so you ARE married?
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nobiggie — 10 years ago(January 07, 2016 02:30 PM)
Should have noticed how much more he was fighting himself in that scene than his son. >
Very good points you make! The others here who don't think the kid's father was gay are clueless or in denial themselves! -
Vicenzo-VV — 10 years ago(November 13, 2015 08:45 AM)
Fitts had a homosexual relationship in the army and his then boyfriend was killed. This subplot was explored more in scenes that were eventually excised from the movie. In the commentary Sam Mendes and Alan Ball discuss it a fair bit.
"Yeah, well, that's just, like, your opinion, man" -
JudgeNotLestYeBeJudgeReinhold — 10 years ago(March 09, 2016 06:27 PM)
So, I get that he was a repressed gay man, but why did he shoot Lester? Was he crushed by the rejection? Or do you think he killed him to keep his 'secret' safe?
I just watched AB for the first time in probably 15 years, and I didn't get then, and still don't! Makes me feel kinda like a dumbass, but I'm really curious to know someone else's opinion.
Thanks, Casey -
ohumstudio — 9 years ago(April 08, 2016 04:37 PM)
i believe tha col fitts was not gay.he kissed Lester to make sure if lester is gay or not.that was the only way he could find out.and once he find out he is not gay and he kicked his son out for wrong reason and lost him forever then he killed lester
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Easyrider1987 — 9 years ago(October 20, 2016 03:31 PM)
I always thought Frank fittz was testing Lester when he tried too kiss him to see if he was just being paranoid about what he saw between Lester and his son. Or wether Lester actually gay. Frank fittz is a odd bod from the word go mind, for years and years this characters odd behaviour freaked me out.
You always find its the curious ones who are closet homosexual. A lot of manly professions and sports here in UK and the majority who are homosexual is unbelievable, FRANK FITTS you scare me! -
josh_w_richards — 9 years ago(December 29, 2016 09:11 AM)
I'm in the group that thinks Fitts isn't gay. He was testing Lester to see if his son really was gay. When Lester made it clear he was straight, Fitts realized his son lied to him about being gay to force him to kick him out of the house and get away from him. He had lost his son, and it was entirely his own fault. Since he's an angry old man, someone had to pay for it. Why not the dad next door that helped drive his son away?