Some Easy Questions


Early on Bull describes being abandoned at the surfing spot by fishermen. Was he up his usual misbehavior? I mean leaving someone adrift or on a remote island is pretty serious. Secondly Bull and Sam seemed to have some prior relationship, perhaps via the internet. Why would she lie about the fingering accusation which seems to not have occurred? Or is she just a nutter like Bull? Lastly, in one of the fight scenes Bull allows two free punches to his head/face. I'm old and feeble but given two free uppercuts I think I could bring him down.

"He killed sixteen Czechoslovakians. Guy was an interior decorator."

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At one point a quick subtitle has one of the crew saying "You killed the fisherman;" I had to back it up to read the line. He replies that it was never proven; so yeah, they apparently had good reason to leave him stranded. Then again, the crew guy could have been referring to the "guy who dumped him" there, the one the captain asks Bull if he ever caught up with. Whichever, no doubt his behavior isn't new.

I picked up nothing about any previous acquaintance between Bull and Sam. Of course, there was Archie's description of her online video - his having seen it was wildly random - which may have given him ideas (and was another stupid act on her part, if she agreed to it.) But Bull seemed genuinely clueless about it: "What, Sam from our boat?"

I was confused about her accusation, as well. "That" shot would have had to last longer, it seems, for it to have happened. Not to mention that letting *Rob* do that to her, when anyone, including an already crazy-jealous Bull, could have seen it, would have been simply idiotic. In fact, she knew Bull was watching her and Rob on the beach - looked out at him, then turned and kissed Rob. Playing a dangerous game.

Do you think Bull was really trying to apologize? And, assuming it didn't go as far as she claimed, if she'd even grudgingly accepted his apology - and he *seemed* sincere, not trying to "attack (her) again" as she claimed - instead of spraying him in the face, might he have backed off? (Until "provoked" again, or it would've been a very short and different movie!)

And by the way, if she had suntan lotion in spray form, there was really no need for the "Could you do my back?" bit with the bottled lotion, was there?

Betraying my gender here, perhaps, but there are certain types of women who tick me off - and give men the wrong idea about the rest of us.

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I came away with the opinion that she was a bigger nutter than Bull.

I did feel what she said happened did happen, but, as Susan says, her actions were very unwise and set off a chain of events.

I think after this she would be especially hard to love, because she would know deep-down she was wrong but be very self righteous. I really see her as having great difficulty having and keeping a relationship. But then she told us as much at the beginning. Which makes one wonder: how many other situations like this has she been in/caused, all the way up to the ultimate result, death.

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