"No Country for Old Men" ending (SPOILER)

bite me, party boy.

 

At least with The Sopranos, you knew by the clock on your wall that you were watching the ending, however it was going to play out. With this, you're sitting in a theater watching a movie that could end now ... or now ... or 15 minutes from now ... and suddenly it cuts to the black-and-credits. Needed a freaking rewind button bad.

 

Represents nothing? We must have watched different movies, because that ending reperesented everything to me.

 

mrs. petty and i watched it late at night. she fell asleep because she had to work the next day, so i watched the second half by myself.

the ending took place, and i actually said out loud "you have to be fucking kidding me." i watched the ending two more times.

yeah, i get what he was saying, but it was trivial as hell.

 

I couldn't disagree more. It might not have needed a nice, shiny bow, but whatever the hell it gave us was not enough. I've never been more frustrated by the end of a movie.

 

Read the book and get back to me.

 

I understand that argument, I really do. But I didn't read the book, and neither did most viewers, I'd imagine. So I'm left frustrated.

 

come on, chick. i chose to watch the movie, not read the book. i also chose to leave my thoughts about the ending of the movie, not the book.

how does the ending of the book matter in this instance?

 

I lost interest after the scene in which Anton walked out of the wife's house and checked his shoes for blood. I consider that the end of the movie.

 

Because the screenwriter chose to stay true to the book and not pander to people who have short attention spans and refuse to read?

 

I don't refuse to read. I just haven't read the book yet. I might. I might not. That makes no bearing. A movie is a movie, and a book is a book. What reads well doesn't necessarily watch well (Re: Robert Langdon/Tom Hanks)

 

jesus christ. so you're fucking better than i because you chose to read that specific book? fuck that.

and how in the fuck do you factor in short attention spans? the fucking ending sucked. the writer short-legged the ending to the fucking book. cocksucker needed an editor.