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Just shoot him...

posted 20 years ago by chet19
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How many times was Jack supposed to leave the castle, or get asked to leave, or get escorted out etc etc etc???. Ther musta been 7 or 8 scenes where he was about to leave, and then he kept coming back anyway. Leave already !

[–] pocca 19 years ago

Heh, I was thinking the same thing. All things considered, Boris was actually quite patient with Jack in those scenes.

[–] Guitar_Hurricane83 18 years ago

I think the reasoning for this was that the Baron wanted to give Andre the respect he deserved as an officer, as he mentions in one of the scenes to Stefan.

[–] kaysild 11 years ago

Seriously! I would've been like get the F out of my castle or ill throw you in my dungeon! Wtf who the hell did he think he was! However I guess he was Eric so technically he did take over that barons entire identity, but jack didnt know that! I just tht it crazy soldier or not that he just barged in and made demands like that!

[–] matt-96 18 years ago

I think the reason is - since this is a Roger Corman film - there had to be a lot of filler. Filler is required when there is soooo little story to work with. Therfore, in the Roger Corman world, walking back and forth qualifies as "action". Better yet, being asked to leave and then returning would count as "thrilling action". I love Roger Corman. Don't you?

[–] Papa_Legpa 18 years ago

Yeah, exactly. Me and my friend got really bored watching this movie and started fast forwarding through all the walking back and forth scenes. It felt like it was 3 hours long...

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