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The showdown with the Highway patrolman'rolls eyes'

posted 18 years ago by RoninZatoichi
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WTF was the REASON for that scene? First off the cop pulls Costners charactor over in a 1964 Dodge Polara with a damn Ramchargers hoodscoop with the classic 'and hasn't been used on a cop car in decades'bubble gum machine'police light.And the cop gets out not saying anything to Kev;s charactor just pulls out some Colt peace macker looking gun and twirls it and spins the chamber and aims and gets shot.That scene to me severely damaged this movie and was totally f%cking DUUUUMB!!

[–] orangerunner 18 years ago

This movie does have its share of stupid scenes that could have been cut. The films runs 125 minutes and could have certainly lost a few scenes like this one to make it a better film.

[–] general_razor_cs-1 18 years ago

and the cop gets out out not saying anything

lol actually,
Murph: "Nice day"
Cop: "Great day"

but anyways,

1) It was a filler for the narration of the marshal talking about murphy's file.

2) It shows Murphy's course north. (shows the sign between nevada and idaho)

3) Shows that murphy is a tougher adversary than earlier realized. (He beat the cop with a crossover draw.)

4) Also shows that Murphy isn't afraid of killing someone laying down (it shows murph shooting him in the face)

5) Gives him a cut on his left cheek to make him look even more badass.

All in all i think it was a cool scene. It was basically a scene to paint more of a picture of murph.

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[–] They_Killed_The_Giggler 18 years ago

It also showed hiow the small town cop was just an old man who's seen far too many westerns.

[–] derirre357 18 years ago

My interpretation: Anyway Murphy is probably wanted so he knows he will be arested. So he walks out of the car and the cop sees his guns. "Oh, we have a armed felon here!" The cops considers himself a badass and he is not gonna take any risk going close to that guy so he decides to have a duel with him, thinking he is the better shot. He shows his gun skills to Murphy, in case he'd like to surrender and when he doesn't the cop proceeds to combat... and is shot dog-dead. To me personally the whole scene has something Lonesque in it, or Wild West if u like... but maybe I am just thinking about it that way cause I am a huge Leone fan :-)

[–] Exit_Music 17 years ago

It was a classic scene of an unspoken rivalry between cops and robbers, like back in the western days. Murphy knew he was a bad a'ss, and the cop knew he himself was a bad a'ss. I thought that was a great scene.

[–] Lara_24 17 years ago

Ever heard of the word homage`?

[–] nomad4life 17 years ago

That scene was my favorite part of the whole movie. What's not to like about it?

[–] hecantune 13 years ago

Same here. That was a very cool scene.

On a side note; the cop's gun was f'in sweet.

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[–] Cranham-and-Blakely 15 years ago

The scene had to be in there otherwise the continuity would be messed up because he gets the scar there.

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[–] CptHowdy87 15 years ago

You don't read to well do you Darius? It wasn't pointless and several posters just above you especially the first one that replied explained why that scene is pertinent to the movie and the character of Murphy. In future READ what's been written in a topic BEFORE you post.

Even the scene with the fat creepy guy at the gas station was pointless.

That scene is where Murphy fills up the car with gas, get's food and supplies and picks up that girl. Without that scene the viewer would have to wonder why his car never needs refueling, what he ate and drank for days out in the hot desert and where the girl who's riding with him comes from and why she'd decide to ride with Murphy.

I don't know what you and the OP are going on about. Unless you seem to think the only scenes that should be in a movie are strictly plot advancing scenes but even then those scenes did somewhat advance the plot or at-least the goings on in the movie and the characters actions and personality so those scenes are important to the movie and the character of Murphy.

[–] sonofagun 15 years ago

Come on! It's just a fun scene the director threw in for laughs. There's several in this whoop bang movie.

I like where Ice-T (big bad dude he's supposed to be) says Yeah, I'd like a jelly sandwich - the "kid" had just turned one down. Movie's a lot of fun.

[–] wiking5 9 years ago

Yeah, but that old-school, small-town Cop was no slouch....he very nearly shot Costner's character square in the face....

"We all have it coming Kid...."

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[–] baran_erik 9 years ago

"You don't read to well do you Darius?" Who loves irony??

[–] CptHowdy87 9 years ago

Who loves irony??

What are you talking about? Tell me what I misread.

[–] baran_erik 9 years ago

"...to well..." It wasn't anything you misread. I just find it funny when someone does what you did while questioning another's abilities.