Friday, August 08, 2008

Robert Mitchum Continues to Terrify Me!

In a previous post, I mention that watching Robert Mitchum in The Night of the Hunter freaked me out to no end. Well tonight I watched Cape Fear (the good one with Gregory Peck) and I don't think I have ever be so terrified of a movie villain. He is so creepy because he kind of lumbers along and look a little drunk so you have no idea what he is going to do. I enjoy thrillers, but I hate when the hero has a gun and then hesitates to use it when they are being threatened. I'm just saying if a man is threatening to sexual assault your daughter and you have a gun would you a) run towards him and get into a physical altercation or b) shoot him in a way that will incapacitate him?

HANK: In case I'm incapacitated for any reason, do you know how to revive a man's heart with a downed power line?
BOBBY: No.
HANK: Well, there's really no wrong way to do it.

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