Re: Best last lines
- From: Sea Wasp <seawaspObvious@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:50:13 -0400
William December Starr wrote:
In article <64vdopF2di359U1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Sean O'Hara <seanohara@xxxxxxxxx> said:
Here's a man who abandons his wife and three children to jaunt off
with some blonde bimbo on an adventure for no better reason than
curiosity. But, hey, aliens. I guess that nullifies his duty to
support his kids.
[ discussion of "American Beauty" deleted ]
But both films lionize the men while portraying the women as
unreasonable bints for wanting to protect their families.
I don't know about "American Beauty" but in CE3K Roy Neary (Richard
Dreyfuss) had, through no intent or fault of his own, had his brain
_altered_ by an outside force. Things turned out moderately well
for him, yes, but I don't think that concepts like "fault" or
"lionization" apply there.
As a matter of fact, it's shown as tragic and acutely painful for both him AND his family. He didn't go out on a "jaunt" for no reason than curiosity; he was DRIVEN to it by an implanted obsession that he simply could not fight for long. He tried to fight it while his family was there. He even tried to fight it afterward -- in fact, was trying desperately to fix things up between him and his wife when the news report showed him the thing he'd been trying to locate.
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