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I was very disappointed by this film. I felt that the story didn't resolve anything by the end of the movie. Also, the whole thing with the sheriff at the end left me thinking "who cares?" He wasn't a very major character throughout the film, so I really could have cared less about the dream that he had.
I understand that the book is much different. I'm told that the sheriff is the narrator, at least through parts of the book, so the reader becomes closer to him as a character. It would have made the ending much better if Tommy Lee Jones had been narrating periodically throughout the film and if his character's presence was felt more.
I was also really disappointed that this movie won so many Oscars. It seems like the Coens won because of their reputation and all the other great films they've had that didn't win anything. Their Oscar this year felt to me to be a kind of "here ya go" type of award rather than something that they earned with this specific project. Last year was the same way, with Martin Scorsese. In no way did I feel that The Departed should have won best picture, or Scorsese should have won best director. But they Academy has snubbed him so many times in the past that this was the year he was "due" to win.
EDIT: I'm not trying to say that this movie was all bad. It was not. Compared to some of their other more recent projects, this was a fantastic return to Coen Brother form. But compared to their better films, No Country just doesn't stack up.
This sounds about right actually. The only thing I'd add is the movie could have used so major editing in the last 20 minutes, and perhaps changed the story's chronology to keep the sheriff better involved. But I totally agree with you about the narration thing. It was a major issue. The film felt too much like a literary adaptation.
