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Flawed Masterpiece and Shockingly Anti-Hollywood
Disappointing
Season 3 Is A Masterpiece
Slower, But in Many Ways Better than the Original
Liked it but Ending...?
Hilarious
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Seemed to me she had fully forgiven them and was leaving it up to God to decide what their punishment should be, if any. I think the punishment comes in the form of Harvey Keitel's character, who arrests them, threatens to kill them, but then lets them go, suggesting it was God's way of forgiving them and allowing them the opportunity to change their ways and live a better life (hence the money). God was in a way working through Keitel's character to render His judgement.
It doesn't make sense logically, but in Christian terms, this is what I gathered it meant. The film is about God's willingness to forgive, which is infinite if one's heart is true. It doesn't mean freedom from consequences or punishment though, which is why Keitel's character, despite becoming "redeemed," ultimately still dies at the end. But he dies with a wiped slate.
He. He's a man. Singular. They refers to more than one. Don't encourage his delusion.
Not sure how he wasn't nominated for an Oscar for the performance, or why this movie didn't get any award recognition at all. It's better than many of the films actually nominated, and Howerton was outstanding and hilarious. Too many white people in it, maybe?
I think it's supposed to suggest that he'll always be looking over his shoulder and that nothing has been resolved. He chose a life of extreme danger and no matter how hard he tries or who he kills, he'll never be free of it. His girlfriend or whatever was tortured (and raped?) nearly to death and flinches when he approaches, suggesting she will always carry the effects of his lifestyle on her, as will anyone else he chooses to surround himself with or care about. He hasn't freed himself of anything, and it's just a matter of time before it all catches up to him.
Maybe it mutated their brains.
Yeah it was an interesting film. I wouldn't say it's great, and the initial first 30 minutes or so were the hardest to get past, but once you get to the Simon Rex sequence, it started to click for me. It's experimental and wacky and doesn't really have a coherent narrative, but it's entertaining and engaging enough for what it is, and hell, any movie that isn't afraid to use the word "faggot" for no good reason in this day and age, along with many other naughty naughty words/concepts, is a movie worth paying attention to in my book.
Hell, they made a neo-Nazi the most sympathetic and somewhat moral person in the entire film. I mean, god damn if that isn't a bold choice, to give the guy a full 3 dimensions rather than just make him cartoonishly evil. The film doesn't spoon-feed or talk down or simplify things or tell you how to think like many other films do, and that's saying a lot. Even the Muslim/terrorist stuff was interesting and well within the moral gray zone that most films are too afraid to touch today for fear of "offense."
And god damn is the female lead here gorgeous. When she lies on the bed half naked in nothing but a bra and panties, man.
Especially after a nuclear apocalypse. Then again, if radiation can litter the landscape with all manner of ugly, horrifying monsters, a few trannies here and there wouldn't be that out of the question.
OMG so jealous of an unfunny milquetoast hack who's sold his soul to become an arm of propaganda for the left. So god damn jealous, you have no idea.
Something to consider, you realize Jimmy Kimmel is best friends with Adam Corolla, and that he was one of his writers last night? You know who Adam Corolla is, yes?
I wonder which of Kimmel's dozen or so writers came up with that one.
It was a surprisingly good film. Not the greatest ever but entertaining and well shot; I enjoyed the special effects and the settings and wacky creatures. It's very 80s, of course, and they were limited with what they could do at the time, but this film is way, way better than its imdb and metacritic rating would suggest.
There are shots and creature effects and even lines of dialogue that Peter Jackson took straight out of this film and put into LOTR. The monsters here look just like the orcs, Skeletor was clearly used as a model for Saruman (there's even a scene here where Skeletor handles his staff in exactly the same way Saruman does, a clear reference to the film), the way the Sorceress is lit and looks is almost identical to Galadriel, some lines of dialogue are reminiscent of LOTR, even the villain with the pointy metal ears here looks like one of the main villain orcs in Two Towers. This film clearly inspired Jackson when making LOTR.
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