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one thing I never understood


after Connicks character kills the cop in the bathroom and proceeds to go after Weavers character we see a cop fleeing in terror down the hallway. What was all that about? I dont understand that part of the movie at all

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In the beginning, two cops escorted Helen Hudson to the restroom, but only one actually stayed positioned there after checking the bathroom and stalls. The cop running down the hallway is running towards the bathroom where Helen Hudson is, after realizing something is wrong.

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Thats right,at the end peter says "this is where darell lee went wrong,he was not expecting another cop",thats why he set up a sensor to tell him when the female cop comes along

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I didn't understand why she kept the red outfit she was wearing at the beginning of the film!

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neither did I!
I guess I'd get rid of it immediately. well, she's a doc, after all, so maybe it had to do with that... yet still, why keep it in the closet in her bedroom???

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maybe she kept the costume because she had to wear it home and couldnt bring herself to take it out to the trash. or the symbol of the last time she went outside or something. Or it was expensive and she's a woman of principle...

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She could of had Andy throw it out for her.

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I'll bet none of the posters on this thread are men. Women don't throw clothes away. A woman could balloon to 250 lbs., and she'd still keep the clothes she wore when she was a size 4. Consider it a chick thing, like shoes.

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It was just a costume, why should she throw it out? Just cause he put it on her bed? That makes no sense.

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One thing I never understood was why Connick's character was so bloody hickish dumb and annoying!!! No way does he act like a serial killer...more like a redneck who just plowed into a store with his pick up! And why do they, instead of making him scary, make him so bloody annoying!!!

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I guess the obvious response is to ask what exactly a serial killer sounds like ?

Some known serial killers have been highly intelligent, some well-educated (not always the same ones), and some of them really have been hicks. And sounded like it, to boot.


You might very well think that. I couldn't possibly comment.

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he isnt supposed to be a hick he is supposed to be insane and apparently those with mental health problems can sometimes have the mind of a child once they have erm snapped n gone tiddly winks?

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How do seriel killers act??? Annoying to you may be scary to someone else.

I thought he did a pretty good job.

The first time I saw the movie, I didn't know who Harry Connick Jr. (sp?) was. The whole time I was watching him, I kept thinking that the actor was kinda cute, Darryl Lee was a nut job, but the actor was cute.

Later when I saw Harry Connick Jr. I realized I was right.


It's called a llaaaannce--Hellooooo

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Actually very few serial killers are extremely smart. Most of them are either of average intelligence or lower. Just because pop-culture promotes the smart ones it doesn't mean most of them are.

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The cop wasn't fleeing; he was running toward the bathroom when he heard the noise of the shooting (of Connick shooting the cop), because he knew something was wrong.

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ok but the way its shot and the look on the cops face make it look like he is fleeing. Get a strange mixed message in that scene. thank you

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I dont understand how the serial killer knew she was

going to use that specific bathroom.

I mean, if she didnt have to go, at that specific time,

he would have been sitting in a ladies stall,

wearing a pair of ladies shoes,

Like some kind of cross dressing freak,

and have to hang up some other unsuspecting victim.

And if you have a knife,

and you're committing some atrocity in a public building,

why the hell would you use a noisy gun?

This guy didnt read the serial killer instruction manual chapter on

STEALTH!

Cop into the radio:

" NOT SURE IF THIS GUY RUNNING THROUGH THE BUILDING

IS A SERIAL KILLER OR NOT,

BUT HE REALLY HAS STYLISH TASTE IN SHOES!


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"Pffft, my suspension of disbelief has higher standards than that"

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