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Re: Pleasantville
On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Don Smith wrote:
> > FWIW, I watched the DVD and listened to the commentary several months
> > ago...
>
> I remember. Didn't we discuss this together on "onfilm"?
Hmmm, not in that particular thread, at least not according to the link I
posted. We might have discussed it earlier, though a search for
"pleasantville don smith" doesn't turn up any such thread.
> I remember agreeing with you about the "pleasantness" of the ending, and
> I think I was the one who pointed out the film lacked any kind of
> resolution with or redemption of the J.T. Walsh character, which felt
> like a cheat to me since the first time I saw it.
It felt like a cheat to me from the first time I saw it, too. :)
> I still liked it a little better than you did, but not much. A couple
> interesting ideas (loved the way the guys all backed away from the
> basketball that missed), but ultimately a horrible mess of an ending.
Yup.
> And what was Don Knotts's motivation, anyway???
The actor's or the character's? :)
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