It's a metaphor for the flawed order he's created in Little Whisky and the falsehood of "leaving behind" your past. He likes to think that he has made Little Whisky safe, but the only people who actually commit a crime in town—slashing up a defenseless woman—get off with a fine. Meanwhile, we see Bill beat three men…
You're not really corrupting Thor's (the superhero) mythological roots by having him be part of an inexplicable race of space aliens who happen to conform in broad strokes to Norse mythology so much as you are toning down Jack Kirby's brilliant insanity to filmable levels.
There's an interesting implication to the idea that he's a sociopath: sociopaths are mentally ill. They're not going to get get better, they don't feel remorse and they neither want nor deserve absolution for their actions.
I'd love to listen to the commentary, but the idea of Munny as a sociopath or "true badass" or anything like that conflicts fundamentally with my reading of the film. That's not to say it's not a valid reading, even a more valid reading, but I'd need to be convinced of it.
I didn't mean to imply that everyone was unarmed, I meant that the people in the saloon were either unarmed (e.g. Skinny) or armed but drunk and unsuspecting (everyone else, who had been spending their advances on rounds in celebration of beating Ned to death).
Yeah, same thing with Gran Torino, really.
I've always been of the view that Munny's invincibility is an intentional illusion. He seems like he's a force of nature, because in his drunken stupor he feels that way, but in reality he comes very close to getting himself killed through carelessness and stupidity. It's just that he's always been lucky when it…
It's a call back to what he told the kid like half an hour earlier. I guess you could say it's a little on the nose, but long (seven words) and off key are a stretch.
On the A.V. Club, D- used to be the bottom grade. F meant "so bad it's actually kind of impressive in its own way."
You don't guess. Act like you been here before and have some class and admit that the Cards have the most insufferable fanbase in baseball and anything bad that happens to them is a good thing.
"Nizewitz said of these relatives who proudly tuned in to watch their
little girl tussle naked with a complete stranger on a reality show,
only to find something tawdry"
Right, but I don't see how that's fundamentally different from any comedy where there are dumb characters?
I've never understood this criticism. Can you give me some examples of the Coen brothers looking down at their characters? Also, explain how it hurts the film? I'm not saying they don't or it doesn't, I just don't see it.
Maybe my favorite feature on the A.V. Club. Keep up the good work.
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So is the problem that there is simply a dearth of gender-flipped instances of this trope, or the trope itself? Because I tend to think the latter.
I want to downvote you for being related to him. I haven't, but the temptation is strong.
What exactly is your point? I've read this whole thread, and all I've taken away from it is that you're kind of a sanctimonious prick and have a lot of free time.
That scene in Django always makes me want a beer, pulled just that way. But yeah, point taken. Tarantino films food better than most commercial directors.