Final Scene: Heartwarming or Sad?
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motter25420-153-699254 — 9 years ago(August 07, 2016 07:30 AM)
- Uh, yeah, he wanted to get home and see his family on Thanksgiving - what a jerk. I'd say paying $75 for a cab (especially in the 80's) is hardly something a tightwad would do.
- A huff? The guy was bummed, everyone is when their flight is delayed, especially after a long day at work, losing a cab, and not having seen your family for a few days, and it's a holiday.
- He got upset that he was bumped, again, who wouldn't, and the woman was very rude, a refund is not the point, there's a reason you pay for 1st class.
- Huh? So let me make sure I understand you here:
*A guy takes his socks off on a plane and his feet stink to high heaven - you're fine with that?
*A guy uses every towel in the bathroom and leaves you none (after you paid for the room and the cab) - you'd be fine with that?
*A guy spills beer all over your side of the bed - you'd be fine with that?
*A guy starts clearing his nose as you're trying to sleep - OK by you?
*A rental company rents you a car that is not there - OK by you?
*The bus runs off and you have to walk back, and when you get there the woman is ignoring you to take a personal call - OK by you?
*You get robbed of all your cash and are upset, so you're tightwad?
*Without your permission, a guy rents a car with your credit card, gets it scratched up, lights it on fire, you're upset so you're a tightwad?
That's not even covering everything, just a few things, I think you need to go watch the movie again.
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goodguy_1969 — 9 years ago(November 06, 2016 08:33 PM)
Bingo!, jsn_hylnd!! I was just thinking humanity and humility after watching the movie yet again. I know this was just movie but I firmly believe if everyone experiences a touch of humanity and humility, the world as we know would be a nicer place
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bsthorrortownusa-346-913090 — 11 years ago(November 26, 2014 08:37 AM)
Till John Candy's death, I always viewed it as a heartwarming scene.. Del finally has an actually friend, someone who cares about him and can help him move forward But now it's just sad, I always think about John Candy not being here anymore..
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TotheWatersandtheWild — 10 years ago(November 26, 2015 06:23 PM)
Makarov-324
Maybe steve martin's character sets him up on a blind date and 1 week later he moves in with her and they get married and have 5 kids and then Del gets the happy ending.
I like the way you think.
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motter25420-153-699254 — 11 years ago(November 27, 2014 06:47 PM)
Personally I never got the impression that Del
couldn't
afford to have a home, I thought it was always more like his wife was dead and he purposely stayed on the road to meet people, chat with his customers and what not to keep from sitting around the house dwelling on the loss of his wife. -
shadow_priest_x — 11 years ago(November 27, 2014 10:38 PM)
My thoughts as well. I mean, Del apparently has a steady job and customers that consistently buy from him. I never felt like he was incapable of providing for himself. He just stayed on the road because he had nothing else and that was where the action was.
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AntDude — 11 years ago(November 27, 2014 11:59 PM)
Both.
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nooneishere — 11 years ago(November 28, 2014 02:55 AM)
I always personally thought that Del chose not to live anywhere, despite possibly having the funds to. When you've lost a loved one, the last thing you want to do is move on without them. So, my take is that Del just kept bouncing from city to city, choosing to never settle down and start anew.
Disregarding that theory, I always thought Neil would help him find a new place to live, if he was actually homeless and broke.
"That's the karma again, I didn't help Kenny so she beat me up with a telephone" -
motter25420-153-699254 — 11 years ago(November 28, 2014 08:03 AM)
Good Post, I said the same thing above, the guy was flying on planes, had $270 in cash in his wallet (pretty good for 1980's), he just couldn't sit still or he'd go nuts thinking about his loss.
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06986 — 11 years ago(November 29, 2014 12:32 AM)
I watched it again and thought it was a nice ending, not sad. Del was not sad to go to the house and see the family, he was happy he made a friend and got to spend a nice Thanksgiving with a nice family and did not have to spend Thanksgiving at some train station or Denny's lonely and depressed. Steve Martin's character was more thankful for what he had after meeting Del and likely less anti social and shallow. The ending was supposed to show both became better people for meeting each other and going through that experience and likely Del will try to stop living in the past with his deceased wife and will find someone new and settle down. I saw the ending as showing Steve Martin's character was going to take Del in for a little while until Del finds a stable life, likely Martin's character hooks Del up with a good stable job as they are both in sales/marketing and things work out for each other.