Red Mosquito

Spoiler: show

Unless you think you'll get as much enjoyment from seeing Di Caprio get fucked up properly by a bear as I did

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

BurtReynolds wrote:this is roughly based on a true story isn't it?

tragabigzanda wrote:Really bummed to hear how disappointing this is to everybody who's seen it.

Loved the book, with the exception of the underwhelming finale. Can somebody spoiler code the film's ending for me? Curious if it's the same.

Spoiler: show

The finale is the showdown between Glass and Fitzgerald. They had a brutal fight in the snow, both men get hurt but ultimately Glass stabs Fitz a few times. He then spots the Indians approaching on the other side of the river, and so he pushes a still-alive Fitz across the water and the Indians finish him off.

Glass waits there nervously as the Indians approach, probably thinking they're going to kill him too. But they just nod and ride past him, and he notices that the old man is now with his daughter who he spent the whole film searching for, and who Glass saved earlier while she was being raped.

Glass then starts to make his way back to the base/compound/whatever its called, but he's really injured. He sees another vision of his wife, encouraging him to keep going. She walks away, the camera stays on Glass and he starts staring right into the camera. And then it end.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Daniel Bryan wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Really bummed to hear how disappointing this is to everybody who's seen it.

Loved the book, with the exception of the underwhelming finale. Can somebody spoiler code the film's ending for me? Curious if it's the same.

Spoiler: show

The finale is the showdown between Glass and Fitzgerald. They had a brutal fight in the snow, both men get hurt but ultimately Glass stabs Fitz a few times. He then spots the Indians approaching on the other side of the river, and so he pushes a still-alive Fitz across the water and the Indians finish him off.

Glass waits there nervously as the Indians approach, probably thinking they're going to kill him too. But they just nod and ride past him, and he notices that the old man is now with his daughter who he spent the whole film searching for, and who Glass saved earlier while she was being raped.

Glass then starts to make his way back to the base/compound/whatever its called, but he's really injured. He sees another vision of his wife, encouraging him to keep going. She walks away, the camera stays on Glass and he starts staring right into the camera. And then it end.

Personally, I LOVED the film.

Thanks! This sounds WAY better than the book's ending.

Steve Albini wrote:Whenever there's active promotion on the part of somebody else, whenever I see somebody all dolled up for a fancy photograph and someone's handing out flyers or whenever there's active promotion for something like that, as an imposition on my day, I hate all those people and I want them to fail. I have a visceral reaction to advertising and promotion. There's just something about salesmanship that grates on me on a very base level and I react very negatively towards it. I want those people to suffer and I want their enterprises to fail.

VinylGuy wrote:Im not a fan of the director, but the trailer was awesome.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Im not a fan of the director, but the trailer was awesome.

How did you feel about Birdman? I'm not a fan of his work before that, but I really dug that one.

VinylGuy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Im not a fan of the director, but the trailer was awesome.

How did you feel about Birdman? I'm not a fan of his work before that, but I really dug that one.

Birdman was ok, but im not a fan of the people who worked in the scrip. Those guys are from Argentina, and i know them and im sure the whole movie, looked, message, everything was fake. Its hard for me to watch it because im sure they dont believe in what they are saying...they dont even care.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Im not a fan of the director, but the trailer was awesome.

How did you feel about Birdman? I'm not a fan of his work before that, but I really dug that one.

Birdman was ok, but im not a fan of the people who worked in the scrip. Those guys are from Argentina, and i know them and im sure the whole movie, looked, message, everything was fake. Its hard for me to watch it because im sure they dont believe in what they are saying...they dont even care.

Hmm, well I think Innaritu definitely believed it. He's what made that movie what it is. I doubt that script would have amounted to much in the hands of someone else.