Comments on: ‘No Country for Old Men’: The status of Moss http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/ Eric D. Snider's blog. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 16:21:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Mot59 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-140559 Mot59 Fri, 30 May 2008 12:30:48 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-140559 We are enlightened.....lol I'm still not so sure even after watching it twice they won't sequel that character. Maybe another completely different script , but using the same murderous character. WHY NOT? Car crash could represent more than mc carthyism. It could be a scene to keep the character in limbo , which might or might not include a sequel. My guess is no, the movie didn't gross 200-300mil or you would bet the ranch on it. We are enlightened…..lol

I’m still not so sure even after watching it twice they won’t sequel that character. Maybe another completely different script , but using the same murderous character.

WHY NOT?

Car crash could represent more than mc carthyism. It could be a scene to keep the character in limbo , which might or might not include a sequel.

My guess is no, the movie didn’t gross 200-300mil or you would bet the ranch on it.

]]> By: Samuel http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-137903 Samuel Tue, 20 May 2008 11:51:03 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-137903 i'm going to be both gruff and blunt when it comes to a lot of facts surrounding No Country For Old Men. i own both the film and the book, and have enjoyed both, many times since their release. some facts: Llewelyn Moss is dead. He was killed by the Mexican drug dealers Posse. this is fact, so please listen to this. A mexican in a suit approached Carla Jean and her sick Mother at the airport; remember. They were heading to Llewelyn. The mexican simply asked where they were going, offered to help them, AND GOT THERE FIRST!!!!!!!!!!. can anyone not remember the mexican truck speeding away from the scene. not to mention some of the dead mexicans Llewelyn had killed in the unseen fire fight. DUUUUH. what gets confusing is that, even I, enitially thought Chigurh killed Llewelyn, even after reading the book. i had to give everything a second review. Chigurh was not there during the fire-fight. he caught up, long after Llewelyn was killed. heres another point where you have to be attentive. remember in the first motel scene where Chigurh kills the mexicans. he notices drag marks in the vent. SO, after stumbling accross the place where Llewelyn was killed, he checked the place that the money would most likely have been stashed. THE FREAKING VENT. thats why there was a coin in the room when sheriff bell revisited the scene. REMEMBER, Chigurh used a coin to open the vent in the first motel too. Chigurh got the cash. NOTICE WHEN HE GAVE THE KID A $100 BILL AT THE END!!!!!. Carla Jean was also killed, AND NOOOOOO, she was not in the car. just pause the freaking DVD to see that its some random freaking middle aged man that in NOOOOO way resembles any of the characters otherwise seen or explored during the film or book!!!. okay. sigh. So yes, Carla Jean's death. Anton killed her. he is very particular about blood. he pushed the curtain across a man to avoid spray; lifts his feet on a bed in another scene. places a plastic sheet down on the floor when he operates on himself; he disposes of potentially contaminated socks in another scene. after he exits Carla's home. did you notice that HE CHECKS HIS BOOTS. he was looking for blood. he freaking killed her. so thats that. the car was a random event. pure McCarthy madness. it insists that not even the most invincible, evil human being. someone who is a symbolic decider of fate, is free from fate itself. hence a random, horrible crash for poor old anton. i hope that enlightens some people. i’m going to be both gruff and blunt when it comes to a lot of facts surrounding No Country For Old Men. i own both the film and the book, and have enjoyed both, many times since their release.

some facts:

Llewelyn Moss is dead. He was killed by the Mexican drug dealers Posse. this is fact, so please listen to this. A mexican in a suit approached Carla Jean and her sick Mother at the airport; remember. They were heading to Llewelyn. The mexican simply asked where they were going, offered to help them, AND GOT THERE FIRST!!!!!!!!!!. can anyone not remember the mexican truck speeding away from the scene. not to mention some of the dead mexicans Llewelyn had killed in the unseen fire fight. DUUUUH.

what gets confusing is that, even I, enitially thought Chigurh killed Llewelyn, even after reading the book. i had to give everything a second review.
Chigurh was not there during the fire-fight. he caught up, long after Llewelyn was killed. heres another point where you have to be attentive. remember in the first motel scene where Chigurh kills the mexicans. he notices drag marks in the vent.
SO, after stumbling accross the place where Llewelyn was killed, he checked the place that the money would most likely have been stashed. THE FREAKING VENT.
thats why there was a coin in the room when sheriff bell revisited the scene. REMEMBER, Chigurh used a coin to open the vent in the first motel too.
Chigurh got the cash. NOTICE WHEN HE GAVE THE KID A $100 BILL AT THE END!!!!!.

Carla Jean was also killed, AND NOOOOOO, she was not in the car. just pause the freaking DVD to see that its some random freaking middle aged man that in NOOOOO way resembles any of the characters otherwise seen or explored during the film or book!!!.
okay. sigh. So yes, Carla Jean’s death. Anton killed her. he is very particular about blood. he pushed the curtain across a man to avoid spray; lifts his feet on a bed in another scene. places a plastic sheet down on the floor when he operates on himself; he disposes of potentially contaminated socks in another scene.
after he exits Carla’s home. did you notice that HE CHECKS HIS BOOTS. he was looking for blood. he freaking killed her. so thats that.

the car was a random event. pure McCarthy madness. it insists that not even the most invincible, evil human being. someone who is a symbolic decider of fate, is free from fate itself. hence a random, horrible crash for poor old anton.

i hope that enlightens some people.

]]> By: Mot59 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-119950 Mot59 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 15:00:58 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-119950 Sarah, I have a 100million$ reasons why it "MIGHT" not be ridiculous to speculate about a sequel. It's always about money and if a new director decides it and gets backing (if the Coens say -no-) they will have an easy script to write. Way too many loose ends. I need to watch it once more to decide, first time, I could not hit pause and collect my thoughts (get a drink) now I can. :-) Like Doug mentions plenty of ammo to do another. That's absurd to think because a movie that grossed 74.1 mil it can't be sequeled. This movie is a thought provoker way more than a GREAT movie. GREAT movies do 200mil. This movie is a GREAT provker of thought, for sure! Sarah,

I have a 100million$ reasons why it “MIGHT” not be ridiculous to speculate about a sequel.
It’s always about money and if a new director decides it and gets backing (if the Coens say -no-) they will have an easy script to write.

Way too many loose ends.

I need to watch it once more to decide, first time, I could not hit pause and collect my thoughts (get a drink) now I can. :-)

Like Doug mentions plenty of ammo to do another. That’s absurd to think because a movie that grossed 74.1 mil it can’t be sequeled. This movie is a thought provoker way more than a GREAT movie. GREAT movies do 200mil.

This movie is a GREAT provker of thought, for sure!

]]> By: Doug http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-114270 Doug Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:06:46 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-114270 No. I can't believe people can't see what is going on here. Moss is injured, again, but not killed. The Sheriff never tells Moss' wife that Moss is dead. Watch it again and see. We see him lying on the floor, sure enough. We see the Sherif in the morgue, but no close up of the body. So the Sheriff helps Moss fake his death to protect him. Moss' wife tells the Chigurh that she buried her mother. And that she has lost everything. But she does not mention losing her husband. Odd. So why not bury Moss also? That whole scene was a dead give away for a sequel. Moss' wife is not dead either. In fact, she is the one who slammed into him with the station wagon. See, Chigurh has figured out that Moss is not really dead and so that was his real motivation for visiting her. Have you guys never seen Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2? The way that movie back tracked and filled in detail. That's all that is going on here in this movie. There are way too many unanswered questions in this movie for it to be over. It is only half over. No. I can’t believe people can’t see what is going on here.

Moss is injured, again, but not killed. The Sheriff never tells Moss’ wife that Moss is dead. Watch it again and see.

We see him lying on the floor, sure enough. We see the Sherif in the morgue, but no close up of the body.

So the Sheriff helps Moss fake his death to protect him.

Moss’ wife tells the Chigurh that she buried her mother. And that she has lost everything. But she does not mention losing her husband. Odd. So why not bury Moss also? That whole scene was a dead give away for a sequel.

Moss’ wife is not dead either. In fact, she is the one who slammed into him with the station wagon.

See, Chigurh has figured out that Moss is not really dead and so that was his real motivation for visiting her.

Have you guys never seen Kill Bill Volume 1 and 2? The way that movie back tracked and filled in detail. That’s all that is going on here in this movie.

There are way too many unanswered questions in this movie for it to be over. It is only half over.

]]> By: Dutch http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-112097 Dutch Sun, 16 Mar 2008 02:15:28 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-112097 The old feller at the end of the movie is Barry Corbin. You might remember him from "Lonesome Dove" or "Southern Exposure". The old feller at the end of the movie is Barry Corbin. You might remember him from “Lonesome Dove” or “Southern Exposure”.

]]> By: Sarah http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-111999 Sarah Sat, 15 Mar 2008 15:45:13 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-111999 Okay, I think the movie is simple. The dream at the end about his dad was him just thinking about his dad dying and moving on to heaven and then waiting for him to come later. I think he was all good. I don't think he was in on anything, although that thought did cross my mind once while I was watching it, but then I changed my mind. Why was Bell so sure there was money involved?? Come on!! Did you see the amount of drugs in the back of the truck?? Of course money was involved! It was definitely Llewelyn dead on the floor. This talk of a sequel is, no offense, ridiculous! No movie this good could possibly have a sequel. It is a heart wrenching film about our godless society and fate, and nothing else. Bardem limping away at the end was just to confirm that he was still alive at the end. I think everyone is reading way too much into it. The real mystery is why Tommy Lee and Brolin weren't both also nominated for oscars! Also, who was the actor at the end who plays Bell's dad and why is he not listed in the credits? That's driving me crazy. Okay, I think the movie is simple. The dream at the end about his dad was him just thinking about his dad dying and moving on to heaven and then waiting for him to come later. I think he was all good. I don’t think he was in on anything, although that thought did cross my mind once while I was watching it, but then I changed my mind. Why was Bell so sure there was money involved?? Come on!! Did you see the amount of drugs in the back of the truck?? Of course money was involved! It was definitely Llewelyn dead on the floor. This talk of a sequel is, no offense, ridiculous! No movie this good could possibly have a sequel. It is a heart wrenching film about our godless society and fate, and nothing else. Bardem limping away at the end was just to confirm that he was still alive at the end. I think everyone is reading way too much into it. The real mystery is why Tommy Lee and Brolin weren’t both also nominated for oscars! Also, who was the actor at the end who plays Bell’s dad and why is he not listed in the credits? That’s driving me crazy.

]]> By: Mot59 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-108023 Mot59 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:33:16 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-108023 Several things come to mind Chigurh walking away without any money. The sheriff not fully telling his story. The ending certainly left open the possibility, if they decide to and enough money is made , to finish this story. Chigurh was in the adjacent room and the money was missing. But , maybe it wasn't remember he paid the kid with a 100.00 dollar bill. Maybe he left town without it? Such a thought provoking ending to get people talking it worked to splendor. I had two older ladies behind me in the theatre both said the worst ending ever. I told them it was meant to promote thought and conversation ...it was obviously working. She said you must have one helluva mind. I said not me the Coen brothers. Llewelyn dead? Maybe not , maybe that was the sheriffs dream. They can't end this Chigurh's part so easy he is like dirty harry albeit the other side of the law. Sequel, time will tell money made will tell. But it's certainly conceivable and actually that was my first thought as it ended. One things for sure I'm buying the DVD to watch it a few more times. :D Several things come to mind Chigurh walking away without any money. The sheriff not fully telling his story. The ending certainly left open the possibility, if they decide to and enough money is made , to finish this story.
Chigurh was in the adjacent room and the money was missing. But , maybe it wasn’t remember he paid the kid with a 100.00 dollar bill. Maybe he left town without it?
Such a thought provoking ending to get people talking it worked to splendor. I had two older ladies behind me in the theatre both said the worst ending ever. I told them it was meant to promote thought and conversation …it was obviously working.
She said you must have one helluva mind. I said not me the Coen brothers.

Llewelyn dead? Maybe not , maybe that was the sheriffs dream. They can’t end this Chigurh’s part so easy he is like dirty harry albeit the other side of the law.

Sequel, time will tell money made will tell. But it’s certainly conceivable and actually that was my first thought as it ended.

One things for sure I’m buying the DVD to watch it a few more times. :D

]]> By: uzair http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-94921 uzair Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:47:41 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-94921 the movie was very good, and you can tell how good, it was as many people still talking about the film, even after watching, classy film, the movie was very good, and you can tell how good, it was as many people still talking about the film, even after watching, classy film,

]]> By: Joey Hancock http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-92467 Joey Hancock Sun, 13 Jan 2008 15:41:31 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-92467 I just hope there is a sequel to clear up all this stuff!! And just look at that bone!! I just hope there is a sequel to clear up all this stuff!! And just look at that bone!!

]]> By: ALANNA http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-92385 ALANNA Sun, 13 Jan 2008 09:42:22 +0000 http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/02/no-country-for-old-men-the-status-of-moss/#comment-92385 I seem to recall - the sheriff going to the roped off scene of the crime and looking at a shiny barrel.he knew that Chigurgh was either in there (he revisited another crime scene) or had been there because a hole was blasted out the lock (the air gun). Were they in the room at the same time and why didnt Cighurgh kill the sheriff? I seem to recall - the sheriff going to the roped off scene of the crime and looking at a shiny barrel.he knew that Chigurgh was either in there (he revisited another crime scene) or had been there because a hole was blasted out the lock (the air gun). Were they in the room at the same time and why didnt Cighurgh kill the sheriff?

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