Who here wanted to punch Clarice
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The_Ultimate_Hippo — 10 years ago(January 01, 2016 09:00 AM)
Before she pulled her gun out she knew that guy was Buffalo Bill so don't try to act like it completely took her by surprise, secondly the guy was running from her and was most definitely a threat to others, she was well within her right to shoot him.
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J-Curl-BiggernBlacker — 5 years ago(June 09, 2020 06:49 PM)
Nope! It’s made very clear that she doesn’t know it’s Buffalo Bill she’s talking to until she starts talking to him, then sees the moth flying around that he’s been shoving down the victims throats after he kills them.
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pistrix — 9 years ago(August 29, 2016 07:22 PM)
I think Clarice should have called for backup before going into the house alone it was a stupid decision.
She didn't know Jack Gordon was really Jamie Gum aka Buffalo Bill. She didn't know until she saw the DeathHead Moth on the spool of thread. She had no reason to call for backup yet.
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selenedm999 — 9 years ago(April 14, 2016 12:54 AM)
Also, as good as she was on the shooting range, Clarice is set up all along to be a very sympathetic human being.
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fcolli — 9 years ago(December 04, 2016 09:33 AM)
In the novel, she turned and started firing blindly when she heard the hammer being thumbed back by Gumm, which Harris described as an unmistakable sound. Perhaps Gumm himself was hesitating to fire. He may have been enjoying his cat and mouse game a bit too much. It's also an unnecessary action, since all modern pistols are double action. But all movie makers love those added few seconds of tension that the action adds to the scene.
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grantb-64490 — 9 years ago(August 03, 2016 12:52 AM)
Wrong. It depends on the circumstances, and the situation in the movie was definitely one of those circumstances where use of deadly force against even an unarmed fleeing felon would be justifiable.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleeing_felon_rule
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Marmadukebagelhole — 10 years ago(February 18, 2016 04:40 AM)
My goodness. It sounds as if Clarice Starling wasn't a hardened, experienced agent. Punch her for me too.
But wait.
Hear me out. Maybe there's a part of the film which conveys that Clarice is NOT an amazing field officer who is flawlessly proficient in these type of situations whilst in training.
Maybe someone who has seen the film might go out of their way to check it out, ooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, Marmaduke can remember what he saw.
Yep. That's right! They put a scene early in the film to demonstrate that Clarice does not have significant prowess with hostile field situations. Add to that the fact that Crawford is picking up Bill at a location miles and miles away and the fact that this is a suspense thriller, then your post starts to sound like whiny, ignorant load of crap.
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Mitchcraft — 10 years ago(February 19, 2016 07:33 AM)
The only person i wanted to punch was Buffalo Bill when he was plying the music and dressing up, the combination of that and him killing those girls drove me mad i was like you sick F'ck just get caught and die already.
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nemenemenes — 9 years ago(May 22, 2016 06:18 AM)
- She is new, inexperienced, perhaps newer shot at a person before.
- Though she suspected the guy was Buffalo Bill, she still didn't have clear evidence he was definitely Bufallo Bill. After hearing the girl at the basement, she became sure.
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zumannaruto — 9 years ago(July 21, 2016 07:43 AM)
That is because you failed to understand that foster is suppost to potray the weak female to show how womens were looked at the time.It is also about feminisn (not todays one )
The scene at the elevator in the beginning?The scene when cops look at her like she is weak and not her place among 'strong' men.
The movie clearly shows this in many place but i guess you are just too big of a fool to see the obvious
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MatineeThespian — 9 years ago(July 29, 2016 07:33 AM)
Who here wanted to punch Clarice
God she sucks.
Sounds to me like they should have postponed giving her FBI status.
She was such a joke, just came off as a giggling school girl, I saw no difference between her and Denise Richards from The World is not Enough. Couldn't take her seriously as an FBI agent.
OP, you're killing me!
I agree though that I couldn't take her seriously as an FBI agent (I didn't have a problem with Jodie Foster's performance, as paradoxical as it might sound, but moreso with the character of Clarice).
Also, you know what's funny? In the sequel,
Hannibal
, Clarice and Hannibal Lecter get together again and by that point Clarice's career has majorly slumped after she shot a person she shouldn't have. lol
Where does fantasy end and reality begin?