Just before the 3 try to leave the house near the very end of the film, Henry runs upstairs and says he has to say goodbye to his room. What is that all about? He's such a mature young man; why would he engage in such a silly childish gesture which, in fact, delays them. (Although I think they would have been surrounded by police even if he hadn't said "goodbye to his room.")
shareI remember moving out of my childhood home when I was like 13 or 14 and I said goodbye to my room, nothing childish about saying one last goodbye to the room you grew up in for many, many years.
shareJust before the 3 try to leave the house near the very end of the film, Henry runs upstairs and says he has to say goodbye to his room. What is that all about?
I don't see why you get annoyed at a feeling of belongingness that is totally natural for any human being to have; that was his childhood house , probably the only one he really knew and grew up in .. any *adult* would have felt sadness too, why is it so hard to understand that a teenager feels the need to "say goodbye to his room".? Is it supposed to be uncool because we expect him to act like a phony teenager ?
It is called emotions.
It might have been normal behavior under normal circumstances, but I have to agree with you that given how desperate they were to escape, it was pretty silly. Exasperating even.
And you're right, it wouldn't have made a difference as it happened but it still annoyed me. I wanted to clock him.
I think Henry, despite liking Frank, did not want himself or his Mom to run off to Canada and be outlaws with Frank. All along, he kept doing things, perhaps unconsciously, that left clues about the situation in his house - telling his girlfriend, giving his Dad that note, then just blurting out the Bonnie and Clyde story to the bank clerks (yeah it worked as a diversion but Henry may have just been leaving another "bread crumb" there.). The run up to the bedroom may have been his last effort to delay the running away, and give a little more time for his trail of clues to attract notice. Henry is a good kid and wanted to see his Mom happy, but on the other hand he saw the risks too. He didn't want his Mom (or himself) to die in a shoot out with police, like Bonnie.
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Such an insightful post; thanks, Redart.
shareI was scared that Henry would find the neighbour lady's dead corpse on his bed.