Question about the title
I just watched this movie. It was by no means perfect, but it kept me watching throughout. But unless I missed something, I don't know why it was called The Horseman. Can anyone enlighten me please?
sharemaybe hes supposed to be one of the four horsemen, metaphorically speaking. thats just a guess tho.
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Perhaps, but it was hardly a biblical story. I've been trying to make sense of the title for two days now and I still have no clue.
shareJust watched the film and modianos' explanation above seems the most plausible. It's not a literal comparison, but I think the title is meant to infer that Christian is like the fourth horseman (Death) - he is an exterminator by trade and even wears greenish work clothes when killing his victims. Beyond that, I don't think we're meant to read that much into it. The four horsemen of the apocalypse set out on their ride on Judgment Day, which this is for all of Christian's victims.
"I'll get you a delicatessen, made out of stainless steel." - Blofeld
"The Christian apocalyptic vision is that the four horsemen are to set a divine apocalypse upon the world as harbingers of the Last Judgment."
how does the title not make sense? the main character is a harbinger of judgment to all that were responsible for his daughters death. he became the horseman death. thus the title. its not that difficult for anyone with half a brain.
i saw the title. and i saw the box art. and i knew exactly what the movie was. which was brilliant btw. no idea why so many people whine about this movie. about the violence, and how the plot is stupid, and its just a senseless movie for the sake of violence. its not. its realistic. its what you might expect a normal man to do. humans don't think when they are that driven by something so traumatic. in that sense it is the most accurate portrayal of revenge ever committed to the film medium.
i wouldnt call it perfect, as it did start to drag along the second half. they even dragged out the ending fight sequences wayy too much. too much back and forth. other than that. amzing.
or it could be the name of the knife he uses throughout the movie.
http://www.emersonknives.com/miva/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=Horseman
Yours is by far the more reasonable and most sensible explanation for the title.
The Horseman knife played a central role throughout the movie and (as careful watchers will have noticed) Peter's knife was inscribed to him by his daughter ("Love Jesse"). I don't think there can be any doubt but that the movie was named after the knife he carried and used throughout the movie.
Heck, the knife had more screen-time than most of the characters in the movie.
That is definitely not the knife in the movie. I have it paused right now at the close up of the blade when he is in the shower where you can see "Love Jesse" on the blade. You can easily see that there is no "Emerson Opener" or the part that sticks up on the back of the blade so that when it is pulled from the pocket it opens itself. Also it has a round stud for opening, and Emersons use more of a disk shaped opener along with the "Emerson Opener".
shareCheers for clearing that up. I was absent during RE and did myself, wonder at the title, but that makes perfect sense. I LOVED the movie, literally on the edge of my seat during the fight struggles. Great flick.
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