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Bruno's unlikely seeming action
posted by genplant29STAFFMOD on February 25, 2017 at 2:36 AM
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Something that makes no sense to me: Guy phones Bruno, tells him he's coming over that night to murder his (Bruno's) father, Bruno has no way of knowing whether Guy truly plans to kill his despised dad, yet, at the appointed time, when Guy is supposed to be coming, Bruno opts to lie, in the dark, in his father's bed - where, for all he knows, Guy is going to shoot HIM dead. Bruno's a psychopath - not suicidal!
That scene is great for dramatic effect. Otherwise, in my opinion, Bruno opting to wait in his father's bed in the dark seems pretty unlikely.
Reply by CharlesTheBold
on March 12, 2017 at 8:16 AM
Another problem with the set-up: according to his original plan, Bruno was supposed to be ELSEWHERE when his father was murdered, so that he would have an alibi. If Guy had gone through with the plan and killed the old man, Bruno would be on the scene with a suspicious connection to the murderer, and likely to be suspected.
Reply by genplant29
on March 12, 2017 at 8:24 AM
Very true. It's certainly a dramatically effective "twist" scene, but definitely not plausible that Bruno would opt to lie there when Guy is anticipated to supposedly be coming to murder his father in that very bed.