Victory doesn't come to your mind because you're not thinking about the bigger life lesson that he was trying to teach his son! His son was at an age where he was approaching being a young man he wasn't a child anymore he wasn't 8 or 10 years old! What he was telling him, fool I love you! That's why I take care of you, and as far as liking You! Don't ever worry about anyone liking you even me, the point was if the boy didn't worry about whether his father liked him or not he damn sure wouldn't worry about people in the world who didn't matter liking him! as long as his father took care of him (meaning doing right by him by feeding, clothing, and putting a roof over his head. People are too soft these days they get offended by everything and feelings are always hurt and that's a detrimental quality for a black man to have in America we have to be tough and strong for survival!!!! THAT'S THE REAL LESSON AND ONLY A PERSON WHO LOVES YOU WOULD CARE ENOUGH TO PREPARE YOU FOR LIFE LIKE THAT!!!! you just got all in your feelings like many people do and that's what troy didn't want his son going through life doing, getting in his feelings and being weak! YOU'RE WELCOME (for me breaking it down for you!)
The thing is he didn't really beat him. Yeah he slapped the kid twice but when he got his bat back all he did was poke him. He didn't need to hurt him to teach him a lesson.
@@colored433 I wouldnt really call that a choke; he would have had to push a lot harder than that to choke him with his head down and his adam's apple in the center of fire like that. It just hurts really bad like a pressure point
@@reggie8643 No just wanted to know the reason is he a bad father abusive towards his son? Most of the movie Denzel make he plays a good character so thats why i was curious.
I have...I held a broom to mine, I was 16 and I was just lashing out after that I left his house never to return...that's why this movie is so dear to me I can relate
Just tell him you love him. How hard is that? You showed it when you provided for him discipline, food, clothing, and shelter. But goddamnit a son needs to hear it. Imagine the relationship they could've had.
This movie is set in the 1950's. Expectations and beliefs on what it meant to be a man were different back then. Stoicism was valued far more back then and was expected out of a man. I don't know how long generational memories last, but it really wasn't far from the days when half of all children didn't make it to adulthood, and children were treated far differently.
@@alec6583 "the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint." This is literally Troy's outlook and parenting style. His whole "like you" speech was that definition to its core. You and the three people who agreed with you don't understand what stoicism means.
@@leonfrancis3418 actually you don't understand your own definition the holding back of emotions is only in respect to the pain being felt so if the pain isn't felt and you just love someone and you're holding back showing that you love someone then it's not being a stoicism or stoic it's just being an a****** Stoicism works like this I step my toe I don't cry Not I like the color red I don't tell anyone because they don't deserve to know ever
I feel him in the beginning when he said him being scared of his father I grew up the same way always being so scared of messing up because I didn’t want my dad to beat me. I use to get so scared I would blow up in the face. Or I’d have a panic attack. The beatings never stoped until I got old enough to defend my self. We don’t talk. But having that fear all those years really messed me up
I understand what you went through. A lot of children went through the same thing where their father's have a mental constraint over their children more like mental abuse which lead to physical abuse and at times the child ends up getting in to a physical fight with their father and that's when the line is drawn. I know this because my brother went through it until he could not take it anymore and a physical fight broke out between the two. This was a long term effect that caused my brother low-self esteem and depression.
John Stephanos man that’s tough, I felt your words deep, may God Bless your Brother. My Dad was also tough and at times very abusive but no matter how mad I got at him I never raised my hand to him, I loved my dad unconditionally.
16prospero You and a lot of people forget how Troy grew up and how his father treated him. Trot learned how to be a father from his father. Troy took the hard lessons he learned in life and tried to impart them onto his son. When he says all the stuff he provided him, think about what his father provided him and what he had to do to survive when he left his father's home. Imagine your father beating you not because of the work you needed to do, but because he wanted to skeep with your girlfriend. Then he leaves you for dead in a ditch
@stryfetc1 It's the responsibility of the parent to teach the child, until that child becomes an adult any failings they have are at the fault of their parents and teachers
@stryfetc1 I can understand where you are coming from but the methods heavily flawed, thats why it keeps producing the self replicating cycle of inadequate parenting>misguided child>inadequate parenting so on and so forth
As soon as Troy cheated on his wife Rose, he lost all credibility of being a good father along with the fact that he kicked Cory out on the streets (practically disowning him) for being mad about it and calling him out for his bullying and fear tactics. Sure Cory ended up being a successful Marine due to it but what good is being a father if your own son hates you and despises you and wants nothing to do with you. At that point you were nothing but a sperm donor, not a loving father to be respected and admired. Hell even Troy admitted this in the movie. Cory had every right to not attend his father’s funeral at the end.
If I knew I could raise a successful son that was ready for the world, I'd take the trade off that he didnt like me. Son was too emotional to try to understand his father. You didn't pick up on that when he not only bucked up on him, but swung a bat at him? Smh
@ Cory was provoked, bullied and sabotaged by his own father his entire life, constantly being treated like a burden rather than an human by a father who was still bitter about his failed baseball career and took it out on his son. Worse he couldn’t even remain faithful to his own wife. You expect Cory to just take all of that lying down? Did we even watch the same movie? The movie doesn’t even try to make Troy appear like a good man.
Man this scene hit home for me... my granny was the same way, I was mad scared of that woman. The mental and physical abuse was real man. Had me questioning everything I did growing up, and really messes with your self confidence too. But I remember a blow to the face, I honestly don't even remember the pain, I never retaliated. And just told her I wasn't afraid anymore and that was the last time she was go ever abuse me.
This scene really hit home for me. Anyone who's experienced abuse as a child might identify. At one point when I got old enough my dad told me to wash his car and I was doing it and he came outside with his isht. I remember looking down on a rock that was big enough to do the trick thinking maybe prison would be better than hitting me again and he saw it in my eyes that I was serious after that he never beat me again. I was probably only 15.
Jovan Adepo doesn’t get NEARLY enough credit for this. Can you just imagine; for your very first film being thrust right into the deep end with two of the greatest actors on the planet who’d already had months of practice with their roles on Broadway in one of America’s greatest plays and doing more than holding his own against them?! He was truly snubbed of an Oscar nod!!
Forealll. His acting was so good. As the oldest son with a troubled relationship with my father, I could see the pain in his eyes. I believed his words. He did amazing.
This is too real. My relationship with my father was exactly like this. As I got older I gained the ability to defend myself so that just led to a fight.
yeah thats why i tried to avoid any more arguments with my father. I just let him talk and agree in silent, there is no point in fighting. I just keep telling myself "dont fight back, there is no point. let him have his peace. just remember what he is doing for us all, for the whole family. bla bla bla...". After so many years of arguing and fighting you just get tired of it all, you either accept it and try to enjoy the rest of the time with him with as much peace as possible or you may end up in a fight that you may regret for the rest of your life. And tbh I dont want to see the bad outcome, the regret and the consequences that may haunt me for the rest of my life.
this is the SAME thing that happened to me. My dad raised me screaming and yelling bloody murder at me. He use to just intimidate me. All that did was make me very VIOLENT. I grew up a very violent and filled with aggression because this is all i saw from my father , this also let me to gangs, drugs and violence , prison , etc. Thats literally all i remember of my father .
I can't believe that people are trying to say the son was disrespectful. If you're a parent who wants respect, first you need to act respectable. Abusive parents don't deserve a damn thing
And these are the same parents who sit there and wonder how come my children don’t talk to me anymore? Or if there are grandkids involved they wonder why their children won’t let them see or be involved in their grandchildren’s lives.
You have every right to feel this way but there’s still reasons why the son was disrespectful and as long as your thinking emotional you’ll forever think one sided. I grew up the exact way he did abused and all but you gotta rise above it and it’s easier said than done but it’s ways he could have just walked away and I’m speaking from personal experience.
I feel like it's people trying to cope who had bad parents like this but they still found ways to love them and can't admit that they were abused by bad parents
This is exactly who my dad is. So strict, doesn't tell us he loves us, doesn't express love, always makes us guilty, never appreciated us or anyone, he is just like Troy. Thank you all, I just realized that being the first son my dad wants to bring out the best in me, he does love me😊🙏❤
Did he provide a home and food for you? My dad was strict also but I knew he loved me. Bicycles, Boy Scout uniforms, Christmas toys, ect. He did not have a Dad but he was a good one. If your dad wasn't good you can be one.
@@marcbelo6088 What was the worse thing your dad did to you. One from among many bad things my dad did to me was bad mouth me all over town to extended family and even strangers.
@@xeerenaidus2820 You forgot the other part of my statement. You must admit tho, most Dads don't provide what they are suppose to. Most leave their children to fend for themselves. You also have to remember times were different then and Black Dads had to provide and get their boys ready for challenging world.
There is also a scene where Denzel's character talk about the dysfunctional relationship that he and his dad had. People tend to not see the error of their parents ways, and they end up raising their children in the same manner. Oppose to trying to break the generational curses that is over their family. Black people need therapy and prayer to overcome the stronghold that is on our mind. Mama and daddy was not always right.
The Bible says father don't provoke your children to anger. Everyone is talking about how disrespectful his son is. In reality Denzel was a bully and abusive in this movie. He didn't care about anyone but himself. He had the nerve to father a child outside of his marriage, and asked his wife if he could bring the child home. So that she can help raise it. Yes I know her mother passed away and all. But he still did way too much. I only watched that movie once. Because I wasn't feeling his character in the movie.
Thank god someone else thinks this way , parents act how they want sometimes and when the child doesn’t like it or is frustrated and acts out because of it . They act all innocent
Narcissist 101 they keep kids around for narcissist supply and to look good to others Esp if kid is gifted in some type of way they prance u around as a show dog 🐕 My narc mom did it it Was Horrible
Lmao @ people defending Denzel in this scene. The father is abusive. Plain and simple. Stop accepting it. Why have children, if you're just going to treat them like that?
A lot of people are saying he’s a great father and a good man, even though he cheated on his wife and had a kid with the mistress and then asked his wife to take it in
Idk if it's Denzels character exactly, but the mindset that he posseses. This is probably a bit of a jab at people but seeing people defend him, it's clear some of them either aren't self aware enough themselves or aren't empathetic enough to think about how it is to be a kid with no self awareness when they themselves have it at the moment. Kids do what they do because they were taught or indirectly shown that the world's works in a way that this (the behavior in question) is now appropriate, not "oh I'm gonna be a mustache twirling villain and cause all this chaos". To a kid who's mind and brain are largely blank slates, having those who you do inherently feel are supposed to love and care for you cause what you actually register as physical pain and abuse, is not going to be easy to subconsciously fit into a very immature "worldview" and not have it shatter, and I think we all agree that shattering a kids whole worldview in a way that makes them distrustful of their own instincts (because if their Instinct was wrong about something as big as who should love them, what else is it wrong about?) is objectively bad.
Franklin Franklinson no you have to love and lead by example, he provides but doesn’t properly love his son. He ignore the emotional part of being a father. Hell I wouldn’t see this as bullying, I’d see it more as a scared child fighting his fears. Respect is earned, not through complete fear but also a understanding of that person. He failed at the understanding part, leading to the Son to just fear him....not respect.
The mother chose Troy ergo itso facto she knew his attitude and still chose him thus making her and her sons life miserable. Only thing I agree about the Troy character is when said .. “don’t be concern with people liking you, but be concern when they do right by you”
During 18 years though people change. While troy might have been a little frosty when he was younger he wasn't as bad as he is now. Sometimes people get worse
She knew he was trifling, but this man is egotistically. This was something that metastasize over years, nothing the mother could have foreshadowed, IMO.
Troy Maxson set his sons up for failure. Neither of them will know love or the strength it provides. They will struggle with depression, anxiety, and self-doubt for the rest of their lives just as their dad did. If they are lucky, they may grow to spare their children this same experience. Unfortunately, that sort of growth is rare.
I watched this in my theater class we were going insane over this scene and booing Troy. That just shows how amazing of an actor Denzel Washington is! That my whole class almost hated him just because he was so good and convincing in this movie
When you physically fight with your dad, its a lose lose situation. I know, and I have to live with that for the rest of my life. That situation is in my head forever 😭💔. Its like in the movie "warrior" when the 2 brothers fight at the end but 100000% worst because its your dad
@@DaftPunkSkittle Hard disagree. If your father is abusive, and you stand up to him physically, that's a win. Bullies only stop when someone makes them, and any parent who would abuse their children is the most pathetic kind of bully there is.
My grandad was the same way to me when I was a teen being raise with no father I did everything to get his appreciation but I realized he did the things he did to make me strong and to look at the big picture your in this world by yourself and don’t do anything to please others .
@Every5HoursBlckFemicide15 You folks this generation are spineless and weak lol. You want to be raised being coddled and babied into a grown child. People like you are probably the reason a lot of kids lack respect or understand discipline/consequences to there actions.
Only seen my Dad on weekends. Id be so excited on Friday evenings going to his house, I really loved my Dad. As soon as id walk in the door as a kid, he'd toss his keys in the air and say "Catch!". I'd drop what I was carrying hearing the Keys on their way back down, hands together looking in the air to locate them. He'd GRAB ME and toss me on the couch or the chair and say "No matter how distracting something may be, NEVER take your eyes off the Prize!". I'd fall for it all the time, probably did it to me over 60 times before that one day. I walked in, he yelled "CATCH!" and I never looked away from his eyes as I SWATTED the keys out the air as I ran to him to give him a hug....he said "Thats my boy." and never toss the keys at me again.
I understand that fear As a kid my mom was vicious with insults and beatings the moment you stand up you have this rage and fear inside of you to fight them off
I haven't seen this movie, and am not sure what the dynamic between these two is, but it reminds me of a fellow I know, and his son many years ago. He had treated the boy badly, till one day in the boys mid teens, he finally fought back and punched his father. Then the two fought, most likely the boy lost, I don't recall, but a change occurred after the fight. Suddenly, the father decided his boy was now a man, and should be treated like a man from then on, and their relationship became much better. I knew them both pretty well and the son told me after the fight his father had a lot more respect for him and they are still close to this day.
This was a hard movie to watch when i was first watching because alot of these situations and fears the son had was so real. Imagine trying to be the best you can be to meet the expectations of your father/stepfather/parent/guardian. But all you get faced with is ridicule, criticism, violence or complaints. This movie hit all the right notes and everything that happened felt so real. This was one of the first movie's I felt genuine connection with because of how real it felt. Everyone in this movie were amazing actors
@@daily5.0r-spec97 n you proud of that fam? Like why even comment on here saying that, i mean if u did what you had to do i understand. Fr tho dont put your family bussiness out here like that for a reply, or comment or whatever u was doing here. Its respect! Respect your elders fam, i was raised by my grandma. N i would have never posted some goofball stuff like what u just did, to be real with u. Stay humble bro!
This movie was like reliving my childhood traumas everything’s deeper than what’s going on You start to realize maybe the people that you idolized growing up had evil in them and intentions definitely weren’t always pure!!
When that kid started waving the bat around, it reminded me of the day I stood up to my father to end the bullying? I can tell you this scene hits home.
Me and my grandma love Denzel, Washington. He’s one of if not our favorite actor of all time me and her fell in love with this movie. Fences is such a well-thought-out movie. It’s amazing me and her watched it together. We loved it.❤
I know someone who went through this exact thing (abuse) so this scene hits home for too many abuse victims. Except he actually defended himself that led to him and his dad a fight
Bless your heart. I pray that you have the peace and strength that you need to keep pushing forward. It is tough to separate from your family, but it is necessary. You don't owe anyone an explanation. Stay blessed.
I NEVER had a relationship like this with my father. I was closer to my mom cuz our personalities were the same. My dad looked intimidating but he NEVER laid a hand on me. I was never afraid of him. He did right by me and i was never in need of anything. For that I’m good.
He is a man. With flaws and strengths. He is not good but he worked with what he had. Nothing given to him especially not a father figure to model from. His behavior cannot be excused but it should be understood. As a father, husband, brother, son, friend, man, and African American he has had challenges that he dealt with the best way that he can. I can relate to this scene as a father of a young man. He wasn't kind, but in this scene he had to teach his son the difference between a grown man and a young man who thinks he can be grown. His son picked up a bat against him. The line was drawn. He checked him and then demonstrated his love and restraint by not doing to him what he would have done to another man. It is not a lesson that is learned by the son in the heat of the moment but hopefully learned later on after maturing. I cried for a long time in the theater after this movie. He was a man who was not fully equipped with the tools we all want. His children will do better than him which is the goal good fathers aim to achieve.
Thats how my grandpa was with my pops. He completely changed when I was born. Pops tells me how he was shocked the day he brought me to visit and how all the anger was gone. My pops was hard. Not like this but still tough and then I brought my daughter home. The moment we walked in the door he grabbed her and walk into the living room and stayed there for hours feeding and changing her.
Denzel really nailed this. I super hated his character. So crazy how much a great actor/actress can just pull that emotion out of you. Reminds of of that Jesus Lady in The Fog.
I think this is a natural moment every father and son will share to some extent. I have had with my father and son and nephew it was an honor each time
the worst father you can have my father was just like that, he hit me all the time, but strangely I never hated him, today I'm an adult and we talk quite normally, strangely he seems to love me more now than he did then.
Denzel's acting here reminds me of my military war vet grandpa ... he kicked the crap out of my cousin and neighbors ...i was spoiled but i knew when he said "children if i gotta put my coffee down " i knew everyone was getting whipped ...lucky for me i was his favorite
I raised my son as a single dad when he turned 18 me and him had a couple of scraps to get them think u know everything because u think u grown kinks out hes 25 yrs old now and we have a good relationship
@@infiniteenergys9973 oh ok i thank u for that but im sure u understand everything i said correct ? Please reply and i dont have a problem with admitting a few typing errors on UA-cam if u will admit what a condescending idiot dumbass u are now is that enough English for u?
Stacks Williams That and having the courage to do something JR wasn’t all in I’m sure if he had tried then the father wouldn’t have been able to do much
SovereignKillz I wasn’t, but apparently some of these guys are training like Goku on the weekends so they can dominate their sons for the next 20 years lol
You'll notice that when he hit him it was with an open hand. He wasn't trying to hurt the boy. Just teach him a lesson and assert his dominance. That's why he didnt hit him with the bat either. He just wanted him to see who was the boss. Great scene.
In Troy's defense each era had it different as he talked about how he was raised and what he had to endure. Sounds like he did the best with the traits he had. Times were hard for poorer working class families back then. At least there was a two parent household here that got the bills paid.
I make it a point to let my son and daughter know, NOT TELL, but KNOW that I love them every single day I'm alive. That's what a father is, and that's what a Man is. No one can ever take that away from me.
"You can't beat me anymore! You're just an old man"
*sets watch and whispers 30 seconds*
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Make it 15 for this level 1 common *_Punk.._*
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Lmaooo!
"Victory" doesn't come to mind when I think of this scene.
Dash Wave why bring race into this
danny fonseca because he dont know what hes talking about so his only defense mechanism is to blame whitey
ne one_ _ whitey aint a good scapegoat anymore
That's what I was just saying
Victory doesn't come to your mind because you're not thinking about the bigger life lesson that he was trying to teach his son! His son was at an age where he was approaching being a young man he wasn't a child anymore he wasn't 8 or 10 years old! What he was telling him, fool I love you! That's why I take care of you, and as far as liking You! Don't ever worry about anyone liking you even me, the point was if the boy didn't worry about whether his father liked him or not he damn sure wouldn't worry about people in the world who didn't matter liking him! as long as his father took care of him (meaning doing right by him by feeding, clothing, and putting a roof over his head. People are too soft these days they get offended by everything and feelings are always hurt and that's a detrimental quality for a black man to have in America we have to be tough and strong for survival!!!! THAT'S THE REAL LESSON AND ONLY A PERSON WHO LOVES YOU WOULD CARE ENOUGH TO PREPARE YOU FOR LIFE LIKE THAT!!!! you just got all in your feelings like many people do and that's what troy didn't want his son going through life doing, getting in his feelings and being weak! YOU'RE WELCOME (for me breaking it down for you!)
That old man strength is REAL LOL
Facts lol
He speaking facts Th at old man strength for real for real.💯💯💯
them young bloods dont know it yet, my dad in his 50s and i still dont dare touch him, something about aging as a man gives you dumb strength
@@Gunz762_ My dad is 56 and I train in the gym like crazy but that won't help me at all lol
Lol its real but it go away after like 60 i realized when my dad started losing his
“You can’t beat me no more”
*proceeds to get beaten*
The thing is he didn't really beat him. Yeah he slapped the kid twice but when he got his bat back all he did was poke him. He didn't need to hurt him to teach him a lesson.
@@robertruelas3455 Well he did choke him
@@colored433 True, but I don't think it was long enough to leave pain afterwards. I do see your point tho.
@@colored433 I wouldnt really call that a choke; he would have had to push a lot harder than that to choke him with his head down and his adam's apple in the center of fire like that. It just hurts really bad like a pressure point
Waves ya
Denzel played the hell out of that character, I hated his guts for real in this movie
Fr
Why??
Abu Hamna have you watched the movie?
@@reggie8643
No just wanted to know the reason is he a bad father abusive towards his son? Most of the movie Denzel make he plays a good character so thats why i was curious.
Abu Hamna oh ok.
Never been in a situation even close to where I’d think about laying a hand on my dad. Super thankful!
Blessed for sure 🙏🏽
Amen.
I can tell you it's a real shity feeling.
I have many times. We’re ok now though
I have...I held a broom to mine, I was 16 and I was just lashing out after that I left his house never to return...that's why this movie is so dear to me I can relate
Calling Denzel Washington a “great actor” is an understatement.
Greatest????🤷♂️
rjmn1 even that’s an understatement
I don’t even think he is acting he’s just being himself
@@Lildoodirty I don't think he was being himself, i think he was losing himself, in the character and that's even better.
He’s a legendary actor. People will be talking about him well over 100 years from now
Just tell him you love him. How hard is that? You showed it when you provided for him discipline, food, clothing, and shelter. But goddamnit a son needs to hear it. Imagine the relationship they could've had.
This movie is set in the 1950's. Expectations and beliefs on what it meant to be a man were different back then. Stoicism was valued far more back then and was expected out of a man. I don't know how long generational memories last, but it really wasn't far from the days when half of all children didn't make it to adulthood, and children were treated far differently.
@@Jaigarful This ain't stoicism.
@@alec6583 "the endurance of pain or hardship without the display of feelings and without complaint."
This is literally Troy's outlook and parenting style. His whole "like you" speech was that definition to its core.
You and the three people who agreed with you don't understand what stoicism means.
@@leonfrancis3418 actually you don't understand your own definition the holding back of emotions is only in respect to the pain being felt so if the pain isn't felt and you just love someone and you're holding back showing that you love someone then it's not being a stoicism or stoic it's just being an a******
Stoicism works like this I step my toe I don't cry
Not
I like the color red I don't tell anyone because they don't deserve to know ever
its just tough love as i c it
I feel him in the beginning when he said him being scared of his father I grew up the same way always being so scared of messing up because I didn’t want my dad to beat me.
I use to get so scared I would blow up in the face.
Or I’d have a panic attack.
The beatings never stoped until I got old enough to defend my self.
We don’t talk.
But having that fear all those years really messed me up
I understand what you went through. A lot of children went through the same thing where their father's have a mental constraint over their children more like mental abuse which lead to physical abuse and at times the child ends up getting in to a physical fight with their father and that's when the line is drawn. I know this because my brother went through it until he could not take it anymore and a physical fight broke out between the two. This was a long term effect that caused my brother low-self esteem and depression.
It sounds like you deserve a lot of happiness and I hope you find it 🙏
John Stephanos man that’s tough, I felt your words deep, may God Bless your Brother. My Dad was also tough and at times very abusive but no matter how mad I got at him I never raised my hand to him, I loved my dad unconditionally.
My father had me scared growing up too.
16prospero You and a lot of people forget how Troy grew up and how his father treated him. Trot learned how to be a father from his father. Troy took the hard lessons he learned in life and tried to impart them onto his son. When he says all the stuff he provided him, think about what his father provided him and what he had to do to survive when he left his father's home. Imagine your father beating you not because of the work you needed to do, but because he wanted to skeep with your girlfriend. Then he leaves you for dead in a ditch
Having this level of disconnect with your son will ultimately make him go through life lacking confidence and feeling they aren't good enough.
That generation curse is real, sad to not know how to be a father.
Or they grow up to become savages like me.
@@nekyat That’s not really a good thing
@@nekyat dido
yeah that's what my father has done to me
As soon as you cross the line between discipline and abuse you fail as a parent
Sean Curtis ikr
@stryfetc1 It's the responsibility of the parent to teach the child, until that child becomes an adult any failings they have are at the fault of their parents and teachers
@stryfetc1 I can understand where you are coming from but the methods heavily flawed, thats why it keeps producing the self replicating cycle of inadequate parenting>misguided child>inadequate parenting so on and so forth
Sean Curtis we know better as soon as we get older ... put aside childish ways but be child like.. that means happiness
@stryfetc1 you've got problems, I'll pray for you
As soon as Troy cheated on his wife Rose, he lost all credibility of being a good father along with the fact that he kicked Cory out on the streets (practically disowning him) for being mad about it and calling him out for his bullying and fear tactics. Sure Cory ended up being a successful Marine due to it but what good is being a father if your own son hates you and despises you and wants nothing to do with you. At that point you were nothing but a sperm donor, not a loving father to be respected and admired. Hell even Troy admitted this in the movie. Cory had every right to not attend his father’s funeral at the end.
If I knew I could raise a successful son that was ready for the world, I'd take the trade off that he didnt like me. Son was too emotional to try to understand his father. You didn't pick up on that when he not only bucked up on him, but swung a bat at him? Smh
@ Cory was provoked, bullied and sabotaged by his own father his entire life, constantly being treated like a burden rather than an human by a father who was still bitter about his failed baseball career and took it out on his son. Worse he couldn’t even remain faithful to his own wife. You expect Cory to just take all of that lying down? Did we even watch the same movie? The movie doesn’t even try to make Troy appear like a good man.
Man this scene hit home for me... my granny was the same way, I was mad scared of that woman. The mental and physical abuse was real man. Had me questioning everything I did growing up, and really messes with your self confidence too. But I remember a blow to the face, I honestly don't even remember the pain, I never retaliated. And just told her I wasn't afraid anymore and that was the last time she was go ever abuse me.
I’m sorry you went through that! I hope you’re seeing brighter days. ❤️
@@harraj516 Thanks.. ❤
Your grandmother was going around giving people two to the body and one to the head. 🤦🏾♂️
Im so sorry
I’m so sorry💔💔
This scene really hit home for me. Anyone who's experienced abuse as a child might identify. At one point when I got old enough my dad told me to wash his car and I was doing it and he came outside with his isht. I remember looking down on a rock that was big enough to do the trick thinking maybe prison would be better than hitting me again and he saw it in my eyes that I was serious after that he never beat me again. I was probably only 15.
This scene really resonates with me too. Uncannily similar to me and my dad's relationship.
By the way I'm in my 40s now and still suffer from anxiety because of him. I also have sleep issues.
I hope you’re doing alright my brother
@@JamaicanMeCrazyMy wife still lives with trauma she suffered as a child. Haunts her every day. Best wishes to you. Hope you find some peace.
@@JamaicanMeCrazy Have you went to therapy?
Jovan Adepo doesn’t get NEARLY enough credit for this.
Can you just imagine; for your very first film being thrust right into the deep end with two of the greatest actors on the planet who’d already had months of practice with their roles on Broadway in one of America’s greatest plays and doing more than holding his own against them?!
He was truly snubbed of an Oscar nod!!
Forealll. His acting was so good. As the oldest son with a troubled relationship with my father, I could see the pain in his eyes. I believed his words. He did amazing.
I wouldn't say he was snubbed...but he was put on the radar for more film roles
Might b a strong old man but youll die a prideless lonely drunk
say that part again.
With a son that hate you
Amen
That raised a good son that was strong enough for the world? That's a fair trade anything parent would take.
@@skepchicaif you even watched this movie Troy’s son succeeded despite his father not because of him. With “love” like this, Troy ain’t raise 💩
Lol this is the type of person who thinks they're a great parent but can't fathom why 20 years later their child/grandkids never call or visit.
speaking facts. ...
And they are never wrong !!!my mom is like this
Tell my Mum & Dad this please.
Cause they ain't get the picture yet
Right! This is great acting because Denzel isn't anything like this monster.
That is a great parent. The people that take it to heart are the pathetic weak minded scum of society.
This is too real. My relationship with my father was exactly like this. As I got older I gained the ability to defend myself so that just led to a fight.
yeah thats why i tried to avoid any more arguments with my father. I just let him talk and agree in silent, there is no point in fighting. I just keep telling myself "dont fight back, there is no point. let him have his peace. just remember what he is doing for us all, for the whole family. bla bla bla...". After so many years of arguing and fighting you just get tired of it all, you either accept it and try to enjoy the rest of the time with him with as much peace as possible or you may end up in a fight that you may regret for the rest of your life. And tbh I dont want to see the bad outcome, the regret and the consequences that may haunt me for the rest of my life.
Agreed. Just let bygones be bygones and live your life. He's living his life just like I'm living mine.
this is the SAME thing that happened to me. My dad raised me screaming and yelling bloody murder at me. He use to just intimidate me. All that did was make me very VIOLENT. I grew up a very violent and filled with aggression because this is all i saw from my father , this also let me to gangs, drugs and violence , prison , etc. Thats literally all i remember of my father .
@@12OunceProphet thought I was the only one
Man i think that movie reminded a lot of us are relationship with are fathers
I can't believe that people are trying to say the son was disrespectful. If you're a parent who wants respect, first you need to act respectable. Abusive parents don't deserve a damn thing
And these are the same parents who sit there and wonder how come my children don’t talk to me anymore? Or if there are grandkids involved they wonder why their children won’t let them see or be involved in their grandchildren’s lives.
You have every right to feel this way but there’s still reasons why the son was disrespectful and as long as your thinking emotional you’ll forever think one sided. I grew up the exact way he did abused and all but you gotta rise above it and it’s easier said than done but it’s ways he could have just walked away and I’m speaking from personal experience.
I feel like it's people trying to cope who had bad parents like this but they still found ways to love them and can't admit that they were abused by bad parents
Son was wild disrespectful. He was looking for a fight when he started mouthing off. He found it.
@@Chef2451 Tell us you beat your kills without telling us you beat your kids.
This is exactly who my dad is. So strict, doesn't tell us he loves us, doesn't express love, always makes us guilty, never appreciated us or anyone, he is just like Troy. Thank you all, I just realized that being the first son my dad wants to bring out the best in me, he does love me😊🙏❤
my dad is the same way, always has been
Did he provide a home and food for you? My dad was strict also but I knew he loved me. Bicycles, Boy Scout uniforms, Christmas toys, ect. He did not have a Dad but he was a good one. If your dad wasn't good you can be one.
@@marcbelo6088 What was the worse thing your dad did to you.
One from among many bad things my dad did to me was bad mouth me all over town to extended family and even strangers.
@@danielbrown7115 Providing home and food is something he's suppose to do, unless he wants the government to force him to.
@@xeerenaidus2820 You forgot the other part of my statement. You must admit tho, most Dads don't provide what they are suppose to. Most leave their children to fend for themselves. You also have to remember times were different then and Black Dads had to provide and get their boys ready for challenging world.
There is also a scene where Denzel's character talk about the dysfunctional relationship that he and his dad had. People tend to not see the error of their parents ways, and they end up raising their children in the same manner. Oppose to trying to break the generational curses that is over their family. Black people need therapy and prayer to overcome the stronghold that is on our mind. Mama and daddy was not always right.
I'm so scared to see this movie. Hits too close.
@@MzSoulll It took me 2 months (yes 2) to watch this move. Scenes like this reminded me of my tenuous relationship with my father.
Preach lady preach
Ladenna Young not just black people😖 all humans must repent and have the Lord as there foundation.
Lmao. It's everyone sweetheart not just African Americans 🤦♂️🤦♂️
The Bible says father don't provoke your children to anger. Everyone is talking about how disrespectful his son is. In reality Denzel was a bully and abusive in this movie. He didn't care about anyone but himself. He had the nerve to father a child outside of his marriage, and asked his wife if he could bring the child home. So that she can help raise it. Yes I know her mother passed away and all. But he still did way too much. I only watched that movie once. Because I wasn't feeling his character in the movie.
Absolutely. I believe in honor thy father and mother however the Bible also warns parents not to provoke
Thank god someone else thinks this way , parents act how they want sometimes and when the child doesn’t like it or is frustrated and acts out because of it . They act all innocent
Narcissist 101 they keep kids around for narcissist supply and to look good to others Esp if kid is gifted in some type of way they prance u around as a show dog 🐕 My narc mom did it it Was Horrible
You know black folks half read. This is to cover for the BS they do to their children.
Ladenna Young Right.
Lmao @ people defending Denzel in this scene. The father is abusive. Plain and simple. Stop accepting it.
Why have children, if you're just going to treat them like that?
A lot of people are saying he’s a great father and a good man, even though he cheated on his wife and had a kid with the mistress and then asked his wife to take it in
Thank you!!! Glad I wasn't the only one who thought that lol
CORRECT!!
Idk if it's Denzels character exactly, but the mindset that he posseses. This is probably a bit of a jab at people but seeing people defend him, it's clear some of them either aren't self aware enough themselves or aren't empathetic enough to think about how it is to be a kid with no self awareness when they themselves have it at the moment. Kids do what they do because they were taught or indirectly shown that the world's works in a way that this (the behavior in question) is now appropriate, not "oh I'm gonna be a mustache twirling villain and cause all this chaos". To a kid who's mind and brain are largely blank slates, having those who you do inherently feel are supposed to love and care for you cause what you actually register as physical pain and abuse, is not going to be easy to subconsciously fit into a very immature "worldview" and not have it shatter, and I think we all agree that shattering a kids whole worldview in a way that makes them distrustful of their own instincts (because if their Instinct was wrong about something as big as who should love them, what else is it wrong about?) is objectively bad.
Franklin Franklinson no you have to love and lead by example, he provides but doesn’t properly love his son. He ignore the emotional part of being a father. Hell I wouldn’t see this as bullying, I’d see it more as a scared child fighting his fears. Respect is earned, not through complete fear but also a understanding of that person. He failed at the understanding part, leading to the Son to just fear him....not respect.
Denzel putting on an acting clinic and demonstrating crucial self defense tactics.
My dad raised me in spite of how he was raised and I'm thankful for it every day.
The mother chose Troy ergo itso facto she knew his attitude and still chose him thus making her and her sons life miserable. Only thing I agree about the Troy character is when said .. “don’t be concern with people liking you, but be concern when they do right by you”
"ergo itso facto" 😂 it's ipso facto
Thought It was itso thanks for the heads up 😂
During 18 years though people change. While troy might have been a little frosty when he was younger he wasn't as bad as he is now. Sometimes people get worse
Julian Tapia Guys like Troy change for someone else not for themselves. Which makes them very dangerous.
She knew he was trifling, but this man is egotistically. This was something that metastasize over years, nothing the mother could have foreshadowed, IMO.
All this scene was missing was a Denzel choke strike.
🤣
Thinking of he got game
I was waiting for it too.😂😂😂
@@courtgizzle Nah..That's a Denzel move as he did it in Training Day too!
You can't talk now
I don’t think King Kong has anything on him.
Training Day
Lol
😂😂😂
His son’s gonna be playing basketball in Pelican Bay
@@Rangoon_Dip 😂👌🏼
😂😂
Troy Maxson set his sons up for failure. Neither of them will know love or the strength it provides. They will struggle with depression, anxiety, and self-doubt for the rest of their lives just as their dad did.
If they are lucky, they may grow to spare their children this same experience. Unfortunately, that sort of growth is rare.
When your kid act like that it’s nothing but a cry for help
Troy reminds me of my mother, I'm glad I left that sinking ship years ago
You are so pretty!
My mother was like that as well.
Makes me thankful for my parents. They weren't perfect anymore than I am, but I knew they loved us boys.
He uses the same tone as when he was in training day lol "you gone draw that bat on me ?!"
Arnold Agrees I knew I wasn’t tripping when I heard that line and tone. Lol.
KING KONG DONT DRAW BAT ON ME!
Davie Russell 😂😂😂
The profile pic 🤦♂️ 😂 come on Arnold
YESSSSS...i caught it! Denzel is a beast at acting!! 😍😍😍😍😍😍
I watched this in my theater class we were going insane over this scene and booing Troy. That just shows how amazing of an actor Denzel Washington is! That my whole class almost hated him just because he was so good and convincing in this movie
I wish my school showed good movies like this when I was there.
I don't think there was a victory in this scene, I believe they both lost that day 😢
Best comment here.
When you physically fight with your dad, its a lose lose situation. I know, and I have to live with that for the rest of my life. That situation is in my head forever 😭💔. Its like in the movie "warrior" when the 2 brothers fight at the end but 100000% worst because its your dad
@@DaftPunkSkittle If your dad was abusive you have nothing to be ashamed of. It was self-defense.
Damn.
@@DaftPunkSkittle Hard disagree. If your father is abusive, and you stand up to him physically, that's a win. Bullies only stop when someone makes them, and any parent who would abuse their children is the most pathetic kind of bully there is.
Reminds me of ma old man.. he was just like that, so unbearable, but he's still the father and i cannot change that..
“HEY BATTER BATTER HEY BATTER BATTER SWING”.
IS WHAT CAME TO MIND
Cornelius Sebastion 😂😂
HA!!😂😂😂
@@ameziaarchard8487 NEVER KNEW THAT COULD TICKLE YOU
The way he poked him wit the bat was priceless
Checking to see if the meat was ready
at least he didnt repeat what his father did to him he was showing him mercy and you can see the hesitation in cory's eyes he wasnt ready to step yet
The acting is so good that this bring back memories off family problems I used to have.
“You cant beat me anymore! You’re just a old man”
He really don’t know what old man strength is 😭😭🤚🏽
His heart wasn't in it. Had he wanted to hurt his father he could've hurt him badly with the bat.
@@SolusDarkcoatNo.
@@Dr.AutismGod Your username fits you perfectly.
My grandad was the same way to me when I was a teen being raise with no father I did everything to get his appreciation but I realized he did the things he did to make me strong and to look at the big picture your in this world by yourself and don’t do anything to please others .
Abusers always excuse the abuse with moral sounding reasons.
@@swampsprite9Nope he's dead right, strangers will treat you a lot worse than family ever will
@Every5HoursBlckFemicide15 You folks this generation are spineless and weak lol. You want to be raised being coddled and babied into a grown child. People like you are probably the reason a lot of kids lack respect or understand discipline/consequences to there actions.
@@Myaccisbanned What a insane thing to say
He gave him that granddaddy slap😭
Never, EVER underestimate old man strength
Next time the kid should bring a gun, and not hesitate
Only seen my Dad on weekends. Id be so excited on Friday evenings going to his house, I really loved my Dad. As soon as id walk in the door as a kid, he'd toss his keys in the air and say "Catch!". I'd drop what I was carrying hearing the Keys on their way back down, hands together looking in the air to locate them. He'd GRAB ME and toss me on the couch or the chair and say "No matter how distracting something may be, NEVER take your eyes off the Prize!". I'd fall for it all the time, probably did it to me over 60 times before that one day. I walked in, he yelled "CATCH!" and I never looked away from his eyes as I SWATTED the keys out the air as I ran to him to give him a hug....he said "Thats my boy." and never toss the keys at me again.
Troy hated his father, and he still became him.
I understand that fear
As a kid my mom was vicious with insults and beatings
the moment you stand up you have this rage and fear inside of you to fight them off
At first your father Will be on your side, but third your father Will be on your mom side make sure you take some boxing skill 😂
The Equalizer days came back in him lol
I haven't seen this movie, and am not sure what the dynamic between these two is, but it reminds me of a fellow I know, and his son many years ago. He had treated the boy badly, till one day in the boys mid teens, he finally fought back and punched his father. Then the two fought, most likely the boy lost, I don't recall, but a change occurred after the fight. Suddenly, the father decided his boy was now a man, and should be treated like a man from then on, and their relationship became much better. I knew them both pretty well and the son told me after the fight his father had a lot more respect for him and they are still close to this day.
This was a hard movie to watch when i was first watching because alot of these situations and fears the son had was so real.
Imagine trying to be the best you can be to meet the expectations of your father/stepfather/parent/guardian. But all you get faced with is ridicule, criticism, violence or complaints.
This movie hit all the right notes and everything that happened felt so real. This was one of the first movie's I felt genuine connection with because of how real it felt. Everyone in this movie were amazing actors
pretty much how most encounters would go when a child thinks he can just beat up his father
Not me i beat my father down bad, not proud of it but he should have respected me as a man.
FlightReact's Shoota no one cares
@@mygun2urhead u cared enough to reply to my comment.
tupacamaru2 yeah, people seem to think that being a father is beating your kids down. It is not.
@@daily5.0r-spec97 n you proud of that fam? Like why even comment on here saying that, i mean if u did what you had to do i understand. Fr tho dont put your family bussiness out here like that for a reply, or comment or whatever u was doing here. Its respect! Respect your elders fam, i was raised by my grandma. N i would have never posted some goofball stuff like what u just did, to be real with u. Stay humble bro!
This movie was like reliving my childhood traumas everything’s deeper than what’s going on
You start to realize maybe the people that you idolized growing up had evil in them and intentions definitely weren’t always pure!!
Denzel the GOAT
When that kid started waving the bat around, it reminded me of the day I stood up to my father to end the bullying? I can tell you this scene hits home.
Me and my grandma love Denzel, Washington. He’s one of if not our favorite actor of all time me and her fell in love with this movie. Fences is such a well-thought-out movie. It’s amazing me and her watched it together. We loved it.❤
I know someone who went through this exact thing (abuse) so this scene hits home for too many abuse victims. Except he actually defended himself that led to him and his dad a fight
I haven’t spoken to my parents in over 27 years. This brings back bad memories
Why
Arkane Sorry, I don’t do therapy on UA-cam.
@@getmoney1st312 just curious ain't gonna to give u any therapy
Bless your heart. I pray that you have the peace and strength that you need to keep pushing forward. It is tough to separate from your family, but it is necessary. You don't owe anyone an explanation. Stay blessed.
Ladenna Young Thank you.
Damn youtube algorithms got me figured out. Having issues with my family right now. World needs more love.
My stepdad was just like him. No matter how tough you are, this type of parenting is cowardly
Denzel is a national treasure.
_"You fight like a younger man, nothing held back. Admirable, but _*_mistaken_*_ ."_
😏
My dad acted the same way, this is the only movie the moved my soul.
Denzel: 🥴😲😟😡... that’s my Bat
😐😐Put my bat down.. 🤣🤣
I NEVER had a relationship like this with my father. I was closer to my mom cuz our personalities were the same. My dad looked intimidating but he NEVER laid a hand on me. I was never afraid of him. He did right by me and i was never in need of anything. For that I’m good.
He is a man. With flaws and strengths. He is not good but he worked with what he had. Nothing given to him especially not a father figure to model from. His behavior cannot be excused but it should be understood. As a father, husband, brother, son, friend, man, and African American he has had challenges that he dealt with the best way that he can.
I can relate to this scene as a father of a young man. He wasn't kind, but in this scene he had to teach his son the difference between a grown man and a young man who thinks he can be grown.
His son picked up a bat against him. The line was drawn. He checked him and then demonstrated his love and restraint by not doing to him what he would have done to another man. It is not a lesson that is learned by the son in the heat of the moment but hopefully learned later on after maturing.
I cried for a long time in the theater after this movie.
He was a man who was not fully equipped with the tools we all want. His children will do better than him which is the goal good fathers aim to achieve.
I totally forgot how good this movie was
Just give Denzel an Oscar for everyfilm he is in and re-name the Oscars the Denzel Awards.
Am I the only one disturbed about the fact that aside from the equalizer memes, people are just making jokes about abuse
How old are you?
Welcome to thee Internet
I guess it's abuse nowadays
@@icemike1 It was abuse in the 1950s, too.
Stfu
Thats how my grandpa was with my pops. He completely changed when I was born. Pops tells me how he was shocked the day he brought me to visit and how all the anger was gone. My pops was hard. Not like this but still tough and then I brought my daughter home. The moment we walked in the door he grabbed her and walk into the living room and stayed there for hours feeding and changing her.
Denzel really nailed this. I super hated his character. So crazy how much a great actor/actress can just pull that emotion out of you. Reminds of of that Jesus Lady in The Fog.
Stan Stanlison he so good at playing a bully
A S Yeah, what a talent 🤩
@@stanstanlison5791 me and your mom are totally starving right now. Hurry up and get here with that pizza.
12jmlnv7 💁♂️🍕
sorry there is only one slice. Figured it was ok since my mom is dead. 👍
He didn’t become successful because of his father he became successful in spite of him
Yep
I think this is a natural moment every father and son will share to some extent. I have had with my father and son and nephew it was an honor each time
This is an honor?
So you were an abusive drunkard pos that cheated on your wife and took out your anger on your son?
Its not an honour to be abused or to abuse.
Show your boy some love denzel.
That boy CLEARLY hadn't seen Flight, a drunk Denzel is basically a Super Saiyan.
how is Denzel not a grammy winner or Oscar winner he the best actor of the last 40 years! Been my favorite actor since 1995
My proudest moment in life is when my dad first told me to my face, he was proud of me.
If this happens today people will be outside going live on IG or FB for likes
don't forget yelling out "Worldstar"!!!
Nice profile
Yes that's true. So stupid.
Its Pathetic
Lmao
In several aspects of Cory’s life, Troy screwed him like Vince screwed Bret. Holding your kid back like that is absolutely not okay.
the worst father you can have my father was just like that, he hit me all the time, but strangely I never hated him, today I'm an adult and we talk quite normally, strangely he seems to love me more now than he did then.
troy is a great example of what NOT to be as a father, selfish and bitter about his past so he takes it out on his son.
How did he take it out?
@@csr326 he treated his son the same way as his father
Denzel's acting here reminds me of my military war vet grandpa ... he kicked the crap out of my cousin and neighbors ...i was spoiled but i knew when he said "children if i gotta put my coffee down " i knew everyone was getting whipped ...lucky for me i was his favorite
The military ruined alot of our fathers and grandfathers but nobody wants to admit it.
Wow brings back memories of me and my Dad. Not sure if this is what every father son relationship is like but it sure as hell was mine.
this scene just proves that he hasn’t changed
I’m sorry 🤣🤣 but that push had me geeking 😂
Homie held back too sacred to hurt dad
I raised my son as a single dad when he turned 18 me and him had a couple of scraps to get them think u know everything because u think u grown kinks out hes 25 yrs old now and we have a good relationship
Instead of having a good relationship with your son. Take an english class
@@infiniteenergys9973 oh ok i thank u for that but im sure u understand everything i said correct ? Please reply and i dont have a problem with admitting a few typing errors on UA-cam if u will admit what a condescending idiot dumbass u are now is that enough English for u?
@@infiniteenergys9973 Would rather my dad be a good father than have better grammar.
1:05 🤣🤣 his face let's you know how drunk the character is meant to be
I noticed that too 😂
Lol Denzel woulda been laying on that ground fw me as a teen 😂
Oh we got a badass over here
"you just another n*gga in the street to me"
*-My uncle*
That slap was hella funny 😂
Grown Man strength is a real thing. Weight room strength can’t measure it. Leave it alone young blood...leave it alone!!
Stacks Williams my dad thought that, too...until he was on the floor wondering how he got there.
Crescentknight8189 Sureeee
Crescentknight8189 grown man strength from years of hard labor is different from regular grown man strength
Stacks Williams That and having the courage to do something
JR wasn’t all in
I’m sure if he had tried then the father wouldn’t have been able to do much
SovereignKillz I wasn’t, but apparently some of these guys are training like Goku on the weekends so they can dominate their sons for the next 20 years lol
I have seen more old dudes beat up young dudes that think they are too old to still fight.
Old man power is real.
Experience also.
Frankly, in this case the son deserved to smack him down. It’s just a damn shame that he was strong for an old guy.
You'll notice that when he hit him it was with an open hand. He wasn't trying to hurt the boy. Just teach him a lesson and assert his dominance. That's why he didnt hit him with the bat either. He just wanted him to see who was the boss. Great scene.
He was toying with him. He could still tell his son was still afraid of him and the his son’s words didn’t match his actions.
Lol in real life that bat would of asserted dominance over the old man
assert dominance? what is this? a critique of animal kingdom?
@@jusletursoulglobaby In a way we are animals.
@@wesmel06 in everyway we are animals
Freaking terrifying dad, man. And still they make us cry for him at the end, it's so real.
In Troy's defense each era had it different as he talked about how he was raised and what he had to endure. Sounds like he did the best with the traits he had. Times were hard for poorer working class families back then. At least there was a two parent household here that got the bills paid.
Powerful scene between 2 great actors! This was a great movie very sad though!
An old man who still got it
WE have very different definitions of victory
I make it a point to let my son and daughter know, NOT TELL, but KNOW that I love them every single day I'm alive. That's what a father is, and that's what a Man is. No one can ever take that away from me.
Always love watching Denzel Washington work