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ZenMaster posted:I figured he was in there for a reason. He was running to catch the train along with Adrian Brody at the start of the film and only Adrian made it on board. Adrian smiled and looked back as if to say 'I am leaving him behind' or something. Well it's definitely for a sense of loss, and Murray played the father figure in Life Aquatic so that way of looking at it makes sense. He was symbolic dad. The point of the ending is they can't truly come back together as a family, but it was the attempt that mattered. The big metaphor is the man-eating tiger. That's what was keeping their mother from seeing them, but they decided to fight it anyways. Then the train they climb on at the end is called the Bengal Tiger. They accepted the struggle as a natural part of the relationship. The parade of people in the dream sequence is like a long list of the people they have to forgive or get over to get on with their lives. Then that scene ends with the tiger too.
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Encryptic posted:I don't think I have the special edition - it's just a single disc and I know for sure I saw two versions available, both of which had a cardboard case. Additionally, the 2-disc special edition has different cover art (a shot of Plainview looking down into an oil well) whereas my copy has a head shot of Plainview. They definitely have a plastic-cased version of the one you have, because there are piles of them in stores around here in Canada.
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Full Battle Rattle posted:Now Commando - that's completely loving mindless. Commando is THE archetypal action film, and is consequently loaded with significance. 'Popcorn movie' vs 'movie that has themes' is such a false dichotomy anyways that I don't even know where to start.
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