I've read this whole thread and it's been...interesting, to say the least. I thought the scene was definitely effective in showing his abuse of power and how depraved he was, but it's actually surprising to me how many people on here say they're turned on by it.
Although it really could've been worse, he didn't even touch them or hit them or anything, but it was definitely disturbing to me, because since I've known some corrupt cops, it really isn't something that seemed that far out of the realm of possibility.
And yeah, I thought it was funny in a really sick way, not arousing, just funny in the way he kept repeating it to the girl and how degrading and humiliating it was...I tend to laugh at characters who are humiliated. Also Keitel just looked ridiculous as he was gettin off to it, that was quite funny as well.
"Bulls**t MR.Han Man!!"--Jim Kelly in Enter the Dragon
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abinoosh
12 years ago
Since I missed most of the scene, having ordered it from On Demand, my critique may not be worth much. BUT. These girls seemed like anything but naive teenagers out for a ride - they seemed like jaded semi-pros acting the part of naive teenagers out for a ride. Had they actually seemed innocent, the scene would have disturbed me. But as it was it looked like role-playing, even with the possibility that they knew the Keitel character and were playing along. 'You've been bad girls' - not very convincing to me as anything but psychodrama, and hearing about what came after makes me feel that way all the more.
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