No Country For Old Men Ending Scene.

 Ending to 'No Country for Old Men'

I do not think this film has a satisfying conclusion as right from the start we can guess there's going to be a epic showdown between  Chigurh and Moss but 20 minutes before the film ended, Moss was killed offscreen by secondary characters who haven't had that much screen time which is a disappointing end to his character. We then thought we would get a showdown between Chigurh and the Sheriff but that didn't happen at all and these two haven't actually crossed paths at all. The film does not conform to the traditional western genre with the showdown which happens between two opposing characters. Another way in which it doesn't conform to the western genre is that it doesn't take place in the Wild West as it is set in 1980 even though, most western films in the 40s and 50s are set in the late 19th century. I also found it strange that throughout the film, Chigurh is an unstoppable killing machine who even causes an explosion just to rob a pharmacy to fix himself up but at the last few minutes of the film he is not stopped by a bullet but a car crash leaving him with a broken arm and a bloody face. This is quite an anti-climatic ending as I would've expect a thrilling showdown between the Sheriff and Chigurh. He even bribed the kids to not tell any of them but being the only witnesses to the crash, I believe they're bound to tell someone eventually. 

I believe the main villain was killed offscreen so we get that scene with Moss's wife and Chigurh as at this point she has lost everyone: her Husband, her mother, so now she's got nothing else to lose and isn't afraid of confronting Chiguegh and is the only character that has kept him talking for long enough and put a stop to his coin toss by saying 'he cannot pass blame to luck' as his coin toss trick decides who will live and who will survive. Although as Anton Chigurh leaves the house and checks the soles of his shoes for blood, it is implied that he murdered her even if it wasn't shown onscreen as the has already lost her husband and mother to Chigurh so has nothing else to lose. This has been done before with the accounting guy where we don't know if he's been killed or not but I believe he, unlike her, did not get murdered as he would've admitted he didn't see him there. I believe the showdown did not take place between Anton and Sherriff Tom Bell as it sets up the final emotional scene between Bell [now retired] sharing two dreams with his Wife. This is the final scene and leaves us with Chigurh, still alive even if he's damaged really, really badly, he lives to kill another day.