I can't even watch that scene anymore, it's just too sad. But it's one of the best interactions on screen I have ever seen. It's so heart wrenching. Thoughts?
shareyeah it was a really good scene. The father was not a likeable character. There was nothing Cal could ever do to please him.
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Gets me pretty much everytime! That scene is the reason I bought the movie!
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It is such a stunningly acted, sincere moment. So poignant in the film and anyone who as ever hated their father immediately related to Cal. There is a cut scene though, that is in the special features that I think could have helped the scene (though it hardly needed any help). The scene involves Cal coming home to the room he and Aron share, Cal begins to discuss how his father never loved himn, mentioning that when they were younger, he had saved his money to buy his father a jackknife for his birthday, whereas Aron just gave him a "mangy" dog that he found somewhere. He didn t even care about the knife but he loved that dog so much. This moment would have lent more levity to the scene. Thought the scene works great without it as it was not necessary to convey the emotion that is there, But I feel it would have made this scene all the more heartbreaking, As Aron surprisingly lashes out meanly by announcing his engagement to purposely upstage Cal's gift.
shareone of the best part of the flick, for sure.
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That scene made my heart sink to my stomach.
shareI almost cried the first time I saw it.
"That'll be the day"-The Searchers
The is the most powerful scene I have ever seen in my entire "movie addict" life, especially when Cal gave the money to his Dad just to please him. It broke my heart, making me remember some points in my life where my achievements were not appreciated. It is so hard not to be loved.
"Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have."
It's interesting-- this movie is as resonant today as the novel and film were over 50 years ago-- so much done today's society is in the name of 'good,' but the end result is pretty much the same.
That's why, warts and all, the mother 'gets' it and while not exactly Mother Earth, agrees to see Cal and spots him the 5K he wants and needs. She could have had him arrested or thrown out-- but this morally dubious woman did neither. She loved Cal, while the father with all of his wonderful and marvelous virtue, didn't.
I have never read the novel (save for 'The Grapes of Wrath, not a huge Steinbeck fan), but does the book have the same ending? This ending seemed too Hollywood for me.
Don't you snap your finger at ME, lady.
The father is a jerk. If your son did something like that for you no one would do that. He could have used it to help families who had sons die in the war or something with it but show some gratitude. It's the thought that counts even though I thought it was a great gift.
shareI found that scene very, very sad but the scene which moved me most was the final one.
~~You're tearing me apart!~~
he was supposed to turn around and walk away but dean did improvisation and did that whole dramatic scene. he did that alot. he did alot of improvisation in his movies, i mean. which is why he had trouble getting along with some serious actors.
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On PBS, Patrick Stoner told the audience that James Dean deliberately antagonized Raymond Massey and other actors so he could act off of the ill will directed toward him. The tactic worked; Raymond Massey hated James Dean. When Dean "improvised" and hugged him rather than walk away, Massey was too stunned to say anything besides "Cal...Cal..."
"Two more swords and I'll be Queen of the Monkey People." Roseanne
Yes, Massey was really taken aback at that embrace. While Dean acted through improvisasation, Massey was more traditional in his way of acting. Massey didn't approve one bit of this kind of acting.
But it's really this embrace that makes the scene. Though also, Masseys reaction to it, is really great.
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They blew up Congress!!! HAHAHA!
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That is my favorite scene.
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I could only describe the scene as gut-wrenching. This is a scene that not only destroys the characters on screen but the audience as well. I never knew a drama could get that good. I'm pretty resistant to crying but this scene had me welling up, and tightening in my stomach. It reminded me of every time I momentarily didn't feel the love of my parents through my own actions. Thankfully my parents were/are loving people. EOE allows you to imagine the perspective of somebody who never received such love. Dreadful.
Movies transcend into art when the viewer is so moved. Stunning, simply stunning.
Anybody have suggestions of movies that contain equally powerful moments? Avoid spoilers please.
When I first saw the title of this thread I thought it was about the Australian post-punk band from the 1980s with Nick Cave.
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