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Mold Problem / Buying a House

posted 14 years ago by HowAboutThatMrFung
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1.
If there was a mold problem in the apartment, Ethan Hawke's character could legally break the lease and find a new apartment to rent...especially if the doctor confirmed that there was a mold problem in the apartment.

2.
How is Ethan Hawke's character going to buy a house directly with cash? In order to buy a real estate, the process usually needs to be conducted by an escrow company or title insurance company first. Or at the very least the title transfer must be recorded in a government office. How is he going to explain to everyone that he is just going to pay cash? Especially with blood on lots of the cash? Furthermore, if he deposits all of the cash in a bank first, government agencies will be alerted, because they usually get tipped off by the banks for large transactions. Ethan Hawke doesn't have any front business to launder the cash.

[–] koga_ninja_Jubei 14 years ago

Great how the doctor just advises him to move instead (say) cleaning/treating/painting the walls, or getting his wife to stay with family for even a couple of weeks until the underweight twin is out of trouble. "What's that you say, mould? Oh well better just knock down your house and buy a new one then."

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[–] Badlands1 10 years ago

I don't think you can just clean, treat, or paint the walls to solve wood mold, you have to completely dismantle the wood frames, and rebuild the house practically, that can cost 15k+

[–] richardc3162002 14 years ago

Very good point, this bothered me while i was watching. Fixing a mould problem or renting somewhere else would be much better cheaper and easier than trying to buy a bigger place with blood stained cash.

[–] darksidelingua 14 years ago

The whole solution to the mould problem that he came up with seemed beyond stoopid and far fetched. What was he gonna do stash the money little by little and then turn up somewhere with a truckload of money to buy a house? Very nonsensical.

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[–] ilovesmovies 14 years ago

this bugged me as well. there was obviously no point in getting out of his lease as he was trying to move after buying a place, but i think he should have been putting all of his energies into finding a better place to rent.

also - use condoms! i know as a catholic he isn't supposed to, but he also isn't supposed to steal and murder....

[–] newfiesailor 14 years ago

also - use condoms! i know as a catholic he isn't supposed to, but he also isn't supposed to steal and murder....

A very outdated notion....about the condoms that is.

[–] Dan2108 14 years ago

That's Catholicism for you, and what it does to its believers. Killing people and stealing drug money seems acceptable to Sal, but using birth control instead of having 895489024 children or his eldest daughter wearing a short skirt, now THAT'S sinning!

[–] dvd123 14 years ago

You're not really supposed to think about a movie like this. You're supposed to kick back, chill out, and enjoy people putting holes in other people.

It's like watching a porno and saying "that plumber is using the wrong wrench!"

[–] capelanelson 14 years ago

fkin loled

[–] LaSeeman 13 years ago

"You're not really supposed to think about a movie like this."

I have to strongly disagree.

Hawkes' character isn't thinking, he is just reacting, probably just reactiong and trying to make people happy his whole life.

I mean don't you think he could have asked for a loan from his friend?
*spoilers*
The fact that he didn't take help that was right there isn't a plot hole it is a character flaw in that character, even that character's tragic flaw as it leads to his death but, his family does get the 100k since he died while on duty. The department will make him look like an angel as it will for Cheadle's character.

I think everyone involved in the film would like for us to think about it.

[–] agent2009 14 years ago

1. Doctors are usually well paid and they really don't need to think too hard about your problems. So their advices are like text book's and no risks would be involved...

2. In one phone conversation the realty agent seemed to be doing a favor for EH. Perhaps she could fix the paper too. Anything is possible and open to interpretation....

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[–] giffer 14 years ago

I didn't get that he was renting, but I guess he could have.

He wasn't trying to buy the house outright, he was trying to put together a downpayment, and his salary would likely cover the payments.

Plus, as they said in the movie, a dead cop's worth $100,000, so now his family can live wherever they want.

[–] publicz 14 years ago

Not really. He wasn't supposed to be there, I can't imagine how his colleague could ever spin this into something official. He had no warrant, he was there despite the mission had been canceled, he hasn't had proper backup and killed three guys. He was obviously there illegaly and has not been killed in the line of duty. I'm afraid, he messed this up.

[–] Ramuna 12 years ago

Yeah beside the $100,000 is more likely the reward for assisting the investigation in the case of a murdered cop.

His partner should do him a favor by collecting some of the dirty money for his family.

[–] tremain-3 14 years ago

I seriously doubt a cop that died in the middle of a robbery would get that money. I think it has to be in the line of duty.

[–] jabberttp 13 years ago

Plus, as they said in the movie, a dead cop's worth $100,000, so now his family can live wherever they want.

ROFL, so now you can live anywhere you want with a lump sum of $100,000?

[–] lostn 14 years ago

The cash was only for the downpayment. He would have got a mortgage on the rest, though it's doubtful he would have been capable of paying his mortgage.

[–] b530 14 years ago

1. It was a movie.

2. He wasn't trying to buy a whole house with cash, he needed the cash for down payment.

It's annoying when people nitpick every little reality flaw in a movie. It's for entertainment, not reality.

[–] foo55 14 years ago

sometimes the creator wants it to be art, not just entertainment

[–] onlyonewholaughs 14 years ago

I don't know if you even need to ask the OP to have suspension of disbelief in order for the house thing to make sense. Yeah there are easier ways to get around the mold problem, but it seemed like Hawke's character just wanted to do right by his family. He also talked about how the current house would be too small for the twins, how he wanted to give his boys a bigger house, how he didn't want to let his wife down again, etc. Also see the poker scene in which he complains about how unfairly cops are treated. He's just a working guy who lets the American dream rip his life apart--remember the priest, "we are led to sin." It's not the mold--it's the principle of the thing.

[–] sleepyhollows 14 years ago

The doctor was totally out of line! LOL.

You guys missed the other part, it wasn't just the mold. When he came home he told his kids something about "when you get your own room you can get a turtle". Then down in the basement he said he had no room for twins and one of his kids would have to live with a relative.

The house was also too small for their growing family. He wanted a nice home, he was telling his wife about all the things they could and wanted to have.

[–] at7000-1 14 years ago

The wood-mold thing was not supposed to make sense. It was to show how far Hawke's character had gone "off the rails."

Like his friend advised him regarding the space requirements and all the stress it was causing him- "New-born twins are very small. You can practically fit them in a drawer somewhere. There is no rush, get a bigger place in a year or so..."

His friend was trying to show him that his mind was in "melt down mode" but it did not do much good, Hawke was already too far gone, too unhinged.

The Doctor/Mold scene was almost Kubrickian. Very over the top, almost like a dark comedy, or surrealism. I was wondering if the doctor was really saying that, or Hawkes character's mind was just projecting it. It was a real freaky scene and the entire topic of the wood-mold was creepy in a strange way.

Bizarre scenes like that, actually were a plus for the movie IMO. It had plenty of boring, cliched, standard police drama B.S., but it also had some very creative moments.

[–] jamasian_man 14 years ago

Well...

They have a scene specifically showing Hawke's character not swiping out, meaning he is still on duty.

So if his partner were to follow him up to the room and get there before the coroner's he could take the money and put it back into the washer, and then it would look like he died while on duty.

But they never show this or even hint this at the end, but the wife and kids would still get life insurance.

[–] thefatguyabouttostealyou 14 years ago

My theory was he was doing it all as a setup to an awesome pun he could make if anyone asked him about the house: 'Paying for it was murder'

[–] Judimex 11 years ago

Why keep having kids that he can´t afford or provide a good home for?

His wife and kids loved him, he was just being greedy. How much money is enough?

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