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Were we supposed to laugh at the violent deaths?


This felt very sadistic slap stick comedic as a film especially since it's inspired by real events.

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I think so. They seemed a bit like the violent deaths from Evil Dead 2, very exaggerated and cartoonish. Not as good of course but that was where the bulk of the laughs came from and the cast was most successful.

I reviewed the movie here if you're interested- https://youtu.be/_INCmXyqy8M

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Yes. We are supposed to laugh at outrageous deaths of silly characters. First, none of the main characters of the story are real. The only death in this story that was based on a real situation was the guy with the parachute.

Second, you have plenty of comedies that use goofy or gory deaths for entertainment. The Naked Gun, Evil dead, dead alive, cabin in the woods, Austin Powers, one night at McCools, etc... Gore is just an emphasis to add reaction to the comedy.

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Is this your first movie? It's called a dark comedy. In reality, the only thing that happened is that the bears heart probably exploded, because that's what would happen to any creature that ingested a large quantity of Coke.

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>Is this your first movie? It's called a dark comedy.

I wrote the same thing before seeing your comment. Wait until OP watches Once Upon a time in Hollywood

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Two months after the smuggler’s death, a Georgia hunter found a dead bear surrounded by the remains of a duffel bag investigators would later deem to be Thornton’s. A medical examiner concluded the 200-pound bear had died of acute cocaine intoxication after ingesting about three to four grams of cocaine. “It’s enough to kill anybody,” the investigator told reporters.

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Why wouldn’t you?

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None of that was “real events”….the only real thing is a bear ate some coke and died.

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Yes, they were hilarious. Why are you offended?

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yes, yes we are! grow up baby!

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