movie reco

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So I just finished watching Shoot. Much appreciated Monet for posting link. Since I have a much greater appreciation now of 70's themes, culture and jargon I liked it a lot. I thought Cliff Robertson's portrayal of Rex was good with his quiet cool and stoicism. Reminded me of some of my dad's friends growing up. One line that caught that era well I thought, was when the widow repeated to Rex that she had her .357 ready for any "hippies, junkies and jigs".

I only vaguely remember the book but as is usually the case, was way better than the movie.

I guess that Rex did not manage to recruit his security guard employee to the Final Battle - or at least I did not see him present during the Final Battle (maybe I wasn't paying close enough attention and he was there).

No, I don’t think he was in the firefight, which kinda makes the store scene a puzzler. After Rex asked to have a talk with him, I liked his line, he said “what are you going to fire me for being too uppity?”

Yes I also thought that was a good line. And I liked the line "He was a one man army against the Japs" said to Rex by the widower of the guy killed in the woods (during the initial confrontation).