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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Foster, naturally. Ignoring how much of a positive response he had from the audience, the question seems to be how much sympathy he deserves. Even accepting that he's a bad person, is he an abusive misogynist who was plotting to kill his wife and daughter, or an Everyman who was pushed too far?
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Foster, naturally. Ignoring how much of a positive response he had from the audience, the question seems to be how much sympathy he deserves. Even accepting that he's a bad person, is he an abusive misogynist who was plotting to kill his wife and daughter, or an Everyman who was pushed too far? Both?
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** Following all that, him [[DisproportionateRetribution smirking at a dying old man for attempting to hit him with a golf ball]] was just plain sadistic and definitely showed he was starting to lose it.
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** Following all that, him [[DisproportionateRetribution smirking at a dying old man for attempting to hit him with a golf ball]] was just plain sadistic and definitely showed he was starting to lose it. Though, to be fair, the old golfer was such an arrogant prick that it's hard to have much sympathy for him as he dies of a heart attack.
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** Did Prendergast's daughter really die from SIDS? Or did his wife (established as mentally ill) have something to do with it? She seems extremely jealous of his attention and he notes that the girl should have been too old for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. It could have been a case of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, which would make the situation even more tragic.
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** Did Prendergast's daughter really die from SIDS? Or did his wife (established as mentally ill) have something to do with it? She seems extremely jealous of his attention attention, according to Prendergast she never wanted children, and he notes that furthermore, the girl should have been too old for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. It could have been a case of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, which would make the situation even more tragic.
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** Did Pendergast's daughter really die from SIDS? Or did his wife (established as mentally ill) have something to do with it? She seems extremely jealous of his attention and he notes that the girl should have been too old for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. It could have been a case of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, which would make the situation even more tragic.
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** Did Pendergast's Prendergast's daughter really die from SIDS? Or did his wife (established as mentally ill) have something to do with it? She seems extremely jealous of his attention and he notes that the girl should have been too old for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. It could have been a case of Munchausen Syndrome by proxy, which would make the situation even more tragic.
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** Foster's rampage is driven, in part, by his inability to find work. With rising economic inequality a major issue, many people sympathize with Foster's frustrations, if not his motivations.
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** Foster's rampage is driven, in part, by his inability to find work.work and being discarded despite having been a loyal employee. With rising economic inequality a major issue, many people sympathize with Foster's frustrations, if not his motivations.
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** There is a fanbase for this movie who think that Foster's actions were justified, including his abuse of his family, and believe that was the point of the film. Apparently, they missed the revelation "I'm the bad guy?" Disturbingly, [[http://www.ibtimes.com/craig-stephen-hicks-chapel-hill-death-penalty-hearing-man-court-over-triple-murder-1870412 one real-life mass shooter cited this film as an inspiration]].
** There is a fanbase for this movie who think that Foster's actions were justified, including his abuse of his family, and believe that was the point of the film. Apparently, they missed the revelation "I'm the bad guy?" Disturbingly, [[http://www.ibtimes.com/craig-stephen-hicks-chapel-hill-death-penalty-hearing-man-court-over-triple-murder-1870412 one real-life mass shooter cited this film as an inspiration]].
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* MisaimedFandom:
**MisaimedFandom: There is a fanbase for this movie who think that Foster's actions were justified, including his abuse of his family, and believe that was the point of the film. Apparently, they missed the revelation "I'm the bad guy?" that Foster has towards the climax of the movie, which is meant to be a HeelRealization that he really was the bad guy the whole time. If that wasn't enough, it's followed by Sergeant Prendergast being DisappointedByTheMotive and [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse calling Foster out on his bullshit, saying that he had no right to do what he did]]. The point of the movie, therefore, is that Foster (and people like him) are psychopaths who only care about themselves, and that such violent impulses that result in mass murder can never be justified. Disturbingly, [[http://www.ibtimes.com/craig-stephen-hicks-chapel-hill-death-penalty-hearing-man-court-over-triple-murder-1870412 one real-life mass shooter cited this film as an inspiration]].
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji94tMVjNm8 From this YouTube video]]: "If you started poking around in the system, if you start calling bullshit, if you started asking why your goods are more expensive, or your cities are more dangerous, or your lives are less stable, then you are [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope putting yourself on a slippery slope]] that will turn you into a psychopath ready to {{murder sui|cide}} his entre family."
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* InformedWrongness: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ji94tMVjNm8 This YouTube video]] posits that the film was written in such a way to undermine Foster's complaints about the capitalistic society that disposed of him, and [[JerkassBall pushes him down the path]] [[SanitySlippage of insanity]], with his slippage coming across as forced. See AccidentalAesop for more.
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The Last Straw is for stuff breaking down.
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** When [[spoiler:the neo-Nazi smashes the snow globe Foster was bringing his daughter]], it seems to be TheLastStraw. [[spoiler:He shoots the Nazi to death, but also seems to take a shot at his own reflection, a pointed move.]] The following phone call to his wife is much darker and threatening than previous calls, and with [[spoiler:the snow globe gone]], Foster only has dark reasons for returning home now. In this phone call too, he uses an analogy for having reached the point of no return.
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** When [[spoiler:the neo-Nazi smashes the snow globe Foster was bringing his daughter]], it seems to be TheLastStraw.the breaking point. [[spoiler:He shoots the Nazi to death, but also seems to take a shot at his own reflection, a pointed move.]] The following phone call to his wife is much darker and threatening than previous calls, and with [[spoiler:the snow globe gone]], Foster only has dark reasons for returning home now. In this phone call too, he uses an analogy for having reached the point of no return.
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* SpecialEffectFailure: The butterfly knife Foster uses to stab the neo-Nazi guy has skeletonized (i.e. partially see-through) grips, but the camera lingers in closeup on the stunt knife the actor removes from his shoulder long enough to show that it's obviously a single piece handle mocked up to superficially resemble the real weapon.
