Post 4: Adapting my book

Three scenes that are essential to keep:
1. One scene that is vital to keep is the scene with Moss and the fifteen year old girl at the motel. The girl is a hitchhiker Moss picked up on the road so he could have someone to drive him while he rested and tried to recover from his wounds. After hours of travel, they stop at a motel and purchase separate rooms. Before they split up for the night, Moss offers the girl a beer, and she eagerly takes it. This scene is important because it shows the bond between Moss and this random girl that he picked off the street. It shows the strength of human companionship, and is one of the few light, happy moments in a story filled with blood and darkness.
2. Another scene that should definitely make it into the movie is the scene where Chigurh kills Wells. Wells was confident that he cuold take Chigurh down, and was beaten soundly, with minimal effort on Chigurh's part. This scene reinforced how deadly Chigurh is, since that point had been made several times before in the book. This scene also reveals some of Chigurh's character, through his dialouge with Wells. This scene is one of the more tense parts of the book, and should make the transition to film.
3. The final scene that should make it into the film is the explanation for how the book started. It's a small scene, and appears insignificant, but it speaks loudly of Chigurh's personality and mental state, and completes the circle for part of the plot. This scene shows what exactly Chirgurh was doing right before the act, when he did the act, and ended right where the book started. And apart from all that, this scene is the most simple, brutal example of Chigurh's leathality and complete lack of remorse, enforcing how he's been portrayed throughout the book.
Two parts that should be cut:
1. The first scene that should be cut is not an entire scene, but a large part of one. Moss' opening scene, to be exact. This scene has Moss tracking some game, missing a shot, and tracking them some more. In the book, this part is how Moss found the truck that started the whole thing, but it would need to be thinned down for the movie. Most of the tracking would be cut out, and definitely the missed shot. The only thing left in this scene would be him following some deer tracks, maybe seeing a deer, and then stumbling upon the trucks to get the story rolling.
2. The next thing I would cut is actually a handful of scenes. All of the scenes with Carla Jean's grandmother in them. It is an interesting subplot that adds to the dynamic between Moss and Carla Jean, but it has no place in the movie, where the pace would need to move fairly quickly. The scenes being removed include them moving to El Paso, them moving to a hotel, and pretty much any scene that only includes Carla Jean and her grandmother. It is an unnecessary subplot for the movie.