No country for old man　老无所依　观后感

This film ends of the old sheriff’s weak awareness. It is a dream concerning about the old-timers. There’s no hero, no victory, and no result. There’s only prospect about the future; there’s only shock and hopelessness. He dreamed about his father who was as heroical as he could be. And this glory should have been continuing in the old sheriff’s life as well. But it didn’t. It is not because of the ability, but because that this world can not be comprehended in the old logic any more. This film takes the 2000 million dollars as the clue, but just as the private detective said, there is nothing to do with money and drugs. It is only about killing, killing with rules but with no reasons. Llewely, the cow boy, lost this battle for his humanity. He wanted the money, and he wanted to protect his wife. That is why the killer has the ability to threat and control him. On the contrast, the killer has no humanity, even the evil humanity. He has no lust for money and woman. He has no heart but rules. The rule is just to killing.

When the evil becomes the pure evil, which can not be understood, the old-timers experience of humanity, morality, courage and intelligence, which they believe can conquer the evil, lost their fate. This is about the film’s name: no country for old man.

There are some details we should also pay attention to. The first one is drinking the milk. Both the killer and the old sheriff looked at their phantoms in the television when they sit on Llewely’s sofa. This comparison must symbolize something. It may symbolize that there is actually something common between the evil and good. And it can also symbolize the different psychological function even facing the same environment. It actually depends on you.

The second detail is about buying the clothes when the killer and Llewely get hurt. They both give really big money to buy them. These kids attitudes toward money just enlarges the evil power of the money.

Of course, there are actually lots of comparisons and contrast as details to explain the meaning of this film. This is a difficult film, for if you only seeing once, you surely can not comprehend the total meaning. At the same time it is an easy film, for once you understand it, it is easy for you to crazy about it. So never say it is a common film.

This movie also contains the explanation or meaning of death. The killer, from another aspect, is death itself. For when the sheriff explain the people who are killed by the killer, he actually said they are natural death. At the other end of natural death is llewely’s mother-in-law’s death. In our life, we tried hard to avoid it. When we actually avoid it, we will find that it is waiting for us in the next crossroad.