Theo heard Xan’s bullet hiss harmlessly through the sleeve of his jacket. He knew that in that half-second he couldn’t have seen what afterwards he so clearly remembered: Xan’s face transfigured with joy and triumph; couldn’t have heard his great shout of affirmation, like the shout on the bridge at Woolcombe. But it was with that remembered shout in his ears that he shot Xan through the heart.
My favourite line on the movie: is that the armed conflicts seemed deeply plausible -- even to folks who have seen the film and spent years in conflict areas.
And Film Theo isn't a cowboy. Never once does he hold or fire a weapon. In a brutal moment of utter desperation, he hits a man in the face with a car battery; but he does so with the same apologetic, wobbly, courtesy Book Theo held up old people.
