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At the end?(spoilers)

posted 13 years ago by 14bmail
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When D is at the store watching the other wheelchair bound guy shop, how did he heal the guy so he could stand/walk (I assume he healed him somehow?)

And if he did in fact heal the guy, was he being rewarded or punished afterwards? At least in prison he had a [warm] bed and meals guaranteed, unlike outside in a way? Even if he made $$ from the band (and would it have been taken away for 'fraud', either cival action from the dead female's band member family and/or criminally in courts), being left behind from the prison bus in what looked 'middle of nowhere' kind of thing.

Not a bad movie but I think the final section of the movie, the court + prison stuff was below par compared to the rest of the movie before it.

[–] hexrei 13 years ago

He heard the assistant girl asking for a sweater in a bright color, and then grabbed the purple sweater and (from what I can tell? I don't pray) prayed really hard on it. This made the friend pick the sweater over the other sweaters, and i guess also made it a vessel to heal the friend.

Purple in ancient Roman times was considered a color of royalty because permanent purple dye was very expensive to produce, and jesus is historically reported to have been mocked on the cross ("king of jews") by being dressed in a purple robe or sash, and you'll still see him depicted as such in some christian art. So maybe the color choice was related to some kind of messianic overtone. Or maybe, his friendly was just a flamboyant dresser. The sweater he had on wasn't exactly manly-man.

After this, Dee wheeled away at about 2 miles per hour and somehow didn't get noticed by his formerly close-also-wheelchair-bound friend, while wearing a vest designed to keep you from getting run over by a tractor in the dark.

[–] roell29 13 years ago

I think he was being rewarded. He finally overcame his pride and realized he had no good reason to resent the Christian guy. The reason he hadn't healed him earlier was that, while they were both stuck in wheelchairs, the Christian guy had such strong faith (and relentlessly annoying optimism) that he would eventually be healed whereas D had none, and to further rub salt in his wounds, he was able to heal everyone but himself. He couldn't bear to be the one to provide the ultimate validation the Christian guy's faith while he would still be stuck in his chair, devoid of faith. But by the end, he had experienced a spiritual transformation, realized he had no cause to resent him anymore and decided to heal him, and I supposed God figured one good turn deserved another.

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[–] hexrei 13 years ago

costco has destroyed your cynicism.

[–] sophiemops 12 years ago

That made me laugh out loud. :) Your earlier post made me laugh too, as I agree that the original sweater was not exactly manly-man.

I belong to no particular religion, but I do know that during Lent until Easter Day, the statues in the Catholic Church are draped in purple cloth. So yes, I would assume the purple was significant.

In any case, I would add that he did not consider the blonde man to be a friend, rather he thought of him as a nemesis. His optimism, and the fact that Dee knew he could be healed, really made Dee bitter towards him to the point of despising him.

In the end, he made a possibly subconscious decision to rid himself of his bitterness and embrace unconditional love. He healed the man anonymously and completely selflessly, and it was then that he achieved a state of grace. And yes, he was rewarded for that.

We don't know where he goes from there, but we can only assume that he will be living a loving life, and that he will manage quite well.

I loved this movie, and I'm still thinking about it days later.
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[–] rangerrobin 7 years ago

@roell29 - Agreed!

[–] bj_mallory 12 years ago

Don't you remember the Spanish-speaking woman in the Skid Row crowd who brought him a piece of cloth and asked him to bless it so that she could use it to heal her husband? Dean couldn't understand what she was saying, so the priest translated and explained that a similar miracle using a piece of anointed cloth took place in the Bible. So Dean grabbed the cloth, held it in his hands for a moment and gave it back to the overjoyed woman, who proclaimed him a prophet.

Later on, when Dean is standing trial for manslaughter, during the meeting with the priest, Dean's lawyer and Dean's slimy manager were asking the priest to testify not only as an expert witness but also a character witness. The priest asks to speak to Dean privately. The priest then shows Dean a letter and tells him that the Spanish-speaking woman's husband was indeed healed by the cloth that he blessed.

Apparently, Dean remembered this when he grabbed the sweater and blessed it. And then the guy almost didn't choose it, asking to see the other striped sweater instead.
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[–] rc-108 10 years ago

nice thread of discussions.... thank you.
I loved the movie.

Ruffalo was great as always..
and the lead was awesome...

I loved the ending.. the transformation....
I cried.