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Can violent scenes bring pleasure?
Eino 2022-03-21 09:01:30
The movie is still pretty good, the pacing is good, and the actors' acting skills are in place. You Qi's timid look at the dinner table at the end, but I think the male protagonist is not violent enough, which surprised me that he is really not Joey. I really don't like open-ended solutions. Why does the director always ask the audience to guess the result? Watching a movie is like reading a novel. There is no ending to what you want me to watch. And there are some Americans who really have a problem, laughing when they see a murder, so many people watching movies together, is there any mental problem? Why is there always a few men who want to laugh every time there is a scene of murder and violence, laughing so loudly. So people who like to watch violence films think that violent scenes can bring pleasure?
Extended Reading
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[Richie talks to Joey about the business]
Richie Cusack: What am I gonna do? You bust up a made man's place. You killed some of his guys. You take his eye. Jesus, Joey... you nearly took out his left eye. Barbed wire, wasn't it? That's disgusting. You always were the crazy one.
Tom Stall: Not anymore.
Richie Cusack: Yeah, I heard. You're living the American Dream. You really bought into it, didn't you? You've been this other guy, almost as long as you've been yourself. Hey, when you dream, are you still Joey?
Tom Stall: Joey's been dead a long time.
Richie Cusack: And yet here you sit... big as life. You know you cost me a lot of time and money. Before you pulled that shit with Fogarty, I was a shoe-in to take over when the boss croaked. A shoe-in. It was made very clear to me, Joey. I had to clean up your mess, or nothing was ever gonna happen for me! You got no idea how much shit I had to pull to get back in with those guys. You cost me! A hell of a lot, Joey. A hell of a lot!
Tom Stall: Looks like you're doing all right over here.
Richie Cusack: Yeah, I am, I am. I'm still behind the eight-ball... because of you. There's a certain lack of respect, a certain lack of trust. The boys in Boston are just waitin' for me to go down.
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[Tom gets a phone call in the middle of the night]
Tom Stall: Hello?
Richie Cusack: [voice] Hey, Bro-heem. You're still pretty good with the killing. That's exciting.
Tom Stall: Richie?
Richie Cusack: [chuckles; voice] Yeah, it's Richie. What do you say, Joey? Are you going to come see me? Or do I have to come see you?