The older you get, the more Falling Down makes sense [389x484 - 28KB]

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Gang Member #1: Whatcha doin', Mister?

Bill Foster: Nothing.

Gang Member #1: Yes, you are, you're trespassing on private property.

Bill Foster: Trespassing?

Gang Member #2: You're loitering too, man.

Gang Member #1: That's right, you're loitering too.

Bill Foster: I didn't see any signs.

Gang Member #1: [pointing at a piece of graffiti] Whatcha call that?

Bill Foster: Graffiti?

Gang Member #1: No, man. That's not fucking graffiti, that's a sign.

Gang Member #2: He can't read it, man.

Gang Member #1: I'll read it for you. It says this is fucking private property. No fucking trespassing. This means fucking you.

Bill Foster: It says all that?

Gang Member #1: Yeah!

Bill Foster: Well, maybe if you wrote it in fucking English, I could fucking understand it.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6iVvepxR-M

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That is one of the few hit movies that isn't available for streaming .... wonder why..

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Yeah. And now you're going to die, wearing that stupid little hat. How does it feel?

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I'm watching this for the first time. Great suggestion!

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As you get older, you realize you are going to die. In theory, you already knew this, except, you really didn't. It's only when you get old that you understand that really, honestly, for truth, no kidding, you are going to die. With this realization comes the realization that nothing you have done in your life it going to endure. Everything you built will eventually fall to nothing and be forgotten.

The one possible exception is children. If you have had a child, you may have done something that will have meaning and endure. But if you're childless, as many are, or if you child turns out to be a piece of shit, as many do, you start to think that your life had no meaning, and you start to get angry. All the little pissants you put up with throughout your life just to get along and avoid prison, and now none of it matters because you are going to die anyway.

You stant to wonder if maybe, back in highschool, you should have taken a gun and blown the brains out of that certain someone who gave you a hard time for nothing. Then, maybe, you start to wonder if its too late to change your ways and make up for lost time. After all, you'll be dead in a few years anyway, so what the fuck does anything matter, right?

This is why we need religion. We need God in our lives. It give our lives meaning, and it guides our actions even in trying times when we are tempted to do something rash and violent.

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Great movie and so relevant today.

Given our current political state, I look at Nick, the surplus store owner, with a lot more sympathy.

-Interior/day time, inside of surplus store

(Nick, surplus store owner, showing Bill Foster his selection of hiking boots)

Nick: Let's see what we got. These here are the top of the line. Scientifically engineered and all that crap. Guaranteed by some Sierra Club asshole not to hurt a chipmunk IF you step on it! Personally, I think they're for pussies and—

[turns his head towards two homosexuals shopping in his store]

Nick:—FAGGOTS! Now THESE are Vietnam jungle boots. Cost you half as much, last you twice as long, and are great for stomping—

[turns his head towards the two again]

Nick:—QUEERS! 'Course when you're done you have to clean out the waffle with a stick, but what the hell, you can't have everything, right? Am I right or wrong?

Later on in same scene:

Nick : [has revealed that he's a Nazi] We're the same, you and me. We're the same, don't you see?

Bill Foster : We are not the same. I'm an American, you're a sick asshole.

Nick : Fuck you! Who the fuck are you? Are you fucking with me?

Bill Foster : I AM JUST DISAGREEING WITH YOU! In America, we have the freedom of speech! The right to disagree!

Nick : Fuck you and your freedom!

Throughout the movie, Bill, although insane, finally stands up to the daily challenges that he can no longer accept.

I’m not condoning violence and/or hate crimes, Officer, just saying this movie is so honest that it would never get made today.

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although insane

That always seems to be the case... either that or the other characters think they're insane. e.g. They Live

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I hear you.

The only reason I said that he was insane was because of how it ends, with him going for his water gun and getting zapped, so his daughter could get the insurance money.

It was actually suicide by cop.

"I did everything they told me" and "They lied to me."

Just like most of us.

Fucking sad.

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Fucking indeed.

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No, I completely understood it as an 11 year old as well, although even as a kid I wanted him to team up with the Nazi guy and the cop and start wrecking shit.