Lights, Camera, Dads!
My son wanted to watch Star Wars: Return of the Jedi for the umpteenth time the other night. Which is fine by me, as I've already seen the movie umpteen times and never tire of it.
The final moments of the movie are memorable, of course, but I'd never made special note of the classic father-son scene that takes place at the end until my son said, "Wow, dads really don't like it when people mess with their sons."
You know the scene. When the Emperor is zapping Luke Skywalker with a gazillion volts of dark side juice, and Luke's rolling around on the floor screaming, "Don't tase me, bro!" And then Darth Vader finally comes to his senses and tosses the Emperor into the chasm.
It got me to wondering what other classic father-son movie moments are out there.
Sure, I've got the one from Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade when Henry Jones reaches his hand out to his son and quietly tells him to, "Let it go."
But otherwise I'm drawing a blank.
So, help me out. What are you favorite father-son scenes? I'll make a list and put it together with whatever YouTube clips I can find.
Speaking of which, here's that Star Wars scene, with some slightly creative editing:
The final moments of the movie are memorable, of course, but I'd never made special note of the classic father-son scene that takes place at the end until my son said, "Wow, dads really don't like it when people mess with their sons."
You know the scene. When the Emperor is zapping Luke Skywalker with a gazillion volts of dark side juice, and Luke's rolling around on the floor screaming, "Don't tase me, bro!" And then Darth Vader finally comes to his senses and tosses the Emperor into the chasm.
It got me to wondering what other classic father-son movie moments are out there.
Sure, I've got the one from Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade when Henry Jones reaches his hand out to his son and quietly tells him to, "Let it go."
But otherwise I'm drawing a blank.
So, help me out. What are you favorite father-son scenes? I'll make a list and put it together with whatever YouTube clips I can find.
Speaking of which, here's that Star Wars scene, with some slightly creative editing:
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FIELD OF DREAMS!
"Hey...Dad.... You want to have a catch?"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXjz-M_6eN8
Definitely the Grand Canyon Scene in 'Vacation'. Classic Father/Son moment there.
How about in "A Christmas Story" where the dad helps the boy put the b.b's in his B.b Rifle?
Monty Python and the Holy Grail:
King and son looking out the castle window.
"Son, someday all of this will be yours!"
"What, the curtains?"
Finding Nemo...does that count being a cartoon?
Hey, I also loved the scenes in Frequency where the Dad and Son talk through time on a CB. At least I think it was a CB. It's been a while.
Parenthood, when the Dad(Jason Robards) tells the son, Gil(Steve Martin),that Gil is a good parent, and he knows that he was a shi**y one.
Didn't Indiana Jones have a dad in a movie? The hero boy from The Sandlot tried to play ball with his "dad" who was really a stepdad.
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