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Question about the Michael/Pete/Ernie scene?? spoilers

posted 19 years ago by fiatlux-1
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*spoilers*

In the scene where Pete says to Michael to beat up Ernie (the burglar), what was Pete trying to accomplish here??
When I first saw the film I thought he wanted to be able to arrest Michael and get him out of the way. But then when he beat on Ernie instead, I thought my idea was mistaken. Was he just trying to get on Michael's good side? Or was he going to arrest Michael?

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[–] NeoA4 19 years ago

He figured it was what Michael wanted to do cause he mentioned it earlier but he didnt mean it in a serious way.

[–] wlmmn 19 years ago

It was basically Pete's way of calling Michael's bluff. Here's this guy that beats on people every day as a police officer, but when he hears an upper-class businessman talking tough, Pete wanted to show who really "had the guts" to actually do it. I initially thought Pete was trying to set Michael up for an assault and battery charge, but when Pete starts at it with the burglar, the tone of the scene completely changes.

[–] insanehuseyin 19 years ago

what ever spin you put on it, this was a great scene with liotta at his crazy best

[–] Redux006 12 years ago

I agree, he was calling his bluff and making a challenge to his manhood. Shaming him for not getting revenge against the guy who held a knife to his wife's throat, then showing him HE was manly enough to do what was "right" for Karen. All part of the long slow cuckolding of Russell's character.

[–] wizzaroot 18 years ago

I think he wanted to size Michael up. See what he would be going up against when he started persuing the man's wife.

Plus he was coo coo.

[–] ebay1963 18 years ago

Ray Liotta's character is hot for Kurt Russell's character. Beating up the burglar is Pete's version of a box of chocolates, i.e. something he thinks the object of his affection will like. Keep in mind that Pete invites Michael to ride along with him and where do they end up? Lover's lane. Pete only starts terrorizing Michael's wife once Michael has rejected him. This film is all about homosexual subtext.

[–] WalkAwayRenee 17 years ago

Give it up ebay. Pete and Michael did not go to lovers lane on their ride along. They saw a domestic dispute and then there was the Ernie incident. Just because he tried to goad Michael into beating up Ernie doesn't mean he was trying to date him. You're as bad as Martin Lawrence in the movie Boomerang. He was convinced that the game of pool was about racism because it was green like the earth and "the white ball dominates everything." ;)

[–] wlmmn 17 years ago

Ray Liotta's character is hot for Kurt Russell's character. Beating up the burglar is Pete's version of a box of chocolates, i.e. something he thinks the object of his affection will like. Keep in mind that Pete invites Michael to ride along with him and where do they end up? Lover's lane. Pete only starts terrorizing Michael's wife once Michael has rejected him. This film is all about homosexual subtext.

Are you Matt Cale from ruthlessreviews? Anyone who's read his reviews would get that joke immediately.

Question about the Michael/Pete/Ernie scene?? *spoilers*

Question about the Michael/Pete/Ernie scene?? spoilers