Carpe Diem from Collateral

This is one of the most profound scenes I have seen in any movie. The basic message is "Carpe diem". This is a dialogue between Max (Jamie Foxx) and Vincent (Tom Cruise) from the movie, Collateral.

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• foxx

[bussooa]

what the fuck are you doing still on youtube ?

[JelinekFS]

Yeah, he reminds me of myself too. Tons of good girls around me and me wasting time and doing nothing. Pathetic, I wish I'll do something about it.

[Vizzlemeister]

@Scorpzor1  I would disagree. Vincent is extremely cynical and a realist. "Fuck everything" isn't his mindset. His trade is that of a killer and he is very much a professional at it. When it comes to the job he isn't careless.

He notices flaws in other people, such as Max's life and the jazz man's cover story, but not himself. I think deep down he is a character that, as he said himself, is "indifferent". It's not "fuck everything". It's more... I don't care. I have my contracts. Professional

[JelinekFS]

@CaptainSpork7

Haha, I didnť expect anyone to reply to that comment when its 2 years old :-) Thanx for your advice, mate, I appreciate it, even when 2 years have already passed.

[CaptainSpork7]

@JelinekFS If there is a want to improve, even if its sometimes quite in the back of your head, all you need to do is nurture it. Start small but START SOMEWHERE. Don't just think about it. Continuously improve on yourself: strengthen your strengths and improve your weaknesses. You can do it, man.

[Scorpzor1]

I find Vincents opinion on life and human existence in general extremely interesting. Its so nihilistic. Hes like "Fuck everything". Just do what you want to do. You wont change the entire entity of things and the universe if you kill persons. Of course its morally reprehensible, but there is nobody to judge you. God doesnt exist. I think persons with this kinda attitude are so unpredictable and scary.

[LuxuryJesper]

@BobMarley211 I think he's referring to the fact, that Max is too focused on saving up, getting the right clients, knowing the right people etc. Basically wanting it to be "perfect", instead of doing what Vincent says and seize the day and just go with it. And I guess Vincent is right. I mean, 12 years as a cabdriver, that's a lot of time. Also Vincent's line: "Don't you talk to me about murder", is referring to the fact that Max is slow walking his plan and basically pissing his life away

[BobMarley211]

I have watched this scene a lot of time but I still don't see how it means carp diem

[Blahgahbleh]

I don't know how Michael Mann went from this to Miami Vice--which seemed to be nothing but a yawnfest that attempted to see how many times Colin Farrell could say, "Load" in a raspy voice before it stopped being funny--but this is one of my all time favorite movies.

Aside from the gunplay and the technically ballsy move to use unedited audio/visual special effects, the script is mind blowing on psycho, socio, and philosophical levels.

I am TRULY sad Mann has no movies currently lined up.