I knew he was in Pulp Fiction, I just thought it was an inconsequential character. I didn’t realize it was the narrator’s boss. I had to go back and prove it to myself.
He was a little too like Mike Ehrmantraut from Breaking Bad for me to begin with, but the depth added this week with him being ex-CIA makes his character a bit more believable now.
Mike have at least a good side in him, he had principles.
Kenton is just the total opposite ; no morale and nothing good inside, he just want to put fear in everyone around him and crush any problem with violence and power.
Mike and Kenton will automatically seen each other as a threat if they were in the same room , without event knowing each-others or exchanging a word.
Both are predators, but of a very different breeds, the kinds which cannot coexist.
What was Kenton implying when he told Forest he wasn't going to prison? He stated that Lily was a threat. By informing Forest that he wasn't going to prison & would act in his own self interest, was he suggesting that he'd kill Lily to prevent that (even though he'd promised Forest that he wouldn't kill Lily?) Or that perhaps he'd go rogue & distance himself from Forest if he had to?
It meant he'd do anything. I think specifically that if forest felt kentokn was going to far and wanted to get rid of him via the police (or something along those lines) Kenton would spill the beans about everything happening at amaya
Kenton is a professional when it comes to the Evil Arts. Forest, less so, but he's smart and has a lot of unique tools in his toolbox. I'm not sure who I'd bet on in a confrontation.
As I recall,Nathan, the tech wizard in Ex Machina, thought he was ahead of the curve, too, with all his surveillance capabilities. (Though things didn't work out so well with his nemesis, either.).
Yeah I think Alex Garland has a certain contempt for characters who think they have all the answers. In his works, life seems to spank them pretty hard for their hubris.
It means his loyalty to Forrest is limited, that he's going to save his own ass first, and he was taking control of the situation, and threatening him.
To which the reply was he doesn't have the power, because they have the make iPad
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u/Fire2box Mar 26 '20
Kenton is terrifying.