From: roxy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (r.prisco)
Newsgroups: alt.horror
Subject: Re: The Hitcher (SPOILERS, sort of)
Date: 13 Apr 92 16:41:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: cbnewsj.1992Apr13.164148.29400
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In article <1992Apr13.034630.5140@rigel.econ.uga.edu>, hughes@dogwood.botany.uga.edu (wayne) writes:
> 


>   WARNING:  This discussion is beginning to accumulate SPOILERS



> 
> In article <1992Apr13.032110.28519@cbnewsj.cb.att.com> roxy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (r.prisco) writes:
> >In article <1992Apr12.223434.3568@rigel.econ.uga.edu>, hughes@dogwood.botany.uga.edu (wayne) writes:
> >> In article <1992Apr12.154506.4995@ac.dal.ca> joker@ac.dal.ca writes:

> >> >	How many of you out there have seen the movie the Hitcher.
> >> >I thought it was great. it was the type of movie that you could watch over and
> >> 
> >>    I thought _The Hitcher_ was great, and recommend it highly.  I
> >>    could never figure out whether I was performing a great feat of
> >>    analysis in figuring out the symbolism, or whether it was
> >>    very heavyhanded.  I've also noticed that this movie does not
> >
> >
> >I've seen The Hitcher , and regarded it as kind of a strange 'coming of age'
> >film  - I don't want to post about the ending, but wasn't how it actually
> >ended what the Hitcher REALLY wanted, all along????  
> >
>     'coming of age' sounds about right.  Through several scenes I 
>     gathered the young guy (wasn't he the kid in ET?) was being given
>     a choice as exemplified by Rutger Hauer.  There's that scene in
>     the interrogation room, for example, and doesn't Hauer look pleased
>     when the kid seems about to take his hand?  And what about when
>     the kid is being given the choice between shooting Hauer and 
>     letting Hauer "pop the clutch" so to speak.  But I agree, Hauer
>     looked at least satisfied at the end.
>     No doubt that Hauer is a supernatural figure, is there?
>     Maybe the conclusion is why the movie isn't given much credit.
> 
>     wayne


I never got the feeling that the hitcher was supernatural in any way while
watching the film.  I just thought he was crazy!  But a very intelligent,
single-minded kind of crazy ... 
And yes, he did look satisfied at the end .... it seemed like it was something
he couldn't bring himself to do, tho 'ending it' was something he desperately
wanted .... reminded me of stories about alcoholics and junkies who couldn't
stop their habit on their own ....
I *did* get the feeling that Hauer and the boy (I don't know if he was from
ET) were connected in some way .... that the boy was an orphan, and Hauer his
long-lost father or brother or something, and that's why Hauer picked this
particular boy to 'help' him ...
That connection was kind of 'other-worldly' but I'd be interested to know why
you thought Hauer was supernatural ...

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