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		bshimmin on Dec 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Mars... Don't you feel like the "impenetrable ending" is one of the best things about 2001? For me the outlier on that list is Lawrence of Arabia, which I'm sure is a very fine film but I have yet to stay awake for the entirety of it.

CalChris on Dec 6, 2017 [–]

No. I really don’t get anything out of it.

My favorite part is the battle of the apes over the watering hole which morphs into the polite but tense clash between Cold War rivals at the bar.

I also like that it was written to be boring. I’m sorry Dave wasn’t intended to be funny.

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