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But WILL was right!

posted 9 years ago by IMDB_Vits
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I get the point of the story: EDWARD never lied like WILL said. He just exagerated things, which is fine. WILL needed to not be so caught up in looking for facts. However, WILL was entitled to be angry. EDWARD was always trying to be the centre of attention. It's fine in campings with all those kids... but his son's wedding? Come on! Not to mention that everytime WILL talked about it, EDWARD would either pretend to be dumb or act like a stubborn kid.

I get that the movie, while ultimately grounded in reality, wanted to feel like a fantasy. That doesn't mean we can't apply real-life logic to the plot. I felt EDWARD crossed the line with the things he did to win over SANDRA.

[–] q_leo_rahman 9 years ago

The point of the film was that fantasy is not a lie, but a tool to embellish reality and makes it better than it normally is.

But yes, they sort of skirted around that aspect. Just because Will saw his father's viewpoint of life doesn't mean they could just make up that easily; it's only a step to reconciliation.

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[–] IMDB_Vits 8 years ago

Maybe what really happened is that people thought of him as a freak for being to tall. They didn't want to banish him from the town thinking he was dangerous but, by treating him that way, they made him feel like an outsider.

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

However, WILL was entitled to be angry. EDWARD was always trying to be the centre of attention.

I don't think the film is saying that he shouldn't be, It's just saying, as Edward says himself toward the end, that, that is just the way he is (and therefore he should be accepted as such).

I felt EDWARD crossed the line with the things he did to win over SANDRA.

In what way? Much of what we see is undoubtedly fantasy.🐭

[–] IMDB_Vits 8 years ago

I don't think the film is saying that he shouldn't be, It's just saying, as Edward says himself toward the end, that, that is just the way he is (and therefore he should be accepted as such).

Why?

In what way? Much of what we see is undoubtedly fantasy.🐭

He kept trying to win her over despite the fact that she said "I can't; I'm engaged".

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

Why?

People such as loving family members should be accepted, in spite of their perceived faults.

He kept trying to win her over despite the fact that she said "I can't; I'm engaged".

As if that minor road bump, has stopped millions before him. "Crossing the line"! Come on. 🐭

[–] IMDB_Vits 8 years ago

People such as loving family members should be accepted, in spite of their perceived faults.

We're not talking about annoying habits. EDWARD made WILL feel bad for most of his life.

As if that minor road bump, has stopped millions before him. "Crossing the line"! Come on. 🐭

Why are you talking about stalking and infidelity as if they were fun challenges?

[–] spookyrat1 8 years ago

EDWARD made WILL feel bad for most of his life.

Why are you talking about stalking and infidelity ...

LOL! With ridiculous comments like this, its pointless me saying anything more. I'd get more sensible conversation talking to a light pole.🐭

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[–] PenTheater 8 years ago

I think a key to what you have posted is the phrase crossed the line
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Dear Poster, WHO decides what the line is?

Ephemeron.

[–] IMDB_Vits 8 years ago

The members of a society. At least the ones who accept monogamy.

[–] helenroscoe 8 years ago

Honestly I'd be so tired of my father telling these stories every time we meet someone. I understand it's fun to let people know the great things that happened in your life but like you said, if he pulled that self-centered toast at my wedding I wouldn't want to talk to him either.

And what he did with Sandra most people would be creeped out by some guy just showing up saying he loves you and has spent three years of his life obsessing over you and doing everything he did. I would classify that as stalker behavior.

[–] flowerchild-15037 8 years ago

I don't think the story is trying to show that Will is wrong. Neither Edward. I think it's just Will coming to terms with who Edward is as a person. He is a dreamer. Will is a realist. Edward had dreams bigger than the town he grew up in. Will was content with his standard 9-5 job or whatever he worked at. They were both different people. It's not that one was wrong, just that they were too different to get along basically.

But I do agree, that at the wedding, Edward should've made it about Will and not himself.

[–] ExTechOp (2770) 5 years ago

The funeral scene brought home that message for me in two ways.

First, turns out Edwards stories were "true" but we're now seeing, through Will's eyes, that the giant wasn't ten feet tall and the twins weren't conjoined.

Second, Edward spent so much time being out and about in everyone else's lives that he missed out on much of his son's life - it's great that all these people honored him, but it's sad that it took all of them for Will to finally "get" his dad.

[–] TheArgentinian (6666) a year ago

I empathized with Will being annoyed at his father for stealing attention.