I've never read the books so if anyone knows--I felt so sorry for him at the end, going off alone. What happens to him?
sharei'd need a drink like him too if my kid was such a bad leaf pile fighter.
I'll talk some jive. I'll talk some jive like you've never heard!
That's what I didn't like about this movie. There were resolutions to most of the characters except for him. It left a bitter taste for me. Maybe it's that tragedy has no resolution for some, but compared to other Christmas movies, this one left me a bit upset, feeling for the father, and overall, an unresolved subplot. I watched it twice. I thought the first time I missed something, but rewatching it this year, I'm left with the same conclusion. A great cast made for terrific acting, but unresolved plot seems a hole and a heartless place to leave this character. I don't think I care to see it again.
shareI'm fine with every problem not being resolved. Charlie's father cannot & does not want to find a way out of his dilemma and the devil is in the details of this most excellent script. He talks of dreams, his dreams, his wife's dreams and the vast abyss twixt the two. He talks of his rush to marry/trap her and the dire/lethal consequences that ensued. & in the bar (a stool separating these 2 wounded souls, one mortally) he laments to Nathan's father about lies as Nathan's father lectures about truth. As his son lies dying he rises to flee, he cannot bear to see his son leave as his wife fled those many years ago. Charlie stops him..."Stay dad, just this one time." He stops, he stays and Charlie is able to exact a promise.
I am proud of the people, of the production of this movie. They did good.
Film. American film.