3 Wise men scene killed the rollercoaster ride
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Training Day
Intothenightalone — 9 years ago(November 03, 2016 03:40 AM)
Sucked all the air out of the room. I feel that Ethan Hawke is the star of this movie so a whole scene where we see him sitting and watching others talk sort of breaks the rules of engaging storytelling.
If the scene were to remain included, it should have had Ethan interact in some, conflictive way.
Regardless of this scene, the movie works without it. So he gets a warrant and paid for it, this could have been shot as a phonecall and cash drop off. -
Intothenightalone — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 09:27 PM)
I know the director said that he kept it in, despite it killing the pace, because he wanted to show the corruption or something. But I would have reworked it to have them perhaps testing Jake to see if he is cool with playing the game.
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Aranda_Bay — 9 years ago(December 27, 2016 07:44 PM)
The scene establishes that the whole system is corrupt and not just Alonzo. Alonzo telling Hoyt to find a another table and order a baseball steak or something emphasizes the insignificance of Hoyt's rookie-ness in the whole scheme of things.
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orrdaniel398 — 9 years ago(January 28, 2017 07:52 AM)
It also shows that Alonzo wasn't the highest man on the totem poll. There were people above him and he had to play by their rules; he wasn't just a loose cannon who could do whatever he wanted. Alonzo probably had ambitions to become one of the "Wise Men" someday; that was the next step on the ladder.
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