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That line in the beginning about Texas chainsaw massacre was wrong

posted 13 years ago by Hunk_O_Cheese
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I knew I'd hate this movie after that horrible pretentious self-satisfied monologue about things in movies happening "for no reason". But the thing that somehow boiled my blood even more was when he asked "Why doesn't anyone in Texas Chainsaw Massacre go to the bathroom?" First of all it's the first f-cking scene in the movie. Frankie (guy in wheelchair) needs the car to stop because he needs to piss. This is a minor detail, but it got me so angry since the screenwriter obviously didn't bother to watch any of these movies, yet he's still trying to say something idiotically profound about them.

...Ok that felt good to write, I'm content in moving on with my life now.

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[–] hadmatter 13 years ago

What makes you think that the speech was intended to be factually correct?

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[–] Hunk_O_Cheese 13 years ago

I know it wasn't meant to be factually correct, but to ask why something wasn't shown in a film when it clearly was really got on my nerves. It's of course a really small detail, but my love for TCM cannot ignore the fact that the detail was wholly inaccurate (even in the speech's context). The alien in E.T. was brown, JFK's assassinated by a stranger, the pianist lives like a bum, etc... but someone indeed pees in TCM! Again this fact is totally useless in the scheme of things... Can't say I really enjoy thinking back to my viewing experience of this movie, so I'll stop right there.

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[–] A.P. 13 years ago

If you listen, he said "Chainsaw Massacre" and not "TEXAS Chainsaw Massacre". Maybe it's some other movie? Who knows.

[–] Hunk_O_Cheese 13 years ago

Naw he mentioned it was Tobe Hooper's

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[–] IceboxMovies 12 years ago

I believe his line is actually, "In the excellent Chainsaw Massacre by Tobe Hooper..."

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[–] Hunk_O_Cheese 13 years ago

Haha yeah they do (I love this movie so I've seen it a lot), they pull over at the side of the road and it shows Frankie starts to do his business

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[–] bruuno-1 9 years ago

The reason (in my interpretation at least) he says this is because it is in fact one of the few movies that does show someone going to the bathroom. What the cop is saying is in fact wrong about pretty much everything. The only 'truth' he tells is about the color of ET and even that has some reason, just that it is irrelevant to the movie's story. Also arguably the 'Love Story' example though that too has reasons having to do with why anyone falls in love with anyone. With those as the first examples it makes the listener not question the rest of the speech because, at least on a superficial level it sounds true. with each example he gets farther and farther away from telling the truth withe the TCM and Pianist examples being the last and also being the most demonstrably false. It is about authority (be it the law, government, movie studios) telling their audience what to believe through manipulation and not letting the audience develop their own interpretations. Whether the cop giving the speech is aware of how wrong he is is another question.

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[–] king_of_bob 9 years ago

You clearly missed the point of the opening monolog. Kind of sad since he lays it all bare for you.

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[–] califuneral 8 years ago

The opening monologue is constructed to be a big lie.