I felt so bad for Tommy… Please give me your thoughts
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LukeLovesFilm28 — 10 years ago(February 21, 2016 03:38 PM)
You're probably one of those wonderful "adult" parents that treat their kids like dogs / property. If the kid isn't being a perfect example of how a child should act, you hit them until their disobedience is corrected. Am I wrong? You couldn't possibly treat the child like a growing, adolescent human being. A human being who is capable of so much more than the fcking obedient dog that you want them to turn into.
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daughterofolaf — 11 years ago(November 03, 2014 08:15 PM)
This is one of the most ridiculous and immature posts I have ever read. It makes me wonder what movie the OP was watching. I assume you must be really young to have such a silly and inexplicably off-base view. The mother was childish when "she had him and ignored him"? WTF are you even talking about?
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winepooh96 — 10 years ago(February 07, 2016 10:23 PM)
I'm surprised so many posts here are saying that Tommy was nasty to his mother because she neglected him. The way I saw it he was angry towards her because he blamed her for Flap being uninterested in being a father. He wasn't in cub scouts because Emma probably couldn't afford to put him in it. Instead of blaming his dad, he put it all on Emma.
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OldFriendOfTheChristys — 9 years ago(May 09, 2016 12:56 PM)
The older I get and Im not even a parent - the more I appreciate the scene in which Emma explains to Tommy he never has to feel bad about having never told her he loves her because she already knows. He
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going to realize it someday, like Emma said, and hes going to feel terrible, but hopefully he remembers his mothers words and quickly puts it out of his mind.
Its one of the most expertly written scenes of dialogue Ive ever witnessed.
Really, just thinking about it makes me emotional.