Luckily I didn't get as far as I did
with Monty Python and the Holy
Grail when I decided (was told) to watch Boondock
Saints.
Since the beginning of this school
year, a friend of mine, Finley, has been telling me to watch what he
call the greatest movie ever, Boondock Saints. I immediately
thought of The Last of the Mohicans (which I, as you can
guess, haven't seen and therefore know zilch about). Something in my
mind morphed the two and I didn't realize that they were different
movies until this unfortunate conversation (paraphrased for
convenience):
Finley: Have you seen Boondock
Saints?
Me: No, but I know it's like, the best
movie. My family owns it and I have the soundtrack on my mp3 player.
Kendall: What's it about?
Finley: Two Irish badasses killing
people and some cop trying to-
It was about this time that I realized
that I had my movies completely mixed up, but just kept my mouth shut
and nodded my head.
A little while later I watched the
movie with Kendall and realized just how wrong I was. While The
Last of the Mohicans is about white Indian, Nathaniel Hawkeye
(Daniel Day-Lewis), during the French and Indian War in America,
Boondock Saints follows Irish twins, Connor and Murphy
McManus, as they turn into vigilantes and try to rid their city of
crime. They're followed by the closeted, bat-shit crazy FBI agent,
Smecker, as he recreates their crimes in his head in attempt to catch
them.
One of the best parts in this movie
(along with when the cat is shot. Sorry, PETA) is the tense changes.
At points, Smecker would walk in on a crime scene, then explain what
had happened as the brothers are shown committing it.
As you can see, this movie is only
slightly different than TLotM. But either way, it was pretty
awesome and I'm not likely to get it mixed up with a French and
Indian War movie again. Probably.
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