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Choosing the 6 and then the captains...
For an experienced teacher...
Petty aside, but...
Once he found out what that blockbuster did....
how does Flash....
favourite repeated line from the movie (poss spoilers)
favourite foreshadowing
the discussion with Sweeney in the Diner
hot tub credits
the whole "my name" thing
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The above answers. Plus he was there as a witness, and was only concerned with the 2 marines being found guilty - it may not even have occurred to him that if he got caught out during questioning, he'd be arrested himself.
Not out of dumbness, more because he'd have felt untouchable with that rule that if Kafee would be the one to be punished if he even directly accused Jessop of a crime. So when he says "tell me you have something more", i think he just means in terms of trying to get his clients (the 2 marines) off the hook.
It's kinda ironic that he's playing an "inside man" in this - i think alex kingston's character even refers to him as this at one point!
The mention of Kevin Spacey has not aged well!!
I actually started a thread about this that no-one replied to, so I'm glad someone else has picked up on this! It was titled "gotta listen to my instincts" - actually everything i said is covered more concisely by threadkiller above, but anyway, here it is......
so this isn't quite a plot-hole, I'd say it's more of an oversight on Carlito's part. When he's going to visit Kleinfeld in the hospital and he sees Vinny (I think that's his name) disguised as a policeman, the voiceover says "got to listen to my instincts, like the one telling me that face and that uniform don't go together". So he not only sees Vinny there, he also acknowledges that he looks out of place. Then, at most a couple of hours later at the club, he doesn't recognise Vinny and makes the "I haven't seen him lately" slip. Maybe he didn't recognise him out of uniform (including the hat which would have covered a lot of features), but I think it would have been easier to swallow if they'd just cut out that voiceover line at the hospital, or better still only shown Vinny when he came to "relieve" the officer outside Kleinfeld's room. And while they're at it they could have cut the bit when Saso tells Carlito that Pachenga's spying on them for Benny Blanco, which I know has already been discussed on other threads.
And maybe Richie let Jackie Jr tag along against Tony's wishes, causing yet more animosity between them.
The rules they set down regarding their kids can be quite contradictory anyway. The Sopranos always wanted to shield their own children from the mob life, yet during the last few episodes, Meadow's gonna marry an associates son and will likely join him in becoming a mob lawyer, and better still, Tony quite agressively encourages AJ to hang round with The Jasons, who in addition to being children of his fellow mobsters, Tony also knows that they're "majoring in cash" by collectong on their illegal sportsbook at college. Then in the finale his mob connections get AJ a job at Carmine Jr's very dubious sounding film company.
The series one trifecta of mikey palmice, chucky signori and jimmy altieri. All great characters, especially mikey and jimmy. I'd like to believe that if the writers/makers of the show had known there'd be more seasons, they'd have kept at least one of them around after One.
In the final series, maybe more screentime or even just a bit of background on the characters that end up becoming important, such as The Jasons and also Patsy's other son - it was difficult to care when Meadoe announced she was dating him because that was literally the first time he'd been mentioned.
or Little Women!
I've also recently learned that, in real life, Chaplin met one of his wives when she was just 12.
Only commenting on the first point here - it's not so much that Sonny revealed what he was thinking, it's more that he indicated an interest in the deal after Vito had made clear to Solozzo that he wasn't interested, that it would be bad for business etc
The family needed to present a united front here and Sonny's question about the Tattaglias guaranteeing security ruined it all, and, as others on this thread have already said, it proved to be a very bad move on Sonny's part because Solozzo's knowledge that Sonny was "hot for" the deal led to the attempt on Vito and the subsequent warring between the families.
There's a similar situation much later when Fredo fails to show solidarity with the new Don's stance against Moe Greene. Michael is a lot more direct and clear in his wording here though, so there's no confusion.
Put it another way - if Sonny had expressed a personal opinion against Solozzo - if he'd said something like "we dont give a rat's ass who's guaranteeing what, we're not interested", i doubt Vito would have minded
I only opened this thread because i thought it would be the revelation that the homeless man is played by the guy who'd go on to play Carcetti's running mate, Norman, in The Wire.
Which just shows what quality actors this movie had, even for the bit parts. No wonder it did so well and still holds up now
Rosie clearly didn't watch Baywatch!
Good spot - i remember one of Bodhi's gang saying it, but didn't realise it was Rosie. Interesting that it was him - like maybe he didn't trust Utah from the beginning, even while all his friends were warming to him
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