Can anyone here name a moving with Bruce Willis where he doesn't have a gun? I can't. Has anyone else noticed this?
"Lord, what fools these mortals be"
"The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation."
You'd think that Killing people would make them like you, but it doesn't! it just makes people dead.
Libby Wrote:Can anyone here name a moving with Bruce Willis where he doesn't have a gun? I can't. Has anyone else noticed this?
Sixth Sense
Perfect Stranger
Unbreakable
The Kid
The Story of Us
And there are a few where I can't remember whether he does or not, like:
12 Monkeys (may have a gun for a brief time)
Blind Date
And in Armageddon, while he uses a gun to shoot at AJ and takes Sharp's weapon to make him turn off the Nuke, he does not use a gun to be the hero.
There are few roles where he does not play "the Hero" and there are few roles in Hollywood (outside of superhero movies) where the hero does not use a gun.
Bruce gets 2 thumbs up from me, guns or no guns.
-Wapitikev
This post was last modified: 05-06-2008, 07:37 PM by Wapitikev.
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
Wapitikev Wrote:Sixth Sense
Perfect Stranger
Unbreakable
The Kid
The Story of Us
And there are a few where I can't remember whether he does or not, like:
12 Monkeys (may have a gun for a brief time)
Blind Date
And in Armageddon, while he uses a gun to shoot at AJ and takes Sharp's weapon to make him turn off the Nuke, he does not use a gun to be the hero.
There are few roles where he does not play "the Hero" and there are few roles in Hollywood (outside of superhero movies) where the hero does not use a gun.
Bruce gets 2 thumbs up from me, guns or no guns.
-Wapitikev
I you look carefully, you can notice guns were you didn't before. He has a gun breifly in The Sixth Sense, he shoots the window of the shop where his wife works. You see the bullet hole, and you know he make it. Idon't know about the others.
"Lord, what fools these mortals be"
"The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation."
You'd think that Killing people would make them like you, but it doesn't! it just makes people dead.
Libby Wrote:I you look carefully, you can notice guns were you didn't before. He has a gun breifly in The Sixth Sense, he shoots the window of the shop where his wife works. You see the bullet hole, and you know he make it. Idon't know about the others.
Good eye, but I have one question: how does a ghost use a gun?
In any event, him having a gun in that one scene is certainly not what makes him the hero in that movie.
Chalk that one scene up to the NRA lobbyists in Hollywood.
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
Wapitikev Wrote:Good eye, but I have one question: how does a ghost use a gun?
In any event, him having a gun in that one scene is certainly not what makes him the hero in that movie.
Chalk that one scene up to the NRA lobbyists in Hollywood.
-Wapitikev
I didn't mean gun hero or not, I just meant the presence of a gun by Bruce Willis. Even for a split second. And in the Sixth Sense, the ghosts are solid. He can try to turn the knob to teh basement door, and the little ghost girl grabs Cole's leg.
This post was last modified: 05-06-2008, 07:54 PM by Libby.
"Lord, what fools these mortals be"
"The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation."
You'd think that Killing people would make them like you, but it doesn't! it just makes people dead.
Libby Wrote:I didn't mean gun hero or not, I just meant the presence of a gun by Bruce Willis. Even for a split second. And in the Sixth Sense, the ghosts are solid. He can try to turn the knob to teh basement door, and the little ghost girl grabs Cole's leg.
Touche.
Foiled again. Darn you.
"So this ghost walks into a gun store..." [beginning of bad joke]
As far as gun-placement goes, though, the same could be said for Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford and a number of the other leading men in Hollywood.
Go Bruce!
-Wapitikev
This post was last modified: 05-06-2008, 08:02 PM by Wapitikev.
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
Wapitikev Wrote:Touche.
Foiled again. Darn you.
"So this ghost walks into a gun store..." [beginning of bad joke]
As far as gun-placement goes, though, the same could be said for Mel Gibson, Harrison Ford and a number of the other leading men in Hollywood.
Go Bruce!
-Wapitikev
Well I though of Bruce 'cause I'm watching The Whole Nine Yard...
"Lord, what fools these mortals be"
"The opposite of war isn't peace; it's creation."
You'd think that Killing people would make them like you, but it doesn't! it just makes people dead.
Libby Wrote:I you look carefully, you can notice guns were you didn't before. He has a gun breifly in The Sixth Sense, he shoots the window of the shop where his wife works. You see the bullet hole, and you know he make it. Idon't know about the others.I do not remember actually seeing a gun. I thought he smashed the window "with his fists." So I just watched it again and I do not see a gun in his hand. Moreso, I see NO GUN in his hand as he is walking away down the alley. The window pane looks like it was shattered, not shot. ......imho
Wapitikev Wrote:Chalk that one scene up to the NRA lobbyists in Hollywood.Huh? Not very effective if it was unnoticed.
:confused:
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. ... The piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
~ Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Libby Wrote:Well I though of Bruce 'cause I'm watching The Whole Nine Yard...
I love Amanda Peet in that! (or in anything for that matter)
It's true, though, that if you name virtually any popular male actor from the current era, it is very difficult to find movies that they starred in where guns do not appear somewhere.
Are you making a veiled commentary on the state of storytelling in Hollywood? :eek:
Best be careful...what if the NRA discovers that you've uncovered their secret agenda?
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout
jimbow8 Wrote:I do not remember actually seeing a gun. I thought he smashed the window "with his fists." So I just watched it again and I do not see a gun in his hand. Moreso, I see NO GUN in his hand as he is walking away down the alley. The window pane looks like it was shattered, not shot. ......imho
Huh? Not very effective if it was unnoticed.
:confused:
Their devious tactics fooled Libby! So much for ineffective.
-Wapitikev
Axioms Jack seems to live by (inadvertantly or not):
Why he does what he does: "I chose this life. I know what I'm doing. And on any given day, I could stop doing it. Today, however, isn't that day. And tomorrow won't be either." Bruce Wayne, Identity Crisis
On Rasalom: "Water's wet, the sky is blue...and good old Satan Claus, Jimmy...he's out there...and he's just gettin' stronger." Joe Hallenbeck, The Last Boyscout