Am I the only one
who thought the end of this movie was kind of depressing?
shareI doubt you're the only one. It was depressing!
"Well let's recap the movie so far: somebody went to Alcapulco and somebody almost bought gas."
It was sad, but necessary. Since the movie chronicled his entire life as a teacher, there needed to be a way to provide closure. Hence, you're left with two options: 1) He just retires; 2) He is forced into retirement.
Either way, the final scenes probably set up the same exact way; with him packing up and thinking about old times, only to receive a grand send off.
Its depressing in that it shows the breakdown in public education that occurred in the US between the 1960s and 1990s. When funding for education in music and the arts is cut, its a bad sign. Teacher's unions and administrators fight to keep their jobs and their sweet benefits and pensions while programs like this are cut. That's depressing.
shareFor better or worse, I always had music class. In fact even in high school during the 70's it was a mandatory course. But then again private schools are in a whole different ball park than public schools.
shareI want to add this: When Gov. Lang gives her speech, she mentions that Mr. Holland has achieved something more than riches and fame. He touched all the people's lives in the room there and they are better people because of him. I think that is more important that riches and fame.
But what a bunch of hypocrites they all are: after all the good words still go ahead and cut the programs and teachers.
shareAgreed. The teacher's unions, which also includes all the administrators are all about getting themselves sweet benefits and fat pensions which ends up taking a lot of the money earmarked for things like arts and music programs. The unions go so far as to fight against merited-based raises for exceptional teachers, while fighting to protect bad teachers. Unions have NO place in the public sector. The massive failure of public education in America is proof of the damage they do.
The days of teachers getting 3 months off in summer and expecting to retire at 59 with a fat pension are over.
Welcome to the soundtrack of my life. In some ways, the way Glenn treats his son, the funeral scene during war, John Lennon's murder. However the most uplifting is the Gershwin Revue. I'm sure if your child was deaf, or your son was killed in Vietnam, the movie can be even too painful. Every summer my mother would play her classical albums...I like Mozart myself.
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