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In Reply to: For you, perhaps . . . not for most, nor for me posted by Auricle on May 25, 2005 at 13:01:35:

from your spy activities to comment on the veracity of the film. If your view of war is such that you find the scene on the beach believable, hey, who can argue with such an authority...solipsism, indeed!
My point, incidentally, wasn't directed at the story line but at the directorial excesses and the blunder of having such a wimp cast as an assassin.

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Tin . . . - Auricle 21:36:22 05/25/05 (3)
the most successful assassins seem to be wimps. Ask Trotsky . . . Oh, wait. You can't! Axe in his head, and stuff!
Obviously, you ain't been there.
I did not say that the film has no problems. I did say that it got certain things right about that circumstance; so right that it is stunning. Perhaps you are fortunate that you don't get them . . . or know about them.
But you are fortunate only so long as this society remains (relative to the rest of the world) free of such things. We weren't, you know (See "Revolution: America"). And we shall not be for long now that we are the focus of envy and hatred amongst the dispossessed of the world.
- First off, we are dealing with film. You cast - tinear 05:11:12 05/26/05 (2)
  a wimp as an assassin it destroys the drama: Sheen looked like a drunken musician destroying a hotel room.
  He was a professional assassin, get it? Not a one-time loonie, but a pro who did this many times and was so trained. You may wish to get to know a few Army assassins, the easiest ones to access being snipers. Not a wimp in the bunch.
  Ok, go back to your over-intellectualized view of this film and war (good directors don't have to bore you to make you feel the characters boredom).
  - Re: First off, we are dealing with film. You cast - Alex S 07:13:48 05/26/05 (1)
    > He was a professional assassin, get it?
    He was a professional assassin but now wrecked with guilt, cynicism, introspection and fatique. He started to question the cause, who were the real murderers? maybe Kurtz was the sanest of them all. The portrayal of the resultant conflicted self may come across as wimpy ('unsure' = 'wimpy'), but I didn't get that impression.
    Speaking of snipers, I also liked Richard Farnsworth's reminiscing with regret in The Straight Story.
    - I wasn't clear (and apologies to Auricle for - tinear 15:07:16 05/26/05 (0)
      over-reacting) but I mean Sheen doesn't have the gravitas to play the part. Period. Hell, Jim Carrey could play it for the same reasons many here mentioned but he'd still be wimpy Jim.
Tin . . . - Auricle 16:57:36 05/25/05 (0)
the most successful assassins seem to be wimps. Ask Trotsky . . . Oh, wait. You can't! Axe in his head, and stuff!
Obviously, you ain't been there.
I did not say that the film has no problems. I did say that it got certain things right about that circumstance; so right that it is stunning. Perhaps you are fortunate that you don't get them . . . or know about them.
But you are fortunate only so long as this society remains (relative to the rest of the world) free of such things. We weren't, you know (See "Revolution: America"). And we shall not be for long now that we are the focus of envy and hatred amongst the dispossessed of the world.

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