There are a few reasons I loved the movie . It ' s wonderfully pared down , where every character and their actions matter . And they ' re all very wellconsidered characters . Both believable in and of themselves , and also in their relationships . Those brothers are so damn real , where they both know what they ' re getting into and react accordingly . It ' s pitch perfect throughout the whole movie , and that ' s kind of a miracle . They also represent place to perfection . If you ' ve never been to west Texas and watched this movie , then yeah , you ' ve been to west Texas . And the action fits the location perfectly . It ' s all genuine and honest to its setting . And some great music and cinematography to capture it all to boot . But at the end of the day , it ' s those characters . One brother that ' s just determined to do what has to be done and to get in bed with a brother that he loves , but who ' s a lose cannon . He knows he ' s getting into some shit , but he accepts it and is resolved to get things done . The other brother is more than happy to help , but knows he ' s doomed from the start . He ' s gonna help his brother , but also can ' t stop getting in his own way . Just a born fuckup . And a sheriff who once knew a time where the good guys were good and the bad guys were bad . But he ' s grown old enough to no longer be sure who ' s the good guy and who ' s the bad guy . And in the end , he realizes that he no longer knows what good and bad even are . A better representation of ' no country for old men ' than No Country for Old Men . The whole thing didn ' t feel like a movie . It felt like a slice of life where a plot just happened . Sometimes you watch a movie , and sometimes you feel like you lived a movie . This was definitely the latter for me .