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Did we see the same movie? Roy’s wife bailed on him and took the kids with her when he went crazy. They weren’t exactly standing by him. And the kids came off as dullard brats who fancied goofy golf over a seeing a Disney film. Odds are the wife was going to want a divorce. Stay on Earth and pay alimony and child support for the next 15 years, or go with the aliens and possibly be declared legally dead? Tough choice! 😛
I don’t know. His character is like one of the millions of boring, shitty people that I wish would die but don’t. Just not my type of lead character.
You’re looking at it entirely the wrong way, though I guess I’m not surprised.
What am I missing? You gotta be patient with me. I don’t have your analytical mind. I need things spelled out for me.
Well your first mistake is looking at the narrative in conventional terms, because it’s not that kind of movie. (Your second mistake was bringing in your typical and needlessly hyperbolic bitterness towards the human race…)
I’m no film critic so I could try to put the nature of the film’s narrative into words but would likely fail to do it proper justice. I’ll say if you’re going to watch it again, watch the DC, but first do some critical reading on the film. There’s a lot that’s been written about the atypical complexion of the film and it’s structure and its exploration of human nature, obsession, insanity, wonder, and mystery. Making it just about an Everyman going through this discovery allows it the ability to tell a story of visceral and intangible emotion that isn’t solely tethered to a specific experience, such as losing a child. Roy’s story isn’t really about “abandoning his family” at all, it’s much moreso about abandoning the Everyday and experiencing something else entirely.
