Crack of Doom

A film I identified as anticlimactic, was The Lord of the Rings: The Return of The King.

Not all of the film is anticlimactic, it is actually a very creative film about animaginative subject, and characters. Incredibly, almost at the and of the film, when one waits for a huge climax to occur, it is actually somewhat disappointing.

This moment is when Frodo is at the Crack of Doom, when he succumbs to the ring's power. Gollum appears, and fights with Frodo, biting one of his fingers off. After the whole journey, the entire movie basically protecting and carrying the Ring, and Gollum and Smeagull's treachery, The ring falls with Gollum into a pool of burning lava.

One would have expected Gollum suffering a poetic death, and the ring gone into good hands. But instead it all vanishes in a second, disappointing the anxious audience.

Clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh7e9aWVfJk

Joint Farce (DeFransico, Escobar, Pinski)

Saturday afternoon:

Dr. Skyler Pinski just got back to the city from one of his various business trips. But to his surprise, his favorite car, a 1969 MG is not working. He decides to take his car to the best auto shop in town.

When he gets his car singed in to the shop, he sees a very familiar face, though he is not sure it could who he thinks he is.

Dr.Pinski realized it was Ziggy Martini, his best friend in high school and college. It had been 20 years.

After Martini fixed his car, they decided to go out on a double date with gorgeous models, acquaintances of Pinski. They wanted to celebrate their reencounter. They went to the Waterfront, to the fanciest Bar in town, called “Biscayne X”. After they had a few drinks, danced, and enjoyed their evening with the models, they went out to walk by the piers, admiring the night sea view and the majestic yachts. But suddenly three men, with Uzi machine guns and bats, all dressed in black, with black masks cut us short from our walk. They took the girls, tied them up and gave them Chloral Hydrate to make them faint. They took Pinski and Martini into one of the boats, and beat them with the clubs they had. After a while Pinski caved in because of such severe pain, and gave them what they wanted, 20,000 dollars transferred directly to their bank account in Switzerland. After he did this, they beat them again, this time in the head. Both friends blacked out and fell to the floor.

But…

Martini was not quite unconscious when the apparent leader of the attackers took of his mask. It was a woman. A known robber nicknamed as “Mary Jane”. Martini saw her green eyes filled with satisfaction, and right then he passed out.

The robbers took them out of the boat, and left them at the entrance of the nearest Hospital. They were released the next day, refusing to talk to any psychologist or the police.

Airplane Vomiting "Bean" Bag

This episode of the epical and always hilarious Mr.Bean clearly employs buffoonery, which is a characteristic of Farce. Mr.Bean starts entertaining the kid, and at the same time entertains the audience with his childish games, and funny things he does. Even before they informed him the kid was sick, he is horse playing around on a plane, where you normally wouldn't.

After all the things he does to try and entertain the boy, and jokes about vomit, he turns around to look for a bag to pop, and here is when the most farce part of the episode kicks in. The kid throws up while Bean is turning around, without him noticing, which is really unlikely, and just after he finishes, Bean turns around and the kid hands him the bag. Again, how could he not notice the vomit inside the bag, or even the kid's face? Well, thats all part of the farce, and what makes it funny. He blows it up (not noticing the vomit inside, while his mouth is inside the bag with puke, and then pops it. The Farce has made the episode funny, and it has accomplished its purpose, which is to ridicule Mr. Bean, which obviously produces a funny scene.

"This Can Be Used To Shoot Down Police Choppers"

In this excerpt from The Simpsons, it is quite obvious a Hyperbole (an exaggeration) is employed in this scene. It is easily seen when Homer is testing the Gun. He tests it by squeezing the trigger several times, pointing at the vendor's face, which in real life clearly goes against gun safety regulations (you can't load or fire a weapon in a gun shop). And then when the guy shows Homer the weapon accessories, and at first, they are normal or considerably normal ones (like the Holster), but by the time he gets o the Rocket Launcher, it is an obvious exaggeration since a revolver only shoots at short range. And off course, there is no such thing as that accessory to shoot down police helicopters. It is possible the writers are mocking the gun fever in the US, and the crazy things guns can do. Also, the fact that Homer wants the gun right in that moment, but the guy tells him its a 5 day wait, while they confirm his identity, and checks his records in order to sell it to him. After Homer is clearly unhappy about this they fight like toddlers over the gun, again mocking the subject.