Which bit touched you the most?
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fentress — 10 years ago(November 16, 2015 02:34 PM)
The home movie scene is the one that touched me the most. The whole scene is moving. But especially when Hunter says "Goodnight, Dad" to Walt, then turns to Travis and says "Goodnight, Dad". It sounds corny describing it, and I'm not usually a person moved by easy syrupy bits. But I have to admit that one gets me every time. I'm getting a tear in my eye just sitting here writing about now!
A close second: a few moments after that, the conversation Hunter has with Anne as she puts him to bed. Hunter says about his real mother (paraphrasing) "That's not really her though. That's only her in the movie a long time ago in a galaxy far far away."
The "galaxy far far away" line is so natural, so much like something a real little boy would say. Hunter Carson must have said it spontaneously. No writer would think of that.