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Why did Aaron (Elijah Woods) take that final leap?

posted 15 years ago by jaybob
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Was it the phone call he made & his sisters snippy response. or was it his earlier remark on no one liking him & he will be first to die..
The three of them Graduated STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL. I wnt direct to the draft board when I graduated ( (Jan. 1945 ),I was not yet 17 so I was told to come back..
The film could have been better, I wish it were.

Look for my more detailed review.

Sir Jay Harris

To thine own self be true
Sir Jay Harris---Sirbossman

[–] 15 years ago

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[–] rofkr 10 years ago

What i got from the movie about Aaron was he was afraid of having to kill or hurt someone more than anything and being afraid of being a failure if he couldn't.

[–] neptunewaves (75) 7 years ago

If anything, it surprised me Aaron didn't commit suicide before being recruited. He had literally every single thing in his life working against him: estranged from his family, with no true friends to speak of (those two were anything but), a failing career and a criminally negiglent therapist as his sole support system. He also considerer himself a "fraud", was dealing with being drafted into war all on his own and didn't really believe he had a chance of coming back. In the end, he must have realized all his "thoughten up" charade was just as superficial as that tale he appropiated and say f*ck it all.

This movie was mediocre at best, but they had something with Aaron. It's a shame they didn't make him the focus of the story; he was by far the most interest and complicated of the bunch and Wood's performance was solid.