I read the book the week before last and almost finished it in one day. Only a few pages the next day and then it was done. “Then” I saw the movie last week and I loved it. I’ll be getting the dvd to catch the dialog I missed. Most harp about the ending, but after reading the book I knew.
Here are some comments, albeit spoilers:
s p o i l e r s b e l o w !
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Striker5,
Do you know who the old man at the end (also in the book) was? Listening to the movie dialog I thought it wasn’t Ed Tom’s / Tommy Lee Jones’ grandfather or father.
more comments comparing the book to the movie:
The movie skips over some visuals with Moss and the 14 yo girl - in the movie that’s the very short scene with the girl at the pool offering him beer - and there is a visual with Moss and the girl at the morgue, dead, laying on the gurney with the sheriff id’ing them, and there was a bit more to his wife’s last scene (Moss’ wife, who’s 19 in the book, Moss is 36 I think), and she does call the coin toss, and loses of course - with not as much luck as that first gas station guy - who called heads and won with the 1958 quarter.
I absolutely love that scene at the motel where Moss is talking with the lady who gives him shit about just choosing a room rate, then he sees someone is in his room (turns out these are the 3 mexicans) with the curtain open a tad, then goes to the lady to get “another room” and she give him more shit, shows him the map, then Chigurh (the bad guy, “Sugar? - no, shoo gar”) walks in, looking at the room map and slowly looks up and gives that lady the evil eye. Hilarious!
In the book, Moss was a Vietnam sniper.
The book had more visuals. Imagine that, a book with more visuals than the flick. Well, not too hard.
The movie does depict that handcuff garroting of the deputy very well. And of course woody whateverhisnameis? harrelson? was miss cast as the Col / Wells. I would think Ed Harris, or someone else.
I think in the book Chigurh is using bird shot, but when he takes out the 3 mexicans in the motel room they clearly depict at least 00 buck when he shoots the wall.
In the book, when Chigurh gets t boned and one kid sells him his shirt, they steal his machine pistol and are later interviewed by the sheriff / Ed Tom.
Tommy Lee Jones and that lady who played his wife were a perfect cast, imo.
I read the book very quickly - after one day I only had a few pages left, which was finished off the next morning.
I missed who the old man was at the ending scene. And Ed Tom (the sheriff / Tommy Lee Jones) tells this man about his Silver Star in the book with a confession on what really happened.
When Wells / woody gets shot, the book has him holding up his hand which loses some fingers as Chigurh shoots him in the head. He then stands and walks over to the wall to pick at the bird shot in the wall with interest.
The movie also leaves out a final scene with Chigurh taking the money to either the buyers, suppliers, or someone else, and offering his services.
