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One thing I didn’t like about Rust was how it leaned so heavily on familiar Western clichés without offering anything new—predictable plot, flat characters, and a climax that felt more drawn out than dramatic. Visually it was impressive, sure, but the storytelling just didn’t deliver any real emotional punch. Did the movie work for you?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

The film’s elder protagonist, Harland Rust—played by Alec Baldwin—is introduced as an aging outlaw seeking redemption and reconciliation with his past

Huh, good luck with that.

However, the execution falls short

I think we can agree to disagree here.

The climax—a gunfight finale—strikes a discordant tone

I can see this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Problem with this movie is when I see it in my feed I think its about the programming language.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I think the filmmakers would be delighted that its the programming language you think of when you hear the movie and not the whole.....thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 hours ago

well, that, and there's no way this is memory safe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 hours ago

thought it was the game

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

The part I didn't like was when that guy killed someone, blamed an inanimate object, and then got away with it.

Sure must be nice to be rich enough the law doesn't apply to you.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

why were there live rounds on set anyway?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Fair question, but the point remains. If you accidentally cause a person's death, that's manslaughter.

Furthermore, if there is enough evidence to convict one person, how isn't there enough proof to convict the person that aimed and pulled the trigger?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 hours ago

Sure must be nice to be rich enough the law doesn't apply to you.

I don’t disagree, but also add in powerful friends, a good defense team and incompetent prosecutors as evidence were withheld Source - https://www.nytimes.com/article/alec-baldwin-rust-trial-involuntary-manslaughter.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Hey, it's not the actor's fault! Blame the producers who cut corners on the crew and disregarded safety regulations.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

https://images.app.goo.gl/WFhQfmZko2zx3kjZ9

It's 100% the actors fault, if you follow basic firearm safety, that would have never happened.

It's by definition, manslaughter. And if there was enough of a case to put the armourer in jail, there's enough of a case to put Alec Baldwin in jail too.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 hours ago

You're being downvoted because the actor, Alec Baldwin, is also the producer, Alec Baldwin.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 hours ago

Agreed. Don't play with guns unless you are going to take it seriously.