isn't when he died or anything.
It was when Tom Hanks comes in to Denzel's office and Denel follows his hands and everything he touches.
It just shows the judgement that people couldn't handle when AIDS became a known disease.
yeah, after reading a bit here I think I'll re-visit Philadelphia asap. I only seen it once, years ago...think I was too immature at the time to fully appreciate it.
shareDefinitely at the end when they show the childhood videos and he picks up the puppy. My tears didn't touch my manhood! Don't judge me!
sharethe end montage of him as a kid ,with the song just broke me. especially when the young him was holding the puppy and then him with the cowboy hat then the bat. I was bawling. as someone said, he was so innocent there and his whole life was ahead of him. couldn't stop the tears.
shareTotally agree, I remember seeing the film when I was very young and that scene displaying Denzel's phobia stayed with me
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I agree thatis a powerful scene, but one of my favorites is the opera scene, simply great in all aspects...
Prostitute: What the *beep* are you doing?
Johnny: I'm gonna kill a bunch of people.
My favorite scene, and the turning point in Denzel's character, is in the library when he sees Andy being discriminated against. He goes from hiding behind a pile of books so Andy can't see him, to actually intervening in the situation and saving Andy from further humiliation. Denzel was masterful throughout this film.
shareYes back in the day (the 80s and early 90s) how the HIV/AIDS virus was transmitted was a question mark. The scene at miller's office was well scripted as you see what extremes counselor miller made to separate himself from hank's character. his apparent thought was any contact would or could result in the transmission of the hiv/aids virus. The camera angles were very specific in showing how careful washington's character was in insuring he kept his distance. It would take a casual encounter at a library, between beckett and miller, for miller to learn that a law had been violated. The specific law was the Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Beckett's law firm asserted that his termination was a the result of incompetence and not because he contracted the HIV/AIDS virus. This movie brought to light the issues the gay community faced in relation to the hiv/aids virus. There were too many questions followed by too many myths and errant thinking. I found the movie courageous in its portrayal. In the final scene you've got a close knit family dealing with the death of a beloved family member. They dismissed any negative thoughts associated with HIV/AIDS. To them Andrew was their son, brother, brother-in-law ... he was a human being who contracted an incurable disease.
shareThe most powerful scene for me is the ending when they put in the video of Tom Hank's as a kid playing with his family. I get so emotional watching him as a child and hearing the lyrics of Neil Young's song, because I remembered the way people treated him in the film as an adult and imagine them reacting that way to the child he used to be and something in me breaks, I can't not cry when I watch it. We are all human, we were all kids and to hate someone for loving another human being is just wrong.
Sometimes I think that I know
What love's all about
And when I see the light
I know I'll be all right.
I've got my friends in the world,
I had my friends
When we were boys and girls
And the secrets came unfurled.
City of brotherly love
Place I call home
Don't turn your back on me
I don't want to be alone
Love lasts forever.
Someone is talking to me,
Calling my name
Tell me I'm not to blame
I won't be ashamed of love.
Philadelphia,
City of brotherly love.
Brotherly love.
Sometimes I think that I know
What love's all about
And when I see the light
I know I'll be all right.
Philadelphia
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Yes! This last scene of the home movies always gets me everytime. I think what gets me is seeing him, little and young and healthy with not a care in the world and knowing that all that wonderful life is now over. Shortly after I saw the movie, I had a hard time watching the last scene cause it chokes me up so much.
The other scene I like is the last hospital scene where people are saying their last goodbyes. His mom says something about him being a wonderful son. I love how the brother is overcome. Just pure, raw, emotions. But I particularly love when he removes his own face mask and just says "I'm ready".
The scene coming out of Denzel's character's office is definitely very moving!
shareAgreed, that scene is extremely powerful and poignant.
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When I almost got beat up in the theater. I was watching this film as naive young man because my girlfriend wanted to see it. I was snoozing when she was crying, I laughed at some of the jokes that were supposed to be offensive, and I wanted a refund halfway through it....but these are the things a guy does for the ladies. But when they read the verdict and I heard many in the theater let out a "Yessss", I said " (lol)...Sounds like steam escaping! (RIP Dom Deluise)". About a dozen people turned and gave me chilling looks. I then realized perhaps it wasnt the best idea to see such a film the week it came out.
Time passed and I still consider the verdict the most powerful scene...not for anything substantial in regards to the ordinary film, but because it was a very powerful moment in my life :)
"Freedom and morality do not go hand in hand. In fact, they are usually devoid of one another."
For me, it has to be the scene where Andy describes his boss as this great man. And then they cut to the guy, and he's sitting there looking very guilty and a little ashamed for being so petty and not going with the settlement in the first place. The way Hanks delivered it, it almost brought a tear to my eye.
shareReading through this thread makes me realize how much I need to rewatch the movie.
Anyway, I think the most powerful moment is the line "Do I look gay to you?"
Don't listen to the negative ones; their arguments are irrational.
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