For the first time ever, I saw the film 'Falling Down' last night. I've always heard that it was a classic, but never got round to hiring it on DVD or whatever. Now we have digital TV mainstream in the UK we can get all those 'other' channels, and it was on.

To be honest I didn't know what to expect, and I'm not much of a film fan anyhow, so the odds were kind of stacked against it from the start. But I was pleasantly surprised, and felt the frustration of D-Fens throughout the film. I think it helped because I could identify with the character somewhat.

I also haven't seen many Michael Douglas films as they generally don't seem like they would appeal to me, but I thought he was good in this role. So yeah, a classic piece of early '90s film-making, and now one of my favorites.

I love this film. I love how it points out how utterly stupid a bunch of rules can be, and also how you can view Douglas as either the bad guy or the good guy or neither, and his realization at the end is priceless.



A couple of funny stories regarding this movie:

1) I saw it in the theatre and afterwards, I realized I had to go the bathroom really really bad. So I went to the diner next to the theatre and asked if I could use their restroom. They said I had to buy something. So I took a pack of gum from their stand and offered to buy it. They said I had to be seated and buy something off the menu. I told them, "Look, I just saw 'Falling Down', this is NOT what you want to be doing to me!" Well, they still wouldn't let me and admittedly I exercised restraint and had to find someplace else to go. I just couldn't beleive it was happening right after seeing the movie--another example of a silly rule.

2) I'm in LA visiting a friend of mine. We go to this surplus store and I'm walking around shopping but I have deja vu, "I've seen this place before." though I've never been there. Then it dawned on me: it was the surplus store from "Falling Down." So I asked the cashier if it was, and he said yes. And sure enough above the register there is an autographed pic of Michael Douglas and the neo Nazi guy. I looked around and recognized the surroundings where the two dudes pull down the sunglass stand, where the changing room was, even where they combat boots were were the same. I took some pictures from the moviegoer point of view for posterity, heh.

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Cool story, bones.

Do you still have the pics bones? Would love to see them!

I fell down once.

Everytime I see a Mc Donalds ad