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2 questions

posted 12 years ago by starksfe
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1) What was the purpose of De Niro hiding his weapon outside the tavern at the beginning?

2) What was De Niro's quip to Bean about "at least we don't go around whining about it?" Was it the England/Ireland conflicts?

[–] guardian_owl 12 years ago

Don't remember the context of #2

1.)I am guessing he hid the gun in case it was some kind of trap. If they frisked him for weapons, they would take it and he would be defenseless. Then he could either escape and run outside to grab his weapon, or if they intended to kidnap him, they would take him out the back and he could pretend to trip, grab the gun, and fight back.

[–] There_Is_No_Sayid 12 years ago

1) As he explains to Deirdre, he doesn't walk into a place he doesn't know how to walk out of. He hid a gun near the back door of the cafe so in case things went bad and he had to shoot his way out he'd have a weapon.

2) It's a patriotic dig at Bean based on British nostalgia for the heyday of empire.

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[–] elchevelle 12 years ago

Nicely put!

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[–] wiking5 9 years ago

Yup, two questions, two answers....ya gotta like the symmetry of that....

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