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Scene in the club

posted 16 years ago by joshuachelms
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I realise that in film not everything has to be taken literally, but surley when Pig attacks the man in the club with an ashtray and proceeds to kill him, there must have been some kind of club bouncers/security?

I know that this doesn't really matter in the context of the film and the characterisation of Pig's behaviour, but in terms of some sort of realism it's a little bit unbelievable ?

[–] pinkchi 16 years ago

I asked that too..maybe it's a plot hole. Or the bouncers thought people were watching a dancing couple who stole the limelight.

[–] kittymou1 16 years ago

Man, i remember that scene vividly, i've seen this movie a couple of times, whilst half asleep at like 3 in the morning and i've only seen the ending, the nightclub scene where he smashes that guys head with the ashtray and beats him to a bloody pulp and then they both lay on the beach and she puts that blanket over his head, gosh those scenes remain strongly in my head, those scenes were so agressive, intense and in your face, but the scene on the beach completely contrasted, which came across quiet and peaceful weirdly enough. i really need to see this movie the whole way through i think, i thought it was great, from what i've seen.

[–] mrbiga 16 years ago

Just watched this movie and found that scene in the club to be disturbing. I was really shocked and disappointed that not one person in the club stepped in to stop the beating. I can't figure out where the law enforcement was. What about the boy that worked in the liquor store? He was beaten and robbed a couple of times.

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[–] apprenticefitz 15 years ago

I'm not sure the club scene and shop scene really happened. We know Pig had weird ideas of reality (the whole thing about Runt in the car and missing for a week, then delivered still in the trunk in fine condition- I dont think happened) I think there were fights but not to the level we saw, they were allegory, for what Pig would be capable of. Maybe Runt didnt even strangle Pig, maybe she just killed the relationship. If he really hurt that kid in the store with a bottle and destroyed all that property- wouldnt the cops have been looking for them? Wouldnt someone have stopped him from killing that kid at the Palace? Why did Runt seem so surprised that there was a place called the Palace, in the town she had grown up in?
I kinda see the whole thing as a fairytale- a really demented one.

[–] hrobjartur 15 years ago

I think you've hit the nail on the head there, apprenticefitz :o)

[–] apocalypse_please24 12 years ago

I'm not sure the club scene and shop scene really happened. We know Pig had weird ideas of reality (the whole thing about Runt in the car and missing for a week, then delivered still in the trunk in fine condition- I dont think happened) I think there were fights but not to the level we saw, they were allegory, for what Pig would be capable of. Maybe Runt didnt even strangle Pig, maybe she just killed the relationship. If he really hurt that kid in the store with a bottle and destroyed all that property- wouldnt the cops have been looking for them? Wouldnt someone have stopped him from killing that kid at the Palace? Why did Runt seem so surprised that there was a place called the Palace, in the town she had grown up in?
I kinda see the whole thing as a fairytale- a really demented one.

Yes, this! I had been questioning whether or not any of it was real as I was watching it- pretty much from the time they left the school onwards. The scene at the pub felt kind of surreal, but when they arrived at the Palace I was convinced none of it was happening. Or it was but we were seeing a slightly different version of events (or it was happening in Pig or Runt's heads). And the fact that there were never consequences for anything they did, like hurting the kid at the liquor store, it just didn't feel real. So in the end I'm not really sure, it just had a very hazy feel to it but that only seems fitting for a story that's more or less about someone losing his mind.

[–] gans_fans 15 years ago

Well, that scene was kind of disturbing. I'm not sure even a 7 feet tall bouncer would dare to go near Pig, considering the violent state he was in. Pig would probably kill him. He's stronger than he looks.

[–] Deckarrd_B26354 14 years ago

It only took pig seconds to kill Marky, so it is probable that bouncers might not have had time to get to him.
Oh and I used to go to the club that this was filmed in around the time the movie was made and the security wasn't particularly great, any security was usually based outside at the front door.

I know that this film is fictional and so is the club, but I'm just saying...

[–] heat_like_burning 14 years ago

ive been in a few bar fights before, and often the bouncers don't even notice, or it takes them a coupler of minutes. Pig had more then enough time to beat up that guy and get out, but it was pretty sick that no1 stepped in.

I also think that some of the stuff shown maybe didnt happen. Like the car trunk thing.

hey, yoda needs to give some better advice, or yoda needs to shut the *beep* up