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Toomer - Saddest Story Ever?

posted 19 years ago by michigan803-1
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I just finished watching this movie and was completely disheartened when Toomer was murdered..This is perhaps the saddest part of any movie I have ever seen..Anyone else agree?

[–] jackstringer 19 years ago

That was extremely sad, but maybe not the saddest part of any movie EVER. The things that were really sad that involved Toomer were when red was dropping the honey jars on the ground. Or when Ben has found him and is trying to get him to the hospital and is totally freakin out. But maybe the saddest line is
"deadmen don't make good fishermen". I also found it particularly hard to watch any scene that involved red making fun of toomer. Also it was pretty freaky to watch red get mauled to death by all the dogs...that would be a scary way to go.

[–] DrunkenMasterIV 18 years ago

You want sad? Go rent "Dear Frankie." I sobbed during that movie.

[–] XBOXguy 17 years ago

Brian's Song...that's all i have to say. And if anyone says The god damned Notebook, I am gonna be pissed. That movie sucked.

[–] BartlebyScrivner 17 years ago

Sad, but not saddest... The end of Summer of '42 still trumps all others for me.

[–] shaydog68 16 years ago

The Notebook had to have had the dumbest ending ever. Was mad that I couldn't get that part of my life back.....or the money I spent on a ticket.

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[–] nyctc7 14 years ago

>i didnt like the "toomer" part of the movie. it was like a distracion from the main story line

Agreed. Toomer was a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magical_negro

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[–] duster1979 13 years ago

I thought the dogs getting killed was sadder than Toomer getting killed.

Besides, Toomer didn't really die, he just moved from Beaufort to Anderson and changed his name to Radio.

[–] marbleann 11 years ago

The Champ. the original movie not the one with Jon Voight. If you do not have a tear in your eye looking at that movie you have to be a robot or your tear ducts are are clogged. On another note I believe Forrest Gump snatched the Toomer character.

[–] emncaity 10 years ago

If you're in the right mood for the Champ, it's a tough one, alright. (So is the original.)

Never thought about the Forrest Gump connection, but I did have the sense that Bubba reminded me of somebody for all these years. You may be onto something.

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[–] emncaity 10 years ago

Nine years later, I'll pitch in: I tend not to rank these things (like, this is "the saddest," which means literally no other film moment could be this sad), but it's in the top group, for sure. It feels like real loss, which is a big part of what makes the film so strong.

[–] cpoet 9 years ago

Well, it was definitely distressing enough to put me off this movie for 30 years. When it came on recently, I was thinking, "But something happens that made me decide I never wanted to watch it again. . . something about dogs. . ."

Aaaaaand there it is, the Toomer story.