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The thing I hate the most
I used to think that Star Wars has become a tragedy ...
Board dead?
Stands up surprisingly well
In the words of Han ...
What if it's all a comedy?
Love when he ... [SPOILERS]
Might be late to the party on this ...
Why wrap the show?
The Red Keep (SPOILERS)
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This only proves that Verbal was the one shooting people on the boat.
The fact that Keaton calls him Keyser only proves that Keaton thought he was Keyser.
It's entirely plausible that Keyser Soze is merely a myth, a persona, invented to serve as a front for joint operations by Verbal and "Kobayashi". That is, the latter two work together to pull off a con, invoking the legend of KS as needed. This fits with Verbal being a known (and very brilliant/successful) con-man.
On this view, Keaton calling Verbal "Keyser" may be because Keaton figured out Verbal was somehow linked to the legendary figure (which would be true if Verbal/Kobayashi invented him), but incorrectly assumed that Verbal actually was Keyser.
Captain Jerry Lawson: SAC? Try SAC on the HF.
1st Lieutenant Steve Phelps: That's not the correct procedure...
Captain Jerry Lawson: Screw the procedure, I want somebody on the goddamn phone before I kill 20 million people!
David: [typing] Is this a game or is it real?
Joshua: [pause] What's the difference?
David: [stunned] Oh wow!
I think the above comment is the best one in this thread. I couldn't have put it better. It is indeed all about the existential journey of Roy Neary. An extraordinary incident occurs to him which is beyond his capacity to explain, save that he knows it's vitally important. From then on, he has a built-in imperative to find the answers, no matter what.
I get that some people may never have had an existential crisis or felt the pressing need to find answers, but I have, so I strongly identify with Roy and his journey.
And it's not like Ronnie gave him much of an option. He tries to patch things up with her on the phone in an earlier scene, but the call goes further and further south until she hangs up on him. At that point, I think he realizes that he's lost Ronnie, the kids and his job, so there's basically nothing left for him on Earth. From then on, there's no going back. As you said, he had to stay the course, or his life would have no meaning. As he said to Ronnie when he was shovelling dirt into his kitchen window: "If I don't do this, that's when I'm gonna need a doctor!"
“Your scientists were so busy seeing if they could that nobody thought to ask if they should”
Best line in the film.
I wouldn’t put much store in RT anyway after recent events. It’s reasonably obvious that they spin the scores to control the narrative.
Um, no. By that logic, Hitler is off the hook because he killed less people than Stalin.
I'd say it's most probably a self-insert
There’s strong rumours to this effect, but as yet, I’ve seen no supporting evidence. So I’d take it with a pinch of salt.
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