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Well i watched it. Eugene Brackin was adorable.
But either i'm thick, or I just don't get it. What was all the 'circle is closed' stuff, as motivation for taking his fellow employees/boss as hostages with no demands? Uhh, it really didn't make any sense to me at all. If he wanted 72 hours inpatient, that's easy enough to arrange...
Ok in the Die Hard era of films, it was nice to see a hostage movie where the hostage taker really didn't intend to hurt anyone. And he was sexy as FUCK in his suspenders / braces. Yes.I really enjoyed when he asked his hostages what they wanted for dinner. Really sweet. I think he just wanted their attention, just wanted to get to know them. But the guns sort of make it hard core, yanno? Once he brandished a gun, he was going to die, that was it. No hospital escapes for him. Poor Gene.
The girl was a bit OTT, especially when drunk, and having sex with a hostage? Huh? And Larry/Michael Ironside - not the best character on his CV, oh no. Dreadful. The old lady? Does kartwheels to the flagpole to escape? WTF?
And the bullet in the forehead? I enjoyed that, and the smile afterwards, but i didnt get it. I know he knew he was going to get killed; he told the girl as much. But why did he do deliberately step out in the line of fire, knowing he'd get killed, and die with a grin on his face? Eh?
This character doesnt turn me on anywhere near as much as Henry Buchanan in Age of Innocence (1977). I dont want to feel sorry for someone. I like awkward gaucheness, yes. I like clumsy social backwardness as much as any girl, especially when the geek is as RP / mannered as they come. But I dont feel any attraction towards a 'nice guy' who does really strange things like taking coworkers hostage for ill-understood reasons, and ends up getting a sympathy fuck by a drunk girl trying to make another coworker jealous. That doesn't get any trumps in my deck, no.
Buchanan still stands as my most favourite entirely shaggable and least pitiable or hatable character of David's entire career so far. A character that stands to his morals, a character who has real motivations for what he does, etc.
I'm drifting.
Still. Not a completely bad movie, especially when you compare it to Bruce Willis' barefoot walking on glass in Die Hard opposite sexxxay Alan Rickman... at least it DIDNT get my pulse pounding - i dont need any more of that!
But either i'm thick, or I just don't get it. What was all the 'circle is closed' stuff, as motivation for taking his fellow employees/boss as hostages with no demands? Uhh, it really didn't make any sense to me at all. If he wanted 72 hours inpatient, that's easy enough to arrange...
Ok in the Die Hard era of films, it was nice to see a hostage movie where the hostage taker really didn't intend to hurt anyone. And he was sexy as FUCK in his suspenders / braces. Yes.I really enjoyed when he asked his hostages what they wanted for dinner. Really sweet. I think he just wanted their attention, just wanted to get to know them. But the guns sort of make it hard core, yanno? Once he brandished a gun, he was going to die, that was it. No hospital escapes for him. Poor Gene.
The girl was a bit OTT, especially when drunk, and having sex with a hostage? Huh? And Larry/Michael Ironside - not the best character on his CV, oh no. Dreadful. The old lady? Does kartwheels to the flagpole to escape? WTF?
And the bullet in the forehead? I enjoyed that, and the smile afterwards, but i didnt get it. I know he knew he was going to get killed; he told the girl as much. But why did he do deliberately step out in the line of fire, knowing he'd get killed, and die with a grin on his face? Eh?
This character doesnt turn me on anywhere near as much as Henry Buchanan in Age of Innocence (1977). I dont want to feel sorry for someone. I like awkward gaucheness, yes. I like clumsy social backwardness as much as any girl, especially when the geek is as RP / mannered as they come. But I dont feel any attraction towards a 'nice guy' who does really strange things like taking coworkers hostage for ill-understood reasons, and ends up getting a sympathy fuck by a drunk girl trying to make another coworker jealous. That doesn't get any trumps in my deck, no.
Buchanan still stands as my most favourite entirely shaggable and least pitiable or hatable character of David's entire career so far. A character that stands to his morals, a character who has real motivations for what he does, etc.
I'm drifting.
Still. Not a completely bad movie, especially when you compare it to Bruce Willis' barefoot walking on glass in Die Hard opposite sexxxay Alan Rickman... at least it DIDNT get my pulse pounding - i dont need any more of that!
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