No Country For Old Men

Another unusual thing about this film: there is no soundtrack.
Somehow that intensifies the experience.

SPOILER ALERT

Hey guys....

My girlfriend had a completely out-in-left-field reaction to the ending. She somehow got the idea that the long lingering look Tommy Lee Jones gave the grate with the screws on the floor in the room where Brolin was killed meant that the money was moved earlier, and Jones put 2 and 2 together and figured out where it was, so he ended up with the money.

To be honest, I was coming off 2 days with no sleep and I wasn't in my usual form, so I missed a few things in the movie. I look forward to the DVD release.

Anyway, is my gal nuts? (Honestly, she is crazy, no argument there, but sometimes she nails it. I just can't see this particular line of reasoning at all.)

Cheers,
Terry

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Yeah, she is de facto completely insane to hang out with you, but i digress.
The grill and screws meant Sugar had been there, remember he figured out the hidey hole at the earlier motel scene. Jones knew nothing of that, and I don't think he waqs all that interested in the money anyway, it would be totally out of character.
I think the Mexicans got the money, they killed Brolin and screamed off with the money as Jones arrived. Brolin may also have hidden it and nobody got it.
But that wasn't the ending at all. Rememeber Jones discussing his dream? It foretold his death, which meant to me that he knew Sugar would be coming for him too.........He quit out of fear, but he knew it would not help him.....

Thanks TP. That makes way more sense. The money really has nothing to do with anything at the end...

The more I think about it, the more I like the movie.

Cheers,
Terry

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I thought Javier Bardem's character had the money in the end as shown when he pulls a note out of his pocket to pay the kid for his shirt.

I really liked the film up until the last 20 min. I thought it was strange that they didn't show the main character's death after focussing on him for much of the film. Also I missed what Tommy Lee Jones said at the end as I found his accent hard to understand.

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Too bad , it was critical and IMO negates your conclusion about Bardem.
I'm also not sure who was the main character. Certainly the title refers to Jones.

and #14, if Sugar had the money, why did he go visit the wife so much later?

I had the same trouble understanding some of the dialogues due to the thick Texas accent; funny thing is I have been to Texas literally dozens of times and I've never had problems understanding thick Texas accents "in the real life".

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I also agree with thoughpolice that the Mexicans took the money, killed Llewelyn and when Chigurg (sounded like Sugar in the movie but that's how it is actually spelled) arrived, the money was gone.

And palindroma would you agree that Jones knew Chigurgh would inevitably come for him too, as he had for everybody else?

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you'd think more film makers would try doing that. there is a mid 90s "in the hood" flick called FRESH that used that device and it made a good film even better