Red Mosquito

What would you call, Joe and trag, Hannibal Lecter? He was certainly controlled and precise. Maybe the most of all. It's the only way to be a successful criminal really. And I suppose if his victims were only rapists, he's just a hardcore feminist and not a bad guy at all.

i do feel like it makes for a sympathetic character, she has PTSD, is calculated and precise, and so on…and in a movie context it totally works, but i think tree’s take is fair about this kind of thing in real life

maybe we’re conflating the two and shouldn’t?

Again, I enjoyed the hell out of the movie. It's really great. But I don't understand how generally sane and good people can cheer her on without having at least a few scruples about it. My wife was all scrupled up and that's part of the fun.

If the world is inhabited by psychopaths (rapists, rape apologists, rape ignorers), is the one woman who fights those psychopaths also crazy? Or is she the one sane person in an insane world?

The Argonaut wrote:If the world is inhabited by psychopaths (rapists, rape apologists, rape ignorers), is the one woman who fights those psychopaths also crazy? Or is she the one sane person in an insane world?

If you go looking for evil, it's not hard to find. There's good too, often in the same people. And people can change. Motive is the crux of it. Is she doing it to better the human race? Or does it simply empower her and give her pleasure, temporary relief from her condition? She's sick. She's not happier or better for her actions.

she would be arrested and tried as a woman!

should i watch the first two Trolls movies?

Croupier. Not good, shitty production. Kinda feels like it was written by Michael Scott.

Jorge wrote:Sociopaths can be deliberate, precise, and controlled. Source: I am one

But again, what word are we arguing. Sociopath, psychopath and crazy have all been used at different times. When I referenced uncontrolled I was referring to "crazy."

tree_ wrote:What would you call, Joe and trag, Hannibal Lecter? He was certainly controlled and precise. Maybe the most of all. It's the only way to be a successful criminal really. And I suppose if his victims were only rapists, he's just a hardcore feminist and not a bad guy at all.

How many people di Hannibal Lecter kill, eat, or kill and eat?

How many people did Cassie kill, eat, or kill and eat?

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i do feel like it makes for a sympathetic character, she has PTSD, is calculated and precise, and so on…and in a movie context it totally works, but i think tree’s take is fair about this kind of thing in real life

maybe we’re conflating the two and shouldn’t?

The film has been described by those who made it as a black comedy, a thriller, and a fable. Probably best not to conflate the two.

Rank the cinematic sociopaths.

epilogue wrote:

tree_ wrote:What would you call, Joe and trag, Hannibal Lecter? He was certainly controlled and precise. Maybe the most of all. It's the only way to be a successful criminal really. And I suppose if his victims were only rapists, he's just a hardcore feminist and not a bad guy at all.

How many people di Hannibal Lecter kill, eat, or kill and eat?

How many people did Cassie kill, eat, or kill and eat?

I was only saying this to counter your "controlled, precise = sane, healthy" point.

Joe, if you think her behavior is justified and healthy, fine. But I just want you to know I think that's crazy. Agree to disagree.

epilogue wrote:

Jorge wrote:Sociopaths can be deliberate, precise, and controlled. Source: I am one

But again, what word are we arguing. Sociopath, psychopath and crazy have all been used at different times. When I referenced uncontrolled I was referring to "crazy."

Sociopath

epilogue wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:i do feel like it makes for a sympathetic character, she has PTSD, is calculated and precise, and so on…and in a movie context it totally works, but i think tree’s take is fair about this kind of thing in real life

maybe we’re conflating the two and shouldn’t?

The film has been described by those who made it as a black comedy, a thriller, and a fable. Probably best not to conflate the two.

i would think so too…maybe it was only i reading that into people replying here

Jorge wrote:

epilogue wrote:

Jorge wrote:Sociopaths can be deliberate, precise, and controlled. Source: I am one

But again, what word are we arguing. Sociopath, psychopath and crazy have all been used at different times. When I referenced uncontrolled I was referring to "crazy."

Sociopath

yeah

the ending for real gutted me

tree_ wrote:

epilogue wrote:

tree_ wrote:What would you call, Joe and trag, Hannibal Lecter? He was certainly controlled and precise. Maybe the most of all. It's the only way to be a successful criminal really. And I suppose if his victims were only rapists, he's just a hardcore feminist and not a bad guy at all.

How many people di Hannibal Lecter kill, eat, or kill and eat?

How many people did Cassie kill, eat, or kill and eat?

I was only saying this to counter your "controlled, precise = sane, healthy" point.

I was using dictionary definitions.

What definition are you referring to?