If anyone has seen it, did you get the point of it, because I didn't??? I thought it was one of the weirdest most confusing movies I've ever watched. Most of you probably have no clue what the hell Redbelt even is, I have Netflix so I rent everything that's new.
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Really? I didn't think it was that hard to follow, maybe I need to give it another watch.
If Redbelt was confusing to you, then I suggest never watching any David Lynch film.
If Redbelt was confusing to you, then I suggest never watching any David Lynch film.
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That's funny, I just seen this movie yesterday and was trying to figure it out myself...
Correct me if i'm wrong, but my conclusion was that everyone around him set him up as a test to get the red belt... (???)
that's my guess.. I really don't know though, especially about the suicide cop and why the lawyer slapped him in that hallway at the end (affair?)
still wondering, hopefully someone can clear this up
Correct me if i'm wrong, but my conclusion was that everyone around him set him up as a test to get the red belt... (???)
that's my guess.. I really don't know though, especially about the suicide cop and why the lawyer slapped him in that hallway at the end (affair?)
still wondering, hopefully someone can clear this up
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I have the feeling your avatar is going to give me nightmares. More details tomorrow.
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This should answer all your questions/ criticisms
Have Your Redbelt Criticisms Refuted Here
"Bring 'em on. I'll start with the most common (clearly stupid) ones:
1) It was all a plot to make Mike earn the Redbelt
Stop being stupid. You can not have damn near 100 people orchestrate the same fantasy without paying them all. In THE GAME, which was kinda stupid really, everyone was getting paid. No one had a financial interest in tricking Mike Terry into "earning" the redbelt.
2) People would not go so far to get Mike to fight.
No one cared if Mike fought on the undercard or not. They just offered it to him to shut him up. The con had nothing to do with Mike fighting. Wake up. They were just trying to buy him off so he'd shut up.
3) Fight fans would not enjoy such an unfair arrangement (black/white stone).
No *beep* The promoters were complaining that there are not enough fight fans. They wanted to use this GIMMICK to get poeple who don't care about fighting to watch... This was clear in Jerry Weiss's early comment "we could make it like a reality show"... who watches reality shows? Not sports fans - the masses! They wanted to appeal to the masses, not the fans of the sport. They don't give a *beep* about the fans - more than part of Mike Terry's beef with the whole arrangement.
4) The bullet.
No *beep* way they could have the bullet shell. It was a bluff. The lawyer realised this, so she said "we'll go straight to court." She would not be stupid enough to try a bluff if she didn't know she was being bluffed. Too bad for the bluffers, except that the cop wasn't in on the bluff, fell for it, and offed himself... oops... now Mike is pissed... "gonna blow it wide open."
5) The Emperor's Belt/Red Belt
G'damn. These are the best fighters in the world. You're all MMA/jiujitsu fans, but you can't recognise the difference between a fight over money/a girl and a fight over the honor of the sport? Well, guess what, the best of the best of course can. They knew, in a heartbeat, what Mike Terry was fighting for, after seeing him fighting one of the word's best fighters after having his name taken off the undercard. These are true martial artists, FFS... they know it when they see a real fight, opposed to competition ("competition weakens the fighter").
6) The con was too elaborate
It wasn't elaborate. You are mistaking happenstance for planned events. Jerry Weiss was just WISE enough to use those events to his advantage when the situation arose. He didn't plan for Mike to know he'd given him a stolen watch. He didn't plan for the lawyer to stupidly let off a gun in the jiu jitsu school. He just took advantage of these facts to steal Mike's black/white stone idea. he convinced you dumbasses that he planned it all from the beginning of the movie because his name is Mr. WISE and yours is Mr. STUPID."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1012804/board/flat/112223239?p=1
Have Your Redbelt Criticisms Refuted Here
"Bring 'em on. I'll start with the most common (clearly stupid) ones:
1) It was all a plot to make Mike earn the Redbelt
Stop being stupid. You can not have damn near 100 people orchestrate the same fantasy without paying them all. In THE GAME, which was kinda stupid really, everyone was getting paid. No one had a financial interest in tricking Mike Terry into "earning" the redbelt.
2) People would not go so far to get Mike to fight.
No one cared if Mike fought on the undercard or not. They just offered it to him to shut him up. The con had nothing to do with Mike fighting. Wake up. They were just trying to buy him off so he'd shut up.
3) Fight fans would not enjoy such an unfair arrangement (black/white stone).
No *beep* The promoters were complaining that there are not enough fight fans. They wanted to use this GIMMICK to get poeple who don't care about fighting to watch... This was clear in Jerry Weiss's early comment "we could make it like a reality show"... who watches reality shows? Not sports fans - the masses! They wanted to appeal to the masses, not the fans of the sport. They don't give a *beep* about the fans - more than part of Mike Terry's beef with the whole arrangement.
4) The bullet.
No *beep* way they could have the bullet shell. It was a bluff. The lawyer realised this, so she said "we'll go straight to court." She would not be stupid enough to try a bluff if she didn't know she was being bluffed. Too bad for the bluffers, except that the cop wasn't in on the bluff, fell for it, and offed himself... oops... now Mike is pissed... "gonna blow it wide open."
5) The Emperor's Belt/Red Belt
G'damn. These are the best fighters in the world. You're all MMA/jiujitsu fans, but you can't recognise the difference between a fight over money/a girl and a fight over the honor of the sport? Well, guess what, the best of the best of course can. They knew, in a heartbeat, what Mike Terry was fighting for, after seeing him fighting one of the word's best fighters after having his name taken off the undercard. These are true martial artists, FFS... they know it when they see a real fight, opposed to competition ("competition weakens the fighter").
6) The con was too elaborate
It wasn't elaborate. You are mistaking happenstance for planned events. Jerry Weiss was just WISE enough to use those events to his advantage when the situation arose. He didn't plan for Mike to know he'd given him a stolen watch. He didn't plan for the lawyer to stupidly let off a gun in the jiu jitsu school. He just took advantage of these facts to steal Mike's black/white stone idea. he convinced you dumbasses that he planned it all from the beginning of the movie because his name is Mr. WISE and yours is Mr. STUPID."
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1012804/board/flat/112223239?p=1