John W. Creasy>>>>>>>Alfonso Harris

[itsyoung!!]

Never really liked 'Man On Fire', the dude was in Mexico City without even a change of clothes, taking on legions of organized crime, and was a full blown, shaky hands alcoholic weeks before. It was too much Tony Scott bullshyt, quick cuts/editing, loud action sequences. That said, the ending/Alonzo's death in 'Training Day' was pretty weak, turned what should have been an important scene into a meaningless action sequence. Should have done it in a way that would have been more surprising, plus low key, not some 'Rambo II' bullshyt.

Never really liked 'Man On Fire', the dude was in Mexico City without even a change of clothes, taking on legions of organized crime, and was a full blown, shaky hands alcoholic weeks before.

so pretty much you missed the entire point of the movie.. which was he lost his way and dakota fanning brought his life back on track, which is the whole point of him being so revengeful of her kidnapping

 

[re'up]

oh I got that, and some of the scenes of the two together were well done, but it's pretty trite material to me, some bloodthirsty, broken mercenary is redeemed by the innocence and naivete of an 8 year old girl? Only to go on yet another, bloody, stylized, killing spree? Which, of course seals his fate, but he feels he has in some way redeemed himself in the end. It's all just a set up for a revenge fantasy.

 

[itsyoung!!]

oh I got that, and some of the scenes of the two together were well done, but it's pretty trite material to me, some bloodthirsty, broken mercenary is redeemed by the innocence and naivete of an 8 year old girl? Only to go on yet another, bloody, stylized, killing spree? Which, of course seals his fate, but he feels he has in some way redeemed himself in the end. It's all just a set up for a revenge fantasy.

..thats why its a movie..

 

[OmegaK2099]

did this dude say "trite material"

 

[theoretic]

did this dude say "trite material"

 

[Leonard Washington]

@ Alfonso Harris

 

[YouMadd?]

I was really annoyed with the ending of Man on Fire... When I first saw the movie I was really hoping that Denzel had one of those C4 devices shoved in his own butt and when they took him to meet with "the voice" he could use his watch to detonate it... That ending would have been better then him just sitting in the car....

 

[Interloper]

I was really annoyed with the ending of Man on Fire... When I first saw the movie I was really hoping that Denzel had one of those C4 devices shoved in his own butt and when they took him to meet with "the voice" he could use his watch to detonate it... That ending would have been better then him just sitting in the car....

It's an alternate ending available on the special edition set.

 

[YouMadd?]

MAN ON FIRE Alternate End - YouTube

It's an alternate ending available on the special edition set.

That just made my night!

 

[jwinfield]

so pretty much you missed the entire point of the movie.. which was he lost his way and dakota fanning brought his life back on track, which is the whole point of him being so revengeful of her kidnapping

Which is why I enjoyed the first half of the movie a lot more.

 

[Rain]

MAN ON FIRE Alternate End - YouTube

It's an alternate ending available on the special edition set.

 

[Leonard Washington]

MAN ON FIRE Alternate End - YouTube

It's an alternate ending available on the special edition set.