From the very beginning, it's made clear that the one thing Gil wants is to be the opposite of his father. Karen asks hi
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Gus-69 — 12 years ago(October 15, 2013 04:38 AM)
The film has such a pro-abortion agenda that in the ending about three or four babies are born, including the one whose termination was being discussed by the character.
Oh, in Schindler's List some Nazis kill Jews. Spielberg and the movie are obviously anti-Semitic, according to your infatile rationale. -
fiatlux-1 — 11 years ago(November 17, 2014 02:25 PM)
I thought of it as Gil being caught off-guard, and not knowing HOW to react.
He had just lost his job, albeit he quit, but still. He'd lost a partnership he'd worked hard for, come home to find his wife is unplanned-pregnant.
He was a worry-wart to boot, and still reeling too from the problems with his son Kevin, daughter Taylor, and even the toddler Justin.
He didn't want to offend his wife either, he didn't know what to say.
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
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fiatlux-1 — 11 years ago(November 17, 2014 02:27 PM)
And perhaps, part of him did want an abortion. I could understand his feeling this, even for just a brief time.
If the situation was reversed, and the wife wanted the abortion, would people be just as offended?
I'd say this cloud is Cumulo Nimbus.
Didn't he discover America?
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al666940 — 10 years ago(December 24, 2015 03:50 PM)
Well it's not meant to be taken that way.
It's meant to show that Gill is:- a buck passer (he doesn't want to deal with that decision)
- doesn't want another kid, but REALLY doesn't want blood (figure of speech) on his hands, thus "it's YOUR choice" therefore he can walk away with a "clean" conscience ("Hey, YOU decided to have the abortion, don't guilt me about it").
And the wife clearly takes it that way, and chews him out for it.
Don't see any propaganda being pushed in our faces either way. If anything the movie is stating that it should be BOTH their choice, not just hers (men complain how they are cut out of the decision-making process, EXCEPT when it's inconvenient).
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bassman21 — 10 years ago(January 19, 2016 02:44 PM)
This was totally an 80s leftist movie. Back then republicans were usually the PC ones and above any crude humor. Now it's the democrats that are PC about everything. This movie would never be made today by leftist Hollywood. They wouldn't let the kids play with toy guns, use the language they did, mock school shootings, show a nude toddler, promote fatherhood and discourage single motherhood among other things.