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The thing about deleted scenes... by Bill Dungsroman 07/07/2003, 2:20am PDT
They were fucking deleted. Which means if I had gone and seen the fucker at the theater, I wouldn't have known. I didn't until you told me, because I didn't like it enough to check on the DVD I rented.

SBDMT wrote:

When he spots a cute child playing about, he begins thinking out loud how "that goddamn kid's so fucking cute I just wanna fucking cave in his fucking skull. That fucking little fuck" or something to that extent. I mean, we've all felt like that, right? I think the chick's comments were more cute and harmless, his hinted at something darker, but slipped out at a time, that under the circumstances, made them a little less destructive. Or something.


Groovy. Somebody blew the fucking editing to leave out that bit, it honestly would have helped me get Egan's character a bit more.

SBDMT wrote:

The conclusion was a little abrupt, but I liked it for the fact that it broke enough rules of the romcom formula to avoid the inevitable conflict between the lovers that must be resolved irrationally in the final five minutes. He left her at the hospital, which wasn't a huge deal. He apologized. And just in case the apology fell through he brought along the harmonium.


That part was alright, actually. Although I'm no fan of anyone breaking a formula just for the sake of, it has to have a point, and come off well. Which brings me to this:

SBDMT wrote:

As far as the "showdown" with matress man, it did feel a little anticlimactic - especially following his transformation into bizarro-Punisher vs the Mullet Militia. I think the film was suggesting that maybe he had been repaired to a degree that he could control his rage even in the face of forces threatening to fuck it all up. It was offbeat and a surprise, like much of the film. It's a neat trick when a director can make an unpredictable film that just runs with it and manages to make it entertaining at the same time.


Y'see, the problem here isn't that he didn't whoop Hoffman's ass, it's that the scene was wholly unrealistic. Leaving aside for a moment the implication that he walked to Provo, Utah (I hope I'm wrong in that, but it sure as hell seemed like it) from CA, a thug like Hoffman's character is going to say "That's that?" and we're supposed to buy it? THAT'S FUCKING THAT IS FUCKING THAT? I blurted aloud to my girlfriend. What's worse, Hoffman's character doesn't even seem to buy it, he half-renigs on it at one point. Now, if Egan had got in his face and something more believable/final as a resolution occured, not necessarily violent, that would have been fine. Like Hoffman diving under a table and tossing money at Egan's feet, something that proved Egan's triumph better. It seems to me he wouldn't have left without clear evidence that they were done fucking with him. That didn't seem to happen IMO. It just didn't work.

SBDMT wrote:

Of course, I wouldn't expect it to appeal to everyone. Fussbett?


I'm not implying you're an idiot for liking it. It's just really hard for me to see the appeal as a "must-see."

BDR
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Punch Drunk Love by SBDMT 07/05/2003, 1:56am PDT NEW
    I must be an idiot because... by Bill Dungsroman 07/06/2003, 3:58pm PDT NEW
        Deleted scenes adress one point directly by SBDMT 07/06/2003, 9:02pm PDT NEW
            The thing about deleted scenes... by Bill Dungsroman 07/07/2003, 2:20am PDT NEW
                Punch Drunk Love: Fussbett weighs in. by Fussbett 07/18/2003, 4:01am PDT NEW
                    Re: Punch Drunk Love: Fussbett weighs in. by FABIO 07/18/2003, 4:14am PDT NEW
    I'm not seeing it by I need clarification 07/06/2003, 4:20pm PDT NEW
        LIAR!!!!! by Senor Barborito 07/06/2003, 4:25pm PDT NEW
            Okay, fine. by I need clarification 07/07/2003, 4:01am PDT NEW
                Re: Okay, fine. by FoK 07/07/2003, 7:52am PDT NEW
        Magnolia had TONS to say. by Lizard_King 07/06/2003, 9:09pm PDT NEW
            On the Tom Cruise scale: It was bad, but Vanilla Sky was worse. by FoK 07/07/2003, 12:56am PDT NEW
                Re: On the Tom Cruise scale: It was bad, but Vanilla Sky was worse. by Bill Dungsroman 07/07/2003, 2:05am PDT NEW
                    Hmm by Senor Barborito 07/07/2003, 7:17am PDT NEW
                        Re: Hmm by Bill Dungsroman 07/07/2003, 4:02pm PDT NEW
                re: Vanilla Sky by Lizard_King 07/07/2003, 6:49pm PDT NEW
                    Yes, and I do wish you would stop by your worried psychiatrist 07/07/2003, 6:56pm PDT NEW
                        Stop what? NT by Lizard_King 07/07/2003, 7:04pm PDT NEW
                Magnolia was also better than "Ishtar". What's your point? by Lizard_King 07/07/2003, 6:53pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Magnolia was also better than "Ishtar". What's your point? by Fullofkittens 07/07/2003, 7:30pm PDT NEW
                        True, true. more importantly, what did you think of Ishtar? NT by Lizard_King 07/07/2003, 7:56pm PDT NEW
                    I know! I hate those phonies!! NT by I need clarification 07/07/2003, 9:12pm PDT NEW
                American Beauty=Fight Club without teeth by Masked Man 07/10/2003, 3:44pm PDT NEW
                    You're giving it too much credit. by Bill Dungsroman 07/11/2003, 12:24pm PDT NEW
            An autobiographical movie about one man's love for Scientology by Senor Barborito 07/07/2003, 7:13am PDT NEW
                Thread goes Godwin by Lizard_King 07/07/2003, 7:03pm PDT NEW
                    Do you even have to ask? NT by Attractive German Male 07/07/2003, 8:34pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Thread goes Godwin by Senor Barborito 07/07/2003, 8:35pm PDT NEW
                        Quid pro quo, Clarice. by Lizard_King 07/10/2003, 10:18am PDT NEW
                            Shit, missed this post entirely by Senor Barborito 07/18/2003, 7:18am PDT NEW
                                Re: Shit, missed this post entirely by Lizard_King 07/20/2003, 7:24pm PDT NEW
                Re: An autobiographical movie about one man's love for Scientology by McMoo The AntiDrug Cow 07/10/2003, 1:46pm PDT NEW
 
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