shadowhannibad:even-after-a-millennium:toli-a:tennant:The Old Guard (2020), dir. Gina Prince-Bythewo
shadowhannibad:even-after-a-millennium:toli-a:tennant:The Old Guard (2020), dir. Gina Prince-BythewoodNicky says, “We are usually a better judge of character.”Not, “I am usually a better judge of character,” or, “We are usually better judges of character.”And you can argue it’s the English, but I think he knows what he’s saying.They are one team. They are, therefore, one judge of character. They decide, together, where to go and what to do and who to trust, the way Andy looks at each of them in turn before agreeing that the team has decided to help the girls, to trust Copley for a repeat. And it’s not that they share a mind, that they never disagree. But they speak their piece and when the decision is made, it’s a decision they all share in fully, the four of them. (Until they lose Booker somewhere along the way, and that aches more than the needle deep in Nicky’s side.)It’s interesting to rethink the pub scene this way. Not: is it Joe or Nicky or Andy who argues for a hundred years, or more, or less? But that it’s their decision. (Except for Nile, because she doesn’t understand yet, what it all means. What it means to be them, to belong.) You see Andy tell Booker and he doesn’t protest, he doesn’t give in; he answers like he’s been considering it, too, his piece. He takes it in as his own, as his exile and his choices and his fate, his decision in that he is also we. He nods.We are usually a better judge of character. One team. One choice. One heart.This!Any time I read “it was Nicky who decided the punishment”… no, guys. It was all of them. Even Nile, since she’s part of the family, now. I’m sure she said her opinion on the topic. Nile could be new, and didn’t know any part of their story, but it’s not that she doesn’t understand the severity of Booker betrayal. They told her that capture was what they dread the most, she understand that Booker did the worst thing he could ever do to his family.And even when Andy tells Booker their decision, he already knew what the punishment was going to be. He expected it. I mean… “it’s not that they can kill me”, right?! Exile is the only possibility. The only thing they were discussing in the pub was the lenght of the exile. And they were even more merciful then Booker would be with himself since he expected more.Everytime i read that it was Nicky who decided the punishment i roll my eyes because it makes no sense Yes. If you recall the scene - Joe - “you selfish piece of shit” Nicky - “Joe, leave it, please”; Joe - “you’re a very pathetic man” Nicky - “Joe, stop it!” - Does this sound like a man who decided on the punishment, by himself? If you remember his words getting off the plane - WE are usually a better judge of character……so, yeah, pisses me off when Nicky is painted as a monster. -- source link