No Country for Old Men, was an amazing film and deserved all the critical acclaim and awards it got, but i do have a little tiff with it. I think anyone could guess what this tiff is about, the death of Llewelyn Moss. When Moss dies, it alsmost seems pointless to watch the rest of the movie. I mean i know that a lot of people could consider Moss to not be the protaginist and consider Sherriff Bell to be the main character, and i know that thats how it is in the book, because in the book, Moss' story is interrupted by little soliloquys by Bell. Although this is not the case in the movie, and it seems as if Moss is the Main character, and Bell is some sort of an ombipotent narrater and outside force that does most of his work within a little diner.
Anyway, about Llewelyn's death, to me it's not the fact that he died that does it for me, its the way his death is portrayed. I mean at the point of his death, Moss withstands so much and survives, he outruns a dog after outrunning a truck with a machine gun mounted on it drivin by some Mexican drug dealers, and most impressive of all he survives the seemingly unstopable force that is Anton Chigurh. Not only does he survive Chigurh, which is something no one had been able to do before him, he pulls off a shot at him and slows him down. and just as your ready for the apparent climax of the film, a showdown between Chigurh and Moss and it doesnt matter who wins, because the scene will be great regardless... and then boom, Moss is dead, killed by some amateur drug dealers with uzis, and you dont even get to see it, it just happens and all that suspense and anticipation is simply taken away from the viewer, leaving with you thinking, "...what the hell just happened and why??..."
Anyway, about Llewelyn's death, to me it's not the fact that he died that does it for me, its the way his death is portrayed. I mean at the point of his death, Moss withstands so much and survives, he outruns a dog after outrunning a truck with a machine gun mounted on it drivin by some Mexican drug dealers, and most impressive of all he survives the seemingly unstopable force that is Anton Chigurh. Not only does he survive Chigurh, which is something no one had been able to do before him, he pulls off a shot at him and slows him down. and just as your ready for the apparent climax of the film, a showdown between Chigurh and Moss and it doesnt matter who wins, because the scene will be great regardless... and then boom, Moss is dead, killed by some amateur drug dealers with uzis, and you dont even get to see it, it just happens and all that suspense and anticipation is simply taken away from the viewer, leaving with you thinking, "...what the hell just happened and why??..."
Its just really disapointing to see, i mean this guy got shot in the shoulder by a machine gun mounted on a car and a shotgun hit from the best professional killer known to man and he is taken down by a few punks with some uzis. i just expected so much more, its not that he died at all. I would be perfectly happy if he died in a showdown with Chigurh, it would at least draw some emotions and show that no matter what Chigurh is gonna win due to his determination and skill.
You almost feel bad for Chigurh, he dedicated a lot of time and was even shot just to kill this guy and the satisfaction of finishing what he started is taken away by a few amateurs, just imagine how much that would suck. its like this, imagine if you were an archeologist and you spend a lot of time and money and even get hurt trying to uncover some really big important fossil, and then some kid trying to dig to china just finds it, that would totally suck, and applied to the profession of the assassin it would still suck. Poor Anton Chigurh all he wanted was to kill this guy and it turns out he cant cause he just died. Professional assassins have feelings too.
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