NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (2007) Breakdown | Ending Explained, Analysis, Making Of & Hidden Details

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Javier Bardem deserved the Oscar for best supporting actor for one of the most creepiest villains in cinema history

Josh Brolin’s Llewelyn is hilarious……..when Carla Jean asks “Where’d you get the pistol?”, he goes “At the ‘gettin place’”………..just priceless.

I love how Chigurh let's the "fate" of a coin toss determine his actions. Yet, the one time he breaks that fateful toss, it costs him dearly. Beautiful.

I never hear people mention this but when Bell is about to enter the motel room near the end, he pulls out his revolver. He had mentioned earlier in the movie that he’s never pulled out his gun in his entire time as sheriff. I believe this had more to do with his decision to retire as well.

When she says "you don't have to do this" And he replies "they always say the same thing" She says "what's that?" And he replies "you don't have to do this" I chose to interpret his answer as he doesn't understand why people try and beg for their lives or reason with him, like the concept is so foreign to him he can't comprehend it. Whereas some might just see it as him mocking her

Between Chigurh and Hans Lander from Inglorious Basterds, that's the pinnacle of villains right there.

Love that Moss closes the door on the crashed truck so that Chigurh will think he is still inside and approach.

I love that theres no music and just moments of silence

Carla Jean basically fucked Chigur up worse than anything in his whole life up to that point. You can see it on his face before the car wreck even happens. He tells himself he's a tool of fate to justify what he does, but Carla Jean makes him realize he really is "crazy" like everyone says. He just enjoys killing and always wants the coin to fall that way. But he's probably had doubts before, and Carla Jean refusing to call the coin is his breaking point. He still kills her because he "promised" Lleweyn, and because she saw him, but she wounds him worse than anyone else. I think it just reinforces the theme of "no country for old men," because even someone like Chigur can't keep that up forever. Someone will get them, or they'll get themselves sooner rather than later. Also I never really thought about the bird, yeah it's just another coin flip. If he "wanted" it dead he would have stopped the car, but to him the drive-by shot made it fate. He probably does some kind of mental coin flip every time he encounters another living thing, because he thinks he's the hand of death. Seriously the best villain of all time... both Cormac McCarthy's, and Javier Bardem's.

Kelly Macdonald has also been such a great actress for almost thirty years now. She's come a long way since Trainspotting in 96. The entire cast here, like all Coen brothers movies is perfect from supporting to leads.

I love that a man with that haircut belittles another mans choices in life. 😂

My wife and I literally rewatched this LAST NIGHT, and I was so drawn to the film when I first saw it in 2007. And today I was thinking to myself "damn, it would be amazing if Heavy Spoilers broke this movie down," and here we are 😍

Law enforcement personnel do not PREVENT crime; they merely REACT to it. This is shown in the film at every turn. Bell simply follows the bodies and bears witness to the destruction; he knows that he can't prevent it or stop it. He is powerless.

A masterpiece with amazing performances by Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Woody Harrelson, and Kelly Macdonald. Carla Jean returns from her mother's funeral to find Chigurh waiting in her bedroom; refusing his offer of a coin toss for her life, stating that Chigurh cannot pass blame to luck: the choice is his. She's right, and not just about that, about everything. She's the only one who fearlessly stares down Chigurh and won't legitimize him. Chigurh: "Call it." Carla: "I knowed you was crazy when I saw you sitting there. I knowed exactly what was in store for me." Chigurh: "Call it." Carla: "No. I ain’t gonna call it." Chigurh: "Call it." Carla: " The coin don’t have no say. It’s just you." Devastating. Brilliant. Carla is a small unarmed woman who seems simple yet she's more clear eyed, and braver, than all of the men.

21:53 Red painted quarters were common up to and including the 80's. They were used by merchants to 'get the ball rolling' on jukeboxes or as a low coin warning in change machines, vendors used them when testing out products so they could easily identify and get their money back, (video games, laundry, billiard tables, etc) among other uses. It wasn't blood.

Two actors, Javier Bardem and Christoph Waltz, made such an impact in their breakout role that they redefined what a villain can be. I was sold the first time I saw this film.

In the gas station scene I love the loops of wire behind the clerk, set up to look like hang-man nooses.. really sets up the idea that his life/death may finally have caught up with him.

"Listen closely " 😂❤

The ending monologue gave me chills and nearly had me well up in tears, hitting me on a subconscious level. I needed to unpack what he'd said again later to fully grasp the oblique implications of the dream. And how it applied to my life as well.