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Flasshe - 2005-03-09 12:33:11
...but I liked that the Jamie Foxx character got to confront and redeem his slackerly ways at the end. Although I think it would have been a better film if he hadn't.

Okay, Carinster, please explain to me (in two sentences or less) why this is not a contradiction. You're making my brain hurt. Are you saying that what you like is not better?

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Paula - 2005-03-09 12:46:29
I got a simple emotional charge out of watching him overcome his wimpiness. However, it would have been a more complex and, um, Shakespearian film if his tragic flaw was played out to its ultimate conclusion, and if the villain/antihero's observation was chillingly correct, defying the conventions of Hollywood films where bad guys are not allowed to be right.

"Driving a cab for twelve years, when all you ever needed was a down payment on a Lincoln..." (I'm paraphrasing, I don't know the actual line) That was a great moment.
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