At 7/10/08 07:49 PM, The-Laugher-Of-Lor wrote:
No Country For Old Men had the most retarded ending in my opinion.
The ending is discussed here by two film critics (12:51-13:51), and without any spoilers. I did somewhat agree the first time I saw it, that it was kinda confusing, but that's the whole point, I think. It wants to be ambiguous, and different than other films that are just straightforward all the way. We're not being spoon-fed with a grand conclusion. Ultimately, though, it was put there because that's how the book ended, and, according to IMDb's trivia section, the film is very faithful to the book. The Coen brothers (directors and writers) liked the ending, and kept it for the movie. Otherwise, they obviously wouldn't have shot it, and wrote it in the screenplay.