No Country for Old Men

.docx

School

Southwest University *

*We aren’t endorsed by this school

Course

110

Subject

Communications

Date

Jun 24, 2024

Type

docx

Pages

Uploaded by olivaselias20

Alexa Olivas Professor Hinojosa Comm- 2366 16 June 2024 No Country for Old Men 1. What was the main plot of the film? a. No Country for Old Men is a western thriller film. The protagonist, Llewelyn Moss, comes across a drug deal gone wrong while he is out hunting. Llewelyn discovers a briefcase with $2 million inside and decides to take it not knowing there was a tracker inside. Anton Chigurh, the antagonist, is hired to hunt down Llewelyn and recover the money. The psychopathic hitman and fleeing man set off on a violent and chilling track that leaves a lot of others dead. Sheriff Ed Tom Bell tries to piece together Chigurh’s trail of dead people and protect Llewelyn. 2. What were the subplots? a. This film did contain a few subplots. The biggest one, in my opinion, would be Carla Jean Moss. We also have the Mexican Drug Dealers that add a sense of culture and danger. These two subplots were the ones that most stuck out to me because they made me, the audience, feel the love between Llewelyn and his wife. When it came to the Mexican Drug Dealers I identified there because I see a lot of this at my work and the setting took place at cities along the border which my job guards going as far as Del Rio, El Paso, Laredo, and Eagle Pass. 3. How did the subplots move the story along?

a. The subplots moved the story along because they added emotion. In our outline notes, there was a part where it said that while analyzing movies, we can get two emotional reactions which are love and hate. The love pours out of the couple that Llewelyn and Carla are because without hesitation Carla trusted and listened to Llewelyn when he told her she had to go for her protection. Even from a distance she was protecting him as well from the opinions her mother had of him. This made me feel like they had to end up together again at the end, but it was also a hateful feeling seeing Llewelyn choose the greed of having that money before choosing to go back home to his wife safe and sound. The Mexican drug dealers added a sense of sadness to the movie because they stood no chance against the type of hitman Chigurh was scripted out to be. He asked no questions and killed all of them with no remorse or a second thought. 4. How does the dialogue’s pace compare to a comedy film? a. The dialogue pace of this film does not compare to a comedy film. If I recall the only part of this film that made me cackle was when the sheriff had just missed Chigurh after he had a glass of milk, and they knew they had no other lead than “we are looking for a man that just had a glass of milk.” This was more of a thriller because it kept you on your toes not knowing what was going to happen next. It was a very violent and disturbing film that had no room for comedy in it.

Your preview ends here

Eager to read complete document? Join bartleby learn and gain access to the full version

Access to all documents
Unlimited textbook solutions
24/7 expert homework help