one after another
For 50 bucks, you could pay a guy to pull her fingernails out one by one.The Last Boy Scout · 1991 — 第 12 / 20 章 · 3'14" · B2
Joe Tells Jimmy About Alex, Explained：out of nowhere
Over drinks, Joe finally tells Jimmy the story behind his bitterness. His pregnant wife was killed by a pickup that came out of nowhere, and their son Alex lived only seventeen minutes in an incubator. "I think about him all the time, man," Joe says, while Jimmy quietly admits he had the best game of his life that same day.
あらすじ
Drinking at a bar, Joe and Jimmy move from divorce to women, and Joe admits he still loves his wife. Then he tells a story he rarely shares: his pregnant wife was killed by a pickup truck, and their son Alex survived only seventeen minutes in an incubator. Jimmy answers with his own memory of that day, when he played the best game of his life.
注目の表現
Boy Scoutcardboard cutoutscumbagout of nowhere
00:00 / 03:14Space 再生 · ← → セリフ移動 · R リピート
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このシーンの表現
out of nowhere
suddenly, with no warning
Jimmy recalls the day a pickup came from nowhere and hit his wife on the street.
Out of nowhere, the car swerved into our lane.
このシーンの他の表現
- Boy Scout
an upright, rule-following person
- cardboard cutout
a life-size cardboard figure
- scumbag
a contemptible, low person
- game of my life
the best performance of my life
- get a divorce
legally end a marriage
このシーンのメモ一覧
45 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
handle it on my own
Anything that much fun, I think I'd rather do it myself.would really like
Hey, I don't know about you, but I could use a drink.damn — A casual curse; keep it out of polite talk.
Oh, shit. That's you?damn — A mild curse, common among friends.
Damn, hanging with the man.relative clause: The clause you see in Venice Beach modifies things, with that left out.
That look like one of those cardboard cutout things you see in Venice Beach.discard it
- You still got the picture? - Nah, I threw it away.no — A casual no, very informal.
- You still got the picture? - Nah, I threw it away.legally end a marriage
Jimmy asks Joe straight out whether he plans to end his marriage, friend to friend.
So are you gonna get a divorce, man?Gonna is going to compressed; link it straight into get.
So are you gonna get a divorce, man?In fast speech do you blurs into d'ya.
You don't like women much, do you, Joe?a private investigator
He was a scumbag private detective, man.a contemptible person — A strong insult; avoid saying it to someone's face.
He was a scumbag private detective, man.cause someone's death
Yeah, but that scumbag tried to get you killed.wish + past: Wish plus a past tense expresses a present wish that is not true.
...and I wish I didn't still love my wife.did in the past
I used to be married.pregnant for X months
She couldn't come because she was eight months' pregnant.reason clause: The because-clause gives the reason, and eight months' pregnant states how far along she was.
She couldn't come because she was eight months' pregnant.drive up onto the sidewalk edge
...out of nowhere a pickup truck jumped a curb. Pow.went to sleep
He fell asleep...constantly
I think about him all the time, man.pass for a number of yards
You know, I threw for 300 yards that day.Link threw and for so they sound like one word.
You know, I threw for 300 yards that day.「Joe Tells Jimmy About Alex」を読み解く
What's really going on
The chapter is the film's quiet centre, where two men who insult each other finally say something true. Joe's story is delivered flatly, almost matter-of-fact, which is what makes it land: his wife was killed by a truck that came out of nowhere, and his son lived seventeen minutes. "I think about him all the time, man," he says, and then Jimmy offers the detail that ties their grief together — that on the same day, while Joe's wife and child were dying, he threw for 300 yards and had the game of his life. The scene does not resolve anything. It simply lets the two men sit with the coincidence, and the chapter's final line, that life sucks, is not a joke but an agreement.
Theme
Death & griefJoe finally tells the story of his wife's death and his son's seventeen-minute life, and Jimmy answers with his own loss.
FriendshipTwo men who trade insults all night find common ground by sharing the worst things that happened to them.
このチャプターで学べること
- Out of nowhere marks anything sudden and unannounced.
- To get a divorce is to end a marriage legally.
- The game of my life means a career-best performance.
- A whole life can be summed up in seventeen minutes.
発音のポイント
- gonna get — Gonna is going to compressed; link it straight into get.
- do you — In fast speech do you blurs into d'ya.
- threw for — Link threw and for so they sound like one word.
You were fucking Ward Cleaver.Jimmy's disbelief at Joe's old life: he cannot square the wreck of a man in front of him with the wholesome TV father he once resembled.
So are you gonna get a divorce, man?Jimmy's blunt question after hearing about Sarah, pushing Joe to say out loud what he plans to do.
You don't like women much, do you, Joe?A teasing accusation about Joe's bitterness, which Joe immediately turns back on Jimmy.
Well, friends can't be perfect.Joe's deadpan defence of a friend who betrayed him, and a line that hides how badly it hurt.
...and I wish I didn't still love my wife.The confession under the anger: Joe cannot stop loving the woman who cheated on him.
But Alex lived for 17 minutes in an incubator.The fact Joe carries with him: his son's entire life, measured in minutes, and the reason he keeps thinking about him.
You know, I threw for 300 yards that day.Jimmy's own haunting detail: the best game of his career happened on the day Joe's family was destroyed.
このシーンについての質問
What happened to Joe's wife and son?
His pregnant wife was hit and killed by a pickup truck that jumped the curb. Their son Alex was born and lived for only seventeen minutes in an incubator before he died.
Why does Joe still love his wife?
Even though she cheated on him with his friend Mike, Joe admits he cannot stop loving her. It is the quiet confession under all his jokes and bitterness.
What does Jimmy reveal about that day?
On the same day Joe's wife and son died, Jimmy was playing football and threw for 300 yards, having the game of his life without knowing what had happened.
Who is Alex?
Alex is Joe and Sarah's son, who survived only seventeen minutes after birth. Joe says he thinks about him all the time, and the name stays with him years later.
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次のチャプター · 第 13 章feel sorry for yourselfJimmy Tells Joe How He Fell
第 1 章a hard timeJoe Comes Home After Midnight
第 2 章count to threeJoe Catches Mike in the Closet
第 3 章get a rise out ofJoe and Sarah's Bitter Fight
第 4 章rain on your paradeJoe Faces Off With Jimmy Dix
第 5 章chopped liverHenchman Taunts Before the Hit
第 6 章beef with someoneJoe Reads Mike's Statement
第 7 章circumventJoe and Jimmy Banter in the Car
第 8 章by the nutsJoe and Jimmy Find the Evidence
第 9 章take the heatJoe and Jimmy Survive a Car Bomb
第 10 章go figureJoe and Jimmy Team Up
第 11 章go easy onJoe and Darian Argue Over Ice Cream
再生中 · 第 12 章out of nowhereJoe Tells Jimmy About Alex
第 13 章feel sorry for yourselfJimmy Tells Joe How He Fell
第 14 章in the meantimeJoe Kills Chet and Meets Milo
第 15 章for the cheap seatsMarcone Explains His Football Plan
第 16 章cover your tracksDarian Follows Joe on the Case
第 17 章friskMilo's Briefcase Bomb Plan
第 18 章dance a jigJoe and Jimmy Race to the Coliseum
第 19 章have no truck withMarcone Holds Darian Hostage
第 20 章pull the triggerJoe Bluffs With a Plastic Key第 12 / 20 章 · 残り約 25 分