THAT scene with the two old women (in black + white)
I absolutey BAWL when I watch that scene. EVERY time. Who else?
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Me. I came into this movie being very cynical, thinking, "This is just a big very unrealistic valentine to Gay", but when they got to the scene with the two ladies spending their last night together, Niagara Falls.
shareOh my god, heartbreaking. The story line of the two old women in itself could have been a good movie.
shareNot quite — but very close.
I never really understood why they were taken to different old age homes. There must have been someplace where they'd have been welcome together.
Hi Frumious_Bandersnatch_46,
The women were separated because, Jeff's grandmother was going to live with her
relatives and they either didn't want to look after Mary or couldn't look after
both women. It was very sad that after spending most of their lives together
that they had to be separated at the very end.
Got it!
I'd always been under the impression that they were going to two different nursing homes.
Many thanks.
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I just saw this last night and yes, I SOBBED :)
I absolutely BAWL when I watch that scene. EVERY time. Who else?
Oh, so do I. Particularly in light of the fact that it happens to aging Gay couples more than you'd think (Google Harold Scull and Clay Greene).
My husband and I are approaching sixty. And don't think it doesn't frighten the life out of both of us to think of the possibility that we might be separated right at the time of our lives when we need each other the most.
Oh God. There's nothing more inconvenient than an old queen with a head cold! share