nihil wrote:How do you think he bought that shirt? Also, the coin and screws for the vent in the hotel room...? Does that help?

He only paid 1 or 2 hundred bucks for the shirt. Pocket change.

I saw the coin and screws. He obviously had opened the vent. I'm just wondering if more action happened off camera. Maybe, maybe not. I'm curious by nature.

To expand on that, the dude had conversations with every character except Jones. And since they were in the same room together, and he seemed to relish these conversations, why not another?

No, the shirt he bought after the car wreck. He gave the kid a bloody hundred.

I'm still not sure that answers it for me, though.

If I remember correctly, in the book Chigur returned it to the fancy man in the Dallas skyscraper.

itchy mcgoo wrote:No, the shirt he bought after the car wreck. He gave the kid a bloody hundred.

I'm still not sure that answers it for me, though.

How much did Josh Brolin pay for that jacket? I think a lot more...but that link answered it for me. I just thought the killer was cheap and not as desperate.

Tom wrote:If I remember correctly, in the book Chigur returned it to the fancy man in the Dallas skyscraper.

If I remember correctly, in the movie Chigur killed the shit outta the fancy man in the Dallas skyscraper.

Not crap. Flawlessly polished and well-made, which is standard Coen Brothers.

As usual, they do some great action sequences without resorting to tired techniques. The scene where the Chigurh chases Llewelyn out the hotel window and onto the street, and subsequent “car chase,” is great.

Great movie... Ended perfectly. I like how nothing was really left untied, outcomes just weren't explicitly stated. That was the gist of the tension throughout.

Wheely wrote:To expand on that, the dude had conversations with every character except Jones. And since they were in the same room together, and he seemed to relish these conversations, why not another?

He was in the hotel room next door. Both rooms had their locks punched out. Tommy Lee Jones picked the door on the left.. I think it was the left... a good choice.

itchy mcgoo wrote:"Brutal" and "beautiful" have been used a lot, and they are appropriate--brutal stories and beautiful shots. I was ~5 minutes late to the movie, so couldn't discern at first what the significance of the pick-up trucks in the basin were about--but there was a palpable dark feel to that setting. And fuck, it was beautiful.

if you get a chance, see those first 5 minutes -- beautiful panoramic shots.

jason smith wrote:Great movie... Ended perfectly. I like how nothing was really left untied, outcomes just weren't explicitly stated. That was the gist of the tension throughout.

Wheely wrote:To expand on that, the dude had conversations with every character except Jones. And since they were in the same room together, and he seemed to relish these conversations, why not another?

He was in the hotel room next door. Both rooms had their locks punched out. Tommy Lee Jones picked the door on the left.. I think it was the left... a good choice.

Ah-ha! I missed that both rooms had their locks punched out. But why was he in the other room? He retrieved the cash from room #1, so why go into room #2? Anyway, thanks for the info. I need to see this movie again.

Wheely wrote:Ah-ha! I missed that both rooms had their locks punched out. But why was he in the other room? He retrieved the cash from room #1, so why go into room #2? Anyway, thanks for the info. I need to see this movie again.

I don't know... part of it was just structurally necessary (in terms of plot) so that Tommy Lee Jones would have to choose between door#1 or #2, it's the form of coin toss the bad guy chose for Tommy Lee Jones I guess. Since the mexicans are the ones that shot the hero down, and the bad guy gets the money, the money retrieval didn't happen until after the police were gone. Maybe the bad guy started with the room next door to try and find the money first since that's how the hero initially hid it, then had to run back in when he heard Tommy Lee Jones coming..??