What’s Aged the Best?
Wall collage; too-old-for-this trope; Castle Rock; Washington; flawed cops; Secret Service cooperation; flirting; binoculars; assassination plan; disguises; archival footage; elevator; answering machine
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- The villain’s assassination wall collage is an aged-best choice; its apparent replacement by online conspiracy activity is debated.
- The familiar too-old-for-this warning is praised as an effective action-movie device.
- The 1990s Castle Rock run is praised.
- 1990s Washington locations are praised.
- The functional alcoholic cop with poor social skills is praised as a recognizable hero type.
- The Secret Service’s reported first full cooperation with a film is praised, with irony noted that the story centers on its greatest failure.
- Frank’s horny but self-aware flirtation with Lily is an aged-best choice.
- Tiny assassin binoculars are an aged-best choice.
- Mitch’s donation-based access plan is praised as carefully designed, while its lack of an escape plan is acknowledged.
- The homemade gun is raised as both impressive and frightening; the woodshop dedication is joked about.
- Mitch’s outfits, disguises and deliberate weight gain are praised.
- Young Eastwood footage incorporated into Kennedy material is praised as convincing.
- Frank’s quiet description of Dallas the night before the final assassination attempt is singled out as a strong scene.
- The Bonaventure elevator is praised as an iconic movie location, compared with elevators in The Silence of the Lambs, Die Hard and Dressed to Kill.
- The roommates’ theatrical outgoing answering-machine message is an aged-best choice, prompting memories of shared messages.
- Assassins making unnecessary trips to other cities is an enjoyed trope.
- Mitch’s Hunter S. Thompson-like travel disguise is praised.