# No Country For Old Men question **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [September 29, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470 "2025-09-29T02:36:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/1 "2025-09-29T02:36:15Z")
After the big fight at the hotel, Moss goes to Mexico to heal up a little. He (from bad memory) pulls up to a convenient parking place right by the bridge. Is the vehicle he drove to the bridge the same pickup truck he tried to drive from the passenger side when the driver was shot? Thinking about the movie: if he would have gone out the window as soon as he found the tracker, and put it on some random vehicle, he could have saved himself a lot of trouble 🙂 ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/2 "2025-09-29T05:13:05Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > Thinking about the movie: if he would have gone out the window as soon as he found the tracker, and put it on some random vehicle, he could have saved himself a lot of trouble YES. But I think Moss would’ve been too stubborn and confident to run from the inevitable confrontation, and as I remember it, by the time he discovered the tracker he knew Lurch was already very close by and ambush was the best option. About the truck- good question. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/3 "2025-09-29T05:22:43Z")
I happen to have a copy of the screenplay, just checked it. After the gunfight with Chigurh… …._He looks up and down the street. Nothing to see. He goes to the pickup truck, driver’s side. He opens the door and reaches over the driver’s corpse for his lap belt. EXT. EAGLE PASS BORDER AREA - NIGHT Deserted. The pickup truck rattles into frame. Moss emerges. He hoists out the case. He leaves the shotgun_… So yes, it’s the same truck. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/4 "2025-09-29T07:43:07Z")
A favorite movie of mine. It’s not the kind my wife likes, though. Chigurh was one bad dude. Moss thought he could handle him. But, wrong. Bell was wise to retire. Quit while you’re still ahead. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/5 "2025-09-29T08:11:18Z")
May none of us ever experience some random guy coming up to us with a quarter, he’s about to flip the coin, and he says, **“Call it.”** ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2025, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/6 "2025-09-29T12:37:10Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > YES. But I think Moss would’ve been too stubborn and confident to run from the inevitable confrontation, and as I remember it, by the time he discovered the tracker he knew Lurch was already very close by and ambush was the best option. In the book, Moss runs the shower, then hides behind the bed. Movie Moss wasn’t as smart. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/7 "2025-09-29T17:11:43Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > In the book, Moss runs the shower, then hides behind the bed. Movie Moss wasn’t as smart. Agreed. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2025, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/8 "2025-09-29T19:40:09Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Bell was wise to retire. Quit while you’re still ahead. In this case, Quit while you’re still _alive_. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/9 "2025-09-30T13:45:43Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > Chigurh was one bad dude. Psychologist say he is the best depiction of a psychopath in any 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:** [September 30, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/10 "2025-09-30T18:22:57Z")
Indeed. _According to a January 2018 article in Business Insider, a group of psychiatrists studied 400 movies and identified 126 psychopathic characters. They chose Javier Bardem’s portrayal of Anton Chigurh as the most clinically accurate portrayal of a psychopath._ ---
**Author:** ![Ynnad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4491bb/32.png) [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/11 "2025-09-30T20:50:48Z")
Sorry, but I cannot hear about this movie without thinking of Starburst Berries and Cream candies. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW4capPlnWI](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PW4capPlnWI) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/12 "2025-09-30T21:16:46Z")
“Friendo.” ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2025, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/13 "2025-09-30T21:39:20Z")
In my mind’s eye, that store owner is indistinguishable from the store owner in Raising Arizona that sold the balloons and diapers, and had to resume counting down when he saw they were coming back. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/14 "2025-10-01T15:44:23Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “Friendo.” LOL! > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > the store owner in Raising Arizona I haven’t yet seen that one. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/15 "2025-10-01T16:06:40Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > I haven’t yet seen that one. It’s good. Here’s a taste: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/yXiwnCNDxRw/maxresdefault.jpg "Raising Arizona - You Ate Sand?") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXiwnCNDxRw) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2025, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/16 "2025-10-01T16:18:45Z")
> [@Bullitt](#): > > A favorite movie of mine. It’s not the kind my wife likes, though. Same here. I love the film and showed it to my wife and she hated it. ☹ > [@Bullitt](#): > > Chigurh was one bad dude. He is literally the most terrifying character in a film I have ever seen. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/17 "2025-10-01T17:48:21Z")
Different actor. ---
**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:** [October 1, 2025, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/18 "2025-10-01T17:50:17Z")
Yeah, he wasn’t saying it’s the same actor. > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > In my mind’s eye, that store owner is indistinguishable ---
**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:** [October 2, 2025, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/19 "2025-10-02T04:16:10Z")
My mistake. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2025, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470/20 "2025-10-02T06:18:26Z")
Well, If Round is Funny. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-country-for-old-men-question/1023470.md?page=2)