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.
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