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One of the most unrealistic scenes of all time

posted 13 years ago by hnbrodie
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I find this film entertaining and i love Charley B but i gotta say the scene in which Charley B walks into that store with no money and asks to make an out of state call is bull****. Ok the store owner grants Charley B the call. I buy that. I reckon a kind hearted person would of helped him out. Then Charley B asks to make a second out of state call and again the store owner obliges. So far i'm cool with all of that but this is the kicker for me....As Charley B goes to dial the number for the second phone call he turns to the store owner and says...and chuck in a couple bottles of beer? The store owner nods her head and says Okay. Who in there right mind would say okay to that? I'm sorry but if that was my store i would of told Charley B to *beep* off. I know later on Charley B gets that mob guy's girlfriend to drop off some money to the store owner but in the establishing scene Charley B never says once about paying the store owner back, thus making it one of the most unrealistic scenes of all time.

[–] shushens 13 years ago

Candidly put. Agreed. I feel like Charlie B was vastly overrated and hyped by the filmmakers and producers. I have seen lots of scenes where he easily took on lots of people twice his size each. Why do we criticize those Bollywood and South Indian movies then? They are not any more unrealistic than Charlie B taking down the whole mafia, and sometimes, the whole city with it!

The only one who was more overrated in an action film than Charlie B, in my opinion, is Lee Marvin. Old fart stole young villain's GF in movies until he was... 70? There should be a limit of everything, fellas!

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[–] radb707 9 years ago

Yeah but...Charles Bronson probably really could take down guys twice his size in real life.

He's a war veteran, recepient of multiple Purple Hearts, and kept himself in great shape. Dude was ripped before they even knew what ripped was. A guy tried to rob him at gunpoint and he scared him off. Maybe this all means nothing, but I wouldn't have messed with him back in the day.

[–] jgroub 7 years ago

A guy tried to rob him at gunpoint and he scared him off.

I believe you're referring to Death Wish. Which was NOT a documentary.

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And if that actually, truly happened in real life, I apologize, but the joke was too easy.

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[–] intexor 12 years ago

I think she was scared after the first phone call, figured he was a criminal on the run, and just gave him whatever he wanted.

[–] stones78 10 years ago

Maybe she was attracted to him also, and did him a solid or 2.

[–] pfarnell 10 years ago

I think was maybe intended to convey that Majestyk is both charming and menacing in one, and she , as an older and possibly single-ish woman quite plausibly responded partly to both....the scene is iffy sort of, he might have gotten such a response to his request, he might have gotten refusal at beginning or any subsequent point as his demands grew, but it's not such a long shot as beggars belief that much or taints the movie.

He's lucky maybe it didn't come down to asking for help from the gas station attendant he bought $3 gas from , gave no tip, demanded driveway service on his windshield, and then leaned on and muscled into letting the immigrant workers use the gas-station shytter.

Maybe with him, he'd have just said 'let me use your phone or I'll beat the shyt out of you"....and then let the beers slide.

[–] pfarnell 8 years ago

combination of a little fear mixed with some actual liking him..

pretty potent aphrodisiac in women...it is just plausible, sort of, would it happen in every store, every time, with every woman, no..

anyway, wtf was a couple of bottles of beer worth in those days..it's not like he broke the store..

[–] Goose-62 12 years ago

I agree totally with 'Intexor', I felt in that scene she was intimidated by Majestyk's demeanor and just played along with his requests.

Also, it's worth noting, that 'Wiley' did say that she had stopped of at the store on her way up, and paid for the calls and the beer.

[–] UncleMouse 10 years ago

Also, it's worth noting, that 'Wiley' did say that she had stopped of at the store on her way up, and paid for the calls and the beer.

The OP already mentioned that.

[–] mike-848 10 years ago

Some folks, especially rural folks would do that for someone.

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[–] KobiyashiMauru 9 years ago

At about the same time this movie was filmed, I lived in a rural area in a rural state. At the age of 14 years of age I, my brother and a cousin had a credit account at a local store that we paid off at the end of the week. The store cashed our paychecks. You have to remember we didn't always live in the world we have today. 💰

[–] cscigu 9 years ago

I didn't think it was the least bit unrealistic given the time (1970s) and place (rural Colorado. He actually was not calling out of state. One local call, one to Denver.

I've lived in rural areas most of my life, and think this was quite believable. I'd have spotted him the call and beer. Most people will generally make good out in the sticks.

[–] Darthfrodo58 9 years ago

I actually came on here to see who the actress was in the store, but she's not listed in the credits.

My relatives own a store in rural Montana (I'm talking blink and you miss the whole town) and they'd do that for someone, even now. It didn't strike me as unrealistic when I saw it, but I can see how city people might.

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[–] cookieman108 8 years ago

Charley B? Did you know him personally to be so familiar? If not you should refer to him as Charles Bronson or Mr. Bronson. To refer to someone so disrespectfully shows a lack of intelligence and character.

[–] CromeRose 7 years ago

Are you serious? A kind-hearted store clerk cuts him a break and you call it one of the most unrealistic scenes of all time? Did you see the rest of the movie? Did you see the scenes where Linda Cristal is driving the truck at a hundred mph over huge bumps and drop-offs and Charlie B is in the back and doesn't fly out.... and manages to load shells into a shotgun as well? I love this movie but come on, he would have flown out of that truck at the first instant.

[–] db20db (16228) 7 years ago

This thread is so damn stupid.

First of all, that scene was not so implausible at all.

Second, it's obvious the OP wasn't paying attention. Those were not out of state calls. The first one was to Edna, CO, which appears to be a fictional town in the vicinity of Breckenridge. That is where everything began. The second call was to Denver, which would also be considered as long distance but definitely not out of state.

The title of this thread is absolutely absurd. What I find somewhat unrealistic is that none of the contributors seem to have caught this but went along with the absurdity.