If the public gets all it's knowledge about guns from stupid movies like this, it's no wonder they're ignorant as hell. First off if you're going to sneak up on someone you don't park your boat & walk down the dock. Second, you can't hit *beep* with a machine pistol and they would've been empty in about 2 seconds. I didn't see the girls in bikinis reload and I'd love to know where they kept the extra magazines. This movie was so beyond dumb.
shareI am not sure if this is a serious post, but I'll play along and respond just in case it is.
The gunfight at the end was very obviously not meant to be taken seriously. And yes, of course they wouldn't approach by boat and then walk the length of that dock. The purpose of those scenes was the cinematography. As for the gunfight itself, of course it's absurd. It's supposed to be.
Two untrained girls in bikinis taking out an army of gangsters is absurd. Firing dozens and dozens and dozens of bullets from a machine pistol with a single magazine is absurd. Taking out moving targets while also in motion with perfectly places shots, all while not getting touched by a single enemy bullet, is absurd. Firing those guns with any sort of accuracy at that range, with no recoil, is absurd.
It's so absurd, that you could say it is exactly like.... a video game. Just as Candy's character says in the beginning: "Just f__king pretend it's a video game. Act like you're in a movie or something." It's supposed to be a dream-like sequence. If realism were the goal, the scenes wouldn't be saturated with the glowing neon colors either.
I can certainly see why a lot of people didn't like the movie, but lack of realism in the final scene is not a good reason. There are numerous reviews and posts discussing the symbolic and allegorical nature of the film, as well as its other merits, so there isn't much point in my rehashing it here.
I thought Harmony Korine did an excellent job with this film, but, as I said earlier, I can see how it isn't for everyone. I usually dislike films that have a significantly higher rating from critics than from viewers, but this one was an exception for me.
I agree with you (except that for me, more often than not, I do like films that are critics' darlings). I thought the last few minutes of the movie were the most impressive part, and they bumped it up from a 6/10 to a 7/10 for me (and I am a tough grader, so that's a good review).
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The shootout was basically a fantasy sequence about girls gone wild, not a documentary lesson on firearms.
shareEven though i like the shoot out sequence, he could have turned it up to a 11 (for me) if there was something at stake. Like one of them getting shot or being in danger cause she ran out of ammo or something, add some more suspense to it.
I hated Jaws, it had too much shark, and dont get me started about King Kong, waaay too much gorilla