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Killing innocents in finale

posted 15 years ago by anneandwalt-1
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First, there are two major reasons the film works at all: James Coburn and composer Jerry Goldsmith.
The budget and overall production values of Our Man Flint look much cheaper than the Bond films made at the same era - which were filmed on location (not relying on grainy footage of Marseille, like Flint) and featured the masterful sets of Ken Adam. But the style of Coburn and better-than-the-film deserves score of Goldsmith lifts the film to success.

And what about that ugly ending: Cramden and the generals laugh and laugh as Galaxy Island gets pulverized - with hundreds of innocent "pleasure units" getting blown up by the heroic military.

Coburn's Flint just watches - and seems a little embarrassed by it all.

[–] J-Star 10 years ago

And what about that ugly ending: Cramden and the generals laugh and laugh as Galaxy Island gets pulverized - with hundreds of innocent "pleasure units" getting blown up by the heroic military.

They had no idea about that. They hadn't been on the island... and Flint hadn't had time to debrief them about it.

/J-Star

De gustibus non est disputandum

[–] hal-9010 10 years ago

and also, we do not know if they were innocent. The male guards seemed very intentional and from my prospective they were in on it. The pleasure units were clearly manipulated, but perhaps not innocently. Sure Flints girls were - we know, but the other women we know nothing about. We can set it next to religion, klans or cults. Are the members innocent here? Ignorant perhaps, but not innocent. Regardless, the aim was to destroy the facility and in war collateral damage is collateral.

By the way, the grand daddy Dr No has an equal conclusion.

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