#peyton westlake

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Darkman (1990)

[but-a-humble-goon]

Darkman's another one of those stories like Princess Bride that stand out to me for being revenge narratives where the protagonist wholeheartedly chooses revenge at the end and the story neither punishes nor even really condemns him for it. Darkman's not a hero per se, it still is ultimately a tragic story about a kind man becoming a merciless killer and that isn't presented like a good thing. At the same time though the blame is squarely placed where it belongs, on the shitty evil people who did this to him. His revenge is justified and his conclusion at the end of the movie is just "I might be a monster but y'know what, I can live it. For better or worse, I am what I am and I don't regret my choices."

[chronicsheepdrawing]

I watched Phantom of the Paradise yesterday and it is not. good.

Regardless, I want to stick Winslow in a terrarium and observe him like an insect.

Happy New Years everyone.

Bonus:

[vertigoartgore]

Sam Raimi's Darkman (1990) movie poster by John Alvin. Source

[1428elmstrt]

"Why didn't you tell me, Peyton? You should have told me. You should have come to me, Peyt. You didn't have to lie."

Liam Neeson as Peyton Westlake in Darkman (1990)

☾⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ @universalmonstersweek: prompt 3; dark/below

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Liam Neeson as Peyton Westlake in Darkman

Watercolors on Paper, 8.5" x 11", 2024

By Josh Ryals

[thirtytwoelvismovies]

Darkman II: The Return of Durant (1995)

Peyton Westlake (Arnold Vosloo) visits For Your Eyes Only, a former Toronto strip club on King St. West.

[srhunt]

Here, have a Darkman meme