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CreativeRandom said:
SPOILER ALERT
What photograph Banquo? At the CIA headquarters? That was satellite imagery... but you should know that. Something tells me that I'm missing something big if I don't know what your talking about.
I only read about this, but I remember the scene. At the end, someone is clearing out their desk, and there is a picture on the desk (allegedly) of Clooney and (perhaps) Whiting shaking hands. Whiting was Christopher Plummer's character -- he was the very despicable top-dog lawyer. If these two were, in fact, doing business together it makes Clooney's past seem considerably more evil. Again, I haven't seen this movie in a while now, and certain parts and character motives are getting fuzzy (especially when combined with egg-nog
).
the behavior which motivates the lawyer is absolutely cool
Can you go more in-depth what you are talking about here?
The lawyer [Jefferey Wright, Holiday] is portrayed as so straight-laced, altrustic, and upstanding. He is the moral force, the force of truth trying to save the oil company and get to the bottom of any malfeasance. Suddenly, his alcoholic father is brought into the mix (from almost out of no where), totally contrasting the cool togetherness and wealth of everything around him. We also see how shitty Whiting treats him. Something in him snaps. He sees the good life that Chris Cooper is living and decides that he wants his share. At this point, he turns on his boss. This character is very identifiable, imo, for anyone who has worked for a despicable, overly-wealthy, boys club boss in their lifetime, while at the same time fighting real world family problems, like an alcoholic relative. And, fuck, I was almost rooting for him to get his revenge on those bastards. Anyone who has had to pull themselves up on their own, only to end up working with an elite who have had everything handed to them can't help but carry a certain amount of resentment.
I don't see what his father (how'd you know he was his father?) and the handshake had anything to do with this.
As stated, his character is the squeaky clean straigh-laced guy for much of the movie. Something changes in him. Something snaps. imo, the alcholic father is so out of place that it explains why the lawyer character suddenly veers off. the fact that Whiting would not shake his hand (in the restaurant) explains why he decided to turn on him.
I don't know where it is stated, expressly or impliedly, that the character is his father, but i think it's a safe assumption that he's a relative at least.
Why did Clooney sell those rockets in the beginning? He worked for the CIA at the time...
It was a set up to kill the person who bought them. Either the rockets or the car were rigged. It made the playboy MDMA user vulnerable to Clooney, who otherwise may not have been accessible. It's meant to show Clooney's loyalty to the Agency.
What was Clooney trying to do at the end? I don't really understand what his intention was - maybe save the Prince, but how did he find him and why was he shocked to see him if that was his reason?
I think this was purposefully left ambiguous. Most people seem to agree that he was trying to save the prince. Others have said that he was part of the plot to slow the motorcade down so that the assassination could take place. This take on it would parallel Clooney's story more closely to the suicide bomber boy (and was actually my first impression). Thinking back, most of the evidence seems to suggest that he didn't want to be a CIA pawn anymore and actually had motive to fuck up their assassination shceme.
And can someone remind me what Clooney's question was at the theater that we as the audience don't get to hear the other guy's answer to?
don't remember.
