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Old 04-25-2003, 11:07 PM
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Better Luck Tomorrow (probably has spoilers)

Wow, just saw the movie tonight. I thought it was really excellent (acting was incredible, felt like a documentary without the bad camera feel, characters are engaging) but there was probably some deep stuff in there that I missed the first time around. Feel free to post any other questions. But now, for the spoiler questions:

SPOILER:

1. Why/what is the significance of Stephanie driving a new car at the end?
2. Why did Ben beat Steve with a baseball bat? Could it really have just been over Stephanie?
3. Are their names at all signifcant? I mean Vergil is a pretty uncommon name, but I did not get the allusion to the Roman (if it exists).
4. Was the whole basketball-shooting thing symbolic of anything?

I don't know, might be overanalyzing it, but any answers to the questions would be appreciated.


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