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Did anybody else laugh when Jack Black got his arm blown off?


When that happened I laughed my ass off but then my brother said I was a psycho for laughing. That is true, but not because I hate Jack Black, but because it was just so sudden. Anyway, anybody else find it amusing?

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i like your sense of humor. yes, i laugh really loud when i see that scene. ahhaha, jack black gets ripped to shreds. priceless.

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Yea i love that scene. I really dislike jack black, so as you can imagine thats my favorite role of his, I laugh every time, its great. Its also a fitting punishment for such an idiot.

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ya jack black was annoying in this movie haha!

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Hahaha, that scene is priceless, a pure masterpiece!

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Jack black's facial expression is so damn funny when his arm get blown off.

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Wow I'm laughing out loud just thinking about this.

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Laughed? I skipped this scene every single time, I even hated Bruce because of this scene and his character's hitman business.

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Well, me too. I found this scene terrifying. But I'm a whimp anyway. Anyway, it was very disturbing, a bit too graphic for me at least at the time I watched it.

/ Daniel

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jack black is probably funnnier then all you idiots

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DNFTT

/ Daniel

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NOOOOOOOO
i screamed
its horrible!!! how can u lot be soo mean lol
but it is mean tut tut

rawwwrrrr bless him i only saw dat part i didnt see da rest
bow ur heads in shame!!!!!

u horrible lot lol
i screamed like mad hes my top favourite actor
SHAME ON U ALL
LOLS I MADE MY POINT

"always look on the bright side of life"

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Yeah, that was pretty cool! :-D

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At first I was traumatized. Then when I watched this movie the second time I laughed my ass off. I actually think that Jack Black did some decent acting in this scene. Bruce Willis owned Jack Black...

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"Now move over to the car before you pass out." Brrr.

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I thought it was meant to be funny? Like dark humour or something lol. Maybe we are all sick?

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When he said, after "missing" the pack of cigarettes and hitting his arm (one wonders if he really "missed" at all), "I told you it [the targeting system] was off", I found that funny, in the twisted, dark, gen-x-humor sort of way that I have. Not that I'd do such a thing myself, or not be horrified if I'd actually witnessed something like that in real life. Which is one of those differences between "just a movie" and "real life".... I don't think indulging a darker side of humor makes you a psycho or anything--else we're a nation of psychos (some probably think this too), with how popular Tarantino flicks are.

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Don't worry I'm also a psycho, that scene is hilarious. I also love how after Bruce shoots his arm off he says "move over by the car, quick before you pass out!" and Black actually moves in front of the car...hmmm here's a thought, why not try and run away...I mean this guy just blew your arm off. Anyways, it's funny.

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I like that scene,but does he then blow up the car seconds after shooting Ian's hand off? Poor Lamont. If Bruce ran over to Ian,put him in that car and took him to and dropped him off outside a hospital,I'd like that better. I can't watch The Jackal after the car explodes.

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Lol, that would defeat the purpose of shooting off his arm in the first place. But yeah, i also laughed when willis told him to move before he passed out. Good times.

"Marcel Proust dit que de la merde. La raison - Je m'explique"

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Thank god for that, I thought I was the only Pshcho who thought this was funny. I showed it to a mate and he was sickened I found it funny :-) It was the "hold out the pack of cigarettes" line that got me. Reminded me of shooting air rifles with my mate in the back garden as a kid, only I wish I had that "mofo protoype cannon" to ping a few coke cans

Edit: thinking of deleting this post. Maybe FBI and MI5 monitoring this thread for the next Lee Harvey :-)

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He would have been weakened by the rapid loss of blood, and very likely in shock (which in part means you're not going to be thinking straight--your mind sort of shuts down to block the extreme pain and trauma of losing a limb). I suppose in that state you could be very open to someone's suggestions--even the very someone who just blew your arm off.

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i thought it was the greatest thing ever, since Jack Black's character was so annoying,, he deserved to have it shot off

works for me

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i laughed my ass off too, because Jack Black was so dam annoying in this movie,, i was glad that Bruce did it to him.
are you going to bark all day little doggie,, or are you going to bite

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