What did Ordell mean by this?
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jaseace — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 04:31 PM)
Wow really ? Cordell says " what happened YOU used to be beautiful" as in Louis years ago used to be a really skilled criminal, really sharp and smart , wouldn't forget to tie up loose ends..catch my drift?
Then he goes to prison afew times and loses his motivation and his edge, hes gotten sloppy.
So Cordell shoots him because he lost the money then shoots Melanie in a mall parking lot.
He says " if you had to shoot her than I guess you had to shoot her. He wasn't so much mad about the girl as he was the sloppy way he shoots here in public and doesn't get the money. He's a liability now so he basically says Louis you used to be the man back in the day and now you're nothing but a liability and shoots him -
frankzappayay — 10 years ago(June 06, 2015 06:21 PM)
Everyone in this thread is wrong He says, "What happened to you man, OUR ass used to beautiful." He was referring to when they used to work together and worked well, and now he is past it and making far too many mistakes.
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sukhisoo — 10 years ago(September 06, 2015 07:36 AM)
There was a bit of irony in that line (at least in the books). Ordell himself used to be a reasonably good natured guy. By the end of Rum Punch, he had become ruthless and blood thirsty. He was no longer the beautiful person he once was.
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Just_Jenna — 10 years ago(September 15, 2015 06:42 PM)
I'll have to check that one out, it sounds good. I also enjoyed Out of Sight, another one based on Elmore Leonard's works, so I have a feeling I'll like his stuff.
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reaseltbim — 10 years ago(December 20, 2015 05:46 AM)
the two guys were lovers, obviously the white guy got old and fat.
Ordell wasn't attracted to him anymore. that's what it meant (You see little hints of them being lovers all throughout out the movie. there are many hints) the sharing of the white girl was proof for me because Ordell didn't even get mad, he wanted Louis to enjoy the woman.
but when Louis and the woman hvae intercourse, it is not normal, he doesn't face her, little hints like that -
JayneVeidt — 10 years ago(January 16, 2016 12:59 PM)
Guy clearly said 'your ass' and it can only make sense that way. He obviously didn't mean his literal ass, geez. Like some other people have said already, Ordell simply means Louis used to be a good crook, but isn't anymore.
If he meant Melanie, then saying 'used to' instead of 'was' makes zero sense.
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Naughty-God — 10 years ago(January 16, 2016 03:06 PM)
Well yeah, I just don't understand how the top poster of this thread isn't familiar with the term, unless American English is his/her second language then I can understand them not understanding the colloquial meaning of the term.
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scriptz28@msn.com — 9 years ago(December 10, 2016 07:02 PM)
Thought it was Your also but after watching it again, I believe it was Her. The reason is that earlier he had said that she (Melanie) used to be beautiful and later on when he was talking to Max after Max gave him the 10k, he again mentions that Louis could have just hit and not shot her and you could tell that he was very upset. So IMO Louis was a dead man for shooting Melanie already Ordell just wanted some time to figure things out before he killed him. Once he found out about Max being outside the dressing room, he had the connection with Jackie and no longer needed Louis.
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stevekaczynski — 9 years ago(December 15, 2016 12:04 AM)
I think he was counting on Louis to be a reliable and trustworthy associate - something he does not have in this film. Jackie, his most intelligent associate, is not to be trusted, he couldn't trust Melanie, which is why he sent Louis with her to the department store, and one of his other female associates was given some money earlier and ran off. He shot Beaumont because he rightly suspected he would start talking to the police. But Louis did not make the grade.
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