Hey...come on. Come on. Let's play some hoops. come on. come on.
Hey come on.
My god that annoyed the hell out of me. Why don't dat boyah just let his homey read the F'ing letter?
It was the perfect ending. Came back to the same familiar place (Basketball court below Forrester's window) and reason (basketball) Jamal and Forrester met. Simple and subdued. What did you want tears and fireworks?
Aliens are taking over the earth. Weigh it!
Disagree, OP. It was the perfect ending. I like how the vantage point was where Forrester used to watch Jamal and his friend play basketball.
shareIm with the OP, Overly Cliche and tidy...
The tactics it employed to tell its story were painfully overwrought. It was almost a shame that it was actually fairly decent
Some movies are blessed with (some) greatness even though they are far from "perfect."
We need to celebrate those movies.
Let's face it, most movies are bad.
You're right. Some things were too trite. But most modern movies that try to be thoughtful I find to be a joke. Yes, the ending stank on ice, but the rest of it was good, and I always like watching Sean Connery. So for me it was a feast. Could it have been better? Sure. The writing wasn't so sterling, otherwise we wouldn't have had to have music rising as Connery's character read before the class. We did, because the writer of the screenplay wasn't up to great literature and he knew it.
We take what we can get. Plus, anyone who's known a real writer knows they don't talk like Connery did in this. Still, hey. This is probably about as good a thoughtful movie as Hollywood can produce now. It's anything but its Golden Age.
When evil is viewed as good, righteousness is viewed as evil.
I realize I'm writing to the past but...
That ending scene actually sums up the entire movie. It's easy to fall into despair over the passing of loved ones, as Forrester did. Some never recover. From the movie, "The rest of those who have gone before us cannot steady the unrest of those to follow."
His friend is aware that Jamal just lost a close friend, and he's pushing him so that he won't give in to despair and give up on life. Which is what Jamal does for Forrester.
Hello 2011, nice to see you again.
I didn't say it was a bad scene...I said it was ANNOYING.