# "The Brave One" Query (No Spoilers) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364 "2007-09-16T01:57:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/1 "2007-09-16T01:57:50Z")
The wife and I watched \*The Brave One \* yesterday. In the trailers for it, we saw a scene of Jodie Foster practicing at a firing range. Ebert also mentions this scene in his review. But it did not appear in the film we saw. I know they often make further cuts after they do the trailer, but obviously Ebert saw it in the finished product. But then again, I think he saw it at the Toronto Film Festival, so maybe they have a different version for general release? Or did they just do cut it out here in Thailand? There would be no reason for them to, but stranger things have happened here. Did anyone over there in the West see that scene? Similarly, we also saw \*1408 \* yesterday. In the trailers, John Cusack was explaining that he investigated haunted houses because of hoping to see his dead daughter again, or something like that. But that scene did not appear in the film. ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/2 "2007-09-16T17:02:57Z")
The use of scenes in trailers that do not appear in the film itself is very common. Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2007, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/3 "2007-09-16T18:09:21Z")
[QUOTE=Stranger On A Train] The use of scenes in trailers that do not appear in the film itself is very common. Stranger [/QUOTE] He mentions that in the OP. I haven’t seen it, so I can’t comment. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/4 "2007-09-17T04:12:59Z")
Right. The only thing that made me wonder was Ebert’s seeing it in the finished product. I suppose that just means what he saw at Toronto, where I think he viewed it, was not quite the finished product after all. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/5 "2007-09-17T05:03:21Z")
I just saw it today and no there were no scenes at a firing range. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/6 "2007-09-17T05:07:30Z")
I seem to recall at least a brief flash by of a firing range sequence. I did see it the movie. Tris ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/7 "2007-09-17T05:16:59Z")
I haven’t seen it, but it’s quite possible that they made some last-minute cuts after the critics’ screening. ---
**Author:** ![Equipoise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/equipoise/32/151_2.png) [@Equipoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Equipoise)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/8 "2007-09-17T05:17:11Z")
I saw it yesterday and I didn’t see a scene at a firing range. In fact, even though I hadn’t seen the trailer, I expected a scene at a firing range because she told the guy she bought the gun from that she would have to learn how to use it. He said “follow me” and I thought, what, is he taking her someplace where she can learn to use the gun? But no, he was just taking her to actually buy it. I thought it was a good movie. Not the best I’ve seen recently (probably 4th after Across The Universe, Eastern Promises and 3:10 to Yuma) but still good. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/9 "2007-09-18T03:29:08Z")
Thanks. I suspected that was the case, that it had been cut out by the studio, but you never know in Thailand. But it was clearly incuded when the film was shown at Toronto; I wonder why they felt it needed to be cut. ---
**Author:** ![zuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e9c0ed/32.png) [@zuma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zuma)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/10 "2007-09-18T04:01:02Z")
maybe they cut it because they made a point of commenting on how she missed 2 of the 3 shots in the convenience store, and later commented on how she was getting better at it after the subway scene. That wouldn’t make much sense if she’d been practicing at a firing range. ---
**Author:** ![Nimble\_Bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/779978/32.png) [@Nimble\_Bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nimble_Bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/11 "2007-09-18T14:41:57Z")
Loved the movie, for the screwed up reason that this is something I would love to do but won’t, cuz I’m a wuss. ---
**Author:** ![zagloba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/977dab/32.png) [@zagloba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zagloba)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2007, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/12 "2007-09-18T15:02:39Z")
After seeing him screw up plot and character details in is reviews time after time, I’ve concluded that Ebert can’t be relied on for accuracy on minor points. I wouldn’t be surprised if he conflated the movie and the trailer in his mind. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2007, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brave-one-query-no-spoilers/419364/13 "2007-09-19T03:30:14Z")
Regardless if you like or dislike Ebert, I think he would not have written that if he had not actually seen it. Plus the scene was in the trailer; we saw that ourselves, and we did not conflate it in our minds.