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court room scene is so ridiculous

posted 12 years ago by polysicsarebest
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All those chemotherapy kids marching in, en masse, and putting on red rubber noses to show their support for Patch. Are these kids in any shape to be taken out of bed, off their IV's, into another building, into a room packed with people... I mean, for those kids to have even made it THAT far says something for their superhuman immune systems. I admit to having entertained some speculation as to how many of those kids didn't make it back to their beds alive....

Really, this courtroom scene is the most ridiculous thing in this horrible movie. Only two things would have made it more amusing - one, if Patch actually collapsed while on the stand, Tom-Hanks-in-Philadelphia-style. Or, two, if Williams filmed the entire scene while nailed up on a big cross a la Jesus.
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[–] Gabe1972 12 years ago

It is ridiculous for sure, just like most of the film. The vast majority of what happened in the film is complete fiction. Even the girl being killed. It was a man in real life. It's ridiculous that so much of a film has to be fictionalized. If a film is based on someone real and it is a comedy, rest assured most of it is going to be BS.

If your nose runs and your feet smell, you were built upside down.

[–] corinnacarpenter 12 years ago

It was completely absurd. Absurd and sanctimonious.

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