"What business is it of yours, where I'm from... Friendo..." hahaha

Wait. So he paid him a quarter for the gas. Nice trick. I'm going to try it at ARCO today.

"You've been putting it up your whole life, you just didn't know it." That might be my favorite line in the whole genius dialogue.

the way anton speaks is just amazing. his voice is relaxed yet intimidating.

It's fair that everyone's praising Bardem, as he's magnificent here. But the actor playing the counterman does a spectacular job as well. Underrated as he's just a foil, but a hell of a job nonetheless.

@Commandovah

3 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@Interdimentionalbunny

2 жыл бұрын

And the cameraman

@MichaelGiordano777

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the "counterman does a spectacular job" as playing a really dumb uneducated old guy from West Texas. A Trump loving Fox News loving fool. 😂😂

@carlosbaja678

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelGiordano777 you must realize at the end of the day, and when in the morning when you look in the mirror; that, you are a truly awful person. Twice a day that horrible, soul sinking reality hits you, and you feel so bad. I feel sorry for you.

@halleck3

2 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelGiordano777 ...and that doesn't take talent, when you're not such a person in real life? Think about it.

Dude never blinks. Brilliant acting.

He'll probably go down as one of cinema's greatest villains. Javier Bardem was amazing; no one else could have pulled it off.

@davidprince1138

2 жыл бұрын

For this generation perhaps. Last generation was most likely Darth Vader.

@2025_AD

18 күн бұрын

@@davidprince1138heath ledger

anton is so complex yet simple. honestly this should be one of the top 10 greatest performances by an actor in history in my opinion

Chigurh's twisted logic is the best part about his character. The store owner simply married into his store, it was pure dumb luck. Dying would have been pure dumb luck, too. What ordinary person has a moral system this internally consistent, and this consistent with reality?

This movie was just a suspenseful work of art, just well done.

I love how when he begins the "call it" thing, he's sighing and rolling his eyes, like he's thinking, "Sheesh, do I have to waste my time with this loser?"

The coen brothers have been the most consistently brilliant film makers of the last 25 years. I love how there is no background music in this movie, just the subtlest ambient noise occasionally.

The old man survived, but something did get murdered in this scene: that entire poor bag of sun-flower seeds. Jesus, Chigurh...portion control is your friendo. Imagine if you had been that badass and then actually choked to death in front of that old man. Legacy ruined.

i never got over how good this scene is. to the point where i couldn't watch the Bond film Skyfall without thinking about it. For me, Bardem should've just stopped playing villains after this.

This is one of the most solid performances I have ever seen. Even Josh Brolin and Tommy Lee Jones are big stars I still have to say that Javier's acting took the gold in this great film.

Anton's back and forth bits of "logic" remind me of trying to talk with Q of the Continuumn

"You've been putting it up your whole life you just didn't know it!"

I like how he almost chokes @2:12 when he finds out the old guy married into the place lmao. Brilliant.

This is the first scene in any movie I've ever watched where I felt genuine terror while watching. In that moment, in that scene, I was the clerk and it was my life hanging in the balance! lol

"Will there be something else? "I don't know. Will there?"

Can we also praise the man who played the shop keep? He is just absolutely amazing and should have been given his SAG card after this so he can appear in other movies. He's brilliant.

@whothecapfits4798

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant? Had he called tail you wouldn't know he existed 🤣

@KatieCatWalker

2 жыл бұрын

@@whothecapfits4798 we would have known he had existed because they still would have shot this scene before the kill. It's called a scene and acting, moron.

I just love his fury at the fact that the guy married into it

wow, that was an intense scene...

I like to think right near the end of the conversation the gas station attendant actually understands what it is he's calling the toss for. Obviously the uncomfortable conversation leading up sets a morbid tone. Once Anton suggests he stands to win "everything" I think the old man knew he was facing a killer

Boy I would hate have been antons boss when he was younger “hey Anton can you stay a hour later Sheila went home sick?” His response “you don’t know what your talking about, what’s the most you’ve lost in a coin toss?”

"I need to know what I stand to win"

Love this movie and i'm glad that Kyle and Wings reminded me about this scene on PKA!

The Body language in this scene is perfect. Pure perfection. Def a personal fav.-

now this is that type of actor that make you stay still in front of the tv without saying shit ..still good movies and good actors to come.

One of my personal favs :)

I would have guessed the opposite, as the movie doesn't quite read in that way; Bardem never lays out the stakes of the "wager" - in effect the outcome could have already been decided, regardless of the result of the flip. This is why Bardem says that the coin is, indeed, just a coin. Neither the coin nor the old man played any actual role beyond standing in for an infinite number of potential replacements. My opinion

The Coen Brothers, masters of mindfuck.

Simply bad-ass! My favorite scene from the film as well!

No one has ever perfected the bowl haircut but this man

greates scene! great movie!

Whereas Moss, Bell, and Wells all had experience with the military, in some way or another. In the context of the novel, Chigurh has no previous experience with war, and it's doubtful that he had ever been through any sort of training in the military-sense. No, his skills come from instinct and experience, and one could equally make an argument that he is an animal as much as he is the incarnation of Sin.

There's so much win on this whole scene. The way Bardem looks and sounds surprised when the old coot asks him if something's wrong, or the way the old guy almost let go of his gut when he saw hit called the right side of the coin, lol

"Well I need to see about closing" "uhh, see bout closing......" Every line in this scene is gold..

"You stand to win everything. Call it." God I love this movie.

Yeah...I don't believe he was going to kill him. Chigurh just wanted to force the man to finally make a decision n take control of his life.

Brilliant way to avoid paying less than half price for a candy Bar!

One of the best, if not the best, dialogues and movie scenes ever filmed.

@MichaelGiordano777

2 жыл бұрын

Did you ever watch the Movie "Its a Wonderful life" Mister?

all that so much begs for use in some prank calls :)) Chigurh vs customer service. "you don't know what you're talking about, do you"

i need to see this movie.

4:21. The look of a man who just shit his pants

... *shiver*

Hes crazy!!

He's Death in human flesh... he gives you the chance to decide your fate with the flip of a coin. But what a badass...

Wow...forgot how awesome this movie is...now i need to watch, no...now i need to own this movie

the coin is the instrument of the old man's fate..hehe

It's just a movie, dude. Damn!

sir?

i love that he chokes on the candy or whatever he is eating when told he married into it. love how it offends anton's....i guess..."standing as a man" i suppose u could call it. i can't wait to see "the road" when it comes out.

The movie is just as good as the book. Cohen brothers rule!

2:11 coughh!!! :)))

@4DeMS

3 жыл бұрын

@National Christian Front if I'm not mistaken he actually choked on the peanut during the take and the director and Berdum decides to leave it in because it brought so much authenticity to the scene

This guy is the Darth Vader of the real world ,i think BOnd, BOurne, the transporter, etc would be HARD pressed fightign this guy... seems like he has a military background, similar to the other two characters in the movie...But he is the king of villans.... from that haircut, which speaks for itself(i dont see any goth people trying to sport HIS look) to his silenced "shotgun" (i though t it was another airgun, until i saw the reviews) to his airgun collection,to his voice,cant beat this guy!

Hilarious scene

10 people put the coin In their pocket

It seems like some people are watching this clip out of context. If you see it with the rest of the film it makes a lot more sense. Chigurh is absolutely one of the most frightening villains I've ever seen. In the book he's asked about his enemies and he says he doesn't have any - he kills anyone who crosses him on the spot.

He would buy him an icecream

WOW OK THNX DATS PRETTY SCARY I NEED 2 CHECC THIS MOVIE OUT IS IT GUD????

this might be a dumb question but what is the significance of this scene? the fact that luck determines one's life?

in real life, Chigurh would've ended up with a shotgun barrel two inches away from his forehead after the second odd comment poor old man paints himself in the corner every time he opens the mouth lol great movie, great acting 5*

Heck, why did he only win Best Supporting Actor?!

this is something that is cold and cruel...this villain is much better and real than any other villains for me...the authenticity is spot on

Great fucking movie. Great fucking scene.

I couldn't believe when Johnny Depp won best villain for his performance for Sweeny Todd over him. I raged.

I don't have some way to put it...that's the way it is....

His face at 4:14 is hilarious.

I doubt Chigurh was ever in the military, they'd discover he is an unpredictable psycho fast and had him thrown out besides in the military he would have to receive orders and obey, which is totally unlike him I always believed Chigurh was a ruthless psycho from birth(most psychos are) and probably was a hitman in his late teens already, I'd say he's an orphan too I'd love to see Hannibal Lecter analyze Chigurh, I doubt Chigurh would care whatever Hannibal would tell him though

alternate scene ::clerk losses the toss....Anton on the front porch looking at the soles of his Boots

U ALREADY ASKED ME THAT....

why did he say that he'll come back at 9.30?

Most people argue that it's due to nihilism in the Coen brothers, I'm actually writing a paper on it as we speak, that's why I'm watching this lol. Nihilism is the philosophy that values and beliefs are ridiculous and unfounded, essentially that life is meaningless. Chigurh furthered this with his coin toss, chancing something usually thought of as the biggest thing a person has (his life), on something like a coin toss.

He never paid for the gas

He was predictable, though...Wells says himself that he even had his own twisted morals and what-not. I haven't seen the movie in its entirety, but I've read the book, and you learn a LOT about him from both Wells and his scene with Carla Jean. I agree that he probably wasn't in the military, though.

what does he say at 0:23 ?

@Henrus_Second_Channel_Now

3 жыл бұрын

“What business is it of yours where I’m from, friendo?”

I think he's not quite as completely evil as he's made out to be, though. In the book he's actually nice to Carla Jean if you think about it. Yes, he does kill her, but you have to keep in mind that in HIS world, to deny the coin toss is to deny fate. So he was looking at it as there is no other way for her. He went through the trouble of making her understand before he killed her, and he didn't do it until she finally said she truly understood why he had to.

IVE NEVER SEEN THIS MOVIE CAN SUM1 TELL ME WAT WOULDVE HAPPENED IF HE CHOSE TAILS PLZ

@callmeted949

6 жыл бұрын

He would be dead

Bardem MADE this film what it is.

Angie Tribeca brought me here!

I agree, I was just stating my OWN opinion.

PKA!!!!!!

gas was 21 cents so...........

69 cents, nice!

nah, its the violence that made it what it is.

it a good thing the guy didnt say its none of your business what time i go to bed

@Commandovah

3 жыл бұрын

That would be a show of spine and may have saved him from the whole coin toss tension. Anton Chigggaarhughu is a natural selector weeding out the weak.

I'm Kyle's dad. I love this scene

exect the terminator doesn't let you flip a coin and ask you private questions sarah connor? Yes? Blam!!

or the peanuts

omg!!! best scene ever..i was think hes gonna kill the old man XD

@4DeMS

3 жыл бұрын

He would have if the man called tails

PKA

Two face would be scared of this guy

Would you have asked for the money?

No if he had said tails Anton would've killed him most likely

Pka

"Cos then you'll call it just a coin....which it is....' BRILLLIANT

Shittiest Jedi Mind Control attempt ever haha.

Hmm, wouldn't it make more sense if he just lied? I think Anton is just temperamental.

dont think the film is anything special, its entertaining and has a few good scenes like this one, Bardem really makes this film