@@etchedinstone7562 the common misconception is that he's a conservative. This movie was during the Reagan years. This is a bad liberal. Everything he complained about, is what Reagan said yes to.
@@Shanethefilmmaker I never thought he was the kind of guy who believed in Reagan era policies. His mind was way too complex. But if he had lived long enough, with his degree of narcissism, who knows what route he would have taken. He's an incredibly fascinating character and a very tragic one. Underrated film.
One of the most iconic lines in a movie from my childhood: "CRIME PAYS IN THIS COUNTRY!" First saw this when I was ~8 yrs old. That line has always stuck with me.
You do realize he’s a manic depressive narcissist who gets himself killed and his family tormented in South America because he’s incapable of empathy right? The guys a mentally unstable man who should’ve gotten help but didn’t. Hes got an ego bigger than his conscience and he would rather be right than happy. In short this isn’t based at all. This is a self destructive narcissist who ruined his life and the lives of others. Don’t believe for a second that just because he spouts these beliefs that they come from anywhere other than “Allie knows all and is always right” thinking.
Why doesn't he just take his family to live with the Amish? They grow and produce only what they need, what they don't need they share (or feed to pigs) and they build houses without electric tools. They don't have TV's so their kids don't see the toys advertised on TV.
Because he doesn't believe in God. In the book, Allie says that "Man is God" and adds that if God truly exists, we shouldn't worship Him because He did a lousy job making Earth and humanity.
In meinem Land werden viele Filme mit Harrison Ford ausgestrahlt, aber nicht dieser. Darum habe ich diesen Film auf DVD gebraucht gekauft. Es werden gleich mehrere aktuelle Themen darin verarbeitet und seit 1986 ausgestrahlt.
Any rational human being would be satisfied with just making the big Ice Machine and turning a wasteland into a thriving civiliation. Allie instead wanted to be superior over whom he deemed was the lower.
@@Shanethefilmmaker Even if he had stayed in his corner of the jungle, he still would have miscalculated how much the outside world would have asserted itself. The rebels with machine guns visiting the village was only a matter of time.
@@actioncom2748 True, but the point being is that no one is insulting his genius. They are simply saying that he's too self-centered to realize how good he's got it. Anyone in his position could have at least been smart enough to swipe their guns from them while they slept before locking them in the freezer.
@@Shanethefilmmaker Allie is definately self-centered and at times wrong. In the case of the rebels, it was only time he admitted he was wrong for leading them to his town. To further that point, he didn't think the rebels would fight back and use their guns ("All they have to do is lie down.") Why was he wrong? Allie doesn't understand people as well as he thinks he does. He doesn't understand the concept of other agendas and other points of view. He expects people to see the world his way. When his vision and reality collide, drama happens.
He doesn't hate acting. He hates acting in things he doesn't like to act in. Give him a role he hates and he'll try his best, but he won't like it. Give him a role he loves and finds interesting, like this one here and that guy would act his heart out.
