Movie: No Country For Old Men

Interpretation:
At first glance, this movie is about missing drug money and a bunch of "old men" who are involved in the plot. A man trying to get away with the money, a killer who is after the money, and the sheriff who is after both of them. But there is an underlying message that you don't see right away.

No Country for Old Men points out that in the big scheme of things, nothing matters. At the end of the movie, everyone is dead, the money is missing and the sheriff retires. Why? Because he felt overwhelmed. At first he thought he could make a difference but in the end he learns that no one makes a difference.

Just look at the gas station scene. The killer's conversation about the coin.

"Don't put it in your pocket."
"Why not?"
"If you put it in your pocket it will become mixed with all your change and it will become just another coin, which it is."

The Coen brothers were subtly giving us a view of life, represented by coins.

Another thing is the ending. Why did the movie end with a monologue of some dream about the sheriff's dad? Well honestly, the Coen brothers could have ended the movie anywhere. The point was that life doesn't just end after the resolution of a film. Things go on and whatever events took place in the movie matter very little to everyone else in that universe.

This movie is amazing. Action, emotion, and deep thought provoking undertones.

Rating: 3.6 with 7 votes.