism and nihilism are so fun to explore.
In Karate Kid pt.2, Mr. Miyagi teaches Daniel-san to use all of his focus to hit a nail so fk'n on the head that he can drive the nail home with a single, perfect strike. That's what you just did. You nailed the point & story structure of No Country... perfectly. Well fk'n done! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
@@jackflash8218 while I’d like to take credit, I’ve listened to maybe 100 hours of podcasts on this movie so I’m 100% sure I did not come up with this take. It’s probably an amalgamation of everything I’ve listened to lol
When you first watch this movie, the title "No Country For Old Men" is just a title, it sounds kinda cool, you expect the climax to be a face-off between the good guy and the bad guy. When Llewelyn gets killed offscreen, by random cartel gunmen, in a drive-by, you understand it. This movie shows Sheriff Bell, an old man struggling to understand the senseless violence and greed of a world that's changing and leaving him behind. That's cool, any movie can do that. The brilliance of this movie is, it makes you feel his struggle and his shock. Llewelyn's death shocks the audience, leaving us in disbelief, trying to make sense of something senseless, just like Bell.
lol....people love to throw in "capitalism" just for the hell of it these days. There was nothing in the movie whatsoever about that. People desire money no matter what economic system is in place.
I agree with most of the themes you’ve mentioned were expounded in the film but I think capitalism as a theme is too myopic. From a bigger picture, I think greed is a better choice of word since it’s more connected to human nature, our actions and behaviour. You do not need capitalism for greed to fester.
Fun Fact: Josh Brolin broke his shoulder in a motorcycle accident two days after getting the part in this film. He thought he was going to miss the role, however, his injury turned out to be a non-issue since his character is shot in the shoulder very early in the film.
We studied this film in depth in college. Our group determined that Anton is the perfect embodiment of death. Logical, inevitable, free of emotion. There is no deep reason why it comes; it arrives in the due course of time like a random coin.
I never saw it that way actually, many people mention how much of a badass almost force of nature Chigur is but the Coens I think wanted us to see that even a guy like Chigur was eventually going to die as well. He progressively gets more and more injured during the course of the film and even almost gets killed by a random civilian. Not the terminator many people think he is. Still flesh and bone as shown by his last injury in the movie.
It's an interesting analysis, especially because this perception is challenged at the end of the movie. He is Death, he is inevitable, he doesn't abide by the rules or logic of normal people. He gets injured but gets right back up... right until someone cracks the code, when Carla Jean sees right through him, and calls him out on his bullshit claim that it's the coin that decides who lives and who dies. The moment she sees that he's not this karmic agent of chaos, he cracks. then he doesn't see the car, and gets so grievously injured it's basically impossible for him to bounce back and avoid being caught this time. He killed Carla Jean, but she did something worse to him: she made him only human.
@@pabloc8808 I'm so glad to see someone else who has this interpretation. He's so shaken by Carla Jean that he drove through a green light without looking both ways, and he got sideswiped. He had the right of way, but as he says himself earlier in the movie, "If the rule you followed led you here, of what use was the rule?"
It’s crazy that Paramount Vantage released No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood in the same year. Two films regarded as some of the best films ever made. You guys need to react to There Will Be Blood now and watch one of the greatest film performances of all time.
Correct me if I’m wrong too but they were shot so close to one another that you could literally hear the other team while filming and had to coordinate together.
Brilliant acting and casting in this film, but Javier's performance and delivery was legendary. The coin flip scene in the gas station where he was "Two-Facing him" is a true look into the mind of the character and just how absolutely terrifying he is.
His performance in the scene with Harrelson makes my skin crawl. The way he seemed to savor that kill. The cold, sick, amused way he answered Llewellyn's question... "Is Carson Wells there?" "... Not in the sense that you mean." Also, the red-lined madness on his face when he strangled the cop in the beginning... and the almost ecstatic sigh at the end. One of the greatest villains ever put on film.
@@jackflash8218 agreed. How he tells the clerk not to put the quarter in his pocket like it is any other coin as it literally just saved his life. Then when he says it is not just a quarter... but it is. His voice with the delivery is captivating and horrific to think of someone like that out there.
@@jerodlytton1301 yeah. There are no Wolfmen. There are no Draculas, or Frankensteins, or Slendermen... but there are Anton Chigurs. There are Buffalo Bills, and Ted Bundys, and... Dorthea Puentes. I grew up in Sacramento, CA. No Country is a fictional story. But that newspaper article Timmy Lee Jones is reading about the people who killed the elderly that rented rooms... that's 100% real. I remember that shit when I was growing up. Dorthea Puente. That was the woman who ran the boarding house and, along with accomplices, murdered multiple old people, buried the bidies in the backyard, and kept collecting & cashing their social security checks. And Puente herself was a little old lady... it was fk'n crazy! When they were caught, police found a bunch of bodies. The only real monsters in the world... look like you, me... anybody. That's unsettling.
This movie feels paramount to the male experience. Every guy wants to be a hero, but part of growing up is realizing, you won’t be, the world you grew up in unrecognizable and forever changed and the notions of good and evil don’t exist in the law of the universe. A true masterpiece of a film.
@6989uwu is Eric not reacting?.... Because to me reacting is watching something and then deconstructing it. Or having something valid to say not just WHAT WHY WHAT WHY WHAT WHY WHY WHAT over every single line of dialogue.
They were playin around too much, specially Aron, making jokes and laughing too much. Pay attention!!! There were a lot of details they missed! The movie is a serious movie. You won't understand it fully in 1 single watch even if you pay attention let alone if you are playing around lol
The sheriff brought up the method of killing the cows with an air gun, because he figured it out. He just didn't want to tell the wife, so he said he was just rambling. Just how he figured out Anton was there by drinking the milk.
3 things about this movie. 1. It's beautifully shot 2. It's incredibly tense (thanks to no music in the correct parts) 3. The ending still makes me go WHAT....
4. The 3 main characters are never (alive) on screen together in any combination... not without at least some significant distance or barrier between them. And yet, the movie builds such great tension as they start converging on each other. That's high-level stuff, right there.
@@phousefilms It is also the direct quotation and book-to-screen ending of the book, so it was not a Coen brothers ending, it was a Cormac McCarthy ending that they put on screen word for word.
Not enough, it didn't. That car should've knocked him into another car, out in the desert, where he could worry about lobos and maybe beg a stranger for some agua.
I did a report on the book in the 10th grade and had to draw a picture from it so I drew the aftermath of the shootout in the desert (it was pretty graphic). Got to curse in class while reading a chapter aloud and the teacher loved the drawing so much she hung it up for the rest of the year.
I wish he just did the superhero/star wars content cause it's the only time he doesn't question anything and just blindly stares at the screen and smiles
The band playing when lewyln wakes up have some interesting lyrics for the movie. Quisiste volar sin alas, quisiste tocar el cielo, quisiste muchas riquezas, quisiste jugar con fuego Which basically translates to: You wanted to fly without wings You wanted to touch the sky You wanted many riches You wanted to play with fire
Aaron want every movie to smack him in the face with information, instead of having a critical thought about the movie. The movie is about a cop who is in a new era of uncontrolled violence. It had nothing to with lewellyn, he is a side character.
Actually the movie is about a cop that thinks he is in a new era of uncontrolled violence, but, as revealed by the old sheriff, it has always been like that, it’s just he’s got old, thus “no country for old men”
I saw this in this movie theatre three times in same week. All three times somebody yelled, "What?!" when it was over. Was very excited to see Aaron was watching. :D
It really blew my mind when somebody suggested to me that Tommy Lee Jones is actually the main character. The rest of the story is just him piecing everything together. Apparently the book is a little more blatant about this.
Totally! I haven’t read the book, but I also think it’s strongly suggested, specially by the “return to the crime scene” scene, that Anton isn’t real, it’s just that the violence is so incomprehensible that it is the only way the sheriff can cope with it, imagining an absolute evil.
It is interesting that they managed to convince Woody Harrelson to play a role somewhat inspired by his own father. Woody's dad was convicted of a variety of crimes, but one was the contract killing of a judge in Texas, which is vaguely mentioned as something Anton did.
@@harold3165Yep that's why I'm criticizing the reaction part of the video...I pay 15 dollars a month for their membership bc I like their content and want to support them. Respectful criticism from me or anyone else is part of the deal when you have an audience.
My sophomore year in high school I had to do a book report over any book. It was 2005 and this book just came out, so I grabbed it. I was immediately hooked and read it in 2 days. So when I did my report I made an A, but there was a note underneath that said, "next time let's choose a happy story with less violence."
One of the greatest (and perfect made) movies ever made! A masterclass when it comes to camerawork, editing and sound, without using any music! Incredible! No music during those intense scenes, but just the perfect use of photography and editing. Greetings from The Netherlands.
I couldn’t believe that you guys hadn’t watched this way sooner! Had no idea this wasn’t already on the channel. What a great movie I should revisit it
One of the biggest stand outs of this film for me was always the fact that the characters with the most screen time, never appear in the same scene with one another. No music. Incredible dialogue. Strong themes throughout. This might be the best film of all time.
It was the sheriff imagining Anton being there. True that he was there previously, though. Just like every other time in the movie, Anton is a step ahead of the sheriff.
Gentlemen, thank you for reacting to this film. Had seen this sixteen years ago in a tranquil cinema. The silence, long and gnawing, scarred my brain alright.
The lack of clean plot resolution was the biggest complaint on release and that same unflinching look at the reality of evil is a large part of why it's risen to the very top of modern classics.
Tells me a lot about the kind of art someone can appreciate by whether or not they lose their shit at the end. But but but, the bad guy didn’t get killed? Justice wasn’t served?! Yeah! A lot of times that’s how it goes.
I like Wendigoon's video on this film, explaining the theory that Anton doesn't exist. He is basically a villain the cop imagines catching and being the hero, bringing the town back to order. But Anton isn't real, all the violence and drama is cartel activity and random crimes by random criminals. That why he can't be stopped and always wins. He's an analogue of random, unstoppable chance & chaos. "Do you see me?"
My mother worked at the Desert Sands Motel in El Paso in the late 50's and early 60's. She was the telephone operator. Yeah, I grew up a part of my life in El Paso. That's not why I love this movie. It's just Coen Brothers at their best. Their first film in general release was Blood Simple. Oh yeah it's crazy also. And it was also shot in Texas. Anyway, back to this one. Great reaction guys. One of my favorite of the Coen Brothers. Blood Simple, this one and The Big Lebowski are ones I have to watch again every once in a while. They are absolute perfection. Y'all be safe.
I love the guys and all the different aspects they bring. It's always a joy to see how they react to different things and after watching them for a couple of years now it seems like Aaron prefers instant gratification rather than a challenging experience. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing but I think it does prevent him from seeing some movies or shows in a certain way.
I saw this in the theater, and when it went to credits after the “and then I woke up” line, it just was stunned silenced before people started chuckling and murmuring. That entire ending monologue is so heavy that it’s really easy to fall short of understanding it. Though it’s deep enough that it has multiple meanings, the key one (for me, at least) is that Bell views his father as the wise elder, and we look to our wise elders to make sense of the world as they lead us into it. But… Bell IS the wise elder. His dad is long gone and knows nothing of the modern world. There is nobody waiting up ahead with a fire already made up. To understand the crime of the new, modern world, is something that Bell’s generation of law enforcement and righteous morality is spearheading. There is no fire on up ahead. Just darkness.
Great comment. The monologue is the end of the book as well. I think of this as well as "carrying the fire" from The Road as well. McCarthy was a true genius.
One of my favorite movies of all time...tommy lee was amazing in this 'they died of natural causes to the lines of works theys in' 😂 but his dream at the end was amazingly detailed
People gloss over Anton reconnoitering the layout of his target room with an identical room. He checks the conditions of the walls to see if he can shoot through it and gets familiar with the size and blind-spots.
He's the type of guy that doesn't want to think and just wants the story handed to him on a platter. This movie is the polar opposite of that, so being annoyed by him is pretty understandable
I really love the emphasis near the end of this video regarding the scene of Moss looking back up at the ridge and seeing figures standing around his truck who weren't there when he looked before. I thought the exact same thing when I saw this movie in the theater - it was such a creepy, frightening moment of tension to see those figures up there. My stomach did in fact drop, it was an internal "oh shit" moment. Moss had been made, and things were going to be very bad very soon. No dialogue, no terror chord, hell, not even any music. Just an ominous shot indicating "someone knows you're here". The concept, the framing, the lighting, such a great shot. Like everything else in this movie, it was perfect.
@@scotthewitt258 Hey it's not my fault you have no taste. If you can't handle hearing other people share their opinions, then don't jump into a comment section. No need to get butt hurt about it.
chigurh wasn't in the room at the motel at the end. at the end of the scene, bell turning and seeing the open vent on the floor was the movie showing us chigurh had found the money and was long gone. we know he didn't slip out the window just then, because the window was closed and locked from the inside. i don't think chigurh specifically knew or would be concerned than an old sheriff was chasing him either way. he didn't: find the money, take the money from the room, and then come back in the room to wait for bell just to not do anything =) (that shot was basically bell's imagination)
The guy, who after inspecting the comments must be Aaron, would drive me mad watching a movie with him goodness me. Other two fellas i think id enjoy in fairness but my man please pay more attention to the movie than what you think will be funny to say
Love the conversations this movie creates. Usually a movie that makes you question things and be sort of stunned by wonder is achieved with spaceships, aliens, supernatural, modern technology, etc... This was plain reality. All plausible scenarios... But if you enjoy wonder, you'll get a big ole dose of it after seeing this.
Coen brothers is a masterful at work. Their movies especially this is very different and original, and that what makes this movie a god damn masterpiece. Straightforward plot, intriguing characters, and beautiful cinematography. The calm feeling we got while watching this complete mess of a tragedy is amazing. And not to be forgotten, of course the most striking thing here is Javier Bardem's Oscar-winning performance. One of the greatest movie of all time.
I think I was 19 when I saw this in theaters, and probably 2-3 years too young to appreciate it for what it was. The trailers made it out to be more of an action-packed film, or certainly more story driven, but now when I go back and watch this film I most appreciate the slow scenes, scenes that aren't particularly plot-oriented, but rather character focused, like the coin toss scene at the gas station or Tommy Lee Jones' monologue about his dream about his father. Really great film!
The absolute BALLS of this story to break every convention in storytelling. The protagonist dies offscreen.. the villain gets no comeuppance.. theres no closure on any of the characters. Its just a series of moments brilliantly shot and brilliantly acted. The book it's based on ends exactly the same way. "...And then I woke up"
Anton wasn’t behind the door. The sheriff was imagining it. He was scared and imagining a crazed man waiting for him (we know who the crazed man is which is why we see Anton but the sheriff doesn’t)
I love the film because the Cohen Brothers didn't insult my intelligence by spoon feeding the audience what they thought the audience wanted to see. The script played out exactly like true life. It's quite messy and unexpected things often happen. Good people die and sometimes the bad guy gets away!
Aaron has become progressively worse. An intervention is needed. He will soon be like that black guy they had in that Daredevil reactions, which they dumped real quick.
I think the purpose of Bell rambling about the bolt gun and yet not making the connection is just another tragic sign that he is indeed past his prime and ‘overmatched’. If the true story of No Country for Old Men (as the title would suggest) is about this aging Sheriff-and indeed, aging men in general-not understanding the world anymore and realising their time has passed, then you need the ‘anti-story’ of Moss and the sudden, anti climactic, unsatisfying offscreen death to hammer home this point. That feeling of having the rug pulled from under you, of a happier ending being snatched from you, and being left with the cold unjust indifference of the world, is exactly how Bell is feeling at the end of this film. I think the conversation between Bell and his cousin in the wheelchair is one of my favourite scenes in the film for this reason. Two old guys acknowledging their situation; the world, in all its indifference, isn’t waiting on them to understand it; and death isn’t waiting either.
“I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a futile grasping and chasing after the wind.” - Ecclesiastes This quote summed it all up for me, that there is no protagonist or antagonist in this film.
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Can't go wrong with the Coen Brothers. This, Fargo, Oh Brother, Where Art Though, The Big Labowski, Blood Simple, Three Billboards.
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Please find and watch the movie called The Usual Suspects! One of the greatest plot-twist ending movies ever alongside the first SAW movie!
@@malcolmbell5266 Coens didn't make 3 Billboards.
The lack of music in this film was a brilliant creative choice by the Coen brothers. They used no music effectively to enhance the already tense scenes.
The dialogue is music to my ears, so it works.
It made me feel like something bad was gonna happen every second lol
I genuinely did not notice until this comment. Wow.
Couldn't agree more!
I absolutely love this movie.
The car accident is an important addendum to the philosophy of the movie: Throughout the movie, Chigurh acts as the Angel of Death, talking about how following this or that moral code is useless, because it all ends in a visit by him (and their death), and that therefore all morality is meaningless, that there is nothing but Nihilism. But even as Chigurh expounds his Nihilism, secretly he believes that he has the power over life and death, and that that gives him control. The car accident is a rebuff to Chigurh himself: he also has no control, and is subject to the whims of Fate. No one is above Death, not even Chigurh.
Great comment. I always wondered as he limped away if Chirgurh, realised this on some level, and from then on was no longer as horrifyingly effective, that the crash in combination with his rejection of his creed at the hands of Mrs Moss he'd lost something, been diminished and therefore would eventually be killed in the course of his profession.
The death of Brolin reshapes the whole movie. Now that the story we expected to happen (Brolin v Chigur) isn’t going to happen we ask “what’s this story now.” Which reframes Tommy Lee as the protagonist of the story and his existential struggle. Which is what the movie was actually about we just didn’t see it cus we got caught up in the cat and mouse.
It’s one of the most brilliant deconstructions and subversions of the western genre ever and the themes of chaos, death, capitalism and nihilism are so fun to explore.
In Karate Kid pt.2, Mr. Miyagi teaches Daniel-san to use all of his focus to hit a nail so fk'n on the head that he can drive the nail home with a single, perfect strike.
That's what you just did. You nailed the point & story structure of No Country... perfectly. Well fk'n done!
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@@jackflash8218 while I’d like to take credit, I’ve listened to maybe 100 hours of podcasts on this movie so I’m 100% sure I did not come up with this take. It’s probably an amalgamation of everything I’ve listened to lol
When you first watch this movie, the title "No Country For Old Men" is just a title, it sounds kinda cool, you expect the climax to be a face-off between the good guy and the bad guy. When Llewelyn gets killed offscreen, by random cartel gunmen, in a drive-by, you understand it. This movie shows Sheriff Bell, an old man struggling to understand the senseless violence and greed of a world that's changing and leaving him behind. That's cool, any movie can do that. The brilliance of this movie is, it makes you feel his struggle and his shock. Llewelyn's death shocks the audience, leaving us in disbelief, trying to make sense of something senseless, just like Bell.
lol....people love to throw in "capitalism" just for the hell of it these days. There was nothing in the movie whatsoever about that. People desire money no matter what economic system is in place.
I agree with most of the themes you’ve mentioned were expounded in the film but I think capitalism as a theme is too myopic. From a bigger picture, I think greed is a better choice of word since it’s more connected to human nature, our actions and behaviour. You do not need capitalism for greed to fester.
Fun Fact: Josh Brolin broke his shoulder in a motorcycle accident two days after getting the part in this film. He thought he was going to miss the role, however, his injury turned out to be a non-issue since his character is shot in the shoulder very early in the film.
Almost like it was fate. Like Anton in the film represents
We studied this film in depth in college. Our group determined that Anton is the perfect embodiment of death. Logical, inevitable, free of emotion. There is no deep reason why it comes; it arrives in the due course of time like a random coin.
I never saw it that way actually, many people mention how much of a badass almost force of nature Chigur is but the Coens I think wanted us to see that even a guy like Chigur was eventually going to die as well. He progressively gets more and more injured during the course of the film and even almost gets killed by a random civilian. Not the terminator many people think he is. Still flesh and bone as shown by his last injury in the movie.
I watched it in uni as well. He's like the grim reaper and that bolt gun is his scythe. If you see him, you're dead.
Very good analysis friendo ! I too, saw him as the Grim Reaper, and everyone else were just along on life's ride. Lol, excellent movie. 🍿
It's an interesting analysis, especially because this perception is challenged at the end of the movie. He is Death, he is inevitable, he doesn't abide by the rules or logic of normal people. He gets injured but gets right back up... right until someone cracks the code, when Carla Jean sees right through him, and calls him out on his bullshit claim that it's the coin that decides who lives and who dies. The moment she sees that he's not this karmic agent of chaos, he cracks. then he doesn't see the car, and gets so grievously injured it's basically impossible for him to bounce back and avoid being caught this time. He killed Carla Jean, but she did something worse to him: she made him only human.
@@pabloc8808 I'm so glad to see someone else who has this interpretation. He's so shaken by Carla Jean that he drove through a green light without looking both ways, and he got sideswiped. He had the right of way, but as he says himself earlier in the movie, "If the rule you followed led you here, of what use was the rule?"
It’s crazy that Paramount Vantage released No Country for Old Men and There Will Be Blood in the same year. Two films regarded as some of the best films ever made. You guys need to react to There Will Be Blood now and watch one of the greatest film performances of all time.
I would argue that there are 2 phenomenal performances in the movie, although one is obviously more iconic and objectively more impressive
@@gameflystudios1I don’t disagree. I just think DDL’s performance is on a different level.
@@BobbyM817imo on a different level of "iconic" fs, but Paul dano's performance to me is equally as hard hitting and skillful
Correct me if I’m wrong too but they were shot so close to one another that you could literally hear the other team while filming and had to coordinate together.
It's so difficult to say one is better than the other. Both are everlasting classic films.
Brilliant acting and casting in this film, but Javier's performance and delivery was legendary. The coin flip scene in the gas station where he was "Two-Facing him" is a true look into the mind of the character and just how absolutely terrifying he is.
His performance in the scene with Harrelson makes my skin crawl. The way he seemed to savor that kill. The cold, sick, amused way he answered Llewellyn's question...
"Is Carson Wells there?"
"... Not in the sense that you mean."
Also, the red-lined madness on his face when he strangled the cop in the beginning... and the almost ecstatic sigh at the end. One of the greatest villains ever put on film.
@@jackflash8218 agreed. How he tells the clerk not to put the quarter in his pocket like it is any other coin as it literally just saved his life. Then when he says it is not just a quarter... but it is. His voice with the delivery is captivating and horrific to think of someone like that out there.
@@jerodlytton1301 yeah. There are no Wolfmen. There are no Draculas, or Frankensteins, or Slendermen... but there are Anton Chigurs. There are Buffalo Bills, and Ted Bundys, and... Dorthea Puentes. I grew up in Sacramento, CA. No Country is a fictional story. But that newspaper article Timmy Lee Jones is reading about the people who killed the elderly that rented rooms... that's 100% real. I remember that shit when I was growing up. Dorthea Puente. That was the woman who ran the boarding house and, along with accomplices, murdered multiple old people, buried the bidies in the backyard, and kept collecting & cashing their social security checks. And Puente herself was a little old lady... it was fk'n crazy! When they were caught, police found a bunch of bodies.
The only real monsters in the world... look like you, me... anybody. That's unsettling.
Rare that a movie actually gets BETTER the more times you watch it, this is one of them.
This movie feels paramount to the male experience. Every guy wants to be a hero, but part of growing up is realizing, you won’t be, the world you grew up in unrecognizable and forever changed and the notions of good and evil don’t exist in the law of the universe.
A true masterpiece of a film.
My jaw dropped when I saw this posted! Been putting this on surveys and voting for it in polls forever. Hopefully more Coen Bros will follow!
Why did your jaw drop?
@@AndoCan123 take a wild guess
"Aww HELL Sheriff we just missed him!" Always gets a laugh out of me 😂. Wish yall kept that part in lol
Love that dude. Played 2 different roles in Deadwood and was in last season of Justified.
@@jrob18mvpI just started Justified and loving it so far. Timothy Olyphant is a G. Also need to check out Deadwood, hear it's really good.
That’s aggravating
If there's one thing Aaron hates it's movies doing things he doesn't expect.
And being quiet apparently
To take a line from "Futurama": "Smart things in tv shows make people feel STUPID! And unexpected things make them feel SCARED!"
Nah Aaron is right
@6989uwu is Eric not reacting?.... Because to me reacting is watching something and then deconstructing it. Or having something valid to say not just WHAT WHY WHAT WHY WHAT WHY WHY WHAT over every single line of dialogue.
They were playin around too much, specially Aron, making jokes and laughing too much. Pay attention!!! There were a lot of details they missed! The movie is a serious movie. You won't understand it fully in 1 single watch even if you pay attention let alone if you are playing around lol
The sheriff brought up the method of killing the cows with an air gun, because he figured it out. He just didn't want to tell the wife, so he said he was just rambling. Just how he figured out Anton was there by drinking the milk.
The sound design of this movie alone is a masterclass.
Yes it's a Masterpiece there was no song played the whole movie
I think that scene between Anton and the shopkeeper is such a terrifying moment.
First time I've watched this reaction channel but I figured out who Aaron was immediately lol
3 things about this movie.
1. It's beautifully shot
2. It's incredibly tense (thanks to no music in the correct parts)
3. The ending still makes me go WHAT....
Well, the Coen Brothers' movies usually end anticlimactically, if that makes sense.
@@phousefilms they do. But I wasn't aware of that fact when I first saw this movie.
4. The 3 main characters are never (alive) on screen together in any combination... not without at least some significant distance or barrier between them. And yet, the movie builds such great tension as they start converging on each other. That's high-level stuff, right there.
@@phousefilms It is also the direct quotation and book-to-screen ending of the book, so it was not a Coen brothers ending, it was a Cormac McCarthy ending that they put on screen word for word.
Anton broke his code by killing carla jean even though she refused to entertain his game. the universe punished him immediately by way of car crash.
Not enough, it didn't. That car should've knocked him into another car, out in the desert, where he could worry about lobos and maybe beg a stranger for some agua.
Schrodinger's cat says we don't know if he killed her or not unless we open the door
@@The3nd187we see him check his boots for blood which he does for every kill. Therefore he did kill her
@@The3nd187thats not the purpose of the shrodinger cat
@@The3nd187 anton has observed her death. we have observed anton doing something he does after killing.
I did a report on the book in the 10th grade and had to draw a picture from it so I drew the aftermath of the shootout in the desert (it was pretty graphic). Got to curse in class while reading a chapter aloud and the teacher loved the drawing so much she hung it up for the rest of the year.
Aaron is the most impatient reactor. "How is this connected?" Just watch the movie - it will tell you. 😂😂😂
It actually gets very frustrating when he does it in every single reaction
I wish he just did the superhero/star wars content cause it's the only time he doesn't question anything and just blindly stares at the screen and smiles
He's just thinking out loud. He doesn't really want Eric to tell him the answer.
@@AndeePandee This is way beyond just ‘thinking out loud’
He should never watch a David Lynch movie
The band playing when lewyln wakes up have some interesting lyrics for the movie.
Quisiste volar sin alas,
quisiste tocar el cielo,
quisiste muchas riquezas,
quisiste jugar con fuego
Which basically translates to:
You wanted to fly without wings
You wanted to touch the sky
You wanted many riches
You wanted to play with fire
Wow, that’s awesome. This movie, man..
You guys should do more Roger Deakins!! Sicario or Prisoners are both phenomenal movies!
Sicrio is soooo good.
Yep
Prisoners is a movie that holds you hostage. My heart felt like it was in a vice the whole film
Aaron want every movie to smack him in the face with information, instead of having a critical thought about the movie. The movie is about a cop who is in a new era of uncontrolled violence. It had nothing to with lewellyn, he is a side character.
Explains why loves superhero movies
Actually the movie is about a cop that thinks he is in a new era of uncontrolled violence, but, as revealed by the old sheriff, it has always been like that, it’s just he’s got old, thus “no country for old men”
It's not a new era of violence.
I saw this in this movie theatre three times in same week. All three times somebody yelled, "What?!" when it was over. Was very excited to see Aaron was watching. :D
It really blew my mind when somebody suggested to me that Tommy Lee Jones is actually the main character. The rest of the story is just him piecing everything together. Apparently the book is a little more blatant about this.
Totally! I haven’t read the book, but I also think it’s strongly suggested, specially by the “return to the crime scene” scene, that Anton isn’t real, it’s just that the violence is so incomprehensible that it is the only way the sheriff can cope with it, imagining an absolute evil.
Interesting.
I don’t agree that Anton wasn’t real and wasn’t there but it’s not a crazy take.
This isn’t a Marvel movie Aaron, the story isn’t spoon fed to you and the good guys don’t win lol
One of my favorite movies of all time and Javier Bardem gave a performance of a lifetime, legit gave me nightmares 😂😂
I mean that pool lady says it. Nobody sees whats coming. And then nobody sees not even the audience gets to see
It is interesting that they managed to convince Woody Harrelson to play a role somewhat inspired by his own father. Woody's dad was convicted of a variety of crimes, but one was the contract killing of a judge in Texas, which is vaguely mentioned as something Anton did.
Learned something new today, thanks!
The quiet and stillness of this movie is such a contrast to Aaron's incessant babbling and nonsensical ramblings.
Only time he was quiet was when he was looking at his smart watch & missed half of, arguably, the most poignant scene in the movie. 🤦♂️
He’s usually like that when someone from the group has already seen the movie
He makes this reaction unwatchable. I lasted a full 6 minutes.
During the most important scene, Aaron is quite literally busy adjusting his watch. Come on, man.
Aaron...i say this with love, sometimes saying less is better.
You're watching a reaction/discussion video, not a "come watch the movie for free" video.
@@harold3165why is he the only annoying one?
@@harold3165 yeah but no one's complaining about Eric or Calvin, are they?
@@harold3165 Well done, you missed the entire point.
@@harold3165Yep that's why I'm criticizing the reaction part of the video...I pay 15 dollars a month for their membership bc I like their content and want to support them. Respectful criticism from me or anyone else is part of the deal when you have an audience.
That suppressed shotty is one of the most bad ass things I've ever seen.
My sophomore year in high school I had to do a book report over any book. It was 2005 and this book just came out, so I grabbed it. I was immediately hooked and read it in 2 days. So when I did my report I made an A, but there was a note underneath that said, "next time let's choose a happy story with less violence."
If that was me, I would’ve done my next report on blood meridian as a giant fuck you.😂
One of the greatest (and perfect made) movies ever made! A masterclass when it comes to camerawork, editing and sound, without using any music! Incredible! No music during those intense scenes, but just the perfect use of photography and editing. Greetings from The Netherlands.
I couldn’t believe that you guys hadn’t watched this way sooner! Had no idea this wasn’t already on the channel. What a great movie I should revisit it
Geezus Aaron....shhh just watch.
It's a commentary reaction channel, to be fair lol
@@isaiahgonzales9989I am currently listening to him talk about his own facial hair. He talks too much.
One of the biggest stand outs of this film for me was always the fact that the characters with the most screen time, never appear in the same scene with one another. No music. Incredible dialogue. Strong themes throughout. This might be the best film of all time.
Winner of 4 Oscars including Best Picture.
Aaron finally sees a movie.
Well said.
This is such a good movie so happy u guys did a reaction
I couldn't make it through this one. Aaron's never ending questions and jokes spoiled the atmosphere.
I thought Anton was already gone by the time Tommy got there, we just saw him from the past
No The sheriff thought he was behind the door, “Anton” is behind the door waiting for him just for it not to be true and the sheriffs delusion.
It was the sheriff imagining Anton being there. True that he was there previously, though. Just like every other time in the movie, Anton is a step ahead of the sheriff.
Gentlemen, thank you for reacting to this film. Had seen this sixteen years ago in a tranquil cinema. The silence, long and gnawing, scarred my brain alright.
The lack of clean plot resolution was the biggest complaint on release and that same unflinching look at the reality of evil is a large part of why it's risen to the very top of modern classics.
Tells me a lot about the kind of art someone can appreciate by whether or not they lose their shit at the end.
But but but, the bad guy didn’t get killed? Justice wasn’t served?!
Yeah! A lot of times that’s how it goes.
This movie is so good I downloaded it off of Limewire and put it on my iPod so I could watch it over and over again back in the day lol
Being able to make a movie that's this impactful, without a sound track, is a master class in film making.
40:27 the final scene with Tommy Lee and his dreams is so great.
I could just be reading into it but to me it explains the whole movie in a sense.
Now we need you guys to watch Wind River, Sicario, and Hell or High Water
Aaron, to each their own, but man would I hate to watch movies with him
Just yelling the whole time.
@@michael5045no he’s not.
He's the worst reactor they have always smiling, laughing, not taking things seriously. Oh boy and he's definitely getting cucked
@@rockycuro7737hes not gonna sleep with you
Aaron "Shut up and watch"!!!
Oooo...One Of My Favorite Movies...Cannot Wait To See This
*Written Before Seeing The Reaction*
I like Wendigoon's video on this film, explaining the theory that Anton doesn't exist.
He is basically a villain the cop imagines catching and being the hero, bringing the town back to order.
But Anton isn't real, all the violence and drama is cartel activity and random crimes by random criminals.
That why he can't be stopped and always wins. He's an analogue of random, unstoppable chance & chaos.
"Do you see me?"
That explains perfectly everything on the movie including the “never go back to the crime scene” scene
One the boys on the bike, that gives Anton the shirt, is actor Caleb Landry. He was Banshee in X-Men First Class and the brother in Get Out.
My mother worked at the Desert Sands Motel in El Paso in the late 50's and early 60's. She was the telephone operator. Yeah, I grew up a part of my life in El Paso.
That's not why I love this movie. It's just Coen Brothers at their best. Their first film in general release was Blood Simple. Oh yeah it's crazy also. And it was also shot in Texas.
Anyway, back to this one. Great reaction guys. One of my favorite of the Coen Brothers. Blood Simple, this one and The Big Lebowski are ones I have to watch again every once in a while. They are absolute perfection.
Y'all be safe.
I love the guys and all the different aspects they bring. It's always a joy to see how they react to different things and after watching them for a couple of years now it seems like Aaron prefers instant gratification rather than a challenging experience. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing but I think it does prevent him from seeing some movies or shows in a certain way.
Aaron looks so mad when he doesn't get to interrupt
Ellis is Ed Tom's (Tommy Lee Jones) uncle and former sheriff that has retired due to being shot in the line of duty.
One of the best movies this century.
Hell, 2007 has multiple movies with that distinction!!
I saw this in the theater, and when it went to credits after the “and then I woke up” line, it just was stunned silenced before people started chuckling and murmuring.
That entire ending monologue is so heavy that it’s really easy to fall short of understanding it.
Though it’s deep enough that it has multiple meanings, the key one (for me, at least) is that Bell views his father as the wise elder, and we look to our wise elders to make sense of the world as they lead us into it.
But… Bell IS the wise elder. His dad is long gone and knows nothing of the modern world. There is nobody waiting up ahead with a fire already made up. To understand the crime of the new, modern world, is something that Bell’s generation of law enforcement and righteous morality is spearheading.
There is no fire on up ahead. Just darkness.
Great comment. The monologue is the end of the book as well. I think of this as well as "carrying the fire" from The Road as well. McCarthy was a true genius.
One of my favorite movies of all time...tommy lee was amazing in this 'they died of natural causes to the lines of works theys in' 😂 but his dream at the end was amazingly detailed
"So you have no frame of reference here, Donny. You're like a child who wanders into the middle of a movie and wants to know..."
People gloss over Anton reconnoitering the layout of his target room with an identical room. He checks the conditions of the walls to see if he can shoot through it and gets familiar with the size and blind-spots.
Who's this whats that whats happening.......Aaron understands you gotta WATCH a movie unfold to get these basic answers right? Jesus
"You know, this is gonna sound weird, I quite like the violence." - slap that on a poster.
I remember watching this in Flim Class for the first time. And something I never realized about this movie? No background music, at all.
Watch the show Aaron lol
Okay this is the first time I was actually bothered by Aaron during a reaction, just watch :)
He certainly does like to jabber.
That's because you hold this movie in such high regards.
Oh you didn’t see his Brooklyn Nine Nine reactions? That shit was unwatchable because of him.
He's the type of guy that doesn't want to think and just wants the story handed to him on a platter. This movie is the polar opposite of that, so being annoyed by him is pretty understandable
I really love the emphasis near the end of this video regarding the scene of Moss looking back up at the ridge and seeing figures standing around his truck who weren't there when he looked before. I thought the exact same thing when I saw this movie in the theater - it was such a creepy, frightening moment of tension to see those figures up there. My stomach did in fact drop, it was an internal "oh shit" moment. Moss had been made, and things were going to be very bad very soon. No dialogue, no terror chord, hell, not even any music. Just an ominous shot indicating "someone knows you're here". The concept, the framing, the lighting, such a great shot. Like everything else in this movie, it was perfect.
I am really looking forward to seeing how Bardem portrays Galactus. He plays Churgar so well and so mysteriously in this!
That's just a rumour
That iconic villain, Churgar
Oh you poor sweet child. It's cute that you still have any kind of hope for Marvel or Disney products at all.
@@NovusIgnis My bad. I forgot that Marvel is failing and I am not supposed to enjoy anything related to it any longer......
@@scotthewitt258 Hey it's not my fault you have no taste. If you can't handle hearing other people share their opinions, then don't jump into a comment section. No need to get butt hurt about it.
chigurh wasn't in the room at the motel at the end. at the end of the scene, bell turning and seeing the open vent on the floor was the movie showing us chigurh had found the money and was long gone. we know he didn't slip out the window just then, because the window was closed and locked from the inside. i don't think chigurh specifically knew or would be concerned than an old sheriff was chasing him either way. he didn't: find the money, take the money from the room, and then come back in the room to wait for bell just to not do anything =) (that shot was basically bell's imagination)
This movie has one of the scariest villains I've ever seen. Just because how real he seemed.
Masterpiece of a movie. I'm still feeling tense just seeing Bardem on screen and having seen the film like 3 times.
One of my favorite "gritty" movies. Its incredible. No silly "spooky" music just atmospheric silence. Bone Tomahawk was much the same in that regard
The guy, who after inspecting the comments must be Aaron, would drive me mad watching a movie with him goodness me. Other two fellas i think id enjoy in fairness but my man please pay more attention to the movie than what you think will be funny to say
Love the conversations this movie creates. Usually a movie that makes you question things and be sort of stunned by wonder is achieved with spaceships, aliens, supernatural, modern technology, etc... This was plain reality. All plausible scenarios... But if you enjoy wonder, you'll get a big ole dose of it after seeing this.
Love this movie. I'm glad you guys reacted to it.
These guys MUST watch Fargo TV series! I'm still waiting! 😂😂
This is by far and away my favourite movie of all time. It's utterly extraordinary.
Does the child on the right keep talking to keep himself awake or what ?
Grew up in Texas during the 80's and it's insane how accurate every locale is
Coen brothers is a masterful at work. Their movies especially this is very different and original, and that what makes this movie a god damn masterpiece. Straightforward plot, intriguing characters, and beautiful cinematography. The calm feeling we got while watching this complete mess of a tragedy is amazing. And not to be forgotten, of course the most striking thing here is Javier Bardem's Oscar-winning performance. One of the greatest movie of all time.
according to roger deakins they are extremely efficient, too. One or two takes for each scene in this film
Yeah... this one's always gonna be on my personal Mt. Rushmore. Absolute masterpiece.
Yes. Great adaptation of the original book. They added great scenery and cinematography. Javier was the perfect casting for Anton.
This is one of my most favorite movies of all time. The book by the late great Cormac McCarthy is a damn fine read as well.
I think I was 19 when I saw this in theaters, and probably 2-3 years too young to appreciate it for what it was. The trailers made it out to be more of an action-packed film, or certainly more story driven, but now when I go back and watch this film I most appreciate the slow scenes, scenes that aren't particularly plot-oriented, but rather character focused, like the coin toss scene at the gas station or Tommy Lee Jones' monologue about his dream about his father. Really great film!
Fantastic movie. So unpredictable. The book is great too.
The absolute BALLS of this story to break every convention in storytelling. The protagonist dies offscreen.. the villain gets no comeuppance.. theres no closure on any of the characters. Its just a series of moments brilliantly shot and brilliantly acted. The book it's based on ends exactly the same way. "...And then I woke up"
13:15 Me Too Eric! Delicious! .lol Don't tell Blissflix that XD
Anton wasn’t behind the door. The sheriff was imagining it. He was scared and imagining a crazed man waiting for him (we know who the crazed man is which is why we see Anton but the sheriff doesn’t)
Can't go wrong with the Coen Brothers. This, Fargo, Oh Brother, Where Art Though, The Big Labowski, Blood Simple, Three Billboards.
Agreed. But Three Billboards is a Martin Mcdonagh movie. Coen brothers had nothing to do it
I love the film because the Cohen Brothers didn't insult my intelligence by spoon feeding the audience what they thought the audience wanted to see. The script played out exactly like true life. It's quite messy and unexpected things often happen. Good people die and sometimes the bad guy gets away!
Damn! One of the great movies by the Coen brothers being reacted to by the Wave Crew - PERFECT 🤘🤘🤘
I absolutely cannot wait for this film to get a 4K transfer and hopefully steelbook.
aaron … just watch the damn movie 🤦🏿♂️ i love y’all but bro can be too nit picky sometimes
Yet another movie that Aaron has fundamentally misunderstood. Shame.
Aaron has become progressively worse. An intervention is needed. He will soon be like that black guy they had in that Daredevil reactions, which they dumped real quick.
Antoine? Oh, yes good Lord, he just could not shut up 😂
I think the purpose of Bell rambling about the bolt gun and yet not making the connection is just another tragic sign that he is indeed past his prime and ‘overmatched’. If the true story of No Country for Old Men (as the title would suggest) is about this aging Sheriff-and indeed, aging men in general-not understanding the world anymore and realising their time has passed, then you need the ‘anti-story’ of Moss and the sudden, anti climactic, unsatisfying offscreen death to hammer home this point. That feeling of having the rug pulled from under you, of a happier ending being snatched from you, and being left with the cold unjust indifference of the world, is exactly how Bell is feeling at the end of this film. I think the conversation between Bell and his cousin in the wheelchair is one of my favourite scenes in the film for this reason. Two old guys acknowledging their situation; the world, in all its indifference, isn’t waiting on them to understand it; and death isn’t waiting either.
2:52 Eric grinning at what’s about to happen 😂
“I have seen all the works which have been done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity, a futile grasping and chasing after the wind.”
- Ecclesiastes
This quote summed it all up for me, that there is no protagonist or antagonist in this film.