I don't understand at the rnd when Matt Damons character is in the hallway with his groceries, a neighbor with her dog pulls it away and obviously wants to avoid and get away from him. Why does she act with disdain towards him. He is a hero cop who just took down Costello and his crew. What am I missing?
shareI also found that a bit out of place. I figured that everyone else realized he was a douche and his true colors were revealed to everyone and they were acting accordingly. I also found his reaction at the door a bit off.
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This.
I think she was just an uppity old lady in a nice apt building, and didn't want/like Damon to touch her dog.
Thanks for the response. I agree with you that they were trying to convey that, but how and why would the general public have any idea about the true colors or motivation of a cop?
shareI don't think it was a cop thing - just that in general he was a douche and they were able to see the real person he was. They might not have known anything about his past or job - just that he was a bad person - possibly through basic interaction in the apartment complex. I'm not basing this on anything - just a basic feeling when I saw the movie.
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OK. That seems right on the money. Thanks again for the response.
shareColin saw living in that location as a sign of status, but the snobs who live there will never really accept him (despite the realtor assuring him that "You move in, you're upper class by about Tuesday"). He did awful things to get ahead, but didn't get what he wanted, and is reminded of that failure before he dies.
From the script:
He nods to a
neighbor, an old lady coming down with her dog (who
incidentally will never accept him as a neighbor, and COLIN
briefly seems aware of this).
It's a class thing, she's upper crust old money and he is a cop(who definitely doesn't belong there).
shareI agree -- it was a class thing. People are focusing on the family and religion themes as they hit you over the heard, but there also was a very strong class subtext. The beginning narration focuses on the Southie working class Irish background of the main characters. Sullivan is in law school and at one point talks about leaving Boston. Costigan's character is stuck in between two worlds -- his mom is a wealthy North Shore resident while his dad is a baggage handler who lives in Southie. Digham (who seems to come also from that working class Irish background) constantly raises the class issue, calling Costigan "lace curtain" Irish and noting he probably had two different accents.
I think that brief scene was to show that Sullivan try as he might, never could quite get away from his background
I simply took it as when madolynmoved out after hearing the tape, she informed the neighbours with whom they were 'friendly' or at speaking terms to watch out for this guy. He's a dirty cop.
shareNo, I don't think she did that. I believe it was a class thing.
shareMy biggest question was why did Dignam not wait for him to at least close the apartment door after going to all the trouble of making himself clean for the murder? Seems to me that he took a huge risk with someone being in the hallway.
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I always felt the same way. Even if someone wasn't there at the time - they would come across the blood soaked hallway sooner or later and if sooner - he could have been caught. If he waited a few seconds - he could have made a clean shot - left and closed the door and nobody would be the wiser for at least a few hours if not days. But perhaps maybe he didn't want him to get his gun out. He probably would have liked for him to close the door but had to improvise. He could/should have hid in the bedroom but perhaps he showed up early or Dignam just got there and didn't have a chance to hide.
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Yep, that always bothered me too. Wahlberg made an otherwise perfectly righteous hit on Damon.... Even with a silencer and the surgical scrubs to avoid any blood or trace fiber evidence....but he pops him with the door open. Wait five seconds Mark....his hands were full of groceries anyway.
But still....nice hit
I think it's just to show that even though at in a professional capacity he was very respected for taking down Costello (no one knows he's a rat) in a personal capacity which is the only place the old lady would know him he's a bit of a prick. Also he is shown as a prick personally numerous times throughout the movie, I think this is just to emphasis this
shareI though you were referring to the symbolic rat that was walking on the guard rail in the very last scene
Thomas Gibson has been fired from Criminal minds now I won't watch CM, No Hotch no watch
M Answers to BOTH questions:
1. The elevator opened, they were on the 7th floor and the lady was in a hurry (she had been walking briskly towards the end of the hallway anyway) and she did NOT want to have to wait for the inevitable delay caused by Sullivan's petting would cause.
2. I agree, Dignam should have let Sullivan close the door BEFORE shooting.