When that dog is going after Lewellyn in the river with his head bobbing out of the water after him....omg, that was hilarious, because...what exactly can the dog do in the water?...Lewellyn could have just waited using the current and when the dog got close, Lue could have dived under the water or moved out of the way and let the dog go right by him....can a dog navigate the water like a human?...It just seemed more like Lue had the advantage in the water.
shareLewellyn wasn't presented as the sharpest tool in the toolbox. He was gritty and tough, but he should've known he had a tiger by the tail in that satchel. Him and CJ should've gone international soon as he got back to the trailer.
Maybe Texans do those kinds of things. Isn't the Alamo somewhere in Texas?
Seems like you missed the truly unintentionally funny part of the dog scene. That would be the fake dead dog twitching...looked like something from the Rankin/Bass days....
sharehe had the use of one arm only. I don't think he would dived under or moved out of the way so easily
shareGoing from memory, I thought the dog in the river scene was well-made. I'd have to look at it in slow motion.
I recall the pursuit and jumping in the river looked real and scary too. Outstanding film.
What was really unintentionally funny is that it went from Lew being in total darkness to bright dawn in the blink of an eye.
shareI watched this one again last night and I hear what you're saying, but watching the scene again it seems to me that the current is moving too fast for Lewellyn to do what you suggest. Ducking underwater and waiting for the dog to pass by sounds easy except that stopping -- or at least slowing down -- appears problematic, at least to me. Moving out of the way would kind of be the same problem, besides, the dog would paddle to the shore quickly, circle around and come back at you. So in the end I think he did about the same as any of us would do in the heat of the moment.
Now, to comment on what appears to be an intentionally funny scene . . . chicken crates. Late in the film Chigurh is standing on the side of the road with the hood to "his" vehicle open, an obvious appeal for roadside assistance as he is stranded. Now, we the viewer know immediately what is going on: Chigurh is going to kill the next person who pulls up with a fresh car to steal. But in the course of conversation right before the scene cuts away he says "would you remove those chicken crates?"
It's amusing to us, or disturbing, because we know what's coming for the poor guy who stopped to help. But the line makes no sense other than as a throwaway for the viewer. Because in reality the guy would not remove his chicken crates from his truck just because someone asked. Chigurh would surely know this. So why ask? For a moment of comic relief?
Presumably.