I assume you mean “are incorrect”, not “are wrong”? No offense, but I’m just a “Commentor”, (not the author of a blog), therefore I didn’t do any major grammar checking…

Overall, I like the post. I just think some of the details from the movie you wrote about are flat-out inaccurate, which I think can be a little misleading.

I do find it interesting how viewers of the movie put Lee at having different levels of culpability. (You think of it as a failure, not a mistake. Whereas I see more the mistake in it.) Goes to show just how different we all are…

Hey there Justin,
Thanks for weighing in. I’ll give this post a complete re-sweep and QC edit. My apologies.

But can I point out, that while your comment was very well written, it is “are wrong”, not “is wrong”? And I only do that to show just how easy it is to make a mistake. Since I wrote this article, I have an editor that reads and edits my crap copiously. I’m not an editor, nor do I want to be.

My only interest in talking about this movie was to discuss his culpability and the faults in his actions… which, you spoke to directly. And I appreciated. Normally I stay pretty far away from straight dramas (though I am writing about Ashes in the Snow, which is decidedly dramatic), and stick to more headjobby type films. So, yeah, definitely not my proverbial wheelhouse. But it introduced me to you… so there is that.

Regardless, I appreciate the criticism, and the comment all the same. I do this for kicks and giggles… barely making enough money from the ads to cover the server costs. So yeah, this isn’t even hardly a hobby for me, let alone a job. And at the same time, that isn’t an excuse. I could have done a lot better with this post. Again, my apologies.

Taylor

I have to completely disagree: it was 100% a mistake that he didn’t put the screen in front of the fireplace. You have to always look at a person’s state of mind and intention: did Lee purposely leave the screen off? No. He was drunk and mistakenly forgot to put the screen in front of the fireplace. So, in my mind, both a mistake and a failure on his part. I don’t think I would call it a sin though. A sin is a willful or deliberate violation, and he didn’t intentionally leave the screen off of the fireplace. So, in my opinion, it isn’t a “sin”.

Your dialogue of the police interview isn’t completely accurate, which is a little misleading. It’s close, but not spot-on.

What you say his daughter says to him in his dream/nightmare is incorrect. She says “Can’t you see we’re burning?”

You also need a complete grammar check of your entire post, by yourself, or, if you aren’t capable, then by someone else.

I hate how people carelessly post articles like this, misleading and misguiding people with inaccurate information from the film.

I was disturbed that Patrick (16) was going to be adopted by George. Patrick already had a loving father, and it feels to me like he’s being replaced. Maybe it is a good thing so that Patrick doesn’t feel alone in the world?

I guess I find that I’m more concerned about Patrick. Will George and wife be good parents??

Fair.

The furnace scene does foreshadow such a possibility of a suicide at sea but I prefer to think Lee has a reason to keep holding on so as to check in from time to time on his nephew.

This is a kind of movie which gives a realistic telling about horrific loss, guilt, unforgiveness and realizing that people can’t always fix what’s broken. I recommend watching a comedy immediately after this movie ends for an emotional roller coaster effect. Kidding aside, this movie tops the list as one of the saddest to watch.

I want to add an alternate ending. He slips off the back of the boat and drowns himself. Depressing, but that goes with “the permanence of failure” which is a real, legitimate theme. It’s only in Disney fantasies where any wrong can be righted. He was a good man in a tough situation. He closed all the books: made sure the kid was taken care of, got the boat fixed, but “just can’t beat it (the demons).” Surely the nightmare of burning daughters shows that. The furnace scene foreshadows a possible suicide at sea: they just went for the mixed, kinda happy ending insetad.

Hey, that’s a very nice reply! I didn’t think of the movie the way you did. But now I do and thanks for this explanation! -Neerajrt