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Worst drivers on the planet



No wonder they were so wacko.

Seriously, I guess it is supposed to be funny, frivolous and carefree
to show someone weaving in and out of traffic dangerously and having
a great time scaring and angering other drivers, but this kind of thing
in movies really bugs me.

I hated it every time the daughter did it, and then when the mother
let go of the steering wheel and hit the accellerator I really got
steamed. She could have killed someone, and even though she did not
in a movie, this is not the way to show whatever it was this movie
was supposedly trying to show.

The other thing was the dumbass husband who informs the mother while
she is driving ... like he wants her to die or do something stupid.

What is wrong with these people? Answer: they are all in one of the
silliest movies I have ever seen. I did kind of like it by the end I
guess I had gotten used to all the hypocrisy surfaced and thought it
kind of honest.

The mother was really driving her daughter crazy, and she got the chance
to realize it, thought it took her death.

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> but she insisted that he tell her then and there.

Yeah .... and so what? He was a jerk for having no judgement and
no spine ... and look what happened ... only it didn't really
happen because it was a stupid movie ... so what was the purpose
of that scene ... it was stupid like the rest of the movie.

Really what would have happened if someone drove like that and
caused all that damage? They would be in jail and for sure lose
their license ... at least I would hope.

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For me these kind of scenes in movies really bug me. like it or not
movies are the screen of our collective "counsciouosness" ... our national,
cultural memory, and it seems that movies play fast and loose with this,
and brain science tells us that what you see sinks into your being unless
you are very careful ... and the artistic. dramatic value is very little.

In other words it is a cheap stunt.

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