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Do you think Max Cady was right about this ONE thing?

posted a year ago by TheMan18 (12575)
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And this time, NO, NOT targeting the lawyer and his family or even holding a grudge against him but...

In a scene where he calls Juliette Lewis' character whilst briefly hanging upside down at home, he says - "Some weird fool making fun of your sexuality, someone giving you a hard time, your life not seeming to go right, don't deny it, use it in your life and work" (I'm paraphrasing but anyways...)

Do you think in THIS advice of his he was actually RIGHT? Informing her character to accept unfortunate circumstances in life and not be TOO put off by them or allow them to destroy her in any way?

He almost spoke like a talented friendly psychologist in that scene. And then he played that "Do right" song too.

[–] BKB (6314) 3 months ago

He was a psychopath and a manipulator, but still a damn good movie.. The only scene I eyerolled at was where Nolte is hiding behind the dumpster while watching some thugs he hired rough Max Cady up with baseball bats and it was like they were barely hitting him as he fought them off.. If I took a baseball bat, solid baseball bat, wood or aluminum and I hit you in the back as hard as I can?? I don't give a fuck how big you are, you will go DOWN and down HARD

[–] TheMan18 (12575) 3 months ago

But the question is - was he right or did he at least have a point to make in that ONE SCENE?

[–] TheMan18 (12575) 3 months ago

As in, maybe he was correct and on point with his "don't ignore and deny your problems, go with their flow and it will be useful to you"?