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42458, RE: A nice little film
Posted by jigga, Tue Sep-05-06 02:34 PM
>At first I shook my head at the tremendous leaps of logic the
>film forces you to make, the contrivances and the "nobody
>would ever do that" scenes, kinda feeling a little distracted
>by them. The film overcame that for the most part, however, by
>delivering on those premises and subtly wringing varying
>emotions from them. The only one that truly sticks out and
>took me out of my enjoyment was Frank telling the kid what
>being color blind would ultimately mean. First of all, the
>set-up was contrived via the Hubble, and
>secondly...well..."NOBODY WOULD EVER DO THAT". You would think
>the world's most respected Proust scholar would have brains
>enough to hold back on that info until a more convenient time.
>Especially since he's so recently had HIS OWN dream shattered.
>
>
>Favorite part...the cop really getting creepy nasty going over
>the porn and being suggestive

Now for me, that part was the biggest leap of logic