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Woody

posted 13 years ago by PurpleGreen
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First of all, I would like to say that I loved this film. There are some things that I did not understand though. Combo obviously invited Milky as a trap, not necessarily to kill him, but to hurt him in one way, or the other. Why didn't he try to hurt Woody, because it seemed he was doing this because he was angry at the fact that the girl he loved, which was Woody's girlfriend turned him down. I would think he would take his anger out on her boyfriend, rather than his best friend.

The second thing is that I didn't think Woody would give up Shaun so easily. After Shaun decided to stay with Combo, I assumed Woody would pursuade him out of it later, or inform his mother, or something?

[–] jfymfporsiempre 13 years ago

The reason Combo didn't go after Woody, I think, is because he is an English nationalist, so Combo considered Woody to be his "brother" (as in white brother), despite their views. Remember, when we first meet Combo, Woody says he was his best 'mate' and never said a word about him before he got locked up. So despite their straining relationship, Combo didn't want to hurt him. Besides, it's not Woody's fault Lol (the girl) loved him and not Combo.

As for Woody and Shaun, I think he gave up on him so easily because it's very hard to persuade someone when they are brainwashed like Shaun was by Combo. Notice how Woody gave up easily on the other 2 skins who stayed with Combo (Pukey and Gadget), I guess he figured if that is how they want to be, he can't change their mind, so why waste his time trying?