I thought the scene in the movie that supported this definition of a road trip was when Tallahase, Columbus, Little Rock, and Wichita are in Billy Mays' house playing Monopoly. Monopoly is a game that families often play together, and this scene shows that they are bonding, especially because this is the moment when Tallahase reveals what it is that he is really running from - the loss of his son. This shows that in this movie, a major component of a road trip is the relationship that grows between characters as they face conflict together. The farther they go and the more that they deal with, the more they learn about each other and the closer they become, until at the end Columbus recognizes that this is the closest thing he has ever had to a family. I think this scene is important because it is the first time that we get a glimpse of these characters as a type of family.
In the very end of the movie, I thought that Tallahase was going to sacrafice himself to save the others, because as Columbus points out earlier in the movie: "Once you take a man's son away from him, he has nothing left to lose." Why do you think Tallahase lived in the end? What does this say about this movie's definition of a road trip?
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I also agree that the scene playing Monopoly is significant, and I think the time spent in Billy Mays' house as whole is important. As Jennigale mentioned, Tallahase opened up to the group about what he was running away from. Columbus, whom tried to act cool at the beginning when talking about sex with Tallahase, opens up about how no girl picked him for dance parter in 8th grade to Wichita. This is where they get close to each other. When Wichita and Little Rock leaves, Columbus feels "lost".
ReplyDeleteWhy did Wichita and Little Rock decide not to trust anyone and thus leave Tallahase and Columbus everytime?