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If you look closely you can see the letter in the vacuum cleaner salesman's hand is addressed to Brock Cantillo, the little kid who was the son of Jesse's latina girlfriend.
Since it was based on a true story which is very well known in Israel (although not so much outside of that country) there would not have been much point aiming for a cliffhanger ending. Though I did hope that somehow he would be saved at the end (or at least shout out something like 'Long live Israel' as he went to the gallows).
Yes I think it gave a good idea of what the near east must have been like in the 60s before the Islamic fundamentalists took over.
I remember talking to a friend in 2008 airing my theories about the coming collapse. I said something like 'the problem is too many people have taken out multiple loans and are maxed out on debt, some have even taken out second mortgages meaning they are hundreds of thousands of pounds in debt'. He was quiet for a moment and said 'that's what I've done'. I was shocked as I always assumed he was genuinely wealthy with 'old money'. He is not a flashy, showing off kind of man, just a fairly normal country land owner.
There were many predictions in the media of a crash starting IIRC around 2005 but they were dismissed as doom-mongers.
The real warning came with the collapse of Northern Rock bank in autumn 2007 - the first run on a British bank since the 1860s. It was clear things were about to go very wrong then and that was when I started making preparations such as buying physical gold and prepping supplies, I also pulled money out of the Icelandic banks which collapsed the following year.
Of course what we didn't realise here in Britain was that we would not have a real crash, the government would print money and do everything in their power to keep nominal asset prices high; they have still not really dropped so the 'great crash' here has just been kicked further down the road.
I have a wig, shiny white false teeth and a really croaky voice. I am willing to shout F-bombs at you all day for the bargain price of just $2000. 'DO IT! DO IT NOW! IF YOU AGREE SAY IIIIIIIII!!!!'
Yes, the last time I saw that much plastic in one place was in the Dollar Tree.
He reminds me a little of 'Jaws' from the James Bond movies.
...but other than that, did you enjoy the movie?
Yes I got the impression that whole interaction was fake. I don't dislike Tony Robbins' videos and talks etc which I think probably help a lot of people, but it seems the way he makes his real money is with these seminars (2,000 people paying $5000, you do the math) and the whole thing seems incredibly cheesy and somewhat manipulative.
Robbins in his videos, talks etc basically just repackages New Thought ideas for a modern, short attention span audience (nothing wrong with that) but I felt his seminar in this film comes across as mainly a way for fools and their money to be parted.
I have listened to quite a few TR interviews, videos etc and he comes across quite well, but I didn't like the way he spoke in this film. He admits he's swearing for shock value to make people remember what he's saying, but it just sounded a bit creepy to me.
I think Bogart did make a few TV appearances, if I recall rightly he was in a TV play version of 'The Petrified Forest' in the 50s, reprising his movie role from the 1930s.
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I did notice that but I don't think it was rammed home too much in the way that some programmes do.
For example Gus was shown as somewhat weak at the beginning, but he gained strength as he went on as he realised he had to protect his wife, daughter and unborn child from Malvo. When Malvo returns to Bemidji, Gus tells Molly not to go out on patrol and she agrees and he finds and kills Malvo despite not even being a cop anymore.
So in a way he became a stronger man because of the example of a strong woman; he wasn't weakened or emasculated by her.
A real sexist series would have Molly saying 'I'm a strong independent woman, no man tells me what to do' but in this show she agrees with him.
I think he's meant to be the personification of pure evil. What is known as 'Satan' in Christian mythology. Eg, when he eats the apple pie at the diner he says something like 'I haven't tasted apple like that since the Garden of Eden'.
Probably true. It's odd though because some films get the period detail perfectly correct. I saw '6 Days' last night, (set in 1980) and I couldn't spot any inaccuracies at all (except for a tiny one - a car had a 1982 registration plate). The TV series 'Endeavour' (set in the 1960s) is another good one - so some film people obviously do pay attention to these things.
I guess the problem is it's not only the script. The costumes, makeup, set design etc all have to be correct and it's probably hard for one person to have overall control. If the director doesn't care about period details then he or she isn't going to listen if somebody points out an anachronism.
OK it's seven years since you asked your question so you probably know the answer by now, but the actor's name is Peter Jeffrey.
No, the film didn't make out that men were the oppressors and girls were the victims (although like you I was expecting it to).
One thing that surprised me was a couple of the girls said how kind and pleasant the men were that they worked with and that that was more than could be said for some of the men they had met in 'normal' life.
The only thing I thought was slightly unrealistic was the film claimed 40% of all porn is 'facial abuse' porn, where women are subjected to degradation and humiliation (made to vomit and lick it up etc while the man curses and swears at her). I find this surprising as I have never even heard of this genre let alone seen it. I just got the impression the film was trying to shoehorn in a 'porn is degrading to women' angle as best it could.
My guess is that Sir Ian McKellan did not want to smoke a pipe. I seem to recall that in the Lord of the Rings he is seen smoking a pipe and it's clearly CGI smoke coming from his mouth.
Finlay was serving with a Signals regiment in Singapore. Singapore was largely defended against the Japanese by colonial civilian volunteers who served as Territorials or armed special constables. Every able bodied man was required to defend the colony so it's likely that Finlay could have been a Norwegian or Danish merchant, or banker or businessman of some kind working in Singapore who joined up. Perhaps he changed his name to Finlay as it was a more easily pronounced, anglicised (Scotticised in fact) version of a difficult to pronounce foreign name.
Still, it's odd that none of this was explained or even referred to. A brief line would have sufficed.
I think it's also meant to show that Walter has lost all links with his son by the end. He has stopped using the same Christian name, and also the same surname (we are told Skylar is using her maiden name so presumably Junior is as well) and he has totally disowned his father and told him he wants him to die as soon as possible.