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Mr. Orange's fatal flaw (spoiler alert)

posted 3 years ago by ccr1633 (1524)
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He wasn't dumb, but incredibly naïve. At the end he could've apologized to Mr. White for being a cop after their arrest and just before his imminent ambulance ride. Instead, he trusted enough in their friendship to think Mr. White wouldn't kill him for the betrayal. Stupid naiveté. (Tarantino did establish Orange's naiveté at various points earlier in the film, and Orange was delirious from blood loss, so I don't consider it a flaw in the film.)

[–] Stratego (30578) 3 years ago

Nothing to do with being naive. He knew he was dying (after being shot AGAIN), but thought that coming clean was the honorable thing to do. Especially after Mr. White took a bullet for him.

[–] Heisenberg (6730) 3 years ago

True.
And at that point it looked like he wanted to come clean and be put out of his misery.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 2 years ago

If you don’t understand why Orange told White the truth then you don’t understand the movie.

[–] ccr1633 (1524) 2 years ago

If you don’t understand why Orange told White the truth then you don’t understand the movie.

That's a deep fake.

[–] MovieChatUser497 (18943) 2 years ago

Actually it’s not. Watch the film again and pay attention this time and you’ll understand.

[–] Callahan7 (1166) 7 months ago

It has been a while since I saw this film.

Understand what?

[–] moviechatterer (15787) 6 months ago

presumably what Stratego said