How many people found the Oliver Platt character awesome?
You know, the Anheuser character:
- He's pragmatic, to the point and mean (why take mommy if she's already halfway gone?, ex doesn't want to see me again? So be it!), like an effective politician needs to be.
- He shoots down Dr. Helmsley and the president's daughter's BS objections nicely:
a) Tell people WTF is going on? Nope, that would unleash Mad Max anarchy and would help no one since they're doomed anyway (impossible to survive outside an ark)
b) Had to kill whomever was about to expose the whole deal? Well yes! Otherwise forget about getting anything done.
c) Sell tickets? Well who did he think paid for the arks, Obamacare?
d) People didn't get picked up (Indian guy)? Well duh!! With Helmsley's predictions proving wrong they had to speed things up and improvise, obviously many thing would go wrong (picking people), the Indian dud wasn't the only one left behind.
e) People are to be hosted in comfortable rooms instead of packed like a Japanese subway train? Well duh, they will have to LIVE there for months, you want people to go stir crazy and kill each other due to cabin fever?
f) Do the workers get a ticket? Feel free to give them YOUR ticket if you feel so strongly about it.
I loved him all the way. Too bad the movie at the end screws him over with sentimentality from Helmsley to get the extra people inside the ark.