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Problem with ending

posted 12 years ago by mercury4
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In the end, James Cagney becomes the bad guy and it's about good guys and bad guys. But with this story, it's not about good guys and bad guy or heroes and villains or who's right and who's wrong. I didn't really go for the ending how Cagney is all of a sudden the bad guy.

[–] kevin-bergin 11 years ago

Seems like they were rushing to the ending. Cagney's character standing alone while the others followed the general towards peace would have been enough.

[–] mercury4 10 years ago

That's true.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

But it wouldn't be much of a Cagney yarn without the character going to his own destruction. "Made it ma, top of the world!"