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My Cousin Vinny Nitpick
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:30 pm
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:30 pm
The entire glorious ending is based on the fact that Vito has the same car knowledge as Mona Lisa. He sees the pictures she took and comes to he realization.
Nothing I remember in the entire movie sets him as an auto expert. How else does he get this brilliant insight to put her on the stand?
Nothing I remember in the entire movie sets him as an auto expert. How else does he get this brilliant insight to put her on the stand?
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Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:32 pm to CovingtonTigre
he had been dating her for YEARS,, it was what she knew... helping her dad run the shop
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:34 pm to CovingtonTigre
I feel like there was probably a higher baseline of cars and car repair knowledge in the general population back then as well.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:42 pm to OWLFAN86
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was what she knew... helping her dad run the shop
Owl,
So you’re saying he just put her on HOPING she would have a magic bullet of info to save the day OR they would spend random hours discussing rear wheel slip differential on different makes and models of cars, and imparted that knowledge to her?
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:46 pm to CovingtonTigre
I always thought that about that scene too. It's like they wanted a gotcha moment for the audience more than a good back story of them talking about that before going into court.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:48 pm to CovingtonTigre
That could've been common talk during their foreplay like when she's talking about tightening the leaky faucet.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:50 pm to Saintsisit
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a gotcha moment
And it worked. Foreshadowing that angle would've made the court scene fall flat.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:54 pm to CovingtonTigre
date a daddys girl of a gearhead
they know their chassis
they know their chassis
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:55 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Yes of course, just wish they would have written it a different way.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:57 pm to CovingtonTigre
Posted on 1/5/24 at 7:58 pm to Saintsisit
He didn’t get prep work for court done for years because there was not time between working in her fathers garage and whatever else he said in that line.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:14 pm to CovingtonTigre
When you drive around in old pieces of shite like Vinnies car you know how to work on them.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:27 pm to L5UT1ger
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He didn’t get prep work for court done for years because there was not time between working in her fathers garage and whatever else he said in that line.
Exactly. I always took it as he worked in the garage for years and that’s where they met. Then he did law school at night while continuing to work
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:29 pm to CovingtonTigre
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The entire glorious ending is based on the fact that Vito has the same car knowledge as Mona Lisa. He sees the pictures she took and comes to he realization.
Nitpick of your nitpick - He’s Vincent LaGuardia Gambini. She’s Mona Lisa Vito
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:35 pm to The Easter Bunny
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Nitpick of your nitpick - He’s Vincent LaGuardia Gambini. She’s Mona Lisa Vito
Let's upgrade the work nickpick to pedantic...You've earned it
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:44 pm to CovingtonTigre
Maybe she made the whole thing up to get out of there because her biological clock was ticking
Posted on 1/5/24 at 8:52 pm to Sus-Scrofa
quote:I remember seeing that scene in the theater and turning to Demi Moore (who I was dating at the time) and saying “The car that made those two, equal-length tire marks had positraction. You can't make those marks without positraction, which was not available on the '64 Buick Skylark.”
I feel like there was probably a higher baseline of cars and car repair knowledge in the general population back then as well.
Posted on 1/5/24 at 10:51 pm to CovingtonTigre
I’m pretty sure it’s mentioned during the movie that he also worked as a mechanic.
This post was edited on 1/5/24 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 1/5/24 at 10:55 pm to S
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25 years later
Posted on 1/6/24 at 5:59 am to Tiger Voodoo
Curious how many people knew the '63 Tempest had independent rear suspension before that movie came out.
*It also had a 4 cylinder available that was half a 389 and had a "rope" driveshaft. GM had some pretty innovative cars in the early 60s including a couple with turbos.
*It also had a 4 cylinder available that was half a 389 and had a "rope" driveshaft. GM had some pretty innovative cars in the early 60s including a couple with turbos.
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