I'm Taller---Speed (SPOILERS)

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Ugh.

I love this movie, but I still don't get this line. Does Jack mean now that he decapitated his foe, he is taller (by a head) than Dennis Hopper's character?

It just seems like if that’s where they were going with it, he would have said “But NOW I’m taller.” Meaning he’d be referencing the event that just happened (the decapitation). If he did mean “now I’m taller” it would make sense, but “I’m taller” implies that Howard may be smarter but Jack’s height was always the more advantageous characteristic, which is really a weird thing when it didn’t come into play until this scene…does it even come into play?

To put it another way, Howard Payne keeps saying “I’m smarter than you!” meaning he is referring to an intrinsic quality that always has been the case. Howard has always been smarter than Jack, and this is the latest example. But if Jack responds “I’m taller” he seems to imply that Jack’s height gave him the advantage in their most recent interaction. But if Jack was taller, and in Howard’s place, it would have been impossible for him to survive due to the low ceiling and incoming light.

I’m so confused. This has bothered me for a long time. I’ve had to do mental gymnastics to try and understand what the hell Jack is saying.

If we take out the corniness and awesomeness of this line, is there any sense to be made of this statement from a practical point of view?

Dave

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That’s exactly what he means. It’s not deep, it’s a post-death quip. Don’t read too much into it.

3

It’s a quip following on from Hopper going on about how he’s better than Reeves. I have no idea how you could’ve been confused by it.

4

I know this. But I’m not the only one who at one point has been confused about it. Check youtube comments here:

There are similarly befuddled people.
5

Well if Youtube commenters are confused, the end times are upon us.

6

But Keanu was always taller. :dubious:

7

Now that we’re here, could someone explain to me why the chicken was crossing the road in the first place? Why didn’t someone just pick it up and carry it across?

8

Shoot the chicken.