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A Darwinian love story
The film was inventive and a lot of fun but —
Season 2: A good, 2 1/2 hr. movie ...
By far the best, most effective scene in season 2 ...
Avoiding it because ...
This movie has a low opinion of ... me!!
Not The West Wing, mind you; but the LEFT Wing
Watching her now in MOVIE CRAZY ...
Despite being billed as a comedy-drama…
And if Doug wanted to circulate a photo --
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I love that you’re sticking to your guns on this one. I too have a problem with big structural flaws in genre films. Minor things you can let slide, but big things? Not so much.
I think you bring up a good point but one could probably make the case that Deke ran a cost/benefit analysis before making his decision to help Jimmy.
Deke probably assumed that the man Jimmy killed WAS the murderer ... that the odds were probably one in ten that he wasn’t ... but that the odds were 100% Jimmy would be emotionally scarred for life if he, Deke, did nothing to ease his mind.
Thus, if he deceived Jimmy by sending the beret, there was an excellent chance Jimmy would get past his depression and lead a normal life, and only a 10% chance (if the murders continued) that he wouldn’t.
Cost/benefit. Deke weighed the certainty of Jimmy being irreparably damaged for life, against the POSSIBILITY that he would be, and opted for the latter course. Which makes sense to me.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/11/24/the-plan-jack-handey/amp?fbclid=IwAR3bnLo-fmoc2lkX7I2nVyRoidswaabjUIQnfJqWY_Zs9bE1YufZJh9WgDg
Nah. Mitchum was a young hunk who could make his Mom happier than the other guy could. I think the kid sensed that, even if he wasn’t consciously aware of it.
THAT’S why he was hoping his Mom would go with Mitchum, and not the other guy.
“As do most whites.”
Do you really believe that “most whites” (your words) are just yearning to call black people that epithet??
Not “some” whites or even “a lot” of whites (it’s a big country, after all), but “most” whites.
Do you honestly believe that?
You’re trolling now, right? You can’t honestly believe all the stuff you’re saying here (“Who cares if it’s plagiarism or not? The people he stole from are either very old or dead, and modern people only care about NOW,” etc) — do you really believe this stuff?
Good question, but I’m pretty sure this trend predates the burgeoning Chinese market by 4 or 5 years. So I think it’s something Western audiences are craving now also.
Not me, though. I much prefer heroes who are overmatched occasionally and have to really sweat the victory. Makes it more relatable.
Yup. And what about all of Steven Seagal’s crapfests, where he ALWAYS played the indestructible hero? And let’s not forget Clint Eastwood in Pale Rider, where he plays an invincible spectre riding around in the old west.
I mean, of COURSE this type of hero existed before, but never in such abundance.
Today, I see fewer heroes being overmatched in the movies. That is, I see fewer heroes going up against antagonists who are just plain tougher and stronger and better at fighting than they are.
It is happening less and less now.
And it’s weird.
You’re describing the problem I’ve had with most of the movie heroes of the last fifteen years. Alita is just the most recent example. Jason Bourne doesn’t encounter anyone who can really give him a fight. He’s tougher than everybody. And so is McCall in The Equalizer.
And these sorts of overpowered heroes weren’t as much of a “thing” 25 and 30 years ago.
For example, Michael Biehn and Linda Hamilton were greatly overmatched by Ah-nold in the first Terminator movie, and Ah-nold himself was overmatched by the T-1000 in the sequel.
Which made both movies more suspenseful, and their protagonists more relatable.
In both of those movies, the good guys really had to sweat the victory. Ditto Rocky Balboa in the Rocky franchise.
And remember James Bond’s fight to the death against the far more powerful Oddjob in Goldfinger? Great stuff.
But today’s overpowered heroes are clearly filling some sort of weird psychic need in the culture. The public now WANTS its heroes to never encounter a foe who is tougher, faster and stronger than they are. Thus, no more T-1000’s. No more Clubber Langs. And no more Oddjobs.
And I’ll be damned if I know why.
“I want the hero to reign supreme. I don't want him to face challenges. God mode: on.”
Good lord.
I mean, good friggin’ lord.
That runs counter to the greatest stories of the last 3000 years.
“I don’t want him to face challenges.”
Good lord.
Didn’t notice the seige machine but thanks for pointing it out. Now the “throwing the brick” thing makes sense.
One thing I still don’t understand that maybe you can clear up for me is how was the babysitter was able to get the duct tape onto her neck if her hands and arms were bound tightly to the chair.
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