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*SPOILER* I have a question on the opening scene.


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Okay, I love this movie but I have a question on the opening scene. It shows a home video of Charlie getting married with kids and Johnny Boy fine. But in the end they get shot. I just need a little help with this haha

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It`s a christianing, not a marriage, they`re Christianing or baptizing a baby, it says God Bless Christopher on the cake, just some locals from around the neighborhood celebrating the baptism or something of the child. And if you watch closely it`s some other woman in the dress, while Charlie and his girlfriend are eating the cake, as in they`re attending, not the ones who are celebrating.

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It's not a wedding. Also, even though they get shot, nobody dies, they're all alive at the end.

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Also, even though they get shot, nobody dies, they're all alive at the end.
Not so sure about Johnny Boy...


Better to be king for a night than schmuck for a lifetime - Pupkin

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