Did the author actually see the movie,"No Country for Old Men,"? Josh Brolin's character was clearly the protagonist of the film. His character was probably one of the more likable male characters in the movie.
Now that I think about it, Brolin’s character did choose the money over his wife’s life. But it was one of those maybe it’ll come to that at some point in the future if I loose choices, made according to the twisted rules. Still, his greed cost his wife her life, via the philosophy of the psychotic villain.