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Originally Posted by punk'n
That was my initial reaction to that movie. Maybe Keith is right about the age thing. I never thought of the lead character as brave or inspirational. I thought of him as a dummy who killed himself. But I am old and jaded.
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I'm guessing age plays into it quite a bit, but there's also something romantic about telling the world to go fuck itself as we all get tired of it now and then. I think that's why you see movies like this pop up every so often (although at least this one showed the prententious douche dying), and why characters like House, John McClane, Simon Cowell, and Gordon Ramsey have such longevity. I pretty much had the same reaction you did because while I love to daydream about kicking my boss in the nuts, I also happen to like my paycheck and understand I can't live without it.
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Originally Posted by Junkenstein
i heard that view before, it makes sense. i think the movie made him look way more inspirational because Sean Penn directed it and hes a silly hippie who likes to shove idealism into people's throats.
thats what made me so mad about the movie. If it was done like other movies about nutjobs who go to live "like wild men", take any Herzog film, it wouldve been bearable. but Penn had to make it full of "poetic" landscapes, "moving" moments and Vedder cleaning his throat (oh so intense).... and make the guy look sympathetic.....
not a coincidence, i think, that it became a hit in european countries, where all the hipster douches, viewed as a "manbifest of a man who goes against the capitalistic ideas of the US and fights to his death".
Everytime i told thos epeople the guy was an asshole and got the death he deserved, people tell me "you dont get it". fuck you, douches. i like showers and large meals and i'll burn your forests down.
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Also this...
and @JoshLatta: You told that wrong. It's "If you see a Spiderman riding a bike down the street, why don't you hit him with your car"?
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