Last night I watched the 2007 movie, No Country for Old Men. It very closely followed the book only adding/ removing some parts that I wish they could have been present.
The movie’s three main characters were cast very well with Josh Brolin (Llewelyn Moss), Javier Bardem (Chigurh) and one of my favorite actors, Tommy Lee Jones (Ed Tom Bell). Though Brolin and Jones gave fantastic performances it was Bardem who stood out. Winning six awards for his performance as Chigurh, Bardem delivered the performance of his life. He will go down as one of the most horrific and psychopathic movie/ book characters of all time matched only by the likes of Jack Torrnace (The Shining) and Hannibal Lecter (The Silence of the Lambs). The cast was also supported by Woddy Harrelson who played Carson Wells very believably and Tess Harper as Loretta Bell.
Something that the movie missed was Sheriff Ed Tom Bell’s backstory and his overall character. He was in the movie in a handful of very short scenes but the Coen brothers (the directors of the film) were still able to make his character seem important but to anyone who had read the book would severely miss his character. Another thing that was very off putting was the lack of a soundtrack.
Overall No Country for Old Men is a movie that I could watch over and over again and look forward to sharing with people in the future!
Great American Novels 2020 
I haven’t seen the movie but from what I’ve heard it sounds excellent, especially since it won Best Picture. I’ll take your word for it that it’s really good and will probably watch it sometime this week.
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I saw the movie after I read it as well. I was a disappointed as well about the Sheriff not getting the full effect from the book. I think the movie did the book pretty good justice though.
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