Upon watching several movies about Fathers and their sons longing for their love (holy crap this makes me sound like a sissy), I have been tasked with writing about what two movies connect with the types of fathers out there. Shall we begin?[SPOILER ALERT]
The movie Smoke Signals had a strong Father-Son aura emitting from it. The protagonist Victor Joseph lost his dad when he was a boy because he left after being a total drunk and abusive(for lack of a term capable of grasping the type of person)douche. Now, Victor is a self loathing punk who upon learning of his fathers death goes to get his stuff in Arizona with his want to be homie Thomas who is so obnoxious he makes me want to watch The View. The type of issue Victor faces is FATHER HUNGER. Victor doesn't really realize it but he wants his fathers love(if your head is in the gutter then that last part sounds hilarious!)and his mom knows it too. When he was a kid he would wait for his father to come home, even though he was gone forever. Luckily he and Thomas become bros and the need of a father is replaced with a makeshift brother. Not an improvement if you ask me because Thomas is a weirdo and a 1/2.
Another good movie was Click. This one was flipped and it was more of a Son-Father ordeal. However there was still issues between Michael and his kids. The issue here was FATHER THE PROVIDER. Michael is so focused on getting his work done and getting his promotion that he has no time for his family. Later he realizes that by neglecting his kids they became semi-deviant and he loses his wife but that's irrelevant. Thanks to the "universal remote" Michael gets from Morty, a.k.a. The Angel of Death, Michael can see the errors of his ways and get better as a father.
Father-Son movies are alright and can be kind of entertaining. They are decent guides for men who want to be better fathers and for kids looking for assistance. And people have the nerve to say you can't learn from movies!
