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  1. On 8/4/2019 at 1:28 AM, sewhite2000 said:

    I certainly went in assuming it was all heading in one preordained direction, and Tarantino knew what those audience expectations were and completely subverted them! And so, while there is extreme violence, it is to some extent cathartic and righteous, given the way we were assuming it was all going to turn out.

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    Yes, considering the subject and a certain character/real life person's fate I definitely expected a different ending.  I found myself looking at my watch anticipating and readying myself for that expected ending.  It was a relief (as I was watching it) when I realized that it was going a different way.  It was cathartic.  Tarantino did a nice job of establishing Pitt's credentials to being tough enough and cool enough to handle that situation.  (Training his dog, the Bruce Lee scene, ex-military, the rumor about his wife's demise,...)  After Pitt's character is gone and the dog is inside, I found it quite eerie to see the next door neighbor's gate open and DiCaprio go up that driveway.   I was half expecting someone else to be hiding in the bushes, like a horror movie "gotcha."  

    Looking back on that ending now, I'm not sure how I feel about it.  

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  2. 2 hours ago, MusicalsGalore said:

    Psycho- Don't know why , but I dislike this film. I may be in the minority, but this was not one of Hitchcock's finer pictures. 

    Me too.  This would be one of the last Hitchcock movies I'd re-watch.  I can appreciate it but I don't need to see it again.  

    2001 is another I'm not crazy about.  (Hal is the best part of the movie for me.)

    I saw a Ben Mankiewicz interview where he said he disliked "The Adventures of Robin Hood"  which is funny considering how often TCM plays it.  (Not a movie I dislike, though.)

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