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Rick was a good guy, Danny was the true villain

posted 10 years ago by leekingswood
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Rick wasn't a threat to anyone. If anything he was a positive influence on the community. Danny could have lived the good life with a wealthy step dad and a mother who would have continued to spoil him in order to try and win his affection. But nooooooooooooooooooooooooo ...the little punk had to go and hide in the back of Rick's car and accidentally see Rick "take out the trash" (Ray) and then start all this trouble.

I'm sure most of you agree.

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Carry on with your hate, haters.

[–] leekingswood 10 years ago

I'll take your silence as being in absolute agreement with me.

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Carry on with your hate, haters.

[–] dkenney_39 10 years ago

Yea danny was a punk. His mom was a b eitch too. Rick was even nice enough to put up with danny.

[–] The_Mob_Has_Spoken 9 years ago

I have to agree. Danny was a dumb little punk. Ironically, it was his history of crying "wolf!" and lack of believability that saved his life. And his slutty mom was a retard. But Rick was a piece of crap. Between Rick the piece of crap killer thief and Danny the emotionally troubled moron liar punk kid, I'd side with Rick every day of the week.

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[–] mmsbk 7 years ago

And you conclude the mother was a slut because..... what? because she remarried? What sort of mindless misogyny is that!
And Danny is the villain because he told some lies hoping his parents would reunite, whereas Rick, liar, thief, con artist and actual murderer is the good guy?
You sir, have some serious social/comprehension issues.

[–] Stratego (29252) 3 years ago

No, the mother wasn't a slut, but she clearly didn't make sure to really get to know the guy she was marrying.

[–] georgegliddy 10 years ago

well sir or mam r u serios 2 say such??? bcos u shoud NOT suport on BAD peeps who do h8 and killing on peeps which is vry vry bad?????

[–] Burning_Sosobra 9 years ago

Should you be allowed to use a computer? I only ask because, judging by your spelling and grammar, I can only conclude that you are mentally handicapped and you somehow snuck onto this forum without your caretakers knowledge.

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[–] georgegliddy 9 years ago

well how cud u say such h8 speches??? well spel+gramar dont mtr on such intrenet as we have bcos u just let ur thouhts flow out ur brain 2 all thepeeps ok?????

well ur pix is vry scarey bcos such a dog cud eat me......

[–] Burning_Sosobra 9 years ago

I'm just giving you a hard time georgie boy. If you're a 12 year old, your grammar and spelling makes sense. If you're older than that, I'd be worried. It's just that if you want to be taken seriously, you should really work on your spelling and grammar. If English isn't your first language either, that would also be understandable.

"Devour me, devour me - if you really think that you can stomach me."

[–] georgegliddy 9 years ago

well im prolly older than u bcos i finished all my schools and my techer said i was vry specal and i cud do anything!!!!!

well... ok im an america ok so i spk on AMERican NOT dum dum english ok bcos such bad engl peeps wnat 2 hurt us and prolly even send such nuc down up on us???? well so i wont do that ok.......

[–] star_in_the_zenith_79 9 years ago

Danny had his problems for sure, but to call him the villain and say Rick was a good guy is ridiculous. The guy was a liar, a thief, and a murderer. Just because he may have had a soft spot for Susan and was funneling money into his new community doesn't change that.

[–] georgegliddy 9 years ago

well wut??? bcos ur words r confusing 2 me ok and i dont remebmer the movei anymore bcos it was 2 long ago so i dont know wut u mean???????

[–] Saenzwa9 (438) 3 years ago

I do agree somewhat. Rick wasn't a threat to anyone. It's clear he wanted to move on from his shady criminal past, but unfortunately his past caught up with him. If the Ray character never showed up Rick would most likely be living happily ever after up in Beaver Cleaverville, but then of course there would be no movie. He screwed up killing Ray instead of just paying him. However even if he never killed him it wouldn't change the fact Danny was still hiding in the back. Instead of going to the police Danny would tell his father about Rick's shady past, and the father would be prompted to investigate just like before

[–] Stratego (29252) 3 years ago

Danny was an absolute punk. I guess we were supposed to hate Vince Vaughn, but there was nothing wrong with the way he behaved until he killed Steve Buscemi.

[–] Mister Babadook (2623) 3 years ago

"there was nothing wrong with the way he behaved until he killed Steve Buscemi."

Thats not true, did you see how agitated and angry he was getting when he and Danny was playing catch? His demeanor and attitude completely changed when he was left alone with Danny, its obvious the guy had anger management issues and no problem killing people. It would likely only be a matter of time before he tried to kill Danny over something without Ray ever showing up.

And if you watch the scene he was trying to degrade Danny's dad, cause Danny was bragging about him being a great ballplayer, and Rick immediately was like "You know your dads gonna be working for me right?" as if to say "your dads gonna work for me, so he's lesser than me".

So its not like Rick was Mr Rogers before he killed Ray.

[–] Stratego (29252) 3 years ago

"Thats not true, did you see how agitated and angry he was getting when he and Danny was playing catch?"

What I saw was Rick getting irritated because Danny was acting rude even though he was making an effort to bond with him. And this wasn't the first time he had been acting like a brat. Dissing the dad was not the smartest thing to do, but it was actually quite understandable. It's only sinister because Rick turns out to be a murderer.

"So its not like Rick was Mr Rogers before he killed Ray"

Yeah, most people aren't Mr. Rogers. Even Mr. Rogers wasn't.

[–] Mister Babadook (2623) 3 years ago

"What I saw was Rick getting irritated because Danny was acting rude even though he was making an effort to bond with him. And this wasn't the first time he had been acting like a brat. Dissing the dad was not the smartest thing to do, but it was actually quite understandable. It's only sinister because Rick turns out to be a murderer."

How was Danny acting rude? he was playing around, and Rick got overly aggressive about it just cause he was throwing the ball wrong. So Rick began throwing the ball really hard to hurt Danny, then told Danny he throws like shit. I mean if you think thats normal perfectly justified behavior you're wrong.

"Yeah, most people aren't Mr. Rogers. Even Mr. Rogers wasn't."
You know what i mean, he was showing signs of being shady and not being all that nice of a guy, when you said there was nothing wrong with his behavior before killing Ray.

[–] Stratego (29252) 3 years ago

"I mean if you think thats normal perfectly justified behavior you're wrong."

No, I'm not wrong. I guess you missed the part where Rick was trying to make a genuine effort to have fun with him (even bought him a mit) and Danny almost immediately started to try to annoy the heck out of him ("You should've had that"). He wasn't some naive little boy.

"You know what i mean, he was showing signs of being shady"

No, he wasn't. The only reason you're saying that is because the movie already showed you he was shady in his scene with Steve Buscemi. Rick's behavior was not perfect, but it was very human and quite understandable with a punk kid like Danny.

Danny's behavior was far from normal, especially throwing in a window with the ball right were his step dad was standing. I guess he was shady as well, huh?