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'Redbelt'
Sir William:
The key, however, is the 'red belt' - look that up; once you know what it is, the ending will make sense to you.
Sir Edward:
I just watched this last night.
Warning, mild spoilers...
The ending struck me as a little odd, in terms of the editing choices, but I think I understand why they did it that way. You see Terry motioning for him to (presumably) be handed the microphone as he steps up to the ring, but you never see him give a speech. Instead he's rewarded as though all of the truth had come out... everything behind his actions. So I think they made an editing choice to keep it unspoken for the sake of impact, but it can make it seem confusing since you would think everyone had only seen him beat up the other guy without knowing the context. :)
Thorsteinn:
--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2011-07-13, 00:49:13 ---
I just watched this last night.
Warning, mild spoilers...
The ending struck me as a little odd, in terms of the editing choices, but I think I understand why they did it that way. You see Terry motioning for him to (presumably) be handed the microphone as he steps up to the ring, but you never see him give a speech. Instead he's rewarded as though all of the truth had come out... everything behind his actions. So I think they made an editing choice to keep it unspoken for the sake of impact, but it can make it seem confusing since you would think everyone had only seen him beat up the other guy without knowing the context. :)
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But the guy who meets him is family. Terry is related to the guy via Terry's wife. Guy's either her(the wife's) father or grandfather, and he would have known the back story cause of the wife.
Sir Edward:
Ah, that's true. But they also said that his wife betrayed him. The plot points move so rapidly at that point, I probably missed some details.
Sir William:
Terry's wife has two brothers...Bruno was the promotor, Ricardo was the champion; I'm guessing the old guy trained both Ricardo and Terry- and gave Terry the redbelt, signifying him as the one worthy pupil.
Remember Terry's stance that fighting for money was not honorable, that it weakened the fighter. The old teacher...didn't he look ashamed, embarrassed by the spectacle? I got the impression that he didn't even want to be there.
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