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The major point of the movie is how unnecessary it all was "just for a little bit of money". Of course the violence is unnecessary. That's the point. Sloppy, impulsive, violent is the point. Good Lord. Good movie completely wasted on someone who can't see that.
Not only a fully grown adult, but, seemed predatory. Or at least appeared to be via some possession of Claire's psyche.
Given that Madison was a 24 year old graduate student, I doubt the Dean would have much cared about the affair. Claire may have forgiven over time. Murder was a horrendous choice. I had no sympathy for Norman for commiting murder.
Sure, you are. There's this ability to look at any and all of your prior posts. Typical, verbatim, trollish posts and comments that all Democrats spout, when they can't support their own candidate and resort to trashing Trump, instead
If you find the time and can type in a simple key word search for historical gas prices, educate yourself
I know., so childish, rather like their candidate.
I told you federal charts and graphs are available on line regarding historical gas prices, among other things. Look it up. You can't just say it is so. Oh wait. You are a Democrat. Saying so, lying is exactly what you do, regardless of the truth freely available to anyone who chooses to look.
Gas prices were low during Trump's entire administration. You can easily look it up, if your memory fails you or you were too young to drive and buy gas.
I don't think so. I find it disturbing that you would vote for this utterly vacuous candidate, who has offered nothing to America or its citizens. Shame on you.
Kamala Harris and Walz would be the ones revealed, not Donald Trump
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I suppose. However, beneath them all is this unsettling sense of betrayal. Margo couldn't quite put her finger on it. She knew she seemed paranoid, unreasonably jealous, petty. Yet, she couldn't dismiss the feeling, the belief that Eve was not as she seemed. Just because she couldn't really prove it, doesn't mean she didn't know it was true, nonetheless. That may be wrapped up the n that she is not only a woman; but, also an actress. She knows there is something disingenuous about Eve.
That's the thing, though. These lovebirds were not her darlings. One day elapsed between her receipt of them and the bird attack at her party and in her home. Cathy also witnessed her beloved teacher being killed by birds. Finally, she sees Melanie in a traumatic trance, still seeing birds attacking her, and turns away in horror and sadness.
They had the birds for one day, when the children were attacked at the party. These are hardly beloved pets. I absolutely agree with the OP that Cathy would never ask and Mitch would never agree.
Honestly, I'd lost track of whatever our central arguments are, as it has been a while.
I love old classic black and white movies. Mysteries and film noir are my favorites. I do know that they were burdened by a Haynes Code, and further hampered by the sustained public image of the stars. Cary Grant playing Johnny, as a murderer, who may or may not get away with it, simply isn't going to happen for the above two reasons. Therefore, Hitchcock should have just gotten on with the lovely, but confused, somewhat judgemental, somewhat desperate spinsterish, infatuated, conventional wife assuming her childish, lazy playboy husband was just that, as it turns out. The idea of the bored playboy genuinely wanting to settle down with a unassuming proper lady is more interesting to me than the narcissistic murderer preying on the beguiled lady. No matter what, the code won't let him get away with it. Yes, the ending was rushed. That's on Hitchcock. I don't know that they would have been happy, at least no time soon. Johnny was facing jail. Both had a lot of growing up to do.
Had Hitchcock embraced the ending, it would have worked beautifully. He was a big baby about it. Ergo, it felt rushed and forced. I'm not sure what you don't understand about my position on this. Husbands murdering wives are a dime a dozen. A woman thinking her husband is going to murder her, when that is not the case, is quite unique. The psychology lies in an irresponsible, impulsive, childish man married to a woman who judged him, but wanted to love him. She was ashamed of him. Her opinion of him was so low, she thought he was a murderer. They were equally messed up. I find that more interesting than yet another husband murdering his wife.
Hitchcock could have done better, accepted the code, or whatever. Instead of the exposition, he could have carefully crafted a great, more slowly unfolding reveal. I can see why people didn't like the ending. I'm sorry Hitchcock couldn't man up enough to craft a better one.
Maybe it was my brief experience. Probably more Reddit, in general than Columbo reddit in particular.
It is unfortunate. However, Reddit is a cesspool of young, tedious obnoxious people who constantly think they or their generation is smarter than Columbo and that generation. They put down one bit of evidence ignoring the entire puzzle put together, in a shallow attempt to discredit the show, the investigation and the era. Otherwise, it's full of memes and what if crossovers.
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What ambiguity? Ambiguity requires clues that conflict, allowing for somewhat supported theories. There is no maybe Michael did it, or they got trapped in a cave, or fell off the rock. Nothing supports any of those. It's an artsy dreamy, oh maybe they were entranced by the call of nymphs and transformed into swans bit of nonsense. Nothing explains or even alludes to why Irma remembers nothing or why Miranda knew she wasn't coming back. Beautifully directed, vague nonsensical fluff. It reminds me of those horrible modern art paintings of cubes or splattered paint, that are worth millions, because "they are so deep". They aren't full of meaning and ambiguity; they are cubes and paint splatters.
Multicultural has nothing to do with racism. Sun and Jin were from Korea, by the way. This is an international flight from Sydney to Los Angeles. People from various countries were on board departing from and arriving to major international airports. They hired extraordinary actors to play extraordinary characters. I'm assuming you have never been on an international flight. There are people from all over the world on them.
Who should have played the lead?
Jimmy Stewart. Shep is supposed to be older, sophisticated, professional, stable and ordinary. Both the fiancee and Gillian are looking for just that, for different reasons. Jimmy Stewart is handsome, though, particularly in a suit. And neither women are immature school girls, appearing older than they probably are.
Cary Grant often played the handsome, charming man caught in a net, of some sort, using charm, with and humor. It would have been routine. Jimmy Stewart has a gentlemanly quality; even tempered, polite, rational. So, when he is confused or angry, it's memorial and appropriate. He fumbles, or the eyebrows flair. There's a noticeable change, and it's genuine.
Finally, when he holds and kisses Gillian, there is sincere warmth and passion. You know why Gillian fell in love with Shep.