Am I the only one who found the traffic accident hilarious?
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Noboru_Wataya — 13 years ago(October 28, 2012 02:42 PM)
Gasp inducing laughter, both horrific and cartoonish. A few frames might be tweaky from 90s CG limits. Maybe a body flops just like that when it bounces between two cars? Glad to say I've not seen it IRL.
Beautiful, simple movie. Goes together well, imo, w The Game from the previous year. -
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stellar_4217 — 12 years ago(April 17, 2013 08:37 PM)
I came here to see if anyone thought the same thing. It was hysterical. Yes I know it wouldn't be funny in real life & all that but this is just a movie & the scene was so random & the way it was done looked like something out of Final Destination. The reaction of the people at the crosswalk in the movie is funny too. I told my mom, "Damn, did Death have to kill him that way to take his body?!".
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cultfilmfreaksdotcom — 12 years ago(June 20, 2013 10:44 PM)
i saw this in the theater and the entire audience cracked up. it was over the top, way over the top. and looked kinda fake. pitt turned into gumby chaneling wyle e coyote.
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ArthurDental — 12 years ago(February 22, 2014 11:12 AM)
The reason it was over the top was the director needed viewers to know he was killed with no chance of survival. But close-ups would've been macabre and not for this type of movie. At a distance, it had to be epic to convey that he could not be saved.
Like other people pointed out, this moment should not turn the audience to a dark mood. So the over-the-top accident served a double purpose. So many people on this thread think it reaffirms their hate for the film, but like so many other things they're totally missing the point, not knowing that the scene did everything it was supposed to do, judging by the reactions.
On a side note, any comedian would tell you most laughs are not from "funny", but rather a release of tension. Comedy is about building up that tension and finding a way for the audience to enjoy the catharsis. So it's not odd at all to laugh at this scene. It's what the director wanted. -
qpw3141 — 12 years ago(June 24, 2013 01:25 AM)
What made this so funny was the complete lack of effort they made with the dummy.
It just did not look in any way real, partly because the dummy was poor to start with and partly because of the way it didn't change shape as it flew around.
Probably quite deliberate on the part of the film makers because, had it been at all realistic, it would have changed the audience's emotional state and hence their reaction to the next part of the film. -
Tori-Targaryen — 11 years ago(August 18, 2014 07:20 AM)
I first watched this with my mum when it was just out for rental. Sat down to watch it, and when that accident happened, we had to pause the film because we were laughing so much. I doubt very much that it was intentional on the film maker's part, but it just was hilarious.
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