# Movies You Didn't See for a Long Time: Me, "No Country for Old Men" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 15, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744 "2024-08-15T17:41:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![teelabrown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/teelabrown/32/8412_2.png) [@teelabrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teelabrown)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/21 "2024-08-17T13:27:17Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > but wasn’t really prepared for how well the psychedelic sequences were done. The Tetsuo hallucination scene gave me nightmares and unnerves me to this day. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/22 "2024-08-17T17:37:59Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I just said that I can’t explain it well, and she’d have to watch the rest of the movie. I’m not sure doing that really satisfied her, Why couldn’t you just say, “At the end of the movie, he gets in a car crash, but escapes on a little kid’s bike”? Then if she asks for more details, you could claim an inability to explain more. Or, based on your relationsip with your wife, do you know that her simple question meant, “Please explain - in detail - the plot for the remainder of the movie”? ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/23 "2024-08-17T17:41:46Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > The one thing that hit me the most about this film is that it had the scariest villain I’ve ever seen. > > Not a guy with super powers, or an invincible alien, or some demonic being that can kill you in your dreams. Just a regular person, who therefore could actually exist, but just absolutely **DRIPS** with menace from every word he creaks out to every heavy-lidded stare. I’d probably shit my pants with terror if he walked into my proximity and tried to start an innocuous conversation. He was basically death personified as a human being. (paraphrasing something I’ve read in several places) A group of psychiatrists watched 400 different movies to see which had the most accurate portrayal of a psychopath. Anton Chigurh from No Country for Old Men was number 1. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/24 "2024-08-17T17:48:13Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Why couldn’t you just say, “At the end of the movie, he gets in a car crash, but escapes on a little kid’s bike”? In the movie he just walks away. I learned that “Chigurh” isn’t a real name. Cormac McCarthy just invented a name with no clear origin. ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/25 "2024-08-17T18:11:09Z")
> [@RickJay](#): > > In the movie he just walks away. Thanks. It’s been a while (and I didn’t really care for the movie.). Did he buy the kid’s shirt to use for a bandage? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/26 "2024-08-17T18:13:56Z")
Yup. His last line; “You didn’t see me. I was already gone.” Which gives himself permission to not kill the kids. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/27 "2024-08-17T18:20:56Z")
I think he used the shirt more as a sling, but the effect was the same - he just disappears. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/28 "2024-08-17T18:22:21Z")
He did. He asked the kid to help him tie it into a large loop, and then he put the loop around his neck and used it as a sling. ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/29 "2024-08-17T18:56:51Z")
FYI, anyone who liked NCFOM and hasn’t seen _[Hell or High Water](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2582782/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_7_nm_1_in_0_q_hell%2520or%2520high)_, should. They are very, very different movies, but I think if you liked one, you will like the other. ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/30 "2024-08-17T19:11:19Z")
Agreed. They are both westerns and both very good. Westerns with a more modern setting, that is. Same with _Sicario_ (but don’t bother with _Sicario 2_). ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/31 "2024-08-17T19:34:19Z")
Great film. I saw that one in a more timely fashion. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/32 "2024-08-17T20:32:49Z")
Hell or High Water was an excellent film IMO. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/33 "2024-08-17T20:35:55Z")
I didn’t see _Citizen Kane_ in its entirety until a few years ago. If you did NOT know how innovative it was when it originally came out it could come across as being cliched and hackneyed watching it now. And I would say the same thing about _Psycho_. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/34 "2024-08-17T21:30:55Z")
Yeah, Citizen Kane is a movie that benefits from watching a lot of movies than came in the 10 years before it. Then when you watch it you understand why it’s a dividing line. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/35 "2024-08-17T22:23:26Z")
Okay, I took the recommendation and just finished watching it. Excellent film—thanks for the tip! ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/36 "2024-08-18T02:12:11Z")
I watched Breaking Away tonight, it’s one of those movies I just never got around to seeing. Perfect vibe for the night, funny and light hearted. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/37 "2024-08-18T03:11:45Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > I know the ending scene with Ed Tom caused a lot of discussion and interpretation. I am still kinda of the opinion that the movie is really about him. > [@teelabrown](#): > > The Tetsuo hallucination scene gave me nightmares and unnerves me to this day. Heheh, yeah. That’s the point where I went “oh, yeah, this movie is visually amazing”. > [@Dinsdale](#): > > Why couldn’t you just say, “At the end of the movie, he gets in a car crash, but escapes on a little kid’s bike”? Well, I didn’t think that would communicate what actually happens in the second half of the movie. She’s glad she finished watching it, for what it’s worth. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/38 "2024-08-18T03:13:38Z")
> [@madmonk28](#): > > I watched Breaking Away tonight, it’s one of those movies I just never got around to seeing. Perfect vibe for the night, funny and light hearted. Man, that is one of my favorite movies. If I walk through the room and it’s on, I’m stuck there. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/39 "2024-08-18T03:14:21Z")
On the other end of the scale I watched _The Star Wars Holiday Special_ for the first time a few years ago and it was as bad as people made it out to be, ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2024, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744/40 "2024-08-18T19:00:26Z")
> [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > “Ordinary People” (1980): My first impression is that it was a family that was depressed because of a suicide, but many years later, I caught it on TV. Oh, yes, much more depth than I had assumed. I’ve always loved this movie. The Mad Magazine parody was also worthy! (Conrad couldn’t hang onto his brother’s hand in the water because of the hand soap residue on them) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-you-didnt-see-for-a-long-time-me-no-country-for-old-men/1005744.md?page=3)