For our final movie review, I watched No Country For Old Men, directed by Ethan and Joel Coen. In this movie, we meet a variety of characters in which we follow their lives. At first, we do not know their motives, and we are met with a pretty confusing beginning to the story. The beginning of the film has a strong and gripping presence. It starts with a narration by Tommy Lee Jones, in which he speaks of an introduction that later on plays well with the plot of the film, but it is very confusing at first. The introduction serves not a lot of purpose for the beginning of the film, but the words narrated come together very smoothly when you reflect on the plot.

          The plot of this film is this. Llewelyn Moss (LM) is out hunting one day when he comes across a drug deal gone wrong. He retrieves almost 2 million dollars in cash and is on his way. He is not so truly ecstatic about his findings however. He knows someone is bound to come looking for that money, but who? The man after him is Anton Chigurh (played by Javier Bardem). My favorite scene of Javier is the “gas station” scene. This scene starts off with a wide shot of the landscape, with a Texaco sign in the middle, giving us an idea of how distant our characters are from each other. In the station, Chigurh greets the clerk with his low and truly distinct voice. The dialogue in this scene is like no other. Chigurh’s acting throughout this movie is top notch. It’s nothing like I have ever seen. His low voice mixed with his accent gives off a truly intriguing yet horrifying mood to all of his scenes. The interrogating dialogue given by Chigurh is very amusing for the viewer of this film, even though the scenario is immoral. A coin toss determines whether or not this man lives for Chigurh. The coin toss is a terrific foreshadow for what is to come in the film. This scene was so memorable that it held throughout the film, offering good character development and a sense of danger for any person that stands in Chigurh’s way.

          The “vibe” this movie gave off was different for me because I haven’t seen a film like this one before. The lighting was dark for most of the film, offering a dark and eerie style. Most of the shots were medium shots due to how much dialogue was in this film, but the amount of dialogue did not ruin the film. The directors knew when no dialogue was needed, which allowed us to feel as if we were there in the scene. At first, I was very skeptical of this film. I did not know if I would like it because it was hard for me to follow, but that’s what ended up making it so good. I wanted to watch it to the very end because I was looking for an answer the whole time. I was constantly asking myself “why does this matter?”, after a fight scene or dialogue from the sheriff of the town,which seemed so irrelevant. I would recommend this film for someone who is watching a  movie to find a deeper meaning. I am definitely going to watch this a second time so I can try to understand it better.