And I loved "Get Shorty" SO MUCH. "Be Cool" was an embarrassing book that made an embarrassing film. Because I read it prepared to defend Leonard's honor, but there was no honor...only product placement prostitution. I lost a tiny bit of my hero after that.
My sistah. My exact thoughts.
That's not how I'd characterize a guy stuck in downtown overnight. Especially when the premise is a dark comedy so all forces conspire against him.
About 5 years after seeing After Hours I ended up being stuck downtown in Tokyo through a bizarrely similar series of events. The comedy of errors was not so funny.
After figuring out that where I was (Ropponji) there were NOCabs and would not be any until rush hour the next morning...and that where I wanted to be (Shinjuku) was 7 miles away, I just started hoofing it. As the drunken people I was with straggled behind me whinging at the top of their guts, I actually flashed on the movie.
Thankfully, about 2 miles into the walk (in freezing weather and not!walking shoes) the stress of a gaijin woman walking after midnight caused a cab driver to take pity on us.
I guess the storyline just hits too close to home.