That's always what kills me about "intelligent design." It's as though they get really far, and then some kind of arrogance steps in and says "Oh, well, that's the entirety of 'that which can be explained by science.' I mean, it has to be a divine hand in here directing this portion of..." No, no, no. You've been working just fine with evidence, why are you giving up and jumping on faith now?
Just finished No Country for Old Men, and enjoyed it. The book does a better job of not feeling like I've been dropped on my ass. The resolutions which take place in the last 5~7 minutes of the movie actually take up the last 20% or so of the book. So instead of -wait, what just happened- it's that feeling, then the remaining 20% in a dazed recovery mode. Chigurh fills the "unstoppable evil" role even better than the movie. He feels more like a tool of fate, incessant. And in the movie, Moss' wife denies him that role by refusing his offer of coin toss. The book is easily as intense as the movie.
Guess I'm on a McCarthy kick, since I moved directly (back) into Blood Meridian next.