No, that’s not it. It’s saying, “Concerto for a rainy day.” Thought I was the only schmuck on the planet who didn’t get it.
It’s always a safe bet that I’m a fellow schmuck, regardless of the topic.
I’d have to go back and listen to “Out of the Blue” again, but I seem to recall that Jeff Lynne vocodered the song titles in the intros to several songs on the album.
In Deadpool 2, during the climactic fight at the orphanage, when things look bleakest for our heroes, there’s some very dramatic background music being sung by a choir. I’ll have to pay more attention next time to be sure, but I think they’re singing some variation of “holy shitballs!”
I very much need to listen to that. Did you know that you can sing “Holy Shitballs” to the tune of the Halleluiah Chorus? “Sacramento” also works, but I don’t want to hear that nearly as much.
That omits the most important turning point for the two - the death of Jackman’s wife in a stage trick where we are never quite sure if Bale’s character caused it by using the wrong knot. Until that point, they were friends and did trust one another. It’s only after that when Jackman blames Bale and the feud begins.
This is one point that confuses me. If, as Nolan asserts (I think), this is meant to be unclear, WTF? And if it’s not meant to be unclear, then why isn’t it clearer?
Because it rests on the real secret trick through the plot. In fact, if you want some great foreshadowing, then just consider the part when Jackman gets ahold of Bale’s journal. Bale intended Jackman to get the notebook, so doesn’t actually reveal the secret of the trick. Except if you listen carefully,
Bale outright states that he argued with himself over if he tied the right knot, but can’t decide.
The audience is left puzzled as to what that means until we get to the end of the film and the secret is revealed.
Another reason Nolan left it ambiguous is because of we know whether he tied the right knot or not, we feel inclined to judge if he deserves Jackman’s enmity or not. Nolan’s point is that both are guilty of wronging the other, that there’s no one to blame over the other. Neither is more guilty.
I didn’t notice it in the orphanage, but one of the songs playing over the credits absolutely definitely features the lyric “Holy Shitballs”.
That’s just happenstance. Yes, there wouldn’t have been a movie. But they did unearth the maproom first, so there.
There are two major elements. First is the grudge between the two main characters, born out of a fatal accident involving Jackman’s wife, where Bale is the one that ties her knot. Thus, Jackman blames Bale thereafter.
Second is The Trick - The Transported Man. Or rather the competition to be the better magician, with The Trick as the one element that Bale has over Jackman. Jackman is better at wooing crowds, better at showmanship, but Bale has one trick that is too good. Thus Jackman is obsessed with learning the trick, to then be able to perform it better.
All of the “who actually loves who versus who is faking it” is all embedded in the secret. Know the secret of the plot, you should be able to then discern all the love/not love business.
Is Jackman correct in blaming Bale? Or doesn’t that matter?
Except that at the very end, Bale pulls back from the abyss - he tries to rescue Jackman when he sees him fall into the tank, and he tries to trade the trick for his daughter. He realizes that there are more important things than the trick, or revenge. That’s why Bale lives, sort of, and Jackman doesn’t.
Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin
It took me a while before I realized that “love” was just a code word for “penis”.
It should have been obvious:
A-way down inside
A-honey you need it
I’m gonna give you my love
I’m gonna give you my love
But it didn’t really hit me until on one listen I realized the lyrics were:
I’m gonna give ya every inch of my love
Then I smacked my forehead. Duh.
They do reprise of song, that help.
Yes, but the characters are looking for the headpiece as if it’s a foregone conclusion that the map room will be discovered first.
I suppose it’s possible that the map room was discovered first, then the Nazis sent the telegram to obtain the headpiece, etc.
That’s my take. They find the map room, realize they need that headpiece, and set out to get it. That’s why Indy arrives in Timbuktu (it is Nepal, right?) just in the nick of time.
Isn’t that what the “top men” are explaining to Indy to get him to take the job? Something about Tunis and a staff.
For Nolan, it doesn’t matter. He’s not telling a tale of justice in that way, just revenge. He doesn’t want the audience to feel righteous about Jackman’s acts. Like I said, if you know for sure, then you can assign blame. If you don’t, then Jackman might be in the wrong, pursuing a vendetta when it was a pure accident.
And even Bale’s character did tie the wrong knot, is vendetta proper?
And that highlights the tragedy for Bale’s characters - who deserves to die, and who is it that lives?
But ultimately, it’s Jackman who destroys himself. [Snerk]
They tell Indy that they intercepted a communique from Cairo to Berlin; “Tanis development proceeding. Acquire headpiece, Staff of Ra, Abner Ravenwood, US.” Then Indy explains that Tanis is one possible resting place of the Lost Ark, the staff, the map room, etc.
It’s not said if the Map Room has already been discovered, nor how the Nazis knew about the staff and headpiece, or how they knew that Abner had it. Next time I watch it, I’ll see there’s anything in the dialog between Indy and Sallah that gives a hint about when the Map Room was unearthed.
Would you believe it was just on the Paramount channel earlier? Sallah tells Indy that they had found the map room and used their version of the Staff of Ra while they were at the translator’s home.
Well I only realised last week that Tennyson’s “Light Brigade” is a descriptor of the capabilities and not the name of a fighting force