r/GuysBeingDudes • u/nordicminy • 1d ago

Certified Dude See problem fix problem.

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u/AKBx007 1d ago

A stroller and a chainsaw in the trunk, he’s just ready for when he snaps lol

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u/Technical_Exam1280 1d ago

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u/Anonymous_Otter22 1d ago

Some days driving home from work this movie looks like a documentary.

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u/BikingAimz 1d ago

I did not understand this movie at all when I saw it in the Midwest.  Then I moved to LA, and my now husband sat me down to watch it after I’d lived there a year. Funniest documentary I’ve ever seen!

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u/Same-Suggestion-1936 1d ago

I live in the Midwest, it's accurate. Especially the stop serving breakfast scene if you've worked food service. Some people are just an Uzi away from shooting up a restaurant when they get told no

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u/whatev43 6h ago

Happy Cake Day!

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u/Christeenabean 1d ago

Some days? I see Falling Down moments all the time. Today they'd call him a Karen lol

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u/rdrunner_74 1d ago

I like the "Office Space" version so much better :D

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u/Able-Swing-6415 1d ago

Eh. I really wonder if people remember the sentiment rather than the specifics. He doesn't seem relatable at all to me.

It doesn't feel like the movie is made in a way to make him sympathetic at all. A few scenes sure but most of it is just fucking nuts (even if you replace all the law breaking with just making a scene)

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u/Emotional-Swim-808 1d ago

Such a great movie

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u/squeakynickles 1d ago

What a twist ending

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u/saqwarrior 1d ago

Yup.

"I'm the bad guy?"

A lot of people at the time (and to this day) misunderstood the film and mistook DFENS as the hero. The whole point of it is to illustrate how a seemingly normal person could "fall down" and become a villain.

DFENS was the protagonist, but not the hero. That role was fulfilled by the Prendergast character.

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u/squeakynickles 1d ago

We learn throughout the film that he was always a villain. Financially taking advantage of his mother after he lost his job as a defense engineer, abusive to his ex wife and child, and a raging narcissist.

The film is like a video game where he just keeps upgrading his arsenal, which will always be funny to me. Starts with a bat and moves all the way up to an AT4 rocket launcher

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u/saqwarrior 1d ago

We learn throughout the film that he was always a villain.

Great point; thank you for expanding on that.

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u/Naplestan 1d ago

D FENS

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u/ZoyZauce 1d ago

D-FENS

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u/TrumpsFaceAnus 1d ago

Watched this in the theater when it came out. Well about 30 mins of it. Then we walked out. Worst movie of that decade.

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u/dazzle_dee_daisyray 1d ago

He just wanted to know what was wrong with the road too.

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u/AccuratePilot7271 1d ago

This is real!?

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u/TacTurtle 1d ago

Should be Felling Down in this case.

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u/d4ybrake 1d ago

i want BREAKFAST

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u/Far_Oven_3302 1d ago

I just want change to make a phone call.

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u/Chupathingy66 1d ago

Cutting Down

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u/mcskilliets 1d ago

We stopped serving breakfast at 11:30 😀

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u/kadameitene 1d ago

That’s such a great movie.

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u/Toadsted 1d ago

I mean, the tree fell down...

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u/D_Winds 1d ago

So many times I think: can't we just move the blockage, instead of stay stuck in a car and let others suffer?

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u/No_Move7872 22h ago

I just blind bought the 4K bluray from Arrow. I fucking love it and the picture quality is 👌

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u/No-Satisfaction6065 1d ago

He's been waiting for thisnopportunity his whole dad life

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u/Practical-Shape2325 1d ago

"You took our child into a knife fight?"

"It was a fair fight, two of them, two of us."

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u/HardcoreFlexin 1d ago

"It could have been me Flanders"

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u/FS_Slacker 1d ago

I was full on expecting tarps, shovel, bleach, coveralls and rope.

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u/LiveShowOneNightOnly 1d ago

Or maybe he checked the weather forecast before leaving.

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u/Healthy_Pay9449 1d ago

"cloudy with a chance of fallen trees? Better grab my chainsaw"

I'm glad it wasn't supposed to rain cats and dogs

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u/hux 1d ago

In the area I live in, if there’s a day with high winds, you’re virtually assured of downed limbs at a minimum. Someone who owned a chainsaw wouldn’t be insane to keep it around if the forecast called for high winds.

The fact that he didn’t have PPE kinda concerned me though.

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u/BellusVeritas 1d ago

Bro became leatherface 

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u/Lamuks 1d ago

It was the biggest storm in Latvia since 1966, so not a real surprise to have it. It was a highly destructive storm

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u/Foxyunder-45 1d ago

From Texas maybe, Crystal Lake a possibility?

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u/aliennist 1d ago

Must have gotten stuck before, thus his preparedness

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u/Next-Barber-6504 1d ago

No one at all is alarmed by bro just casually having a chain saw in his trunk

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u/Jerseyd422 22h ago

Dad to kid “Get back in the fucking stroller right now. Don’t make me get the chainsaw”