The frog reluctantly agrees and begins to cross with the scorpion on his back. The frog is afraid of being stung and says no, but the scorpion says if he does sting the frog, they'll both sink and drown. The scorpion asks the frog if he can ride on his back. Feel free to Google the story, but in short, it goes like: A scorpion and a frog need to cross a river. One of the overarching themes of the movie is the fable of the scorpion and the frog. You may still think it's stupid, and that's fine, you're certainly entitled to your opinion. It may make the case for why the movie isn't "boring". I'm going to tell you what I was telling her. It's a weird coincidence, because I was talking to her about it just this morning. I've seen the movie probably 5 or 6 times now, and most recently as of a week or so ago, showing it to my SO for the first time. Okay I normally stick to /r/nba but this is a weird coincidence. To me the trailers made the movie look very grim and pummeling. I kind of expected Groundhog Day plot device + Saving Private Ryan with aliens. When I saw the movie in a theater, I knew about the Groundhog stuff but I didn't have any idea that I would be laughing as much as I did. The Groundhog Day aspect is a big part of what made the movie special, and it seems like it would have helped market it.Īlso, for me at least, part of what made Edge so good was its sharp and uncommonly visual sense of humor. Generally I'm opposed to spoiler-y trailers but I think you're right. It must have taken a crazy amount of restraint for them not to broadcast that aspect. I mean, it's kind of amazing that they didn't play up this aspect of the story when you consider how many trailers reveal sooooo much of a movie's story up front. I guess the choice the studio made was to save that Groundhog part of the premise so that it would be a reveal for people as they were watching it.
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