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Things I learned from 'A Lonely Place to Die'

posted 12 years ago by jtfriday2000
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I decided to make the obligatory "things I learned" thread:

1. Scotland is as isolated as Siberia. People there live without phones, TV, or ability to get cell phone signals.

2. It's smart to leave your hostages in the middle of nowhere and walk away rather than keeping them under guard in a room 24/7.

3. It's normal to walk around in a Scottish town with a pig mask and fully exposed firearm while leisurely chasing after your victims.

4. Don't go deerhunting in Scotland past hunting season. You'll get your throat slit and pushed off a cliff.

5. When you find a little girl don't take her back to your house. People in Scotland don't have cars, internet, or phones. Instead, make the 15 mile trek to the nearest village.

6. English police officers say they don't use guns with lethal bullets. They leave the friendly fire to the Yanks. But when they shoot your friend with the injured leg, the bullets do turn out to be lethal and they were lying.

7. There are only 2 police officers available in the UK to help with a 6 million Euro kidnapping.

8. When trying to kidnap a little girl, it's best to wear a pig mask. The pig mask will conceal your identity, even though the loaded gun fully exposes you and your motives.

9. Little girls can be thrown out of windows without a scratch on them.

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[–] YourSock 12 years ago

18. Hikers are far more likely to bring booze than weed.
19. Scottish rivers aren't cold.
20. When running away from people with guns always always run in a straight line through open ground DO NOT dodge and weave through the woods.
21. Small children only need one 32oz bottle of water to survive for a week buried underground.
22. After being buried underground in a small hole small children won't smell nor will they soil themselves.
23. Experienced wilderness explorers don't bring sat phone with them, because no one has ever been hurt and needed an airlift out before.
24. Hikers also don't carry any type of firearm to ward off vicious animals, (sheep and rodents of unusual size can be deadly)
25. When running away from a crazed killer it's best to avoid crowds, safety in numbers is a lie.
26. Retrieval experts will shoot first, before asking questions as to why the little girl would be running in a public place holding the hands of her kidnappers.
27. Bullet proof vests mean nothing if you get shot in the neck.

[–] JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies 11 years ago

I enjoyed learning this one:

* YourSock considers at least some sheep "vicious animals".

http://www.rateyourmusic.com/~JrnlofEddieDeezenStudies

[–] storm-the-dog 8 years ago

24. Hikers also don't carry any type of firearm to ward off vicious animals, (sheep and rodents of unusual size can be deadly)

True. It's set in Scotland, that's in the UK, not the USA. We don't carry firearms, not even to ward of sheep (something to do with the law).

...it's just another dumb list, get over it.

[–] rubycalaberXX 12 years ago

He didn't say the shotgun had non-lethal ammo, he said it had solid slugs so the girl wouldn't be accidentally hit by pellet spread. Also I don't think they were cops, seemed more like mercenaries to me.

[–] scrumpypete 12 years ago

28. Even after abseiling down a shortcut, people who walked another 11 extra miles will reach the river before you.

29. When you are sniping from a second-storey roof through a window it's possible to hit anyone in the room below - and even the ceiling ligh

30. That the Scots are a particularly restrained and sober lot... a fire festival involving many near-naked participants doesn't require drafting in dozens of police. Only 2 local cops are required, so that one officer drive around the countryside whilst the other can stay in the station (in case someone's lost their puppy. Or there's a ruthless gang of assassins that need a cup of tea and a stiff talking to}.

31. It is important to differentiate between hundreds of spectators and the assassin, because he's the shadowy one with a gun - in an unlit back alley from 60 yards away, yet.

[–] jtfriday2000 12 years ago

32. If you fall down a hill and it looks like your arm has been broken, don't worry, it's really your leg.

33. If you're drunk in a Scottish town and see a man carrying a firearm and wearing a pig mask, do not try to hug him. He'll shoot you and walk away scott free.

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[–] JimiCobain 11 years ago

You really are a nit-picking ass hole just so you know.

Of course you're going to find flaws in a film if you spend the entire time looking for them instead of attempting to enjoy said film.

As for your whining about the guy in the pig mask strolling through the festival, NEWS FLASH, majority of the people at that festival seemed to be wearing masks, and there was a hell of a lot of noise going on, fireworks and music and chanting and cheering, the only people who knew that dude got shot were his buddies next to him at the time.

A guy carrying a gun surrounded by people cracking fire coated whips dancing around and going nuts wouldn't really grab much attention, not to mention pretty much EVERY person there seemed to be blind drunk.

You didn't just dislike this film, you WANTED to dislike it.

Maybe if your mind wasn't so fu king miniscule, you could interpret a good film for what it is, instead of gleefully mocking it like the ignorant maggot you clearly are.

[–] samanthathomas90 11 years ago

Oh my actual god, its only a post listing somethings wrong with the movie, if they dont like it then so be it dont think theres an actual need to call people what u are calling them.

i enjoyed the film but alot that has been said in this post is true, but enjoyable thriller with a good plot.
maybe u are the maggot,

[–] twacy_anne 11 years ago

28. Even after abseiling down a shortcut, people who walked another 11 extra miles will reach the river before you.

She did lose consciousness for an undisclosed amount of time, so that gave them time to get ahead of her.

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[–] whitehorse88 11 years ago

# 33 made me laugh, how the dude said "whoaaaa" when he was blown away. LOL

[–] evelinajazz 10 years ago

I found no 1 particularly interesting -"1. Scotland is as isolated as Siberia. People there live without phones, TV, or ability to get cell phone signals. " - you know that Siberia is a part of civilized world and has internet, phones and tv?
Unless, maybe you're high in the mountains but then same goes for any country :)

[–] pandalax 9 years ago

RE 6 and 7

They weren't police officers. Obviously. They had no back up, communicated with no one else, got paid, watched a man be stripped, tied up and lowered into a grave in the woods whilst still alive, shot a man in the back with a shotgun without warning because he was running holding the hand of a little girl, even when one of them was dying no one considered calling back up or an ambulance.

Also, as has been pointed out previously, he never said they weren't lethal, he said they don't spread. He was correct.

I see you like pointing out stupid mistakes so I thought you'd enjoy this...

[–] fabiovasconcllos 9 years ago

i hate posts like

Things I learned from

people who like this type of post,must be big fan of documentaries.
any movies have flaws,just enjoy

nothing is perfect

[–] BKinzeys 8 years ago

If you don't like these threads, don't read them.

[–] fabiovasconcllos 8 years ago

good idea

[–] draftdubya 7 years ago

IFC could shait out a turd and people still will give it a 5+