Posted on 08/12/2024 2:12:43 PM PDT by grundle
Sonny Corleone at the fatal toll booth, in “Godfather”, boxed-in by other cars.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG10q77PPSA
The producers that used those poor excuse of actors should have egg (or worse) on their face. It was an amateur performance.
The painting, “The Feast of the Gods” (French: Le Festin des dieux) was by Dutch painter Jan van Bijlert, created around 1635–1640. It is in the Musée Magnin in Dijon, France. The players were to represent that painting in honor of the ancient Greeks who held the first games in Olympia, Greece, from 776 BC through 393 AD.
The painting represents a banquet taking place on Mount Olympus. The opening events was a celebration. The painting depicted a celebration. It showed the marriage of Thetis, a nereid, and Peleus, king of Phthia, with the participation of many gods from Greco-Roman mythology at the feast. In the centre, Apollo is crowned and holds a lyre. In the left part we can recognize Minerva, Diana, Mars, Venus, and Love and, behind, Flora, the goddess of spring. On the right are Hercules and Neptune, as well as Eris, recognizable by the golden apple of discord that she brought as revenge for not having been invited. In the foreground are a dancing satyr and Bacchus, eating a bunch of grapes.
However the feeble attempt at dramatizing the celebration of the Paris Olympics, meant for the gods, did not work. Each god did not have the unmistakable depiction of who they were. Apollo does not hold a lyre. You could not recognize Hercules or Neptune with his trident. Those details would deserve much criticism.
Customary tribe of mutants
I thought it might have been “Godfather,” but wasn’t sure. Thanks.
I hope the opening ceremony of the 2028 Olympics in L.A. does a better job at celebrating the universal values of the games. The symbolism of the Paris opening was too abstract and esoteric. It left a air of snobbishness.
What a scene! I’d forgotten that.
I like the way Sonny can still scream with 103 holes in him.
LOL!
I’m amazed that with all that lead passing thru him, there’s still enough body left for him to get out of the car and bounce around for another 150 rounds’ damage.
I moved out 2+ years ago, to a rural town surrounded by other rural towns. It's been positive on many levels.
Oh my, thank you for the clarification/ I’m too literal sometimes, lol! However, the one person I saw really well, was a tall, Asian-looking young man. Couldn’t make out the race of the guy using the car as a trampoline.
Don't expect rationality from teenage thugs gathered in numbers.
Their actions now do not necessarily have any relationship to what they will be doing in 30 seconds.
These youngsters were in Lord of the Flies mode.
Yutes
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