icecreamdisco
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i still love the final shot of the rat crawling across the balcony (a cute touch... in a good way), but i'm beginning to agree with the IA fans who say the original's ending is better.
that aside, i found the scorsese characters and dialogue more engaging than in IA, and i like his style more (IA was a great script told via in a rather generic hk action style) which made it altogether a much more entertaining ride.
IA's ending reinforced the buddhist philosophy that "longevity is hardship for he who is in continuous hell", so by having dignam kill off sullivan, there's less resonance; nothing that haunts you when you leave the theater. i guess he should've been kept alive. that said, i think scorsese was going for the darwin-ian approach, and remaking the film as a 'survival of the fittest', so it ends appropriately in that sense.
that aside, i found the scorsese characters and dialogue more engaging than in IA, and i like his style more (IA was a great script told via in a rather generic hk action style) which made it altogether a much more entertaining ride.
you mean when costello drives by and applauds him? there's a long extended intro that introduces sullivan as a young altar boy, basically detailing how he was in with costello since childhood.bubz :D said:What happened at the beginning? I was late and got there when Sullivan was being congratulated by Costello in the car.
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