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sethsez
Jul 14, 2006

He's soooo dreamy...

Fassbender played the character as a hyper-competent dipshit and I thought that was just great. The constant narration was important because without that we just have a hitman who fucks up and then tries to fix things (and hey, I'm not about to say bad things about Le Samourai), but with it we get a character who isn't nearly as intelligent or in control as he thinks he is and is constantly engaging in self-delusion, while still managing to be pretty drat great at what he does. He's not dissimilar to the protagonist from Fight Club in a lot of ways.

Honestly I think the entire movie's effectiveness hinges on whether the hitman's shtick hits you as funny or annoying.

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