Guest treble charged Report post Posted September 23, 2002 Anyone else seen this yet? I watched it this afternoon while I was killing time, waiting for Unforgiven to start, and I really enjoyed it, even if I didn't fully understand the ending. Oh well, your thoughts? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LaParkaMarka Report post Posted September 23, 2002 I thought it was interesting, but not something I'd want to watch twice. Williams was quite superb in it though. What didn't you get about the ending? *SPOILER* He was abused as a child (which is why he had that fake pic of his 'mom' and why he made the husband and his ho do the pornography thing)...so what he desperately wanted was to be a part of a 'normal' family. So I guess it was therapeutic for him to do all of that at the end. Does that make sense? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest treble charged Report post Posted September 23, 2002 *CONTINUATION OF SPOILERZ* Well, I understood the abuse thing, but I don't really see why they would let him be in the picture, considering what he'd done. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LaParkaMarka Report post Posted September 23, 2002 *MORE SPOILERS AHOY! ARRRRRR* I'm pretty sure that would be a fake picture. It was his ideal "perfect family"...like the scene where he went to their house and took a dumb and was actually a part of the family. I think the picture is just his fantasy of what he wanted in life. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest treble charged Report post Posted September 23, 2002 *I AM SPOILING THE MOVIE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK* I figured it was fake, but it still doesn't make any sense to me. I mean, he didn't like the dad, obviously, so why would he want him in his 'ideal family'? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lethargic Report post Posted September 23, 2002 *I AM SPOILING THE MOVIE. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK* I figured it was fake, but it still doesn't make any sense to me. I mean, he didn't like the dad, obviously, so why would he want him in his 'ideal family'? In case you can't tell from all the other posts, these are spoilers. I think he DID like the dad that's why he didn't kill him. He was trying to show the dad how wrong he was for not caring about the family that he had. He was simply punishing him but he did it to show him the errors of his ways and cause him to go back to his family and be a good husband and dad. Which it appears it did, so....he "fixed" the family. So now that he did what he sees as a good deed, he probably thinks that he's even MORE part of the family. Which is why he was dreaming of the family portait at the end. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest treble charged Report post Posted September 23, 2002 I guess that clears it up a bit, but it's still rather confusing to me. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest treble charged Report post Posted September 23, 2002 I thank whoever the admin/mod was who changed the title of the thread, putting in the spoilers warner. I didn't nescessarily mean for this to turn into a 'spoiler' thread, and I hope I didn't ruin the movie for anyone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
