My high school friend and I discussed this relatively old movie – Heat.  It is about bank robbers but I read somewhere that it is really about relationships.  I can see that.

But that’s not the reason it was brought up.  The ending of the movie has bothered me for a long time.  One of the lead characters, played by Robert DeNiro, is about to leave the country with his love and the money.  Just as they pull into the airport, he gets a tip that someone who has snitched him out has been located.

Torn between escaping with pretty much everything and getting revenge, he chooses the latter and gets killed.  I told my friend he should have left it behind.  My friend disagreed and said in the moment you do what you think is right.

I’ve had some time to think about it and I am more ambivalent.

I used to love the Count of Monte Cristo movie with future Jesus and Superman starring in it.  The movie is way more sanitizd than the book, which focuses more on the ill effects of consuming revenge.

This one is hard.