"No Country for Old Men" ending (SPOILER)

Just saw the movie for the first time.

Great film. Deserved all the accolades it has gotten.

But just wondering - Did Tommy Lee Jones basically mean, at the end, that with all the evil he's seen and dealt with in law enforcement which frustrates him into retirement, that the dream means that he has been able to keep going because he has faith that the end will make the journey worthwhile? (i.e. heaven symbolized by his dad waiting for him at the end?)

 

huh? That's a long sentence.

Whatever he meant, that ending fucking sucked and ruined the whole movie.

 

Reminded me of "The Sopranos."

I don't think it ruined it, though.

What if it had just ended with the bad guy limping away? Would that have been OK with you?

 

I think it meant that his dad had gone ahead of him, knowing that the young'n would linger back, fighting battles that couldn't be won. And, when the son finally learned that fact, his dad would be waiting for him to catch up.

 

Yeah, cool, that makes sense.

 

Some good explanations on here:

http://www.sportsjournalists.com/forum/threads/49120/

 

Not every movie needs to have everything wrapped up in a bow for us, and it ends almost exactly how the book ends, IIRC.

 

wfw.

 

Reminded me very, very much of a short story's structure and denouement (lack thereof) - even though I do realize it was based on a novel.

 

That's the best explanation I've seen.

 

i also think we deserve more than a random ending that basically represents nothing.

i'm with gbnf. the ending sucked monkey balls.

 

Well, if anyone knows monkey ball sucking, it's Tom.