I got confused during this movie who the writer and producers intended the audience should give their sympathies to. The people making the heist? The victims in the building? Or what about the Keystone Cops (they were portrayed as a little more than just "bumbling" cops). The whole thing just seemed like a comedy of errors.
shareGarrett Morris' character, his boss was an ass. :)
shareThere are no real heroes in the film. That can be interesting, but here it just makes things a bit confusing. I agree.
shareMy sympathy lies with Martin Balsam's hairdo. The character is supposed to be a stylish, interior decorator type, but he has a greasy skunk on top of his head. Poor guy. But, agree with ghtx & muri_s: there are no heros, except, perhaps, the kid & Garrett Morris.
shareI got confused during this movie who the writer and producers intended the audience should give their sympathies to. The people making the heist? The victims in the building? Or what about the Keystone Cops (they were portrayed as a little more than just "bumbling" cops).
The whole thing just seemed like a comedy of errors.
Sean Connery
shareYou've hit upon the crux of fill-um making of the time, for this was the era of the anti-hero.
It could be claimed that this is an extension of mumble puss' reply to the question of what he was rebelling at:
"Whadya got?"
Extending the extension until it snaps like a cosmic string filled Cuisinart that got tossed into a black hole, the way Tim & Eric's Billion Dollar Movie ends is typically anti-formula and anti-climatic for them...or so claims Auntie Mame (but not Grizelda)
It all smacks of "How do you keep a jerk in suspense? I'll tell you later"
For Connery. That's who I was rooting for.
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