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Post by Vits on Jun 7, 2018 16:02:38 GMT
... claiming that they're doing it for the greater good until another character calls them out as people who are doing it just for revenge?
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Post by ck100 on Jun 7, 2018 17:18:08 GMT
Above The Law?
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Post by Vits on Jun 8, 2018 16:33:08 GMT
I've never heard of it. You don't seem sure. Why?
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Post by drystyx on Jun 8, 2018 16:48:54 GMT
Wouldn't it be more of a challenge to find a movie that isn't like this? Since this happens in almost every movie?
At least the first part. Nearly every movie ever made relishes in at least one main character acting outside the law, and nearly every protagonist even does this.
Now, the second part, with someone telling this character he or she is doing it for revenge, isn't in every movie, but clearly in over half of the movies ever made.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 8, 2018 18:02:28 GMT
Man On Fire is funny because the Denzel Washington goes on a murder spree but in the end he didnt have to (the twist in that film was so obvious). It did have a favorite bust out laughing line spoken by Christopher Walken though.
"He is an artist of death and he's about to paint his masterpiece."
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Post by Vits on Jun 9, 2018 20:34:30 GMT
Wouldn't it be more of a challenge to find a movie that isn't like this? Since this happens in almost every movie? At least the first part. Nearly every movie ever made relishes in at least one main character acting outside the law, and nearly every protagonist even does this. Now, the second part, with someone telling this character he or she is doing it for revenge, isn't in every movie, but clearly in over half of the movies ever made. It's a challenge because there aren't many movies like this. Do you really think it's in over half of the movies? Because not a lot of people have been able to post examples.
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Post by moviebuffbrad on Jun 9, 2018 23:08:50 GMT
Law Abiding Citizen
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Post by Isapop on Jun 9, 2018 23:22:42 GMT
... claiming that they're doing it for the greater good until another character calls them out as people who are doing it just for revenge? Hour Of The Gun (1967) Wyatt Earp claims that his quest to hunt the men who shot his brothers is to uphold the law, but Doc Holliday tells him that he's really out for revenge. (Although Earp manages to technically stay within the law.)
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jun 10, 2018 2:58:52 GMT
Wouldn't it be more of a challenge to find a movie that isn't like this? Since this happens in almost every movie? At least the first part. Nearly every movie ever made relishes in at least one main character acting outside the law, and nearly every protagonist even does this. Now, the second part, with someone telling this character he or she is doing it for revenge, isn't in every movie, but clearly in over half of the movies ever made.I can;t think of many films where the hero has to be reminded that they are doing something for revenge. It's usually self-evident that's what's happening.
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Post by Vits on Jun 10, 2018 20:57:47 GMT
I haven't seen it. What was the scene like? Hour Of The Gun (1967) Wyatt Earp claims that his quest to hunt the men who shot his brothers is to uphold the law, but Doc Holliday tells him that he's really out for revenge. (Although Earp manages to technically stay within the law.) Good example! I can;t think of many films where the hero has to be reminded that they are doing something for revenge. It's usually self-evident that's what's happening. It's not reminding, because they're in denial.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 10, 2018 21:15:33 GMT
In THE GREAT SILENCE Klaus Kinski is a bounty hunter who commits various murders and does so in accordance with the law. The "good guy" gunfighter is trying to lure him into a duel but Kinski knows what he is up to so he refuses (except the one time where he seems about to do it but is saved by the intervention of the sheriff).
In the end the law is followed but there is something amiss about the whole thing. But Kinski is never acting in revenge. Other characters who hire the mute gunfighter are.
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jun 10, 2018 21:36:57 GMT
I haven't seen it. What was the scene like? Hour Of The Gun (1967) Wyatt Earp claims that his quest to hunt the men who shot his brothers is to uphold the law, but Doc Holliday tells him that he's really out for revenge. (Although Earp manages to technically stay within the law.) Good example! I can;t think of many films where the hero has to be reminded that they are doing something for revenge. It's usually self-evident that's what's happening. It's not reminding, because they're in denial. Those are even rarer. Regarding Law Abiding Citizen, it is the more familiar plot. A person thinks they are a hero because they use revenge or a personal tragedy to highlight injustice. To me, it was almost entirely bout revenge.
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Post by Vits on Jun 11, 2018 17:29:59 GMT
But Kinski is never acting in revenge. Then I'm afraid it doesn't count.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 11, 2018 17:33:18 GMT
Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
lol jk
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 11, 2018 17:34:46 GMT
Then I'm afraid it doesn't count. Don't be afraid.
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