I do understand how a writer or director can use various mechanisms to help the viewer establish the moral code of the characters in a film. Like Tarantino did in the opening scenes of Pulp Fiction, Samuel Jackson's character is established in a way that we understand - violent, dangerous and with a detachment to what he does that establishes that he operates with his own moral code.
This movie opens so slowly. To establish the dark side of one of the characters we are subjected to someone who feeds his dog treats and then slugs the animal as a way of showing us that he is truly a bad person. Later, because the baby is crying and the dog is barking, the same character drags the animal outside and shoots it. This is probably one of the most ham-handed ways of establishing a character point that I've seen in a long, long time.
Rather than being subjected to more of the writer's creative genius, I turned off the movie. I suggest you do the same.
This movie opens so slowly. To establish the dark side of one of the characters we are subjected to someone who feeds his dog treats and then slugs the animal as a way of showing us that he is truly a bad person. Later, because the baby is crying and the dog is barking, the same character drags the animal outside and shoots it. This is probably one of the most ham-handed ways of establishing a character point that I've seen in a long, long time.
Rather than being subjected to more of the writer's creative genius, I turned off the movie. I suggest you do the same.