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The Last Spin

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This story written by Evan Hunter tells about two guys from opposite clubs, sent to a different kind of a duel. Their intension is to play a game called russian roulette to settle a controversy between the clubs. The game is played by putting one cartridge into a revolver, spinning the cylinder and pulling the trigger beside your temple. So basically the game is about the players luck whether he shoots himself or the bullet isn’t in the top chamber of the cylinder. These two players, Danny and Tigo aren’t familiar with eachother from the past. But they start to talk about their lives and how their club membership has affected to them.

At the beginning of their battle they have a short and nervous conversation. A little chit-chat to lighten their mood. Danny seems to be more nervous and wants to get over with the thing while Tigo keeps talking, which indicates that he is a bit scared of the situation. It is pretty ironic when Danny is going to take the first shot but he is afraid to close his eyes on the moment when he should be more scared of the consequinces that might occur from pulling the trigger. As the game goes on they start to add more bullets to the revolver to increase the odds of to end the insane roulette. The more Danny and Tigo tells about themselves the harder it is for them to continue the roulette.The players also have this one problem in common that helps the story to move on although the true problem behind their words can be seen in the end of the story. Their problem in the beginning was that they didn’t volunteer to straighten out the disagreements between the clubs. And in the end the problem seems to be that they don’t want to be members of a club that isn’t so well received in the community.

In the end Danny and Tigo agrees that they are friends from now on. And Danny asks if they could meet on a known lake with their companions. It would have been awkward if Danny would have asked this before they agreed to be friends after this incident. The very end of the story is very tragic because when Danny is supposed to pull the trigger for the last time before they quit this nonsense they’ve been doing. Unfortunately lady luck isn’t protecting him anymore and Tigo is left in the cold basement crying alone.

The colloquial language in the story is revealed in few lines such as: ”Your old lady born here or the old country?” which is commonly used in unofficial conversations. In counclusion I found this story very interesting, it had such characters to indentify with which made it very nice to read. It is such a shame that the story is so short because I could have been able and interested to read longer story similiar to this.

 

 

 

The Naked gun 33 1/3

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The Naked gun 33 1/3 (released 1994) is the final movie of The Naked gun series. It was directed by Peter Segal. The movie is an exhilarating comedy which contains lots of humour in all forms. Leslie Nielsen as officer Frank Drebin has retired from the forces just when he is most needed. A rumour is spreading that a terrorist act will occur in the near future, but no one knows for certain who is going to perform it and where.There are quite few special effects in this movie but it is also good because this movie doesn’t require much special effects.

The movie starts off with a short and humorous intro which is typical for The Naked gun movies. The plot of the movie was pretty simple but not in a boring way. First Frank retires from the police forces, but keeps investigating this one case. His wife Jane finds out that he haven’t quit his job which enrages her and causes her to move out of the town. After his wife gone Frank is sent to infiltrate a prison, because the rumour tells that the terrorist attack will be controlled from prison. In prison Frank ends up to the same cell as Rocco Dillon the mastermind behind the terrorist’s plan. After gaining the trust of this crook Frank escapes from the prison with him. Rocco’s mother is also involved in their scheme and she transports Frank and Rocco to their hideout. When they’re in Rocco’s hideout Frank finds out that the target of the terrorist act is the academy awards ceremony. In the meantime after ”a slight misunderstanding” Jane realizes that she was wrong and rushes to find Frank. When Jane finally finds Frank she is captured and forced to be involved in the scheme. Their plan is to blow the ceremony up with a bomb hidden to the anvalope of the greatest film award. Once the bomb is pulled form the anvalope it will detonate. Frank turns the ceremony into one big chaos but manages to get the anvalope without detonating it. The movie ends to a scene where Jane gives birth to their first-born.

Leslie Nielsen as Frank Drebin, the main character. Nielsen suits to his role perfectly. A little absent-minded but a decent police officer who tries his best to fight against crime even when he is retired. His age however remains a mystery in this movie.

Priscilla Presley as Jane Drebin, who is Franks wife. She would want to have a baby with Frank but he isn’t so excited about this idea.

George Kennedy as Ed Hockey, Franks good old friend from the police department. He was devastated when Frank had to retire.

O.J.Simpson as officer Nordberg, also Franks good friend from the police department. A rather silly character.

Fred Ward as Rocco Dillon, the bad guy of the movie. A somewhat skilled bomber who works for Papshmir.

There are also very hilarious parables e.g. ”I had to stand on my toes, like a midget on a urinal.” which of course meant that he had to be very careful. In my opinion it is delightful to watch the movie over and over again because of the little things you might and will not notice on the first time you watch it. All in all it was also very easy to follow beacause of the relaxed and smooth tempo of events in the movie. I would recommend this movie to anyone who has anykind sense of humour. References to other movies can also be seen for example:The scene where Jane and her men-hater friend leaves the town is referated from a movie.