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 Paul Chain’s ‘Fast One’ (the novel that solidified the hardboiled genre)
Is extremely terse. 

Also I view this flick in the pulp/comic book realm of reality which makes it more reasonable. 
 That's an interesting angle. Comics.


But still for film. It just irks me.

Every 5 minutes in that movie I can't help but scream AND THEN WHAT 
 Lol I can’t suspend disbelief long enough to get thru more than 5 mins of most fantasy (esp LOTR) so I get it. 
 Lol I literally typed the opposite just now 
 🤣 just saw dat 
 Great minds think exactly the same but totally different 🤣🤣🤣

Appreciate you donk