#dead poets analysis

[itmeansseizetheday]

Film analysis.

Dead poets society; the banners.

I want to touch into the aspect of the banners, the most common one spoken about I’ve noticed is Cameron, however so far I’ve not seen one speaking about Neil.

Neil is holding the banner of excellence.

As for everyone who has seen the film, they will know that Neil exceeded in everything he possibly can. He is the straight-A student. He is the ‘golden’ student academic wise, aside from Meeks. He attended summer school. He is smart, he is passing everything to please his father.

Neil’s father pushes Neil for excellence but only out of a selfish need for Neil to succeed so they’ll have more money in the future. Neil attempts at first to give his father excellence. Two examples being; Dropping the annual and the summer school. He did everything to please his father.

Nu: “I heard you did

summer school…”

Ni: “chemistry, my

father thought I should

get ahead”

Even being an excellent student in the way of academics, Neil was excellent in a way towards his friends. He made sure Todd was included, he gave Todd a safe person to go to. He made sure he felt safe due to the anxiety he possessed. He went out of his limits to keep Todd close, and to show he cared. An example, when Todd is doing ‘sweaty tooth mad man’ in front of whole class. The cut to Neil where he is just staring with a sense of ‘aw’, the viewer could tell how proud Neil was of Todd for doing that.

However, Neil can’t fill out excellence in the one thing he is actually excellent at, which is acting. If you seen dead poets society you’ll know Neil’s love of acting is phenomenal. He is a great actor, he plays the role perfectly well. It’s an huge part of Neil’s character. However, it’s the one thing Neil’s father doesn’t want him to be excellent in. His father strips Neil of the one thing he knows he can do well.

We know Neil does excellence in the acting and his friendships better then the excellence in pleasing his father due to the ending of the film.

Neil’s acting, when he was on that stage everyone looked at him with Awe. With proudness, with happiness. He had done the one thing his father disagreed on put his whole heart into it. Neil’s ‘good, he’s really good’ at acting, and all his hard work really pays off.

Alongside, when it comes to Neil’s death we see the aspect of how his excellency has effected his friends. Due to how good of a friend Neil is, especially towards Todd, we see the impact he has left in the scene of the snow. Neil is stood outside, in disbelief of Neil’s death. He knew, Todd knew Neil would never do this by himself. Even though Todd did physically do it, it was all due to the fact of his father’s behaviour towards him. When he finds out Neil is dead he throws up, screaming into the snow with pain filling his lungs.

Nu: ‘leave him..’

T: ‘NEEIIIILLLLLLLLL.’

I love this little inside of Neil holding the excellence Banner. He is an excellent character, with excellent belief and an excellent personality.

Neil holding the excellence banner is the correct introduction towards the rest of the film. If I had to narrow it down to what he was absolutely the most excellent in, I’d have to choose Friendship or acting.

Neil was an excellent

character.

If you have read this far, thank you so much! I appreciate your time and support on this film analysis! I enjoyed writing this one and I’m planning on writing more dead poets analysis in the future! I hope you enjoyed this and I’d love to hear everyone’s opinions and views on this topic of Neil and his banner!

Originally posted in: https://www.tumblr.com/communities/dying-poets-society

[poetsplay]

DEAD POETS SOCIETY: WALKING SCENE, O CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN AND CONFORMITY

when i was rewatching dps earlier, i noticed that when todd was walking up the stairs to see mr nolan at the end, he was walking in time with mr hager and it made me think back to the scene where keating had them walk in the courtyard and talked the dangers of conformity. by that point in the film, they were conforming (with the exception of charlie) by all signing the paper and laying blame on keating, and i think its cool that him walking in time with hager was a sort of hint to that. at that time, while keatings teachings would have still impacted them, neil was dead, and he was one of the first to sort of encourage them to take keatings teachings into the real world and seize the day. now that neil wasn't there to encourage them not to turn keating in, there wasn't much else they could do but conform to what the administration and their parents expected of them. but then at the end of the film, while we see how much of an impact neil and keating had on the dead poets and at least half of the class when they stood on their desks (especially todd, who started it all when he was originally the last to stand on the desk), they were still confirming in a sense. if todd hadn't stood on his desk, it's unlikely that any of the other class members would have, and i guess that also demonstrates keatings point in the walking scene, although in a much more heartfelt way where the conformity is something powerful. anyways this probably doesn't make such sense, but i just wanted to rant, and i think it's cool how it shows another impact of neil's death in a way.

[liamsyux]

i lied. put your clothes back on. we are gonna watch dead poets society and i’m gonna explain to you the relationship between todd and neil, analyzing every interaction, every mention of them, highlighting the importance of their relationship to the movie and to all the characters in general.

[walktozipperhead]

dead poets society is so depressing because it didn’t have to be. because it’s a story about teenage boys discovering themselves. neil wants to be an actor, and neil acts. he acts, and he was good (he was really good).

and that could’ve been it.

it wouldn’t have had the same reception. i doubt it would’ve been the classic it is today. but that could’ve been it. neil could’ve pursued acting and gone on to lead a fulfilling life.

the reason why dps is so utterly heartbreaking is because he just missed it. he could’ve been great, and he could’ve been happy. but he wasn’t. he didn’t get the chance.

[migmegjam]

unpopular opinion:

I don't have any dislike towards Cameron. I don't necessarily agree with the way he reacted, but I don't hate him.

I think he's very much a product of the upbringing he and all the boys had: not questioning authority, putting emphasis on a good education and profitable career as life goals, making sure to follow rules and not stand out etc. And I feel like we need to remember that, at the end of the day, he is only 16/17. Kids at that age are very impressionable, and I honestly think it's an understandable reaction that his first instinct upon exepriencing what is a very traumatic and potentially life altering event is to turn to following his authority figures and to lean into what they're saying as truth.

I also think there must be some understandable fear that if he didn't agree with what Nolan and Mr Perry were saying, it would jeapordise his whole future. Based on the reaction we saw from other parents, it would be reasonable to assume that his parents wouldn't have been happy with him if he had supported Mr Keating, and when you've spent your whole life being told that where you go to high school and what degree you get at which university will decide your future, it would be logical for him to decide to follow the rules out of fear.

Whilst I applaud the other poets for having the courage to stand up to the school staff - it is, after all, what we know and love them for - I don't really want to persecute a kid for not having that in him. My only real hope (and personal headcanon) is that an adult Cameron with more perspective and resources would be able to look back and understand that it wasn't actually Mr Keating's fault that things went the way they did, but rather an error in the system that was perpetuated by the adults in his life.

[mrradmccoolman]

something interesting i've been thinking about lately is the fact that watching dead poets society for the first time, i thought todd would be the one to commit suicide. i can't remember whether i knew one of the characters would going in, or only after my teacher mentioned it as a trigger warning right before the scene (i watched it in class my junior year). i say im getting back into the fandom, but really, i wasn't quite in it before this. in truth, the movie affected me so deeply that i actually avoided it because i didn't know how to handle it (this, along with forgetting seemingly insignificant details about emotional experiences- like whether i knew going in that one of the characters would die or not- happens...concerningly often, and im not sure if it's indicative of a larger problem or if i want to know).

needless to say, i did remember recently that i had assumed todd would be the one to die, and i increasingly believe this is actually not an uncommon belief that new viewers have going in. why is this? well, there are a few obvious and not-so-obvious reasons that i want to go over.

for one, todd is probably the main protagonist of the movie. the other poets are certainly main characters too, but for the most part, we follow todd's journey at Welton from beginning to end. it wouldn’t be irrational to assume that such an important event would happen to him solely due to this fact.

more than that, todd is arguably the most obviously struggling out of all the poets to the naked eye. he has all the hallmarks of a person with low self-esteem and a veritable heft of familial, educational, and social problems. he's crippilingly shy, anxious, and always uncomfortable; he has a hard time connecting with his peers, difficulty coming out of his shell, and cowers under the burden of unreachable expectations from parents who can't seem to pay attention to him as anything other than second best compared to their eldest son. though it isn't ever outwardly shown, it isn't hard to imagine he's a victim of bullying and/or harassment- in fact, though i don't believe the poets would ever bully anyone, they clearly sense his "otherness" as shown by Cameron's comment in the beginning of the movie. even neil doesn't understand him at first, and it takes time for him to really grasp how bad things are for todd. i don't believe todd's parents' reasons for pulling him out of Balincrest are every directly specified, but ive always thought a big part of it could be that he was being picked on by the other students (along with his parents hope that transferring him to Welton would make him succeed like his brother).

i don't know if by the time i was watching neil's scene with his parents after the play that i really knew, completely, what was coming. i think by then i knew it wouldnt be todd to die, but i hadn't fully accepted that neil would in his stead. there was a sort of comfort in feeling like i knew what would happen, only for the movie to pull the rug out from beneath me and leave me devastated. not that i would've been less sad if todd had died- just that, when neil did, and i could ruminate on the signs shown through the rest of the movie and the grief and the direness of the situation, i was left reeling at the suddenness.

of course, looking back on it, it makes complete sense that it would be neil. knowing his situation, his history, and his personality, it seemed painfully obvious. but i only really realized that after the fact, like i imagine the poets did as well.

ive already mentioned quite a few times on this blog neil's depression and how things were for him, including his relationship with his father, but that's because i find it especially painful in the way i can relate. i imagine a neil who has been struggling with depression since he was very young, crushed under the weight of a father who had planned out who he was meant to be since his birth. a neil who doesn't understand why he's so damn empty all the time, who doesn't speak up because he fears what it means. a neil who has all these feelings about boys that he shouldn't, that finally come to a head when he connects with todd and he can't ignore them anymore. a neil who loves his father, who wants to make him proud. a neil begging somebody, anybody to listen, but his words fall on deaf ears. he is not an adult. he has no control. there is no one to save him, no one to help him. he is trapped. every light has been snuffed out.

i wouldn't hesitate to say that by now, most people are at least aware of the fact that depression manifests in many different ways, some less obvious than others. on the surface, it's easy to view neil as one of those people- he's smiley, focused, talented; he has a group of friends that love him, things he's passionate about, a family who wants what they believe is best for him. he's the textbook definition of somebody who doesn't seem like they'd have issues with mental health.

but...that's not true. maybe for the teachers who barely talked to him, or the families who met him in passing and told their own sons to strive to be like him, but anyone who'd spent more than an hour talking to him who knew about depression would be able to recognize something wrong. he's somehow both responsible and also completely reckless with no regard to the consequences, as if his own life is a game he can play with. his interactions with his own family are stilted and awkward. he gets angry and lashes out like a trapped animal when questioned; the few times he does open up, he speaks with the desperation of a boy prisoner in his own mind. he connects so deeply to todd because he relates to him, because he feels understood by him. he willfully ignores his future and it's implications because when he finally faces it, he knows it will be too much for him to bear.

and it's this, perhaps, that makes it so incredibly frustrating that everything culminated in his decision to commit suicide- because there were signs, clear as day, over and over and over and over and nobody did anything about it. the only people who really tried, directly, didn't have the power or the knowledge to change anything for him. it was so preventable. the movie leaves you breathless with anger at how different things could have been.

i genuinely want to hear everyone else's thoughts/perceptions on this, because i find it really interesting and part of what makes the film so emotional.

[sketches4mysw33theart]

Dead Poets Society: Some Thoughts and Analysis

Essentially a stream of consciousness I had while rewatching the movie today. In chronological order as I was making notes!

✒️ Charlie talks so much with his eyebrows

✒️ Todd is tasked with taking minutes of the meetings, but I don't believe we ever see him actually do so (although it would have been nice if he did)

✒️ Cameron looks so much like a fisherman when he's smoking his pipe

✒️ Cameron's distaste for Charlie (and often for the rest of the boys) is evident super early on (e.g. when they walk out of Mr Keating's first class and Cameron says "do you think he'll test us on that stuff?" And, when he gets shut down, he throws a very angry look at Charlie and the poets. This happens several times, but as far as I remember we never see Cameron retaliate.) From this, while I don't like it, I understand why Cameron did what he did at the end of the movie because I think he felt undermined by the others and he was considered 'useful' and 'smart' for the school

✒️ Also, I do not accept that Cameron's name is Richard Cameron, he's pulling a Zendaya and goes by one name only

✒️ Mr Keating looks so disappointed in Charlie when saying "Thank you, Mr Dalton, you just illustrated the point"

✒️ I think Knox kissing Chris at the party, while somewhat gross, is necessary to show that Carpe Diem isn't always the right thing to do, as is Charlie putting the article in the paper  - i think maybe Chris not ending up with Knox would have hammered this home, especially because she seems perfectly happy with Chet. Of course, Chet's response to what happened at the party isn't fair, but it is definitely what I can see a teenage boy on the high school football team in the 50's doing. Don't choke on the bone, Knoxious!

✒️ Is Charlie trying to get thrown out of school? With the article in the paper stunt, he must have known how serious the repercussions would be, so maybe already he was considering getting out of school because he felt it wasn't the right path for him

✒️ "You made a liar out of me, Neil" - Mr Perry, I hate you

✒️ Did all of the poets, minus Neil and Knox, really squeeze into Keating's car?!

✒️ Neils little face when he comes out of the curtain, and how quick it falls when he sees his father - he's like a little kid showing a finger painting to a parent who insults it, he just wants his Dad to be proud of him

✒️ Mr Keating's face when Neil drives away after the play - I think he had an idea what was coming

✒️ That zoom in on Neil's face when his father's saying "more of this acting business, you can forget that"- he knew, then, that his dad would never change and what he was going to do

✒️ I want the doorknobs in the Perry house, specifically Neil's

✒️ The first time I watched this movie, I was so on edge when Neil was standing in front of the open window, thinking he was going to jump, and when he didn't I was like 'phew', and then the thing happened and my blood sugar spiked way up

✒️ Mr Perry saying 'my poor son' - i don't know, it rubs me up the wrong way, he has a name, he is not simply an extension of you

✒️ Cameron isn't there when the poets tell Todd what happened to Neil

✒️ The lingering image of Charlie with a tear down his face is so beautiful

✒️ Knox just clinging to Todd in the snow

✒️ The comparison between the deleted scene of Neil and Todd running lines by the lake when it's sunny and Todd running towards the lake screaming Neil's name 💔

✒️ Similarly, the comparison between Todd not wanting to speak at all in the meetings, and then the deleted scene where he reads a poem after Mr Perry takes Neil away

✒️ Charlie not singing during Neil's assembly

✒️ Ave means farewell in literature, and Charlie closing his eyes when it's sang is beautiful

✒️ Charlie carries on smoking when Cameron's coming into the attic meeting - he either knows it's Cameron or doesn't care who tf catches him doing anything bad anymore

✒️ I don't think Cameron ever actually 'believed' in Mr Keating, definitely not to the extent the others did - he never called him captain, for example, except when he realised everyone else in the common room was, and air quotes the word 'captain' in the attic. So, it raises the question why he went along with everyone even so?

✒️ While I do somewhat sympathise with Cameron, that is one of the most satisfying punches in movie history

✒️ I think Todd's parents weren't that different from Neil's, Todd's dad is clearly very authoritarian from the minute or so he's on screen (and the fact that Todd signs the paper) and his Mom says nothing in his defense, but the way Todd mouths 'Mom' breaks my heart

✒️ In what universe does acting = what Neil did? All those theatre kids and their evil, satanic rituals, forcing our kids away from school 🙄 I hate you, Mr Perry and Mr Nolan

✒️ Todd's the last one to stand up when Nolan walks into Keating's classroom

✒️ Mr Nolan complimenting Mr Pritchard's introduction is so ridiculously funny to me considering what Keating made them do to it

✒️ Mr Keating's smile to Todd through the door in the classroom has the same energy as "All my love to you poppet. You're going to be alright."

In conclusion, I adore this film.

Robin Williams, O Captain, My Captain 🫡❤️

[ghostthewriter09]

Here’s one of the smaller details in dead poets society that I think gets slept on. In the scene where Cameron is talking to Neil about Todd he says “your new roommate looks like a stiff.” And then Todd walks in and he says “oops.” And walks away. Here’s what I find interesting about this scene: Neil is the only person vaguely nice to Cameron in the entirety of the movie. So naturally, Cam thinks Neil will have his back. But as the plot progresses, we watch Neil fall in love with Todd. He didn’t agree nor disagree with Cam in that first scene where they’re together. Because he doesn’t know Todd yet. Cam on the other hand is outwardly judgemental towards almost everyone. I honestly think Cam doesn’t deserve all the hate he gets. My HC is that he’s a scholarship student. His parents are poor and he’s worked his whole life to get to Welton. But no one knows this. So when Cam snitches , it’s to protect himself yes but I think it’s also to make his parents proud. Cam in my mind is a closeted gay or aromantic who just cannot process his feelings in the world the poets live in. So when he sees Neil and Todd, he’s jealous. He knows they had the life he’ll never be able to have. In the end DPS is a story of expectations and the paths we’ve been forced to take. Doesn’t everyone act in their own self interest at first?

[prettypinkbubbless]

I see plenty of posts saying things like “how is DPS a comfort movie” or “DPS is a comfort movie it ends at the play” and I get the joke and I understand the sentiment, but to me, even with the end, it’s still a comfort movie.

Like yeah. It’s sad. It’s incredibly sad! Neil kills himself and it’s heart wrenching and watching the consequences unfold makes you feel sick. But there’s still good to be had out of it, comfort to be taken.

Most importantly, life goes on. Neil dies and the poets’ worlds are turned upside down, but life still goes on. They don’t get to shut away from the world that killed their friend; they still have to live. I know that’s scary to lots of people but I actually find comfort in that. Bad things happen and you still have to breathe and live and grow, especially when the people you love cannot. There’s still change to be made.

Also, you are loved! You are remembered! We get to see in real time how absolutely devastated the poets are when they learn about Neil’s suicide. Your friends DO care. You DO mean something to people. They would be BROKEN if you were gone. Both in context and out, that is a comforting notion.

Finally, your actions have impact. That speck of dust nihilist spiel is bullshit. Neil and his situation is most obvious, but the entire rest of the movie shows this in I think the best way. Even though Keating is leaving, we see tangibly just how he changed his class. How his ideas, simply just who he was and how he lived changed his students. You don’t have to be famous or president of the world to mean something to others. Yes, it can be for better or for worse, but you still matter in the web of life, your ripple effects still reach others, you never know how profoundly you can touch someone.

Todd, historically anxious out of his mind, defies authority and displays his beliefs at the end of the movie. That scene is so damn important! Especially juxtaposing the scenes that came before it! The movie could end sad. It could end really before that classroom scene. But it doesn’t. It ends on a scene filled with hope and triumph and rebellion. Because that is the whole point of the movie! And that’s what I glean comfort from.

TL;DR I argue that DPS is absolutely a comfort movie right to the very end with…an obnoxious amount of words.

[rockymintscollective]

Oh my god more Dead Poets Analysis

Holy fuck holy fuck holy FUCK PEOPLE

SPOILERS FOR DEAD POETS SOCIETY AFTER THIS.

I just realized that whenever it's revealed that Neil ended up kicking the bucket you can *see* how everyone else reacts. You can tell how they feel whenever you realize the stuff that went down with everything.

like especially in the scene where they're all singing. (pardon for the shitty quality if it looks bad)

Like... You can tell how they're all feeling in this scene alone.

Charlie isn't even singing. He's not even participating in this. You see Cameron in the back participating but it seems like he's thinking about something and you can tell it's probably not something good. Same thing with how you see how torn Meeks is.

Like of course they all are close in their own ways. Not even a few seconds later you see the light hitting Todd's face just right to show that there's snot on his upper lip (showing that he's still been crying) and how Knox and Pitts are singing with their full lungs and chest.

There's such a vast array of emotions in this it's literally suffocating?? In an odd sense. Like it feels like there's too much and not enough emotion in it at the same time.

Also??? When you see keating??? A few frames later and how sad he is??? Oh my god??? /lh /aaughgh???

You see him looking away. Not even at Mr. Noland like the other teachers and administrators are, but he's actively looking away and almost in a dissociative-like state. Like oh my god??? Holy shit???

Adding onto this, the scene afterward where Charlie chews out Cameron for finking??? I love to imagine that the reason Cameron said "Nuwanda" instead of "Charlie" (like his actual name is) is because of the fact that he's genuinely putting his foot down this time. Like they did when Charlie outed out this DPS to begin with.

You see it in his eyes that he genuinely means what he says here. Like when he says "You just signed your expulsion papers, Nuwanda." you can tell that he's just pissed.

ALSO. A SMALL DETAIL I NOTICED EARLIER. Could be an entire coincidence and I could be so SO wrong, but look at this.

I want you to focus on Pitt's signature for a moment. Stay with me here.

You see that?

Remember what the the DPS "signature" looked like?

If not, here's a reminder:

Now I could be so very wrong. I could be so off. But I do imagine Pitts had more of an attachment to the DPS than we saw because of this. You could at least tell in the signature (in my eyes at least) that he clearly cared a lot about this shit.

Anyway rant over my bad I got really passionate here this time. But oh my god I'm in love with this movie

[itsacruelsummerwithyou2]

true eldest daughter culture is loving your dad’s favorite movies, but trying to explain to him why those movies are, in fact, gay

[itmeansseizetheday]

Film Analysis Time!

Dead poets society: Neil had to die to be himself.

Authors note: It’s been a few days since I posted, thank you for the love on my other posts. Every single like and reblog means the world to me! I’m happy to be included in such a great fandom.

Neil had to die to be himself. I know it sounds morbid, but hold onto that thought and stay with me throughout this. Even though we all love Neil Perry, and we all hate that he died. I personally believe he had to die. If he didn’t die it would’ve been worst and he would’ve lived a horrible, fake life.

Neil’s dream was to act. That’s all he wanted to die. Without acting Neil wasn’t Neil. He wanted to be on the stage. Neil was born to preform.

Ni: “So, I'm gonna act...

Ever since I can

remember, I've wanted

to try this.”

He knew deep down that killing himself was the only option he had to be able to be the person he wanted to be.

Neil towards his friends and towards Mr Keating was this outgoing, confident actor. Towards his father he was seen more of a straight A-student who cowards towards him.

Neil would never be allowed to be himself whilst his father was around. He could never live the life he knew was made for him. Neil knew he had to kill himself to become the person he wanted to be. The saddening aspect is the only way he could be himself was by dying and being himself in the memories of other.

The only way Neil could live on as the true aspect is in the memories the dead poets had of him. In class, out of class and on that stage.

Neil had to kill himself to be himself, that is the only way he could live the life he wanted.

IMPORTANT

If you are suffering with the thoughts of suicide please reach out to somebody.

Below is a link to suicide helplines. If you’re feeling this way, talk to somebody.

[lunixiscool]

The way some people talk about Neil and Todd's relationship make me think we didn't watch the same movie.

Todd didn't ruin Neil nor did Neil become unhappy by being friends with Todd. Todd wasn't a burden to Neil. The reason Neil was so unhappy was because of his father and the expectations of others on him.

Neil doesn't see Todd as "an experience" and I think that claim really undermines Neil as a character. I understand why some people believe that but Neil is a very genuine character and doesn't create bonds with any of the poets "for the hell of it". Neils the type of person to show up at your front door if he hasn't talked to you in 3 days. Watching their scenes together, watching the relationship these characters develop, even the way Todd reacts to Neils death. It shows there's a lot more than what the camera showed us, especially when Todd screams at Cameron about Neil loving acting. Although obviously everyone knows that Neil loves acting, that part alone just showed there's a whole lot more conversation that we missed betweens these characters and whole lot more than an "experience"

TLDR: People mischaracterize the hell out of Neil

[just-leui]

I dunno if anyone's said this before but here is my contribution to a bit of dps analysis :)

SO we are first introduced to the phrase "O Captain, My Captain" as a way for the students to address Mr. Keating. the expression is said almost triumphly, with pride. If we go and read Whitman's poem, though, we realize that originally it was meant to be said with melanchony. in O Captain! My Captain! the captain in question (Abraham Lincoln) is found dead on the ship right as it approaches the shore after a victorious battle. so really "O Captain, My Captain!" is an expression of loss and despair, which is exactly what we see at the end of Dead Poets Society. Mr. Keating doesn't die but he is forced to leave the (remaining) poets at Welton as he is fired. not only is there the loss of the Captain which was foreshadowed by "O Captain, My Captain!" but the death of Neil and the expulsion of Charlie go on to add even more to that feeling of despair and loss (sorry for the repetition, i don't know any synonyms). the characters thought they could find a sense of pride and triumph in "O Captain, My Captain!" (and interpret it as such) but ultimately it turned in exactly what it was meant to be, a cry (a yawp if you will) of loss and despair.

in short, I'm still crying about this film

[proselles]

watching dead poets society with my mother and i cant make a single queercoded analysis this must be hell

[sweaty-toothed-mad-woman]

I know nothing about filming stuff BUT

I noticed how the people standing up to cheer kinda hid Mr Perry and that kinda shows how the applause made Neil forget about his father for a hot second like we see how happy he is in this next shot

because he kinda forgot his dad was there and then when he remembers his face goes from

to

and it makes me wanna sucker punch Mr Perry all the way into the sun