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Didn't like the end- and other complaints.

posted 14 years ago by Promontorium
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I enjoyed most of the film up until the end.

My only 2 in-film complaints were 1. the boy magically disappearing after him taking 1 sip of booze, it could have been done differently. 2. The AA rehab facility. AA is a bullsh~t New Age concept and hardly fits for an old school country musician and rehab is almost exclusively for hollywood and the wealthy who have no intention of getting better, but just want (or are compelled) to lay of their drug of choice for awhile. If he wanted to stop drinking, he could have just stopped.

But what really annoyed me and seemed unreal and incongruous to the film was the very end. Jean showing up was absolutely unrealistic. In life, especially for those people who live on the road, we meet a lot of people, and some of them change our lives forever, but even if you think you've got the best thing in the world, and you move heaven and earth to try to make it last, or try to fix it, they go away. Jean was gone gone gone. For her to just happen to be there, and chummy like she didn't have a bad break is absurd. It fits for film making purposes, but not for real life. Those kinds of people you never see again. Unless you're both stuck in the same town, but even then if you run into them it's like everything has changed. I just didn't buy it. What was 100% more likely was him getting to make peace with his son.

[–] Horsewomyn 9 years ago

You're entitled to your opinions about the movie, no arguments there. But your perception of AA is a bit incorrect. It was started in 1935, hardly "new age" and definitely not bs. It has saved many lives. It's certainly not the answer for everybody and has many flaws, but to brush it with such a broad stroke of disdain surely speaks more to a personal issue you have with it and not the facts. It's very possible it met his needs, especially since he had a very close friend who had found success and could support him in his recovery. I don't mean to start an argument here, but felt compelled to correct these points. Your other observations about the movie are certainly valid, I thought the kid's quick disappearance questionable as well. The ending left me hanging and wishing for more, but that's life, hardly ever tied up with a neat bow (unless it's a Hallmark movie, LOL).

[–] Tabbycat (915) 6 years ago

The kid disappearing — and the overreaction to it — bothered me at first.
Then I thought about it.

1. Bad told the kid to “Go on — explore!” He likely meant the bar, but the kid probably thought he meant the mall. He’s four.

2. Kids disappear all the time. Ask any parent.

3. He was drunk.

4. The one thing Jean asked of him was not to drink in front of her son.
He not only did just that, but took him to a bar to do it.

5. Bad asks Jean what the most important thing to know about her is.
Her reply: “I have a son.”

So while it is true that a four-year-old can disappear anywhere, any time — even with a sober adult watching — the incident led Jean to learn that he had broken a critical promise to her and could not be trusted with the most important person in her life.