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If you didn't cry...
Lily Rabe (Joanne Monroe) = Rhea Seehorn (Kim Wexler)?
Different Ratings
Who did you empathize with more?
Pleasantly Surprised
"Can you speak French?"
The Russians AGAIN
Hard to Stop Thinking About
The Cutest Kid
Lack of Suspense
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When I was reading about the civil wars in Sierre Leone and Liberia in the papers back when this was taking place, the articles and journalistic accounts often mentioned many instances of child sex, rape and trafficking in addition to forced child inscription. I think the pedaphilian scene was included to depict a more realistic expose of these wars in the movie.
There were quite a few scenes where Matt Damon would start to initiate intimacy right when he knew they were going to be interrupted i.e. the phone already starts ringing and he snuggles up to her for kisses or when the movers already rang the doorbell and he does the same.
Also, there was a scene at breakfast where Vera Farmiga mentions to Damon about not being able to perform in bed the night before and said it's no big deal and "..is actally quite common."
I think it was starting to show that Damon wasn't exactly head over heels over her and Farmiga's character could feel it. I think she was actually a bit lonely, so she was easily attracted to DiCaprio. The framed-picture scenes mentioned above by Etxpeme also showed this.
I think it was to show tht even those closest to you and who you have every reason to trust may have another layer of skin - like all of us.
Much better than I expected and glad I checked it out. It kind of went against stereotypes, which was refreshing.
The lead by John Hawkes was a bit on the older side and scrawny. Came across as somewhat of a loser but he actually had charm and smarts throughout the movie. A middle-aged, down-on-his luck guy.
The directors put in just the right amount of humor without going over the top or making this too serious or morose. No overreacting or overdramatic characters that got on your nerves. Everything seemed to have just the right balance.
Finally, the last thing I liked was the fact they didn't put in the tiring old trope of making the Russian mafia the bad guys, thank god. The directors were good at making us care and like the characters.
<blockquote>All of a sudden they're searching for a third. How did anyone know she existed?</blockquote>
Kendall found a picture of all three in Rose's room (the original girl who got killed). She was one of the three girls at the sex party and the rich white dudes told the assassins about her.
<blockquote>And how did Mike know to go to her grandparents' home without even knowing her name?</blockquote>
He got the name Rose from the cop he was liasing with or from the hospital, I can't remember which. So, he was able to find her funeral and find out where the family lived.
This could be the greatest thing I've ever read.
All hell! I'll check it out. You only live once and the only opinion that matters is your own.
Thanks for the info. Guess it's actually 5.4 then. Not a good rating.
I knew what was going on and I still couldn't finish it either. This was "The Ring" period in Japan and a whole slew of similar types of movies came out in the late 90s and early 2000s. This one was just a really bad attempt at riding that wave. It was just constant scary music playing with predicatable not so scary ghots tropes.
I like the how the last scene mirrored (see what I did there?) that of the near ending scene in Full Metal Jacket where the young VC/NVA girl pleaded with the US soldiers to, "Just shoot me."
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