he didn't had to have shot you-know-who - The Rover (2014) Discussion

[–] soonerpike697 10 years ago

The midget? Yeah he did, the guy abused dogs...

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[–] leyenda61 10 years ago

well, the dog angle would be consistent, but i really don't remember it being at all like abuse. i might coulda missed that detail.

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[–] blackbeanie 10 years ago

The little man had thrown a stone to the dog, you could see how angry Eric was seeing that. He didn't harm the vet because she protected dogs from being eaten.

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[–] leyenda61 10 years ago

i get what you're saying, but that hardly seems unfair. I imagine to a little person, a large dog can seem tiger-sized or horse-sized. And a p.o.'d dog could be hella scary.

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[–] blackbeanie 10 years ago

True but the dog was locked up so he couldn't harm the little man. There was no need to throw the stone unless he was tired of the barking and in a bad mood already from playing the game with his mates. Not that Eric was in a tolerant mood either though, there was no room for kindness.

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[–] tv919670 10 years ago

In the future, dog is delicious

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[–] Lilporkchop420 10 years ago

Great scene that will determine if you will really enjoy it or not . it's not a film for everybody . I thought it was a cool scene to show the audience the main character is cold .

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[–] leyenda61 10 years ago

i didn't care for the movie as I thought Robert Pattison overacted big time. But I have to say the scene in questions was very realistically "shot". Sorry for the bad pun.

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[–] MrBlondee 10 years ago

The cinematography was great, Pearce was decent as well but nowhere near his best. Pattison was terribly unbelievable, his eye twitching clearly inspired by Billy Bob Thornton but badly executed. The film was a beautiful mess.

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[–] JayCeezy 10 years ago

The correct answer is below, but it is worth considering that Eric asked the question twice to a negative answer and it was clear there was no effort to negotiate on the part of the angry midget. He actually did the midget a favor, and it crossed my mind that the midget was provoking Eric to do exactly what he did.

Just as Eric provoked the three criminals with a desired outcome in mind...
Henry: What makes you think I won't kill you right now?
Eric: I don't.

There is a theme of questions being asked twice, and then the line "I'm not going to ask again" or "If I say it again I will have said it three times." If you recall, Henry asked Eric "What's going on with you, man?" twice before Eric acted out. And at the end, Henry asked Eric "What did you do to him?" twice, before acting out; imo, Henry wanted to die, and walked forward right into a bullet.

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[–] starcraftbw88 10 years ago

He didn't have to shoot a lot of people. Especially the four guys that knocked him out instead of killing him at the beginning of the movie, but I guess Bella had to take revenge for Edward.

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[–] JayCeezy 10 years ago

If they had given back the car (and dog) they stole from him, you might have a point. But as it played out, especially Henry shooting his brother Rey (who had proven his dog-like loyalty to Eric) then, yeah. He did have to shoot them.

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[–] starcraftbw88 10 years ago

They had absolutely no motivation to give him back his car. It was charity of them to let him live though. Yeah, after Edward died, Eric had to get vengeance; but I felt like Eric also pushed Edward to decide to kill his brother.

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[–] JayCeezy 10 years ago

Right, as I noted in my post above. Eric wanted to die.

Just as Eric provoked the three criminals with a desired outcome in mind...
Henry: What makes you think I won't kill you right now?
Eric: I don't.

Edward's brother left Edward to die. Eric coldly told him he had better learn to fight. Edward saw that the loyalty he depended upon was, in fact, worthless. But it was Henry that shot Edward, first. I like it that we are calling him Edward.

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