I rented “The Hottest State” this past weekend. Ethan Hawke’s film adaptation of his first novel couldn’t have been better. There’s a subtext that strikes me in my soft parts… my “emotional” soft parts: the way my parents’s shit gave me shit while growing up, and how, then as a man, I needed him so much. Here’s the trailer for the movie. Browsing through YouTube I found this emotional scene from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air: the one where Will’s dad bails on him, yet again. No matter how much time has passed, and even though we’ve made amends, I always get teary eyed while watching it.
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September 3, 2008 at 4:52 am
I saw the movie Longshots today and there is a little bit of dad/child emotional stuff in it. Except the child is a girl. It was still a little sad and I felt bad for her but it works out in the end. And I saw the movie with my dad.
September 3, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Nice, that you saw an emotional movie with your dad. I did that with Big Fish, and it was great, although my dad isn’t too outspoken when it comes to his emotions.
September 4, 2008 at 5:02 pm
Oh my gosh, YES that scene from Fresh Prince, I remember! I thought because it was a sit-com it would have a happy ending, but not so much…
September 4, 2008 at 6:39 pm
Yeah, really, it was so sad
“How come he don’t want me man”.
September 8, 2008 at 8:21 pm
“How come he don’t want me man”… Shit man… I remember that episode… I cry too.
September 8, 2008 at 8:22 pm
“How come he don’t want me man”… Shit man… I remember that episode… I cried too.
September 8, 2008 at 8:57 pm
Yeah dude, really emotional. For some reason I need to see this scene every once in a while. It always gets to me.