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Brigid

(17,621 posts) Mon May 12, 2014, 11:37 PM May 2014

Anybody remember "Falling Down?" [View all]

Picked up the DVD cheap today. I hadn't seen it in years; I'd forgotten how chilling Michael Douglas's performance is. How many guys like that, feeling alienated and devalued, are running around out there, I wonder?

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Anybody remember "Falling Down?" [View all] Brigid May 2014 OP

good movie nt arely staircase May 2014 #1

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2014 #2

An armed lunatic going after his ex wife? jberryhill May 2014 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2014 #20

Ever see Exorxist IiI jberryhill May 2014 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2014 #24

My friends think I am sick because I really like that movie - Douglas' performance is stellar Hestia May 2014 #3

I've always found it creepy . . . Brigid May 2014 #8

An underrated gem, in my opinion. 1000words May 2014 #4

Totally agree. HornBuckler May 2014 #25

Well, it is *extremely* annoying when you want breakfast at a fast-food place Nye Bevan May 2014 #5

And why doesn't the food look like the menu? jberryhill May 2014 #23

How many of those guys listen to hate radio? NightWatcher May 2014 #6

Crap movie. I AM A WHITE MAN. HEAR ME ROAR. Luminous Animal May 2014 #7

That was also my takeaway. Gravitycollapse May 2014 #9

Yep. tenderfoot May 2014 #14

What's amazing was the response Recursion May 2014 #19

You are missing the point jollyreaper2112 May 2014 #26

+1 DCBob May 2014 #27

Shares a few ideas with "The Wave" Gidney N Cloyd May 2014 #35

more so... Javaman May 2014 #29

The point of the film escaped you I'd say. Here is what the screenwriter says the film is about: Bluenorthwest May 2014 #36

Oh we have a critic. I don't think she likes the special sauce, Rick! Initech May 2014 #10

"I'm not economically viable." Brigid May 2014 #11

"I'm the bad guy?" Iggo May 2014 #12

Every teabagger's fantasy mwrguy May 2014 #13

Great movie oneofthe99 May 2014 #15

pffft. ret5hd May 2014 #34

No, nobody remembers it jberryhill May 2014 #16

Nope, apparently not. Brigid May 2014 #37

Didn't like the movie, though Douglas's performance was amazing Recursion May 2014 #17

Amazing performance. nt Demo_Chris May 2014 #22

Another masturbatory right wing fantasy on par with Red Dawn for silliness. FSogol May 2014 #28

I thought it showed Douglas's character as a dangerous, self-centered, ignorant asshole. redqueen May 2014 #30

Yup: "dangerous, self-centered, ignorant asshole" = Typical republican FSogol May 2014 #31

Strange take. cherokeeprogressive May 2014 #32

They get hot imagining accumulating guns and pushing people around. FSogol May 2014 #33

1: It was a movie. 2: I don't excuse his or anyone else's violence. cherokeeprogressive May 2014 #39

Ironically, I was discussing that movie yesterday reflection May 2014 #38