tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post3414231227044517688..comments2024-03-27T17:57:30.031-04:00Comments on my new plaid pants: The World's a Fine Place & Worth Fighting ForJason Adamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-82619467733874892142015-09-23T11:37:06.109-04:002015-09-23T11:37:06.109-04:00Yeah arguments like that did occur to me, but it j...Yeah arguments like that did occur to me, but it just didn't work as as a viewing experience, for me. Everything that Benicio Del Toro does on his own felt ported in from another less-interesting movie, stuff I've seen a million times in lesser things -- I wasn't into any of that stuff. <br /><br />I am fine with the narrative reasons for what happened, what you're explaining - for the entire thrust of her search to be taken away from her in the third ac. But I would've preferred it as a hole left in the narrative (just cut from her getting beat down in the ditch to Benicio showing up at her apartment to threaten her into signing the papers) over what we did get. <br /><br />And the stuff with the cop hanging out with his kid littered thru the film didn't work for me either. All of their scenes were too cliched as well, and I was not wrapped up in him or his relationships enough to be moved by what happened to him. Jason Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18254334131909339157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13372093.post-90567682867091753152015-09-23T11:14:22.777-04:002015-09-23T11:14:22.777-04:00I think that the film sort of leaves its (supposed...I think that the film sort of leaves its (supposed) lead character behind is entirely The Point. The American government have lost sight. That the character is a woman only adds to that. She's left behind.Glennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194113062830373898noreply@blogger.com