Where there is soil, where there is water, grass grows

Josue 2022-03-24 09:03:41

"Where there is soil, and where there is water, grass grows." -Whitman

certainly attracted me to Norton, and he played two roles, but it reminded me of Jackie Chan's Double Dragon Club.

Right from the start, I wasted brain cells on Bill's pan-philosophical dialogue and Brandy's Oklahoma accent, until the deranged dentist had a nerve-racking blowout.

To be honest, I didn't understand. This movie seems to have a certain threshold for viewing. Without understanding the culture of the American South and American poetry (at least Whitman), it is difficult to understand what the director really wants to express.

Norton is of course still wonderful.

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Leaves of Grass quotes

  • Bill Kincaid: [Janet has just caught a monster catfish with her forearm through its mouth, called "noodling"] You have a spiritual objection to monofilament?

  • Brady Kincaid: [talking about Janet] She's a poet.

    Bill Kincaid: What?

    Brady Kincaid: Seriously. She writes fuckin' poetry. And she's the Ladies Noodling Champion of '05.

    Bill Kincaid: Her?

    Brady Kincaid: 125 pounds of catfish in under 10 hours with nothing but her bare hands.

    [sigh]

    Brady Kincaid: I tried to get her and Colleen in a three-way once, but wouldn't neither of 'em go for it.