Final Scene: Heartwarming or Sad?
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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)
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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.
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ashfan89 — 11 years ago(December 01, 2014 12:19 AM)
I'd say heartwarming for sure, because I think it shows that Del is happy for Neal. Del wants a family too, and I'm sure he'd like to meet someone new that he could love even a little bit as much as Marie. After you lose a loved one, it feels like it's never going to be the same. But eventually you're able to move on and find happiness even while retaining all the good times you once had with the person you loved.
