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Hestia

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3. My friends think I am sick because I really like that movie - Douglas' performance is stellar

Reply to Brigid (Original post)

Mon May 12, 2014, 11:52 PM

May 2014

and it's not that I "understand" per se his POV, but you can understand where he is coming from, kinda sorta. Just shows how long men have felt like this, even before the big gun buys of last decade.

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Anybody remember "Falling Down?" [View all] Brigid May 2014 OP

good movie nt arely staircase May 2014 #1

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An armed lunatic going after his ex wife? jberryhill May 2014 #18

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Ever see Exorxist IiI jberryhill May 2014 #21

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My friends think I am sick because I really like that movie - Douglas' performance is stellar Hestia May 2014 #3

I've always found it creepy . . . Brigid May 2014 #8

An underrated gem, in my opinion. 1000words May 2014 #4

Totally agree. HornBuckler May 2014 #25

Well, it is *extremely* annoying when you want breakfast at a fast-food place Nye Bevan May 2014 #5

And why doesn't the food look like the menu? jberryhill May 2014 #23

How many of those guys listen to hate radio? NightWatcher May 2014 #6

Crap movie. I AM A WHITE MAN. HEAR ME ROAR. Luminous Animal May 2014 #7

That was also my takeaway. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #9

Yep. tenderfoot May 2014 #14

What's amazing was the response Recursion May 2014 #19

You are missing the point jollyreaper2112 May 2014 #26

+1 DCBob May 2014 #27

Shares a few ideas with "The Wave" Gidney N Cloyd May 2014 #35

more so... Javaman May 2014 #29

The point of the film escaped you I'd say. Here is what the screenwriter says the film is about: Bluenorthwest May 2014 #36

Oh we have a critic. I don't think she likes the special sauce, Rick! Initech May 2014 #10

"I'm not economically viable." Brigid May 2014 #11

"I'm the bad guy?" Iggo May 2014 #12

Every teabagger's fantasy mwrguy May 2014 #13

Great movie oneofthe99 May 2014 #15

pffft. ret5hd May 2014 #34

No, nobody remembers it jberryhill May 2014 #16

Nope, apparently not. Brigid May 2014 #37

Didn't like the movie, though Douglas's performance was amazing Recursion May 2014 #17

Amazing performance. nt Demo_Chris May 2014 #22

Another masturbatory right wing fantasy on par with Red Dawn for silliness. FSogol May 2014 #28

I thought it showed Douglas's character as a dangerous, self-centered, ignorant asshole. redqueen May 2014 #30

Yup: "dangerous, self-centered, ignorant asshole" = Typical republican FSogol May 2014 #31

Strange take. cherokeeprogressive May 2014 #32

They get hot imagining accumulating guns and pushing people around. FSogol May 2014 #33

1: It was a movie. 2: I don't excuse his or anyone else's violence. cherokeeprogressive May 2014 #39

Ironically, I was discussing that movie yesterday reflection May 2014 #38