The Movie, and how it relates

After i finished the book, I decided to watch the movie and see what the resemblance/differences are. 

Starting with the plot, the plot of the novel and the movie are identical, the director of the movie did a very good job of following the novel.  From the hunting at the beginning to the death of Llewelyn.

Secondly the characters and the setting, in the novel the Cormac McCarthy (Author) tried very hard to make the characters come alive in the readers mind. The director of the movie must have tried very hard to duplicate what what coming to light in his mind because the characters in the movie looked the same as they did in my mind when i was reading the novel.  Next comes the setting, McCarthy made a point of describing every small detail of the characters surroundings and the movie met those descriptions to a tee. 

Now that I have read the novel and watched the movie I am happy that I read the novel first.  The movie yes was almost identical to the novel but it left nothing to the imagination.