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Originally Posted by JSN
1) tommy lee jones advances the moral themes of the film.
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That was what I didn't like. There's all the "symbols" with his actions and what he says, particularly that final scene, but that was neither the interesting part nor the important part (at least it wasn't to me).
The Coens said that No Country was the closest they'd ever come and probably would ever come to action, but I think it's a shame they had so little interest/confidence in their ability to make a thriller, because No Country could've been a great one had Tommy Lee Jones' character not been there to stall the story.
It's a matter of personal interest, and while I like Tommy Lee Jones, he wasn't what ended up being the most engaging part of the film and did nothing but slow it down for me.
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Originally Posted by JSN
2) it's that way in the book, and it's a stylistic way of showing that moss was just one more casualty of the drugs wars. every other guy gunned down over coke had a story too, but to the cops he's just another blown off face.
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I'm not really in a position to criticize such great cinematic minds as the Coen brothers, but had I been in their place, I would've shown the shootout. I get what you're saying, but it doesn't make sense to explain/show the deaths of Woody Harrelson and Stephen Root and then NOT show the death of the main character, especially when the scene could've been done so fucking well.
