Viggo Mortensen's Nazi tats
It has always seemed so weird to me that his character in this movie is so racist but it is never once addressed.
He has a swastika tattoo on his back, an SS on his neck, and TWO Confederate flags hanging in his home. However, there is only one line in the entire movie referencing his racism, where he says "What am I, black?" to his girlfriend after he has to carry all their bags into their new home.
Also, his character is either shirtless or in a tanktop for virtually the entire movie. You would think someone would have eventually remarked about the tats PLUS it's also pretty strange he's so nice to his brother's Mexican wife.
I know this movie is set in 1968 in the Midwest so I'm not saying it's unbelievable that this character would be a racist, it's just weird that Sean Penn makes such a point of reminding the audience he's a racist without ever directly remarking on it.
Great movie, though. I'd give it an A and Penn's follow up, The Crossing Guard, an A+.
S.F.W.