The Stuntman with Peter O’Toole. Incredible action sequences, great acting, twisty mystery script. 10/10.
Except…
At one point, the hero is angry because he’s found out the woman he loves slept with the guy he hates. An older fellow pulls him aside and throws him some wisdom.
“What did you think? She was a virgin? I had a virgin once. She was 14 years old and I had to fly to Guatemala. Cost me $1,000.”
You can tell it was a 1980’s movie because that stuff was completely ignored for decades.
I mean it’s a very dark joke but it’s still a joke. The actor didn’t actually do that. And those people exist in real life. I hate where we’ve gotten to a point where mentioning something bad gets interpreted as being in favor of and promoting that thing, because it’s not. That’s not how comedy works.
The point I was making that when it came out it wasn’t considered particularly dark. Think of it this way, in ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ the heroes were spy camming the sorority and at the time it was considered light hearted and amusing.
According to people I know who saw it when it first came out, it was on the level of him saying that [in 2026] he’d had an affair with a wife’s friend. A regrettable peccadillo, not a giant moral failure.
No one in the movie treats him differently after, and it’s never mentioned again.
This movie is actually worth watching.
The Stuntman with Peter O’Toole. Incredible action sequences, great acting, twisty mystery script. 10/10.
Except…
At one point, the hero is angry because he’s found out the woman he loves slept with the guy he hates. An older fellow pulls him aside and throws him some wisdom.
“What did you think? She was a virgin? I had a virgin once. She was 14 years old and I had to fly to Guatemala. Cost me $1,000.”
You can tell it was a 1980’s movie because that stuff was completely ignored for decades.
https://youtu.be/fVLrUEyYLAI Full movie.
I mean it’s a very dark joke but it’s still a joke. The actor didn’t actually do that. And those people exist in real life. I hate where we’ve gotten to a point where mentioning something bad gets interpreted as being in favor of and promoting that thing, because it’s not. That’s not how comedy works.
The point I was making that when it came out it wasn’t considered particularly dark. Think of it this way, in ‘Revenge of the Nerds’ the heroes were spy camming the sorority and at the time it was considered light hearted and amusing.
That would’ve been shockingly bad taste even then - they were probably going for shock value.
I’ll check it out - got me curious.
According to people I know who saw it when it first came out, it was on the level of him saying that [in 2026] he’d had an affair with a wife’s friend. A regrettable peccadillo, not a giant moral failure.
No one in the movie treats him differently after, and it’s never mentioned again.
And yes, Barbara looks really good.
I remember The Fall Guy mentions it
I posted it and then decided to rewatch it.
I knew pretty much every single line, and I was still blown away by how good it is.