Almost Perfect film

Rating: 9/10 (4 July 2008)

I have a read a lot of reviews for this movie. The mostly say the same thing. I don't need to praise Anton Chigure any more. He is brilliant as the psychopath. The best part is how he either builds up for the kill he is about to commit or leaves you with your heart in your mouth as he decides to spare their life.
Josh Brolin is equally brilliant. He does what any man in his shoes would do. I don't care who you are, if you say you would turn the money to the authorities, you are a stone cold liar. Not even the authorities would turn it in to themselves. That said, he does the best he can at the being the guy on the run. Most of the time guarding the money more than his actual life.
Tommy Lee Jones as Sheriff Ed left a bit to be desired. He seemed like the guy trying to help Llewelyn, but at the same time taking any detour to avoid actually coming face to face with Anton, which ultimately leads to Llewelyn'd demise. He didn't do half as much as he could to protect him.
Woody Harrelson as Carson is a role that many question. I totally understood it's brilliance. He was hire by the Mexican mob to find Anton, kill him and return the money. he was damn good at what he did. He found Llewelyn with no problem at all. The only problem was he didn't count on Chigure finding him first. Once he is caught off guard; he totally loses all angle of his character. The hunter becomes the hunted. It's actually at this point that the viewer realizes that whatever happens , Chigure was never gonna be apprehended.
The biggest flaw and reason I do not give it a perfect score, was not Moss' death. That was a given, but I didn't get the ending with Tommy Lee. It was one of those lame artsy Sopranos endings, that the viewers just despise. So why use it? I think The Coen brothers realized they had created a monster that they just couldn't kill off. I actually thing Anton was meant to die in that car crash, before they decided to rewrite the whole scene. So ultimately there was no real ending to the movie.
If it had been filmed in the 90's; Either Sheriff Ed would have been killed early on , with Anton and Llewelyn shooting it out in the final scene or Anton ultimately killing Sheriff Ed, but in no alternate ending would Anton have been killed. Therefore nothing was left ,but a lame ending done in Sopranos style. Kinda poetic when you think about it.