No Country for the King (Alternate Ending)

[screamwriter1]

This ending sucked.

[martino4550]

MadeToBeGray, what are you talking about? transformers 2?that movie sucked ass. now if you said the first one, i would agree, but no country for old men ended just perfectly.

[diztanguy]

mixing the ending of no country for old men with the job interview scene from full monty.why?

[MadeToBeGray]

"Making the last scene in No Country For Old Men, more interesting." The only reason this would be uninteresting to someone is if they had a short attention span. If you want an action packed ending that puts fuel in the fire, go watch Transformers 2 and leave the smarter, more innovative movies to the intelligent people.

[dudegetamac]

I didn't make this because I, "...had a short attention span...[and] want[ed] an action packed ending." I get what the Coen brothers were trying to do with the movie, and enjoyed the movie. (Don't think it should have won Best Picture however...) Also I absolutely do not like the Transformers Movies, leave it to Michael Bay to make an unenjoyable action movie. I just thought it would be funny if the burger king guy popped up at the end of the movie so loosen up and get a sense of humor.

[profoundpictures2010]

@dudegetamac - funny stuff! loved it!

[MrJimmyNapoleon]

It's just a joke

[sargientcupcake]

@MadeToBeGray Frankly just because an ending is smart doesnt always make it a good ending. In my opinion and only my opinion that im basing this off of No country for old mens ending should have been sacrificed for an ending thats fairly smart but actually has a climax.

[caigecaige]

@sargientcupcake

The falling action in a work of literature is the sequence of events that follow the climax and end in the resolution. This is in contrast to the rising action which leads up to the plot's climax.

[rmatthews9]

hahahahahahaha !!!!!

[Tango2u7772]

Another great ending with a FAGOT trying to make his little point...

[SmGard]

oh my god... that actually made me lol

[drcubeminion352]

NO, REALLY!? OH SHIT!

[mrfelix510]

I love no country for old men.

[7judas77]

hahaha, that's just silly!

[LordSicard]

aha

[hopeitsgewd]

LOFL

[ThisBeWillD]

hahahaha funny vid

[ProjectInsanity]

The ending is in line with the rest of the film. There's a kind of absolute evil (Anton) which is foreign to the times and values Ed Tom was raised with. Echoing the first lines of the film, he "doesn't understand" this evil, and is at a loss for how to combat it or even coexist with it. That is why he retires. In the dream, his father carries a metaphorical torch to "light the darkness," and warm the cold. But when Ed awakens, his father is gone, and there is only the world as it is.

[Grom619]

People who defend this as being a good ending are probaly the same people who don't like the orignal Terminator movies. I could tolerate the weird ending in Oh, Brother Where Art Thou but the last 15 minutes of iths movie just blew.

The rest of the movie however was excellent, the writing and acting was great.

[destroyreligion]

Not true. I loved the ending and also love the original Terminator movies. Hell, Kung-Pow is one of my favorite movies. I'm not trying to be some pretentious art fag; I don't think who likes the ending is trying to be one either. It's just a good way to end a movie like this.

[Liquidemblem]

noob u r

[johnnyk427]

Yes, would a big shootout where the bad guy dies have been better? This points you to the underlying theme of the movie. (that is, the burger-king)

[ribeye38]

It was a great movie. You guys put more thought into the ending then I did. I took it to mean, he was retired and kinda felt like it was all for nothing. But anyways, I had a question about the movie. What happened to all the drugs that were in back of the pickup Moss happened upon? Did he take it? Did the Sheriff take it? Or, did the Mexicans or Anton take it? I'm sure it was in the movie, but I must have missed it.

[antoriamemphis]

The mexicans who chased after Llewelyn when he came back with water will have taken it

[BlazeWithPenguins]

holy fucking shit i love this movie...its terribl that im youtubing for pieces of it i need to buy th dvd already

[DrSamuels305]

Then ending is about death. His father is dead.  He is in heaven. His father is waiting for him with "a fire to keep him warm."

He's retired. His life is coming to a close, and this is indeed no country for an old man.

[TaterMySalad]

You are so wrong it's hilarious.

[KenshinSephiroth666]

People who don't get this movie's ending must be babies.

[HPJoker]

wtf is that the burger king by the window? lol. like at 1:00

[benzirinforte]

DESOCUPADOS DE MIERDA

[matthewyesitis]

it was an excellent ending, and those who can't appreciate it shouldn't be watching grownup movies

[111noir2000]

thank you.

[corning1]

It's a great ending. GOOD DOESNT ALWAYS WIN PEOPLE. In fact they usually lose. The sherriff retires because he knows. People don't fuck around anymore. You'r in a time of small wars, Al Queda. Shit Happens When You Party Naked.

[REDSKULL180]

lol

[budd]

very good observation, alot of ppl didnt get that

[mscottforpres10]

great ending

[astupid16yearold]

lol

[ISQUEIROx]

lolol

[944779]

They were just dreams, that I can't really link to anything, but Anton got the money at the end

[RAWKET661]

horrible way to end the movie

[CandyOfLife]

No, in fact it's an excellent movie ending. You're just saying that because you don't understand the ending.

[illegallyUgly]

"No, you don't understand."

[dantyler66]

i love the ending of NCFOM. I thought it fit the movie perfectly...and it was also the same ending as in the book

[cameron0113]

ROFL Burger king looking through the window.

[ZJR44]

Someone explain to me the ending when tommy lee jones is talking.

[Drob47]

he's just don't what to do with himself because he's retired now. all he can do is dream. like all old men do. dream

[Drob47]

don't know what to do with himself

[XxVeGaNjUsTiCexX]

The film closes with Bell at home, in retirement, reflecting on his life choices. Bell relates to his wife two dreams he had, both involving his deceased father, also a lawman.

At the end, when he says, "and then i woke up", it's a metaphor for the ending of the film as if to say that life is no fairy tale and there are no real happy endings.

[greyfox389]

I don't get it.

[BTarbell]

dont worry ed tom, youre retired now and every morning the king will bring you a tasty bk breakfast sandwich

[ClydeNut]

This is neither creative nor funny.

[brownztone]

i'm hungry

[wam8atigs]

I'm confused this is the ending i saw on the normal dvd when I rented it can someone explain?

[dannychianese]

when you watched it on dvd the burger king was beating off in the window? We must have seen alternate versions...

[priorzola]

It's symbolic (as anyone who knows anything about dream interpretation would know). It's about a man (Sheriff Ed Tom) unwilling to confront evil. The best he can do (as most of America) is sit back and bemoan the loss of a so-called more innocent world. His father was willing to confront that evil (on that evil's own terms). It most likely led to his early death. But as long as we are blinded by greed or nostalgia, we will never defeat our enemies. Our enemies will never stop until they win.

[priorzola]

PS. And when I say "win", I mean achieve their objective or as Chigurh would have seen it, "reached his destiny". Neither Sheriff Tom nor Llewelyn Moss attempted to understand their enemy, they simply tried to outwit him. The book, an analogy for misadventures in Vietnam, also holds a pertinent allegory for our misadventures in Iraq. Know your enemy or succumb to your fate. Just because Llewelyn stumbled unto a situation, and then took greedy advantage of it, does not absolve him from guilt.

[priorzola]

PSS.. I'm not writing this on a laptop and I'm nowhere near a Starbucks. Being that this film was based on a book, you might need a little bit of literary experience to be able to understand what's trying to be said (ie. you have to read every a book every once in awhile). Understand metaphor and symbolism and then get back to me.

[Transformers217]

I don't think you need to read the book, to understand the brilliance of the ending. The film actually works by itself, without the book.

But the book is a great, and should be read by anybody who wants to look at some great piece of literature. And the film is a masterpiece in my opinion. :)

[rancidglass]

most hollywood directors would have ruined this master peice. Thank goodness for the coen bros.

[italianjohnny123]

so basiccly the guy at the end got away and nothing he can do

[sjwc2000]

WOW !! Your view of TommyLeeJones' portrayal of Sheriff Bell is pompous and sophmoric imo! His spare portrayal is so faithful to McCormac's novel; and incidently since he IS a native Texan, his nuanced performance rings so very true, it made me weep!

In point of fact, he dreamt it was an earlier time, horseback, and his father was going ahead of him...in LIGHT.

One's enemy NEVER wins until YOU concede defeat! And, WISDOM helps one to choose his battles carefully.

[sjwc2000]

self edit...author Cormac McCarthy !!!!!111 duh

[pencap1528]

the real ending was good, but was a sad one. but that is why it was good. how many sad endings do we have these days?

[Anzaldua3012]

9/11

[Tebay71]

Hahahhaahaha

[ColoradoTypewriter]

Wait, what was the other ending?

[tennisnut3245]

At 00:25, Does Loretta (thw wife) call her husband: Anton

[BeatrizTheGreat]

ed tom

[inuyama101]

it did sound like anton

[Transformers217]

Why isn't anybody posting the actual ending?? It's one of the best endings of all time, and there is nothing wrong with it. Infact, the last 30 minutes elevates this film from being a great entertainment, to becoming a genuine work of art.

[Fjordgnu]

Couldn't agree more. The ending is what I remember the best, and what I keep thinking about. It was just amazing.

[Fjordgnu]

Couldn't agree more. The ending is what I remember the best, and what I keep thinking about. It was just amazing.

[Fjordgnu]

Couldn't agree more. The ending is what I remember the best, and what I keep thinking about. It was just amazing.

[fogerty8282]

I hate the ending! My night was almost perfect. I had my litter of cola and large butter soaked popcorn with my extra large nachos. Then I had to sit through all this talking and junk and then, nothing happend. I mean learn something from the pros dudes and gives us some explosions and tits and shit. Well, the one explosion infrot of that like doctor store was AWESOME!!!!

p.s. America Rules!!!!

[kiwimangum]

Fat, and stupid. The American dream?

[fogerty8282]

I agree.

[wijaya47]

fogerty are you trying to make america look bad?

[funk0049]

what you need to keep in mind about this film is that it is not about moss or chigurh; it is about tommy lee jones's character and his belated realization that he has passed into the realm of the "old timers" he respects so much...this particular set of circumstances seems the impetus for him to see himself as more or less obsolete in the fight against "crime nowadays"

so, in that context, the ending is PERFECT

if you can't get it, stick to movies more your speed like 'blades of glory'

[PenaltyKillah]

Heh, I liked both. In some ways, BoG, if you don't mind me saying, is the best movie of the year. Quirky idea spread over a feature-length movie, with a beginning, middle, & end. NC4OM? Nah, it just broke every facet of the thriller institution in every way possible. That's a good thing to a select few movie-lovers.

[MatthewLedZepfan]

thanks alot asshole, how about showing that ACTUAL ENDING?!

[PenaltyKillah]

That is the actual ending, sans the wife calling him "Anton" and that King...

[nolandonahue]

If the Coen Brothers had posted this video in an official capacity, everyone would be singing its praises as "the melding of commercialism and art in a post-modernistic disenfranchised world," and other nonsensical adjectives that people love to use (the kinds of people that sit in starbucks wearing turtlenecks and typing on laptops i.e. everyone who has commented this thus far) All hail the king...he is more animated than any character in this movie.

[duzing4ever]

u must bring the pussy in

[nolandonahue]

Also, though it may seem irrelevant at the time...Tommy Lee Jones' face looks like a sharpe puppy. This must have been integral to the smartly crafted plot.

[nolandonahue]

I know everyone likes to agree with the critics to seem all "intellectual," and although the acting was fantastic, this movie bored the hell out of me. There was no music in the whole thing...which was not "daring" or "edgy," it just added to the boringness. It reminds me of one of those stodgy british films where people walk in and out of rooms in some big manor house talking quietly about each other.

[depor23]

fail

[dudegetamac]

if you are talking about my keyframing then i agree.

[GeorgePedrosa]

It's fun to see every stupid ass on the theater get frustrated because they didn't get to see a conventional ending, with the sheriff fighting the bad guy. The Coens have balls...

[dudegetamac]

I am not mad the movie ended that way. In fact I like the fact that the bad guy got away, I like almost all movies where the bad guy gets away. All I am saying is that the end of No Country for Old Men was boring, at least to me.

[pittsteelers123]

i respect your opinion but did you find it boring because you didn't listen closely and analyze what bell was saying because he basically sums up the entire moral of the story

[lolin11222]

This is completely right. I wasn't really paying attention at all when Jones spoke of his dreams in the final scene, but if I had, I would've been all over this movie last night, well more than I was. Now I can really appreciate it, along with the excellent acting, like Javier Bardem's performance

[INTERPOLFAN17]

@GeorgePedrosa cormac mccarthy has balls haha

[kiwimangum]

Way to ruin the best scene of the decade.

[killeraddiction]

ha

:)