Movies of this genre typically have some deeper meaning intertwined symbolically throughout them. I just saw Ice Storm for the first time last night and am rethinking the symbolism.
Was there a deeper meaning to having all of the family meet the train in the last scene of the movie, after having Tobey Maguire reading the Fabulous Four comic book throughout the film?
Probably, yes. Maybe: one might consider the Jesus symbolism of mikey; after what happens to him, the whole family is sort of awakened. The last verse of the Hebrew Bible reads: "And he shall turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers, lest I come and strike the Earth with a curse." Perhaps this is sort of the moment of salvation? Just a thought.
shareA significant element of the film is about the fracture of the family unit, emotionally and literally. Bringing everyone together at the end could be the fim ending on a note where there's the possible of hope and genuine emotional connection, or it may be that their literal reunion is just a way of highlighting how emotinally distant from each other they've become - after all, none of them really understands what the others have been through. Although they're physcially back together, emotionally they could be said to be more distant than ever.
sharei agree, but there is more, much more
only the director and maybe the actors
you should try being in a film (seriously!)
I didn't make the connection between FF and the family meeting him at the train until you mentioned it. I think they wanted to greet him because of what had just happened with Mikey being killed and they wanted to be together.
shareI just saw it too and posted on another board about it. I'm all confused not knowing whether I liked it or not. I had a difficult time getting into the story. I did not think about any symbolism in regards to the ending though I'm sure I missed some things.
shareA dysfunctional moment => a functional moment. Think about this and watch the movie, it'll be more obvious.
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Read this narration at the beginning of the film and how it relates the ending:
In issue 141 of the Fantastic Four, published in November, 1973, Reed Richards had to use his anti-matter weapon on his own son, who Aannihilus has turn into the Human Atom Bomb. It was a typical predicament for the Fantastic Four, because they weren't like other superheroes. They were more like a family. And the more power they had, the more harm they could do to each other without even knowing it. That was the meaning of the Fantastic Four: that a family is like your own personal anti-matter. Your family is the void you emerge from, and the place you return to when you die. And that's the paradox - the closer you're drawn back in, the deeper into the void you go.
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