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Originally Posted by Vulcan
The sheriff is too old for the game anymore and if he continues, he's going to get killed. He knows this and so is retiring and trying to accept his change of life. This change has made him contemplative about death and so he dreams of his dead dad preparing the way for him to the next life. The fire to me is a combination of the light that people claim to see in near death experiences leading them on and also a symbol of warmth and home.
To say the movie should have ended after Chigar's accident misses the point that the movie wasn't about Chiguhr or Llewellyn Moss, it was about the Sheriff not being able to cut the mustard anymore. The other characters were good but they could have been anyone that sheriff Bell couldn't handle and no longer could understand. At least that's the way I see it because I can relate to Bell's situation.
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100% this. I quite enjoyed the movie. Like others, I was expecting the story to be wrapped up in a neat little package with a bow, so was initially surprised that it ended the way it did. Of course, that is the whole point of the ending, and why it has such an impact after the fact. It's also a revealing moment, "Oh, so that's where the title plays in."
If nothing else, visually the movie was amazing. The Texas landscape was beautiful. I thought it was a fantastic film, and have been itching to see it again.