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One of the best reveals in cinematic history.
A most preposterous conceit pulled off expertly, from Joanna’s rain-drenched entrance to the unraveling of Bobbi’s bot. Was a real shock to me on first seeing it. Still is.
<i>“I’ll be all right, it’s … it’s just my head … “
Sounds like the horror genre is not for you.
Downbeat, hopeless endings have always been the norm — they’re almost expected.
Director David Cronenberg has said that one thing that attracted him most to the genre was the fact that it was the only for which it was commercially acceptable to have an unhappy ending.
Bet you don’t like “Eleanor Rigby” either — one of the bleakest pop hits to ever (nearly) top the charts. Not a shred of hope in the entire piece.
What is “seguay”?
I could also segue into Maritel infidelity and this new free tool called Google, but I won’t.
This was actually addressed in the movie, although quite subtly.
That scene where Walter is found late at night alone, drinking and crying, asking Joanna “Do you know that I love you? I really love you?” shows he is deeply conflicted yet clearly resigned to what he “must” do.
How did you learn this?
I’ve often wondered at this title’s near-nonexistent video release history, assuming it was Suzanne Ciani’s synth score that was the monkey wrench (music clearances being the most common reason).
I didn’t get it, either.
And I also found the actor playing him to be far from what I pictured.
As the quote goes, “The day players’ll kill ya.”
One off note in an otherwise great film making the preposterous believable.
Don’t exaggerate.
It only grossed $158.7 million worldwide. 😸
You’re right — it was a hit.
My bad.
Watches and furs are not necessary expenses for a heist.
Nobody who expects a return on their funds allows it to go for luxuries.
So no.
As far as I know, four:
Last House on the Left
Don’t Look in the Basement
The House That Vanished
Don’t Open the Window
I thought maybe she was the madam.
Definitely. The relationship between Robert and Tommy developed most unexpectedly from the start. The lack of formula made it clear to me it was based on a true story, though I didn’t know that going in.
The opening sucked. Didn’t find Duhamel’s TV-grade portrayal nor the writing at all credible, but the other performances were strong. By the end I was buying all of it. Obviously Cuthbert was a standout but I also give props to Josh Carbonell as the possibly-a-little-too-driven federal agent devoting his life to bagging Robert. Gibson was a fun surprise as the good bad guy.
I didn’t even recognize her, having missed her onscreen since 2007’s “Disturbia.” More important, her acting has improved dramatically (I’ll take that pun). She is grounded and convincing in this role.
1998, actually.
But he had already had a multi-decade career by then.
Airplane 2 was a flop hardly anyone saw.
Those that did have forgotten it, or are trying to.
You can’t hire capable people by first requiring that they be a certain sex, color, whatever.
Doing so immediately reduces the pool of candidates to a subset that doesn’t include the best.
DEI results in incompetent candidates like Karen Bass and Kamala Harris.
Can’t be otherwise.
Just where she always is ..
Gone-uh.
Agreed.
Almost all performances in this film are stellar — including his.
P.S. Your signature quote from Talk Radio is also one of Alec Baldwin’s finest moments.
I get your point — Harry was a reckless dumbass.
But aren’t all suckers?
Compulsive gamblers and spenders?
Alcoholics?
I don’t think wishing them all dead makes the world better.
theres this thing called punctuation heard of it it actually makes incoherent rants slightly less incoherent for the reader and less like spew from a retarded fifth grader on ritalin no really it does
“Anyways” is not a word, anyway.
That’s like 10%.
You need to see the way she moves and smiles slyly, and hear her voice.