Film Analysis - 'No Country For Old Men' (Directed by the Coen brother, Joel and Ethan Coen)

'No Country for Old Men' (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38A__WT3-o0), directed by the Coen brothers (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coen_brothers) is an intense action thriller that features the coinciding stories of a hitman Anton Chigurh (played by Javier Bardem (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier_Bardem)) and a small town welder and Vietnam veteran, Llewellyn Moss (played by Josh Brolin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Brolin)). The film opens with an interesting speech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eZ6EACDKiE) provided by Sheriff Bell (played by Tommy Lee Jones (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Lee_Jones)), it reveals some information regarding his character but mainly suggests the threat that Anton presents as an alien to the common way of think with his demented, crooked even, state of mind; his clothing is unsuited for his surroundings and his hair (though being a simple physical characteristic) introduces a sort of sleekness to his character, as though he is he knows how any situation is going to turn out.
The overall plot of the film starts with Llewellyn Moss discovering the remains of a large firefight over what appears to be a large shipment of drugs, upon surveying the area he discovers a man on the cusp of death and a case containing all of the drug money (and a hidden transponder). Putting his needs first, he takes the money and heads home only to face the guilt of having left a man behind to die, this quick development in his character conveys the goodness in him but also the weakness and the irrationality that later leads him into more trouble than good, this is and interesting take on the concept of 'doing the right thing' because it openly stating that acting for the sake of others can only be seen as being stupid. This idea is main part of the film as a whole as it introduces a cold ruthlessness to the world, suggesting that we must be bitter and hard so as the outlast the storm that is life.
Eventually Llewelyn in tracked down by Anton (who wants the drug money), this leads to a fateful encounter where the two engage in a firefight, this scene is crucial to the films plot as it one, shows the vast difference in skill between Llewellyn and Anton, and two, it represents the mirrored journeys of each character finally crossing over one another (if only temporarily); the lack of music in this scene creates an incredible sense of tension, every audible creak and sound resonates throughout the viewers mind and reveals the mortality in Llewellyn as he faces such a terrifying, alien threat.
Ultimately the story progresses relatively normally until it takes an incredible turn, Llewellyn is killed off screen, he is gunned down by a group of mexican gangsters who are almost completely uninvolved in the film's actual plot, this conveys just how human Llewellyn is, he may be a vietnam veteran but he's no hero, he is just a man like any other who simply got himself stuck in a bad situation.
The film concludes with Anton meeting Llewellyn's wife (whom was sent away in the hopes that she would remain safe), Anton simply states that he is here to fulfil a promise he made to Llewellyn; that he would murder his wife should he not comply and deliver the money unto him. However what seems to be a strange form of pity, he offers her an ultimatum, he will flip a coin and if she chooses right, she will get to live, if she chooses wrong however, she dies. This is when she states one of the most important lines in the entire film 'The coin ain't got no will, it's just you', this disrupts Anton's calm and collected appearance suggesting that the rules he follows have been compromised and that he has momentarily lost his understanding of how the world works, this follows the theory that the easiest way to beat a serial killer is to simply stop playing their game, in doing so you take away their power.
(this film was indeed impressive and left me feeling shocked yet happy that i had got to see a marvel of modern film making, the story is unrelenting and truly shows the frailty in man and the weakness that exists within even the greatest of would be heroes, much like Llewellyn).