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Post by Martin Stett on Dec 22, 2020 0:26:24 GMT
Not trying to change your mind or anything, but the painful final scene with Rogers sitting by himself and playing the piano renders this a bizarre criticism, and a lot of the movie also is about trying to handle and process difficult feelings in a genuinely positive way, which will just about always come off as "saccharine" if you're looking at it cynically, which is, for the most part, still the cool/conformist thing to do these days. My main issues was with the development of Rhys' family life and how that tied with Mr. Rogers in, my opinion, a cheap and non-organic way. I certainly didn't think the final scene was painful at all (but that's just my interpretation of it) and even after rewatching it now, didn't cross my mind that that was the intention. Poignant sure but I don't see it as painful or heartbreaking. Most of these movies are made to get nominated for awards and calculated to tug at heartstrings and it seems naive to suggest otherwise. Amen. I was annoyed at this movie. I actually liked the stuff with Lloyd's family: it may be safe and standard, but it is dealing with real issues that real people face. A lot of people deal with anger towards their parents, or are unsure of how to be a parent themselves. But Mr. Rogers keeps getting forced into that story as a plot device to *make* Lloyd develop into a better person. The result is that Lloyd has these therapy sessions and just comes out of them a better person, no struggle necessary. Remove Mr. Rogers and write Lloyd as a person who gets through those personal demons in an organic way, and you've got yourself a good movie. The problem is Mr. Rogers. This isn't a character, he's a narrative device. And he takes up way too much of the movie. As for the obligatory "how was Hanks" talk: He's fine. *Shrug* He doesn't have a character to play, so meh.
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