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Something that has ALWAYS bugged me about the shooting!!

posted 17 years ago by TruE_stAr19
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Ok, everyone remembers the bit where Delores witnesses the shooting. Well, when she is at the police station telling them what happened she say something like, "..then Vince looks at Ernie and says 'say goodnight' then Vince looks at Joey and joey shot him, he just shoot him in the chair, just boom! he just blew this guy away!..." well, Delores only see's them shoot Ernie, she never witnessed that whole speech... And there's no way she would have heared it while she was walking to the door... and even if she did, she wouldn't have known that Vince looked at Ernie when he said "say goodnight"...

Anyone else notice this? or have now noticed it?

Lol, i know i may be looking to deep into the movie, but it just really annoys me. It's only because it is my all time favourite movie and i literally know the script of by heart (i know, it's lame!) and i notice every little thing!

Bishop O'Hara: You took a vow of hospitality for all in need.
Rev. Mother: I lied.

[–] sweetypie224 17 years ago

Hey there! I just got done watching that part of the movie <it's on now>. Anyway, I think that you made a very good and valid point! She must have x-ray vision or something, you think! :) LOL

[–] TruE_stAr19 17 years ago

lol haha! i know! so true though...

Bishop O'Hara: You took a vow of hospitality for all in need.
Rev. Mother: I lied.

[–] pops_mcfly 17 years ago

She easily could have heard him say "Good Night Ernie" from the other side of the door.

Remember, that she hears her boyfriend tell his boys to "bring her back" from outside the door, she then runs like heck.

[–] TruE_stAr19 17 years ago

No, no. See, read over my post and then post back. I understand what you mean. But what I am saying is, that she says "Vince looks at Ernie and says say good night" yes, she could ahve heard him say that. But how would she have SEEN it with the door being closed? Thats the bone im picking.

Bishop O'Hara: You took a vow of hospitality for all in need.
Rev. Mother: I lied.

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[–] Marraccinisgirl 17 years ago

Throughout this entire scene, Deloris is listening in from outside the door. I agree though that she could not have "seen" who Vince was looking at. The window outside the door is tainted and distorted so there is no way she could vividly see what was going on, just hear it. However, throughout this movie everytime Vince wants something done he goes to Joey to do it. Deloris must know that and can guess that Joey would be the one Vince would look at to "say goodnight" to Ernie.

[–] mdnight_darkness 17 years ago

Delores could've just been assuming that's what happens. She seems the type to make up stories, but I agree, it was probably a goof.

[–] jstallyn 16 years ago

Having heard Vince say "Say goodnight" from the other side of the door, and then opening the door to see Vince have Eddie shot in the head, Deloris logically inferred that Eddie is the one Vince is saying goodnight too because he intended to blow him away. It was the cool, laid-back attitude with which Vince said "Say goodnight" before murdering Eddie that made Deloris hysterical at the police station, it spelled out to her she'd been dating a homicidal gangster - she'd only known Vince was a nightclub owner, a cover for his clandestine Mafia business. It wasn't really a goof, then.

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"There is an awful warmth about my heart like a load of immortality" - John Keats

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[–] jstallyn 16 years ago

Oh, OK. Thanks.

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"There is an awful warmth about my heart like a load of immortality" - John Keats

[–] Salads 16 years ago

I don't think Delores is a character who speaks with great thought to accuracy and precision. She wouldn't out and out lie, but she wouldn't worry about the details of what she was saying either.
I'm guessing that she just guessed what was going on behind the door before she saw it, and later on was so flustered she said that she actually saw the whole thing.

[–] shazeroon 16 years ago

I always thought this was odd too

this face, the infection which poisons our love

[–] drei85 15 years ago

I don't think she said she saw and heard the entire conversation, but she definitely saw Ernie's head being blown off. She walked in at that exact moment. She may or may not have heard the Say Goodnight bit, but that bit isn't as important as her seeing Vince shoot the guy.

I mean, remember that she tells the cops Ernie was just a limo driver, and while he wasn't the best limo driver, she didn't think it was any reason to shoot him. So all she seemed to have testified to is that she saw Vince kill the driver, not the reason Vince killed the driver.

[–] Caprica_Tonks 15 years ago

Whenever something happens and there is no explaination, a wizard did it.

~I can hear his beard!!~

[–] LadySailor1975 15 years ago

No I didnt notice that she SEES only the shooting.