Shoot 'Em Up----> January 1st!
10-17-07, 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by nezumi
"Thinly veiled political 'anti-gun' message?" That's a laugh. There's a running gag revolving around the trouble with "fingerprint locks" on handguns. Gun control advocates are portrayed as being hypocritical and morally weak. If anything, the movie pushes a strong "carrot control" agenda. 
If an action film like Shoot 'Em Up doesn't explicitly express pro-gun messages, is it immediately suspected to have some sort of anti-gun subtext? It makes me wonder what it would take for an action movie to be interpreted as a having pro-gun message. Would a movie be "pro-gun" if, say, Bruce Willis was to give his Beretta a deep, open-mouthed kiss at the end of the film? People are too sensitive, and sometimes it's the people that one would least suspect.
If an action film like Shoot 'Em Up doesn't explicitly express pro-gun messages, is it immediately suspected to have some sort of anti-gun subtext? It makes me wonder what it would take for an action movie to be interpreted as a having pro-gun message. Would a movie be "pro-gun" if, say, Bruce Willis was to give his Beretta a deep, open-mouthed kiss at the end of the film? People are too sensitive, and sometimes it's the people that one would least suspect.
i'm getting this one...
12-27-07, 11:28 PM
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I am wondering if this will be out early on Monday, I know I will be working on January 1st, but I am sure every other retailer is closed.
01-02-08, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Matthew Chmiel
Regarding the anti-gun message, I think Paul Giamatti's line takes everything into perspective:
"Guns don't kill people, but they sure do help."
"Guns don't kill people, but they sure do help."
"They say guns don't kill people, people do. But I think the gun helps."
- Eddie Izzard, Dress To Kill, 1999.
It's entirely possible that Michael Davis came up with the line independently, but since I've seen Izzard's line in internet sigs, pro/anti gun sites and a bootleg shirt, I'd say it's a well-known line. Coupled with the fact that Michael Davis is a terrible, terrible writer, I'd say he decided "genius steals!", having never grasped the irony.
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01-05-08, 10:11 AM
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I've got a CC gc, so I think I'm going to grab this one today. Sounds like a lot of fun, plus it's kinda hard to go wrong with anything Giamatti is in (usually).
