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No Country for Old Men

Picking Nits

Tracking technology, Wells’s search logic, a digital deer, and the transponder hidden among one-dollar bills draw minor objections.

In the discussion (4)
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  • The panel questions whether a suitcase tracker of that range and form existed in 1980, while citing earlier spy-movie precedents.
  • Wells finding the money is ultimately defended because Llewelyn is wounded and his attempted river concealment is traceable.
  • Carla Jean’s mother’s tone and an artificial-looking deer briefly pull one viewer out, while the dog is praised as practical performance.
  • The tracker being placed in a stack of one-dollar bills seems needlessly conspicuous compared with a dummy hundred-dollar bundle.