0:33 There are two identical thermoses, and later there are two seemingly identical cases. One of the cases was a trap. It stands to reason that one of the Thermoses (no idea if I am spelling the plural of “thermos” correctly), was also a trap. Gregor didn’t poison the coffee, probably the thermos cap/cup that he set down, was somehow laced. He pocketed the authentic cap/cup, replaced it with the poisoned one, and meant to pull a Princess Bride esque fast one. The idea that Gregor just instinctively lunged for the cap/cup, because his reflexes are too good, is ridiculous. He lunged for the cup, because if he let it hit the floor, everyone would know that it wasn’t legit. It would sound wrong, wouldn’t bounce or roll the right way, or something like that. From this moment onwards, Gregor is off his game. He never regains his composure.
This movie is amazing, nothing is superfluous, everything is deliberate in one way or another. Brilliant writing, and some of the best practical chase effects in any movie.
If they don't start taking "hands four" at the start then it's not a contra dance. They would also be dancing with everyone in the line instead of just three other couples. Same moves as in a contra dance, but this is a square dance.
this scene is just genius. This crew was all supposed to be ex-military type guys that had gone merc for one reason or another, mostly due to the fallout from the cold war. Deniro admits late in the movie after the ice skating scene that he never left and that he was there for Shemus. Knowing that he never left the CIA, he probably already has background on some of the people there, particularly Gregor. Gregor plays what is perceived to be an ex-soviet KGB type character, but has a German accent, which means he could be East German which was under Soviet rule. Many East German KGB guys remained loyal to the Soviet system even after its fall, so I think this scene was about Deniro trying to size up this east german ex-kgb guy to see if how well trained he was and if he was still sharp, without necessarily knowing if he was a legit merc just looking for a paycheck or if he was part of the now FSB. He clearly called out Sean Beans character with the ambush, this was another test on a guy he deemed as a real possible threat. Notice the only two people he tested were people that he felt he couldnt trust. He never tested Larry, or Vincent or Diedre.
I could never figure out if Sam was setting up Gregor to see what he could do and what kind of man he was dealing with, or if it was just an honest accident with the coffee.
Of course, he was setting Gregor up. But... actually, Gregor should have let the cup fall. Gregor was pretending to be just a guy... kind of nerdy, tired, washed up... 'a has been'... But here he exposed himself. He caught this cup in spite of himself. Hence his remark about old habits dying hard.
Back when I used to coach I taught some of my swimmers this turn. Most of kiddos couldn’t get it because they were younger swimmers. One of them could do it and did it in a meet! The parent-official clearly had never seen it before and DQ’d her. If your kiddo/swimmer can do this turn, I would recommend having the coach talking to the officials prior to the start of the meet so they are aware it is a legal turn. Edit: This was at a small summer league meet and not at a USA sanctioned swim meet where the officials are a little more aware.
Yeah, that goes on a lot in the summer league. We had a rep from each team that could challenge bad calls. This year, the summer league I used to work in changed the backstroke rules so that you can kick into the wall without doing an arm pull. Plus, they allow you to be totally submerged passed the flags to finish. Theoretically, you could legally never do an arm pull. You could underwater dolphin to the 15-meter mark, pop up, go back under, and dolphin to the wall. Then repeat for the final 25 to finish. Weird.
Gregor"s answer is used later by Sam when he corners Gregor in Arles and says to him, "Youre great in the locker room , pal and old habits die hard,;but you're weak when you put your spikes on.
Ha ha!! Yeah, I like Sean Bean and hate that he dies so much. He didn't die in The Martian either. Though I guess you could say he died figuratively since his character was fired both in this movie and in The Martian. :-)
Some have asked which event this was. It was the 400 IM Final at the 2009 Fina World Championships in Rome. Here's the full race sans the underwater back to breast turn: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-FiVy-PRwsyU.html
I should've made a note, but No. I remember it was an outdoor venue. I did a quick look and I'm fairly certain that it's the 2009 FINA World Championship Rome and the 400 IM. Lochte swam in lane 6 of that race and if you look at the color of the lane line at the very beginning of the clip, it's blue, not yellow. That would put him in lane 6 on the transition at the blocks. And the position of the swimmer in lane 5 of that race matches the clip. Here's an abridged version of that race, with Cseh in lane 5. It's cued up at the transition, but there's no underwater shot. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cU-RFJv06Ug.html
I saw this movie as a kid and while I liked the action and the guns, was too young to understand what was going on. I gotta make time to see proper because it's not often I come across a DeNiro film I haven't watched as an adult.
Able, I did another one where I took this one and synched it with SpaceX's feed. You can find it here, if you're interested. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rA9tKWnBf34.html
The Russian that killed Gregor with the poker face after Gregor placed an assassin on his girlfriend was pretty bad ass also... After the assassin killed her, Gregor knew he was gone.
@@powerboatguy2308, Gregor thoroughly misjudged Mikhi, thinking that the amoral gangster truly valued his girlfriend. Skarsgard expertly portrayed his character's incredulous realization of this truth, as Mikhi sadistically drew out the execution until the final possible second.
