No movie is perfect so I thought it would be fun to hear what everybody disliked about the film.
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orgastic-naddy — 15 years ago(October 04, 2010 06:48 PM)
That part where Gordie sees the deer while everybody is still asleep in the woods. It just seemed so random and stupid to me. Why would he make a big deal about seeing a deer and vow not to share that moment with anyone else? That's what I thought anyways. Others may take that differently of course.
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MrBook_ — 14 years ago(August 21, 2011 07:41 PM)
(That part where Gordie sees the deer while everybody is still asleep in the woods. It just seemed so random and stupid to me. Why would he make a big deal about seeing a deer and vow not to share that moment with anyone else? That's what I thought anyways. Others may take that differently of course. )
I'm with you on thisI feel the same way. Sure, it depends on where you live, but I see deer all the time, no big deal.AND, this would be true for some kids living in 1950's Oregon I'm sure. It's not like he saw a grizzly, that would have been a little different.
That bit is a lot more effective in the original novella than in the movie. It's not so much that he saw a deer; it's that he had this totally private moment early in the morning where something beautiful happened, and he didn't share it with anybody, because it was just for him. I think it's actually saying something about writing; the bond between writer and reader can be so intense that it's almost like just keeping something to yourself. It's so personal that it goes beyond even the bonds between close friends.
It also seems to take a lot longer in the book. You understand that it was a fleeting moment and obviously the deer ran away almost as soon as it saw him, but because it takes a while to read what he wrote about it, the moment seems to draw out and out and out, and becomes this timeless little cool thing experienced only by Gordie.
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areyouforcereal — 15 years ago(October 08, 2010 06:47 AM)
Gordie's dadwanted to slap his face.
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quietmushroom — 15 years ago(October 16, 2010 02:07 PM)
Chris' breakdown. Of course I like the scene, but I feel like he gave in to that overwhelming need to cry too easily.I realise that this is why the scene appeals to so many - I realize I'm being VERY picky about this.
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bubblegum3091 — 15 years ago(October 22, 2010 12:17 PM)
I didn't really like how Gordie was as an adult. He's too.. I dunno.. different. I'm not sure exactly what it is, almost everything. He was too normal and smiley, taking kids to swimming and being all suburban. I don't know I just didn't like it. It just didn't seem to fit to me. The rest was so great but just adult Gordie threw me off
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edbelfour3 — 14 years ago(May 14, 2011 11:21 PM)
But I don't believe the Richard Dreyfuss' character was supposed to be Gordie as an adult He was a writer who got the idea for the story from the article in the paper about Chris Chambers getting killed. but presumably he didn't know Chris Chambers, it was just the inspiration for the story he told in the movie.. and Richard Drefuss is credited as "The Writer", and not as Gordie as an adult.
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ronriffraff — 13 years ago(December 13, 2012 03:47 AM)
He is credited as "The Writer" as that underscores how Gordie has indeed become what Chris told him he would become. Like The Writer, I laugh at that little exchange between his son and his friend ("Your dad's weird." "Yeah, he gets like that when he's writing."). Where has The Writer heard that before?
I love this movie. Even when it's shown on TV where it's interrupted by commercials every five minutes (not to mention those annoying on-screen promotional announcements), and those needless attempts to keep the language clean, I still find myself watching it, even though I already have it on DVD. -
ronriffraff — 13 years ago(December 13, 2012 03:49 AM)
He is credited as "The Writer" as that underscores how Gordie has indeed become what Chris told him he would become. Like The Writer, I laugh at that little exchange between his son and his friend ("Your dad's weird." "Yeah, he gets like that when he's writing."). Where has The Writer heard that before?
I love this movie. Even when it's shown on TV where it's interrupted by commercials every five minutes (not to mention those annoying on-screen promotional announcements), and those needless attempts to keep the language clean, I still find myself watching it, even though I already have it on DVD.
