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October Sky (1999) (YouTube Edit) (Patreon)

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2026-10-16 07:26:30
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Kt B

The thing about Homer’s dad is that he keeps hearing Homer saying different iterations of “I don’t belong in a coal mine,” and it felt to him like Homer was saying “I’m destined for something better than the rest of you.” Yes, coal mining is dangerous, but it’s honest work and necessary in a society that was powered by fossil fuels. His dad viewed it as noble, and those men had to be courageous and cohesive to go into the mines every day and do what it took to get each other out alive. Beyond that, the mines needed smart people in addition to warm bodies, and it came across to him like Homer didn’t recognize that smart people could do that kind of work. Yes, Homer appreciated how dangerous the mines were and how limited the opportunities in the town were, but what he didn’t appreciate was that the people who made something of those limited opportunities were doing what they could to do right by their families and their community. Homer is young and ambitious, and as self-focused as a teenagers reasonably are, but there were times when he came across as patronizing and devaluing the people who made a life there. That was deeply hurtful to a man who took enormous pride in the leadership he strove to embody. When I first watched the movie, I heard special, talented, ambitious kid held back by a rigid, unsupportive father. Fifteen years later, I heard proud, hardworking father criticized by self-centered kid with a superiority complex. The truth was somewhere in the middle, and with careful writing and exceptional acting, what you really saw was two hurt people who loved each other talking past each other and failing to realize how much they respected each other because of flawed communication and missed connection. That was disproportionately on the dad, who was the adult, but Homer had his part in it, too. I’m just glad they understood each other in the end. Very touching ending.