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100 things we learnt from 'Bangkok Dangerous'

posted 16 years ago by spam-1420
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No "what we learnt from..."-thread? Though this was such a "WTF?" movie.

Well...

What I learnt from Bangkok Dangerous:

1. If 10 elite snipers shoot at one person for one minute they will all miss.
2. If you're on a date and you get mugged, shoot the robbers after you've knocked them out. Your date will understand.
3. All you need to know in order to assassinate well-guarded gangsters is a picture of what they look like.
4. Nobody - not even VIPs with a million security guards - has bullet-proofed cars in Thailand.
5.If your standing at a wall of water barrels, start shooting at each other while walking at the same pace, instead of running around.
6. Guarding towers have no protection at all. The guards just stand there, waiting to be shot.
7. If you want to get a secret out of someone, tell them that you're gonna cut their girlfriend's boobs off.

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[–] morningxafter 16 years ago

there is no such word as "learnt"

the word you are looking for is "learned"

i only mention it because you use "learnt" 3 times, so obviously it's not a simple spelling mistake.

[–] simoncarr 16 years ago

I think you'll find in UK english it is a word see below from the Cambridge dictionary with examples:

Definition
learn Show phonetics
verb learned or UK ALSO learnt, learned or UK ALSO learnt
1 [I or T] to get knowledge or skill in a new subject or activity:
They learn Russian at school.
"Can you drive?" "I'm learning."
I've learned a lot about computers since I started work here.
[+ to infinitive] I'm learning to play the piano.
[+ question word + to infinitive] First you'll learn (how) to use this machine.

2 [T] to make yourself remember a piece of writing by reading it or repeating it many times:
I don't know how actors manage to learn all those lines.
We were told to learn Portia's speech by heart (= be able to say it from memory) for homework.

3 [I or T] to start to understand that you must change the way you behave:
She'll have to learn that she can't have everything she wants.
She soon learnt not to contradict him.
He's not afraid to learn from his mistakes.

4 [I or T] to be told facts or information that you did not know:
We were all shocked to learn of his death.
[+ (that)] I later learnt (that) the message had never arrived.
I only learnt about the accident later.

[–] homer43 16 years ago

Elephant+ nose down= bad luck

[–] aziznouh 16 years ago

141 In broad daylight, an international hitman will always dress in black, it's business ethics

142 Shooting in the dark will never reveal your location to guards on high ground

[–] abc-def-2 15 years ago

"Elephant+ nose down= bad luck"

And if you turn the painting upside down so that Elephant + nose up, even then it's bad luck.

[–] guybaxendale 15 years ago

146 - There is no nudity whatsoever in Thai Go-Go bars

[–] MWStallard 16 years ago

WAT A STUPID MOVIE IT WAS...

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Even if I dissaprove what you think! I will defend your right to say it!

[–] brwniz 16 years ago

143 If you are on a moving boat trying to shoot a guy on a speeding motorcycle you can't hit him, but if you aim at the little gas tank between his legs you can hit it twice!

"They think I don't know a butload of crap about the Gospel, but I do"!

[–] waterloggedfrog 16 years ago

144: people don't mind when you steal the hat off their head

[–] haggar 15 years ago

145. Nic Cage can't feed elephants.

Seriously, in that scene Cage was utterly lame. Or maybe the elephant just wasn't cooperating.

[–] Nic_Cage 15 years ago

That's it !!

Dudes, thanks for your participating to this thread !
to those who liked the movie, i'm glad you testify here
to those who disliked it ... we are in a free country ^^

Nic Cage is great !
I'm great !

[–] drlyon 15 years ago

146: One in the morning, one at night.

--push pause!

[–] InCole 15 years ago

i know it is only a 100 thing thread, but there were some more i wanted to add ^^

146. Underage sex slave girls in Thailand look 18
147. When someone offers you a rolex, then a prostitute then a gigolo and then steals your wallet from your backpack, he secretly wants to be a hitman

Anyway i enjoyed the movie, but i have to say it was better before the big shoot out scenes started as they really took what little realism was left in the movie, all the way out of it. Starting with the snipers on the roof

[–] EnigmaReborn 15 years ago

haha I am watching this movie now and reading your threads when the scenes appear. It's hilarious.

[–] rufnedge-2 15 years ago

I liked this movie but I can see the flaws too. One big thing I didn't understand was why this top secret brief case was never locked.

Let's have some yum yums, I've made snacks... Dane Cook

[–] InCole 15 years ago

it was, it always has a code, the error is that they dont always show him putting the code him and opening, some times he does some times he just grabs it and opens it, so its just a continuity and writing error, while in the story itself they clearly say the briefcase has a code ;)

[–] rufnedge-2 15 years ago

See it's viewers like me film makers have to be cognizent<spelled wrong i know> of. Lets make sure our actors turn to the camera each time and point out the fact that this is not a flaw we explained to you a little while ago, Rainmain, that it has a code, in case you didn't notice. Then I'd say thanks for comparing me to Rainman what a genius he was. >> lol <<

Let's have some yum yums, I've made snacks... Dane Cook

[–] falcon2484 15 years ago

148. One night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster; the bars are temples but the pearls ain't free.

The Falcon flies

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[–] TheMonkofDestiny 15 years ago

(may repeat something, didn't feel up to wading through 9+ pages to memorize what has or hasn't been said)

153. Thai women are like catnip to full-time hitmen and would-be hitmen.
154. When blowing up a split-level home, hiding in a nearby tub will completely protect you from bodily harm. Unless you count the possibility of a nasty splinter. Then your day is pretty much ruined.
155. Apparently "he doesn't know us, we don't know him" is code for "hey, why not press our luck and see if we can't invite this guy into our exclusive club of villains".
156. Proceeding with a political assassination somehow triggers a reverse trip through time. Not going through with it clearly leaves time in a more natural state.

[–] fraserstewart 15 years ago

157. The best way to murder someone is to shoot them in their car with an uzi at a busy intersection. No one else will stop their car or call the cops, they will not notice.

[–] pauli_gomez 15 years ago

When I studied English, they told me the past tense of "learn" is "learnt". My teachers corrected me every time I said/wrote "learned".

[–] Hubbinator 15 years ago

It's an American English vs. UK English thing. (Learned is favored in the US, at least currently.)

[–] Brandestoc 15 years ago

After watching this movie.. is it possible that ther reason why movies like Con Air and Face Off are actually great is because of Malkovich and Travolta rather than because of Nic Cage??
I wonder now.

[–] Dream_Demon 14 years ago

Another thing learnt from this movie:

Always concentrate on a target's eyes when looking at their picture. They can change their face, but not their eyes.

Welcome to my Nightmare- Freddy Krueger

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[–] rhino7628 14 years ago

Deaf girls make the best girlfriends and wives since you never have to hear thier nagging.