Why would Clarence go to Drexel's, a ruthless murderous pimp, to grab a bag of clothes, when he and Alabama literally could have moved out to LA and would have never heard from him again. There was nothing of importance he needed to go there for. Just a lazy excuse to put the drugs into their hands.
I guess it serves to show how weak this film's inciting incident is....
Clarence really goes to Drexel's to kill him - the clothes were just an excuse, and a bit of a symbolic thing. He went there, because Alabama told him that Drexel got rough with her friend. This sets Clarence off a bit, as he doesn't like the thought that his love worked for a scumbag like that (also, come on, you know that in extension, he had the predisposed anger toward Drexel, who was the guy pimping out the love of his life). There's never a point where you can say that Clarence is the most sane guy in the world - he wants to feel like he's protecting his love, and, like "Elvis" tells him, he can't live with Drexel running around in the same world as him. It would have made Clarence crazy. He mostly did it for himself. The added benefit? Alabama found it "so romantic".
The drugs were a further side benefit. But there was sound character-building reasoning, aside from the drugs, to have this occur. Surprised anyone could have missed this.
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Clarence and Alabama don't kill innocent people, but Drexl isn't innocent. He exploits women and is a cold blooded murderer. Clarence seemingly gave Drexl a choice by accepting the empty envelope, but Clarence had to know that Drexl wouldn't accept it, sparking a confrontation where he would kill Drexl.
yeah he definitely went there planning to kill Drexel.
shareBecause if he didn't go to Drexel's and grab the wrong bag, there would be no movie...
I'm straight up lovable, son.
Did you not see the scene right before? The scene where he and the mentor discuss how much they just want to kill the guy? Grabbing her stuff was just what he told Alabama so that she wouldnt worry.
I <3 Emily Blunt
Did you start watching the movie 15 minutes in?
They did a good job of explaining Clarence's character in context. He worked in a comic book store and his ideas of romance were influenced by pop culture. The "conversation" with Elvis just beat the point more over the head yet you still didn't get it.
I think your analysis is weak. But I'm sure you'll probably try to justify your point of view with some halfassed excuse that fits your uninformed critique.
your right, he worked in a comic book store and was a movie fanatic. So, he probably did someway see himself as serving justice.
shareIf he hadn't, the pimp would have come looking for him.
shareAs I'm sure numerous others have already said, Clarence was going there with every intention of killing Drexel, which then begs the question of why he would bother doing something so extreme instead of just leaving with Alabama as she suggested. The simple answer is that Clarence is a bit of a psycho & simply couldn't let it go because his imaginary friend 'Elvis' convinced him he should do it.
shareThe Elvis mentor that comes to Clarence in his mind said he should put Drexel down like a dog.
shareHe clearly is part psycho, or at least deranged by an overconsumption of pop culture, but Tony Scott’s reworked script doesn’t seem to delve into this and is happy to keep Clarence a hero, whereas Tarantino’s script sounds a lot more critical of Clarence, who ends up dead.
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