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Wahlberg's character is confusing

posted 16 years ago by urbainlegend
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If he's so consumed with everything being inane and unimportant then why is he obsessed with petroleum consumption.

If life is meaningless and nobody matters, then why does it matter who dies in
Syria if it has no impact on him. He's not going to know their experiences, and if he were one of them, which he's not and never will be, it wouldn't matter because feelings are just random occurrences based on random circumstances.

Not my beliefs, but how I think someone heading in his direction should be thinking.

Wahlberg's character seems to not have a very good grasp on what he thinks he's learning, especially when he's reciting some random bs lines out of his book.

[–] sherylheartjude 16 years ago

I think it just further illuminates the fact that nobody really has it all figured out, and trying to figure it out isn't that easy. Hence all the debate.

[–] Knoxvicious 14 years ago

I never liked Wahlberg's character (Tommy) I always thought he was the biggest hypocrite.

Look at the scene where he asks almost angrily, "Why do people only ask deep questions about life when bad things happen to them???"

BUT if you notice when the detectives introduce Albert to him, they tell him that he's been a regular to theirs since the big "september" thing.
I find it weird that they never say what it is, and I just assumed it was 9/11, being Tommy is a firefighter and all.

Tommy is the kind of person that seems to get his thrills off condeming other people, but when it comes to him he's nothing but pure, which is BS. His character isn't as confusing as he is an *beep*

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[–] Orpheum-3 14 years ago

I believe that was cognitive dissonance on Tommy's part. He really seemed confused (and therefore angry) about the fact that none of it seemed to make sense.

The blanket explanation didn't make sense in light of Vauban's work.

Vauban's work didn't make sense in light of Tommy's understanding of the blanket (as evidenced by the fact that he *did* feel bad about the effects of an oil-based civilization).

Considering that the Jaffe's and Vauban didn't have the fullest understanding of universal connection (viewing each other as wholly wrong instead of recognizing that they were the other side of each other's coin, so to speak), it makes sense that Tommy, with his limited understanding, would be caught up in a whirlwind of "reptilian" emotion (as Vivian said during "mancala hour," lol).

Tommy was the unenlightened caveman, just coming out of the cave and seeing the stars for the first time. Confusion translates to anger in him, and he stands throwing rocks at the sky.

[–] atretrioeciii 13 years ago

LMFAO!!

Your last two lines sum it up perfectly!