Phone Booth

[Guest Retro Rob]

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I think they're cool. Just those who don't want to be spoiled, but also want to read the posts probably hate them

 

Hydro, get a fucking life man. First of all, you have admittedly forgotten many parts of the movie. Secondly, your logic is that of a FUCKING LUNATIC.

[Guest Flyboy]

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[Guest hydroapple]

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Hydro, get a fucking life man. First of all, you have admittedly forgotten many parts of the movie. Secondly, your logic is that of a FUCKING LUNATIC.

 

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LOL, my logic is that of a "FUCKING LUNATIC"? Absolutely hilarious. Please explain how so. The pizza delivery man thing and them not thinking there is a possibility that Stu could be the real shooter of the pimp after he is shown with a gun show VERY poor logic. I'm not the one with poor logic, the movie is.

[Guest Retro Rob]

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LOL, my logic is that of a "FUCKING LUNATIC"? Absolutely hilarious. Please explain how so. The pizza delivery man thing and them not thinking there is a possibility that Stu could be the real shooter of the pimp after he is shown with a gun show VERY poor logic. I'm not the one with poor logic, the movie is.

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1. The cops KNEW FOR A FACT WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT that this was a sniper situation.   2. When Stu pulled out the gun they DID shoot him with the rubber bullet.   3. Generally delivery men have more than one delivery to do. Or maybe that was his last delivery and his shift was over. Maybe he had a lunch break. Maybe he promised his boss he would pick up some extra sausage. The bottom line is those are all HYPOTHETICALS. For instance, what if his boss was abducted by aliens and thus could not file a missing person's report? What you are saying is fucking insane.

[Guest DrTom]

TSM Review of Phone Booth, for those interested.

 

Now, to the so-called logic flaws.

 

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1. The police knew it was a sniper situation well before Stu left the phone booth with the gun in his hand. Ramey had seen the laser sight on the wife, and Stu had already used the cell phone call to his wife to alert them to what was going on. At that point, they knew he wasn't the shooter. Your contention that he had a buddy with a laser pointer trying to get him off the hook is really rather absurd, and would not be seriously considered by anyone in law enforcement.   2. Stu did get shot, with a rubber bullet. Even though they knew he wasn't the shooter, he WAS standing around and shouting with a gun in his hand.   3. Who gives a shit about the pizza guy? There are a lot of plausible possiblities for why he wasn't reported missing.   4. The movie was about Stu Shepard's redemption from being a thoughtless scoundrel to a man who cares about the people around him again. When people are faced with death, they get very reflective on their lives, their choices, and their mistakes. It's not at all hard to see that Stu realized he was living his life the wrong way, and it took being confronted with his own death to show him that. This is the WHOLE POINT of the movie, and if you missed it, then you really don't have anything meaningful to say about it.

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1. The police knew it was a sniper situation well before Stu left the phone booth with the gun in his hand. Ramey had seen the laser sight on the wife, and Stu had already used the cell phone call to his wife to alert them to what was going on. At that point, they knew he wasn't the shooter. Your contention that he had a buddy with a laser pointer trying to get him off the hook is really rather absurd, and would not be seriously considered by anyone in law enforcement.

 

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Its not absurd at all. It isn't rare for someone to have a laser pointer. Since Stu had a gun, the cops should have believed that there is a possibility that Stu is really the killer of the pimp, and his friend is getting him off the hook by pretending to be a sniper and using a laser pointer, but the cops didn't because this movie has poor logic.

 

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3. Who gives a shit about the pizza guy? There are a lot of plausible possiblities for why he wasn't reported missing.

 

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Since the pizza delivery guy was to deliver to the phone booth, if this movie had logic, the pizza company would have tried to contact the pizza delivery guy, to make sure he is okay. Since he was AWOL for an hour, if this movie had logic, they would have called the police to inform them that there is a chance that Stu killed the guy.

[Guest DrTom]

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Its not absurd at all. It isn't rare for someone to have a laser pointer. Since Stu had a gun, the cops should have believed that there is a possibility that Stu is really the killer of the pimp, and his friend is getting him off the hook by pretending to be a sniper and using a laser pointer, but the cops didn't because this movie has poor logic.

 

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It IS absurd. The cops DIDN'T KNOW Stu had a gun until THE END OF THE MOVIE, after everything else had happened. They suspected it, but didn't know. They already had ample evidence of a sniper situation. Police go for reasonable conclusions based on evidence, not wild speculations and what-ifs. You apparently have no idea how police work is done.

 

And your "... because this movie had poor logic" catchphrase is *really* starting to sound like a trolling tactic. I'd ease up on it if I were you.

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It IS absurd. The cops DIDN'T KNOW Stu had a gun until THE END OF THE MOVIE, after everything else had happened. They suspected it, but didn't know. They already had ample evidence of a sniper situation. Police go for reasonable conclusions based on evidence, not wild speculations and what-ifs. You apparently have no idea how police work is done.

 

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My point is that they should have believed that there is a solid possibility that Stu is the killer of the pimp when they saw him with the gun and that his friend is getting him off the hook by pretending to be a sniper and using a laser pointer. Thanks for no selling the part about the pizza guy. He may have not been that important, but it was clearly a major logic flaw in the movie and I guess by you no selling it, you couldn't prove me wrong about it.

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[Guest DrTom]

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My point is that they should have believed that there is a solid possibility that Stu is the killer of the pimp when they saw him with the gun and that his friend is getting him off the hook by pretending to be a sniper and using a laser pointer. Thanks for no selling the part about the pizza guy. He may have not been that important, but it was clearly a major logic flaw in the movie and I guess by you no selling it, you couldn't prove me wrong about it.

 

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They didn't see him with the gun until WELL AFTER things had been established as a sniper situation. He also didn't pull the gun until he hung up the phone and ran out of the booth, daring The Caller to shoot him. At that time, the police DID shoot him, albeit with a rubber bullet.   I said the pizza guy was unimportant, and that's why I didn't bother going on about it. There are a million reasons no one would have reported his absence, and they've already been mentioned by plenty of people. There's no point in trying to prove you wrong, because all you do is offer some pithy comeback -- while admitting to forgetting parts of the movie half the time in the process (way to ratchet up that credibility there, lad) -- and finish with your standard complaint about the movie's logic. You'll forgive me if I'm weary of seeing that very tired scenario play itself out.

[Guest MarvinisaLunatic]

From DVDfile.com

 

Just dial 1-800-SPEEDY. The race for the shortest theatrical-to-video window continues, with Fox Home Entertainment today announcing a July 8th DVD debut for Phone Booth, which debuted at number one at the box office only three weeks ago. This Joel Schumacher thriller will include both 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen and full screen transfers, English and French 5.1 and Spanish 2.0 Dolby surround tracks, an audio commentary by Schumacher and trailers. Retail is $27.95. (And as for the new cover art, just dial 1-800-CRAPPY.)