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re: "About Time" on HBO-GO/ Greatest movie of all-time
Posted on 2/21/15 at 10:09 pm to dpd901
Posted on 2/21/15 at 10:09 pm to dpd901
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My wife was entirely unmoved.
Same, and my wife drug me to see it. As I said before, I cried at the end, unashamedly. Now that I have a son on the way, I'm scared to watch it again.
Trailers screwed this movie. Whoever put them together did not understand men at all. To the point that a movie in which the sole underpinning was watching a young man grow up, they marketed it to women because of Rachel McAdams. If they had simply revised the trailer to reflect the true nature, I think the male 28-60 demographic would have gone in droves.
If there is one thing that does not get addressed enough in today's culture, it's the men who are good fathers. 99% of dads in movies and tv, even ads, are portrayed as imbecilic neanderthals who can't tie their shoes without a woman's guidance, complete Jackasses who are barely there and give terrible parenting advice, or not there at all. This movie so incredibly refreshing because it portrayed a father who went out of his way to retire and build memories when he hadn't the first time. Then we get to see a young man grow up, discover love, become a father himself and start learning from his father's wisdom. Which is how the process is supposed to work. It was well acted, great script, excellent concept. Was an all around fantastic movie, and all it did was simply "get it".
This post was edited on 2/21/15 at 10:12 pm
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Posted on 2/21/15 at 10:13 pm to VaBamaMan
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If there is one thing that does not get addressed enough in today's culture, it's the men who are good fathers. 99% of dads in movies and tv, even ads, are portrayed as imbecilic neanderthals who can't tie their shoes without a woman's guidance, complete Jackasses who are barely there and give terrible parenting advice, or not there at all. This movie so incredibly refreshing because it portrayed a father who went out of his way to retire and build memories when he hadn't the first time. Then we get to see a young man grow up, discover love, become a father himself and start learning from his father's wisdom. Which is how the process is supposed to work. It was well acted, great script, excellent concept. Was an all around fantastic movie, and all it did was simply "get it".
You nailed it. Fatherhood is so misunderstood by today's society. Fathers can have such an important role in their children's lives, but it's like the expectation isn't there any more.
Posted on 2/21/15 at 10:27 pm to SwaggerCopter
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*SPOILER*
My only problem with the whole movie is the final walk on the beach not affecting the future, specifically the children. Time travel is impossible to get perfect because it's basically theoretically impossible, but I thought they dropped the ball on this part, and they could have easily avoided it with a rule change or just doing the scene as adults.
I saw this movie when it first popped up on blu-ray about a year ago or whatever and I thought it was fine at that point but nothing special. I sat down and watched it on HBO a week or two ago and really appreciated it more then that the first viewing. Like you, I had very few issues with it except some nitpicking.
The walk on the beach, even though "they were really careful" was a bad move in the movie when it could have have easily been avoided by letting them just go out on the beach and go for a walk together.
My other issue was the kid coming back and then the father having to live with the knowledge that his son's final moment with him has passed. It is a tough concept to wrap your head around but the scene is several years before his father dies but he still lives for a few years knowing that, it's just odd and I wouldn't have a clue how to deal with that information.
Other than my few things, some of the scenes were absolutely beautifully shot between the father and son. The scene that I really liked was the wedding toast scene. The father nailed the first one and he insisted on going back and doing another one.
As far as why they targeted women with the trailers, how many times have you guys been fooled by a movie targeting guys that turned out to be more of a "chick flick" than you would have gone to see. The fact is, an emotional movie like this nearly requires a woman to drag the guy through the front door.
Posted on 2/22/15 at 11:03 am to VaBamaMan
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Same, and my wife drug me to see it. As I said before, I cried at the end, unashamedly. Now that I have a son on the way, I'm scared to watch it again. Trailers screwed this movie. Whoever put them together did not understand men at all. To the point that a movie in which the sole underpinning was watching a young man grow up, they marketed it to women because of Rachel McAdams. If they had simply revised the trailer to reflect the true nature, I think the male 28-60 demographic would have gone in droves. If there is one thing that does not get addressed enough in today's culture, it's the men who are good fathers. 99% of dads in movies and tv, even ads, are portrayed as imbecilic neanderthals who can't tie their shoes without a woman's guidance, complete Jackasses who are barely there and give terrible parenting advice, or not there at all. This movie so incredibly refreshing because it portrayed a father who went out of his way to retire and build memories when he hadn't the first time. Then we get to see a young man grow up, discover love, become a father himself and start learning from his father's wisdom. Which is how the process is supposed to work. It was well acted, great script, excellent concept. Was an all around fantastic movie, and all it did was simply "get it".
My only regret is that I have but one up vote to give for this post
Posted on 5/25/15 at 3:10 pm to SwaggerCopter
Gave this another watch recently. So awesome. 
It's back on HBO-GO FYI, although I went ahead and bought the Blu-ray.
It's back on HBO-GO FYI, although I went ahead and bought the Blu-ray.
Posted on 5/25/15 at 3:26 pm to SwaggerCopter
I DVR'd it. Nails Father/Son Relationships, especially in the context of having a wife and kids of your own, like no other movie. Makes you realize how important your relationship with your dad is
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