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Because I think that to say that he doesn't have a vision, I think it sort of takes away from the craft of what he is able

to do, which is sell you the fact that America is cool and sexy. And, you know, even though we were

punched in the gut, it doesn't mean that we can't get revenge. And this country, you know, is

birthed by two hayseeds, you know, playing around in an airplane in order to kill the Germans or whatever.

And that's, you know, American is apple pie.

And also deep family trauma, I guess.

He's also at the core of everything.

But it's just that he doesn't, he just kind of has the mind of a 14 year old boy and can't

really escape that.

So like, people are good or they're bad and there really is no in between.

Which is interesting because I was about 14 when this movie came out a little bit younger.

And it still sucked.

I remember watching it when it came out and I was so painfully bored.

I did identify with the opening scene of them hitting their abusive dad with a bit of wood and calling him a dirty German for some reason. That's right. Yeah. And then that's like, don't ever call me a German. I fought, I fought Germans in World War I. Yeah. Just

like, you're supposed to fictizing the shit out of your children with the stories of the trenches.

Right, right. But it's also like, okay, I'm supposed to feel bad for this guy now immediately.

Like, it's like, so much of this movie is like, what if we had like a full arc over the course of a movie, but we did it in three minutes?

And then they just did that for three hours with just this huge catch of character.

It's so screenwriting 101.

And like when you're doing screenwriting 101 writing, that's best for like a 90 minute, maybe hour 40 movie.

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