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They WANTED to suffer
They all hated themselves and their respective lifestyles
I disagree with you there ... only Tyler knew (although reasonable minds could differ)
Part of the whole process was forcing the participants to come to terms with how valueless their lives really were and how little they truly wanted to go on living
Ask any of them if they wanted to survive, and their reflexive response would be "hell yeah!"
The dinner experience was intended to force them to realize the truth (and it succeeded)
Nah, disagree they weren't willing
First, they obviously WERE willing in the end, but that's a cop-out on my and the OP's part
They were cheating the system precisely because they found no joy in the legitimate work they were doing. They were going through the motions of a "high life" that they THOUGHT they wanted, but weren't really living at all
So yeah, the wall st. guys did want to die, or at least they were getting nothing of value from their lives
I'm with the posters who believe Nichols initially helped as a reflex, but continued to help in order to steer Sykes towards Kimble.
It explains why Sykes was able to spy on Marshall Biggs (the young ponytail guy) while he was questioning Roosevelt (the hospital records keeper) and how Sykes was able to intercept Kimble on his way to the convention.
Funny thing ... I actually imagined Max von Sidow as Gaunt while I was first reading the novel in 1991
That was the ONLY thing I liked about the movie
Now there was no way to make this into a single movie without cutting out a lot of plot points, and that's fine by me.
What the film failed to do, as Melton points out above, is show us how the objects affect their owners and MATCH their owners' hopes, dreams and ambitions
For example, Gaunt has a scrap of petrified wood that makes you feel like you're on Noah's Ark, but it only becomes truly powerful when placed in the hand of a self-righteous Baptist bible-thumper longing to feel like she's especially "worthy"
My own very favorite passage from the novel concerns the town drunk feeling inspired to get sober just looking at a fox-tail like his father used to have.
That, to me, is the whole power of this story -- the very human notion that just having some possession, special only to you, can inspire you to do great things and terrible things
Interesting but ultimately irrelevant.
Doesn't much matter whether Logan underlined "Kendall" or crossed him out
What matters is the effect that line had on Kendall's psyche in particular.
It was potentially Logan's validation, which Kendall had been seeking all his life
The fact that it was potentially a strike-thru is less Logan's sloppiness than Jesse Armstrong's sadism towards Kendall as a character
Sort of like whether the "Inception" top stops spinning or not ... ultimately "not knowing" is the actual point
I was one of the "turn it in" people originally, because it's not worth $4million to have to spend the rest of your life looking over your shoulder
That much money, SOMEONE's going to miss it and only criminals move $4million around in C-notes. So you've got criminals after you for life.
Looking back on my responses here ... I wouldn't even turn it in. The criminals who lost it may well blame me for keeping it out of their reach, and may come after me anyway, figuring maybe I can get it back for them or earn it in other ways
Best to steer clear of trouble when it's that big
Forgot to mention, I don't recall the theatrical cut having much by way of "watching our pointless violence on TV"
Or at least, they show Bud a lot MORE of the pointless violence while raising the tsunami walls
Yes, I vividly recall "That's Incredible" demonstrating this BEFORE the movie, because I specifically remembered the show DURING the movie.
Saw the IMDB credit and just skipped through the whole movie to see for myself. No luck.
Still can't believe that was Megan Mullally as Pat though
Jordan Belfort himself admits this is a trick question
There's no correct answer, because the FIRST thing you should determine is whether the person even wants a pen
If he doesn't, don't waste your time or his. Move on.
Sales is a numbers game, and no single sale will make or break you.
You can hear her off camera marveling at his ability to tear up on demand, "Oh, it's amazing" according to the CC
How? Because Tom faked a tear for a victim of date rape? The victim seemed to appreciate it if anything.
Asian-Americans share a lot of cultural experience, regardless of actual ethnicity
We all get treated as nerds from time to time, or taken for granted. We've all been "complimented" on how we speak English so well.
In particular, we all know what it's like when someone like Trump's Interior Secretary Zinke said "konnichiwa" to Congresswoman Hanabusa. A sizable chunk of white Americans think he was somehow just being courteous, as if the shape of our eyes somehow programs a different language into our brains.
The movie made it pretty clear with fallout that started almost immediately upon the broadcast
Peter's just a kid, not the world's richest man, not a living legend, not a god
I do think it's BS that MIT would dink him, though. As an Avenger, he's directly and closely associated with one of MIT's most distinguished graduates, Tony Stark. No WAY Parker and his friends don't get everything they want from that school.
Before Peter even reaches the school dean on that bridge, she'd be getting a call from CEO Pepper Potts's assistant threatening to end Stark Industries funding for all the MIT educational programs and capital improvement projects.
Peter, MJ and Ned are back on the roster before the dean gets to the airport
They were screwed either way in my opinion.
If Hicox hadn't thrown up the wrong "3," Hellstrom would've eventually left them alone, but absolutely for certain 100% he would continue investigating this Piz Palü guy. He'd almost certainly notice "Lt. (from) Frankfurt" was actually Hugo Stieglitz at some point. And Bridget von Hammersmark would've been under close surveillance from then on.
It actually worked out for the better -- the theater assassination succeeded because Hellstrom was killed before he could start investigating outside the basement
There's a "White Star Extended Edition" that adds about 30min worth of deleted scenes (but not the alternate ending thank god)
It was a pretty weak movie overall salvaged by great performances from both Murphy (his best in years in my opinion) and Wilson
The plot is thin and uneven but the leads make it worth watching
Sounds an awful lot like "Land of the Dead" actually
Plotwise, it's very slow-moving and the low production values are evident on screen
That said, it's always been one of my favorite flicks, period, never mind my far-away favorite of the genre
However, I also like the 2004 remake quite a bit (not remotely as much as I like this one, but it outranks the original "Day of the Dead" in my mind)
Sacrilege though it may be, I actually prefer Savini's 1990 remake to the original "Night of the Living Dead"
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