Tommy’s Film Blog

 Llewelyn Moss' final scene in No Country For Old Men is by a swimming pool outside a hotel. A woman who is sitting in a chair, in an attempt of flirting with Llewlyn, offers him a beer and asks who he is waiting for, to which he responds with his wife. Despite this, he clearly looks as if he is tempted by this woman, as he continues the conversation smiling, rather than ending it or changing the topic right there. He also says that he is "looking out for whatever's coming". When we hear this, the audience assumes straight away that he is looking out for Chigurh, like he probably does; however, this drops a subtle hint at the fact that more people may be coming for him, such as the Mexican gang, as it is revealed were the true culprits for his death. This is reinforced by the woman who says that "no one ever sees that". Llewelyn Moss seems to reach his cockiest point in this scene, as not only does he asssume he can take on Chigurh, but also he turns down th

When we first meet Llewelyn Moss he is hunting. Hunting is a very typically masculine hobby, Later on in the film, we see Llewelyn act with toxic masculinity, for example, his need to confront and kill Chigurh himself, putting himself and eventually his wife in danger; his feeling then, that he will be ready for "anything" is disproven, as he is killed by the Mexican gang offscreen, catching both him and the audience off-guard.  The fact that he is hunting hints at this from the moment we meet his character.  Eventually, he finds a trail of blood, leading to the scene of the crime that starts most of the main events in the film. He follows it to find multiple dead bodies in what appears to be the aftermath of some gang related violence. By following this trail, his curiosity leads him into the events of the film and putting himself in the situation of being followed by Chigurh.  The first scene where we begin to get to know Chigurh as a character is the now famous coin toss s

 The opening scene of No Country For Old Men contains a voiceover from Sherriff Ed Tom Bell. We never see him in this scene, and while we see Chigurh getting arrested, we do not see his face either. This makes the viewer feel like a spectator rather than that we are aligned with Sheriff Bell, as rather than seeing the context of the event play out on screen, we are having it explained to us via exposition, as told by voiceover by Bell. This is furthered by the fact that he is talking to the audience very casually, in his Texan dialect and rambles rather than giving a clear, concise explanation of the event that is taking place, as if he knows who the audience are, and is being personal with them. The overwhelming sentiment of this scene is that of the thought that "the world was better back in the day". This infamous thought and the sentiment of it is often associated with older generations, with it often being used as a punchline to stereotype elderly people. Bell's main