In the movie "No country for old men." Whats up with the ending?!
Question: In the movie "No country for old men!." Whats up with the ending!?
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you have to decide what the ending or the whole movie is about!.
some ppl will say it means this or that but unless they wrote it, they are guessing!.
food for thought:
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* SPOILER: DIRTRADE(Joel Coen, Ethan Coen): [Stanley Kubrick]: Coen Brothers often reference Stanley Kubrick in their works!. In this movie, Llewelyn Moss is killed in room #114, a number seen repeatedly in Kubrick's films!.
* SPOILER: The three main characters, Moss, Bell, and Chigurh, do not share any screen time together!.
* SPOILER: The only character to talk to all three main characters is Carla Jean ('Kelly Macdonald (I)')!.
* SPOILER: When Moss is lying hurt on the floor, after crossing the Mexican Border, a mariachi group starts singing to him!. What they say, in English, is: "You wanted to fly without wings, you wanted to touch the sky, you wanted too much wealth, you wanted to play with fire", probably in a reference to the story of the film!.
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some ppl will say it means this or that but unless they wrote it, they are guessing!.
food for thought:
>>> WARNING: Here Be Spoilers <<<
Trivia items below here contain information that may give away important plot points!. You may not want to read any further if you've not already seen this title!.
* SPOILER: DIRTRADE(Joel Coen, Ethan Coen): [Stanley Kubrick]: Coen Brothers often reference Stanley Kubrick in their works!. In this movie, Llewelyn Moss is killed in room #114, a number seen repeatedly in Kubrick's films!.
* SPOILER: The three main characters, Moss, Bell, and Chigurh, do not share any screen time together!.
* SPOILER: The only character to talk to all three main characters is Carla Jean ('Kelly Macdonald (I)')!.
* SPOILER: When Moss is lying hurt on the floor, after crossing the Mexican Border, a mariachi group starts singing to him!. What they say, in English, is: "You wanted to fly without wings, you wanted to touch the sky, you wanted too much wealth, you wanted to play with fire", probably in a reference to the story of the film!.
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The Sheriff is admitting to his wife (via explaining his dream) that he has gotten too old to deal with the new wave of criminals, and that he's ready for retirement!. As far as the hitman, Chigurg, he ends up succeeding in the end, eliminating Lewelyn as well as getting the case of money!. Not your typical hollywood ending, because the bad guy wins!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Bell explains the first dream to his wife briefly, trying not to make too much of it!. But the meaning is quite significant!. He says his father met him in town and gave him some money, but he (Bell) lost it!. This can be seen as Bell feeling as if he were entrusted with something valuable, but failed to protect it!. See this as his responsibility as a law enforcement officer, the lives of the people he was responsible for protecting, his father's wisdom, and so on!. It's an acknowledgment of his feelings of failure!. In fact, he betrayed his duty as a lawman by letting Chigurh get away!. As the teller (narrator) of the story, he lies when he says the motel room was empty (though he doesn't lie habitually)!. The dreams are his unconscious way of telling the audience the truth!. He was entrusted as a lawman to get the money from Chiguhr, but instead agrees that he never 'saw' him!.
The second dream is connected with the first!. In the second dream, he says he and his father were riding through the mountains in the old times!. His father rode up ahead of him and went on into the cold and dark with some fire!. Bell said that he knew when he got to where his father was going, his father would be there waiting for him!.
His father going up ahead into the cold, dark night with the fire represents his father passing from the physical world into the afterlife!. The fire could represent Bell's father's lifeforce, or spirit!.
Bell knows he's going to where his father went, and as the final curtain starts to come down on his life, he's second-guessing his whole existence!. What will his father have to say about it!? In short, will his father still be waiting for him in 'heaven' after letting him down!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
The second dream is connected with the first!. In the second dream, he says he and his father were riding through the mountains in the old times!. His father rode up ahead of him and went on into the cold and dark with some fire!. Bell said that he knew when he got to where his father was going, his father would be there waiting for him!.
His father going up ahead into the cold, dark night with the fire represents his father passing from the physical world into the afterlife!. The fire could represent Bell's father's lifeforce, or spirit!.
Bell knows he's going to where his father went, and as the final curtain starts to come down on his life, he's second-guessing his whole existence!. What will his father have to say about it!? In short, will his father still be waiting for him in 'heaven' after letting him down!?Www@Enter-QA@Com