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There was a man who was born inside the Matrix... question.
Who else hates poop in movies?
Like being fooled by a VHS cover in the 90's
Car chase into river was a bit contrived...
Lost interest after contrived drama of first 2 episodes
Why were they worried about their "jobs?"
Did Marty the magician die?
LOL! That twist ending was better than anything M. Night has ever done...
Liz emailing as Amy question...
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I don't think you're appreciating the tough reality and complexities of humans. Or, perhaps you made this comment without finishing the show, because after a few episodes... I would agree with you. After watching the rest.. I get why he is how he is. Spoilers... don't read on if you haven't watched. Martha is not the biggest villain or demon in his life, it's Darrien. He explains it clearly why it took him so long to report Martha. It's because what Martha has done to him pales in comparison to what Darrien did to him. In his mind, his justification for apathy was that if he were to pick a battle, it would be Darrien first. He just wasn't ready to face Darrien... and so you have apathy and lack of action. He was ultimately forced into action because she started stalking his parents.
In the end, he does face Darrien, but he does it in a very Donny way... what both you and I would call stupid and spineless. Ideally, we all would have the strength to tell someone off, and maybe even beat them up for what they did to you. But Donny's reaction was not like that at all. But I do think it's very realistic. Donny is not violent, he's always cordial, cordial to the end. But there is definitely a power shift. Darrien knows he can be outed by Donny anytime now. So I do think Donny does get some control back in his life.
Anyway, If you mean he's a moron for why he was so slow to take action on Martha, then there is an explanation. If you mean he's a moron in general, for the life choices and decisions he has made... yes, I do agree. Allowing himself to get drugged and raped, is no different that those people who want to make it big in Hollywood and do all sorts of favors behind closed doors. These people sell their souls for the promise of success.
Enjoy!
Think about the 60's and 70's... Drugs and free love.
The lady bar owner said she wasn't coming back. It wasn't revenge on her. It was supposed be symbolism... burning down misogynistic culture. I read that somewhere, when I was searching for answers for WTF did I just watched.
Funny you single him out, which means you think everyone else was normal? Every single character in that movie was monotone. Right off the bat, opening scene... Colin Ferrell and his anesthesiologist talking about a watch was weird AF. The entire movie was a dream, Martins dream as others have suggested. I subscribe to that.
I agree. Here are some of my bullet points:
* Son is shot, neither moved quickly to call 911. I don't even think 911 was called.
* So I guess they wanted to make him more relatable? Just a normal dad, and they made us watch him train from scratch. Which doesn't make him more relatable, it just makes it more unbelievable. That in the end, he was taking them down like John Wick. He drove his car like Wick, and he fought the stairs scene like Wick. You didn't give him a backstory of ex military or ex assassin, you gave him a backstory of vengeful dad watching youtube tutorials on how to fight. LOL!
* All the info he figured about the gangsters, their relationships, their locations, etc. He puts it all on a USB for the police. So apparently he's better at doing police work, than the Police. On top of training to be John Wick just in time for Christmas Eve.
* Final scene... villain's girlfriend is spraying and wounding both Wick and Kid Cudi.. Perfect opportunity for head honcho to finish them off. But instead, he's in his disco room doing villain things, push-ups?
* Lastly, Villain has upper hand with gun right to the Father's face.. but of course won't shoot because he's waiting for Kid Cudi to shoot him in the back because that's how all movies end. LOL! Very generic fight scene and ending formulas.
Well, you don't know anything about w2s and 1099s if you did that. 😂
I know this comment is 8 yrs ago, but here's a bump! LOL! You pretty much nailed the contradictory nature of the plot. There are lots of cursing, lots of testosterones, lots of big talk about wanting to close, make money, etc. Yet the ending made me really SMH. Shelley's deal turns out to be bad because the people are nuts. It turns out Kevin Spacey (Williamson) had already checked on the lead 4 months ago. He throws it in Shelley's face that they are nuts and simply like to talk to salesmen. That moment made me go.. WTF, this makes zero sense. Do you not want to run a successful office, or not? Why would you recirculate these bad leads, and not toss them out? I think the movie is filled with too many contrived scenarios.
Well, white people are known to colonize. LOL! Anything that reminds us Nazis = bad, is good. But the fighting in the show is not believable. Every villain just waiting around for the girl to take them out one by one. They don't fire at the same time, gang up, etc. Just bad choreography.
You don't get the joke? You've never heard about how brothers like them thick? LOL!
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