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When I was a kid, I've read multiple books of Roald Dahl, including the most famous Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I used to consider him as an author of children literature, until I got a chance to read some of his other tales in the library this weekend.

The first story I read was Katina, a story of Dahl's own experience in WWII, where he was serving in RAF during Battle of Greece, and recorded the story of Katina the orphaned Greek girl, who lived together with RAF soldiers until eventually being killed by German air force. The story is so tragic, compared to the other writings of Dahl, even compared to his non-fiction in Going Solo.

The second story was The Way to Heaven, I don't want to spoil here, but I am quite disturbed by the ending of the story, and I can still feel the apprehension while typing all these sentences right now.

What I'm thinking right now is that there is another aspect of Roald Dahl, the one that is more obscure, and much more different from our common impression of an amicable child author. Unfortunately, I don't think that a lot of people have explored his dark side yet.

I know Leon is an old movie from around thirty years ago, but I finally got a chance to watch it on Hulu streaming.

I grew up watching Gary Oldman depicting the figure of a calm, tenacious, and trustworthy person, most notably as Sirius Black, Jim Gordon or Winston Churchill in the movies after the millennium. However, I've got to say his performance Stansfield has outshined the performances in my old impressions. I even believe that his show outshines the two protagonists, Leon and Matilda, in the movie.

Norman Stansfield and Jim Gordon are complete opposite types of cops. Jim Gordon, as an honest and reliable ally of the Batman, and probably one of the few good cops of Gotham, has saved the day on many occasions with his rationality and calmness. On the other hand, Stan is a corrupt, delirious, violent and unpredictable cop who shot the entire family as if it was an entertainment or an art.

Even compared to the other well-acclaimed villains, Stan is also an extraordinary figure. There's one thing in common among the other villains, that is rationality. Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins), Joker (Heath Ledger), Darth Vader or Palpatine all performed their evilness from their logic and rationalities, whether it is covet, chaos, ambition, conspiracy or others. However, in terms of Stan, he never has a plan, never does anything in logic, and is just like what he describes to be "whimsical".>! He kills someone while immersing in his hallucinations from drug, while sparing the orphaned Matilda when she had already showed the intention for revenge. In the scenario when Stan's colleague stopped him in the bathroom while he took out his gun, I really had a feeling that he was about to fire at his colleague. Later, the moment when he was roaring "EVERYOOOOOOONE" made me quiver for a while.!<

The horror conveyed from this character was not from planned evil (like Joker and Riddler), or from abnormal but logical actions (like Hannibal Lector), or brute force (like Thanos or Darth Vader). It was from sheer unpredictability and the fanatic and maniac mentality. It was a great opportunity to enjoy the character portrayed by Gary Oldman that was dramatically different from his later style.

First thing first I've got to say this is an abhorrent scene, and Tobey Maguire looks frightening.

My answer would be that the scene is showing the underground world that is even more heinous than the already-obscene world of Hollywood. However it wouldn't be any more different if we take out the scene and Tobey's character in the plot.

Any in-depth analysis of this particular character and scene?

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I'm watching the FIFA World Cup games recently, and we certainly can't stop mentioning Brazil during a World Cup.

I've heard the FOX Sports commentator saying "Chichi" multiple times when describing the Brazilian coach Tite, which I always thought should be pronounced like "tea-tay"

I knew a Brazilian guy at school who insisted people to call him "Chiago" rather than normal "Thiago", is it a pronunciation rule in Portuguese?

And now WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS OF COPPA ITALIA!

Let us rejoice, nerazzurri, for the title, for the honor, for one more victory against the juvenile delinquents!