Second Hand Lions Bar FIGHT Scene

Second Hand Lions Bar FIGHT Scene... NEVER PISS OLD PEOPLE OFF

[rmitchr]

That “I loved only one woman, with a passion a flea like you could never begin to understand” was such a bad ass line

[TC-eoeb]

I was a teenager during the decade of the 1970's. I worked with and knew multiple older guys from around town.
Little did I know at the time that many of them were WWII veterans who saw heavy action in the war and never talked about it. One of our home town hero's was John Bradley who raised the original flag on Iwo Jima. For many, I didn't know they were WWII vets until they died and I read their obituaries in the local newspaper and learned of the many war medals and purple hearts those guys earned. I later discovered the same for Vietnam Vets. Respect your elders, you never know who they really are. R.I.P. Ken, Don, Harold, Bud, Dick, Alex, Bob, Robert, Dale, Randy, Steve, John and all the other veterans I have known.

[Valaso-Osalav]

if a man disarms you and lectures you how to use a knife properly in a fight you need to just count your chickens and quit.

[Outspoken.Humanist]

It was 1976 and I was a loud mouthed, know it all, fight anyone, 18year old when my father finally took me out back to teach me not to disrespect my mother. He was 59 at the time and I was never hit so hard, before or since. I'm 65 now and I swear I can still feel it. Thank you Dad, I miss you.

[mandom]

"But there's four of them-.... three of them!" Gets me every time

[MRHenHen]

Robert Duvall is 91 now & Michael Caine is 87. Both of them are Korean War veterans.

[hondolane]

This is always the first scene I recall from this movie. It's the turning point in the movie when you realize that Garth's stories to Walter are more fact than fiction, and you see that realization on Walter's face. Literally the first film I recommend to folks, there is so much action yet you don't have to worry about sitting down to watch it with your 8-year old kid/grandkid. They really don't make great films like this anymore, or at least they are very rare jewels.

[chenille]

I always loved badass moments like that, but now that I'm older, I can see the subtlety in Robert's acting.
You can see a slight flinch in his eye just before he talked about his lost comrades, and the way he looks at all the other guys when he said "killed many men", the stare and the pause, truly terrifying and clearly meant as a threat. The despise when he stresses on the word "flea"...
That is acting.

[amaybury]

The way he chuckles while saying 'gonna need all the help you can get' is just amazing, it sounds so completely genuine.

[j.a.kempton]

"Just a dumb kid, Hub don't kill him" gives me the feeling Garth has seen this scene play out many, many times in their lives. I love that line. For Garth it is a forgone conclusion.

[TheRogueCommand]

A masterpiece of a movie and scene. My dad taught me some basics of fighting, nothing too elaborate, just simple stuff for self defense, and it's given me a whole new level of appreciation for this scene: Frankie and his friends all do these big dramatic swings, thinking it'll add power or maybe scare Hub, but all it's doing is giving Hub an opening to block and pin them, no sweat. You don't faff around, you go in quick and efficient.

[johnpeterson]

This scene embodies a truth I've always believe in: The older you get, the less patience you'll have for other people's BS.

[thomasmiddlebrooke]

"Always fear the old man in a profession where men die young."

[davidandrews]

If ever you find yourself confronting an old man who easily disarms you, shows you what you were doing wrong, gives you your weapon back and then invites you to try again the correct answer is "No sir. Thankyou for the lesson sir."

[masonstaten]

"There's only 4 of them." Gets me every time. You can see the leader hesitate as he picks up his knife. Granted, he had a shotgun pointed at him, but I like to think he's truly scared of Hub but doesn't want to look like a coward in front of his buddies.

[sharktoof]

This film ages like the finest wine. I saw it as a kid, loved it. I am now in my 20s. Still love it. My kids will see it. And I hope it continues down the family line. A true classic. A film deeply treasured by my family and I.

[Jeremiah]

Just an important note: both Robert Duvall and Michael Kane are veterans, having both served during the Korean War. However, unlike in this movie, Duvall was never sent into combat. Michael Kane, on the other hand, was sent into combat, and has detailed a time where they were overrun and had to fight in hand to hand combat, and remembers thinking, "Maybe they will kill me, but I am going to take some of them with me."

[daveluttinen]

"They really lived."

That pretty much summed it up. I still don't know whether to laugh or cry at the end. I truly loved these characters so usually I do both. Everyone was really in fine form in this film, and it is why it is in the top ten list of my favorite films.

[kurtbogle]

The mark of excellence in acting is being able to control the emotions of the audience. Second Hand Lions acting is so masterful that you might as well get the towel out along with the popcorn.

[DortonFarb]

This has always been a generational issue. I am an honorably-retired police officer with a law enforcement career spanning 30 years. As I drove young thugs to jail, many times involving hours and hours at the Emergency Room getting their boo-boos patched up first, I asked them if they knew why there were no old people like them. Not one of them ever figured it out. They often theorized that people mellow as they age. It came as quite a surprise to them, that the reason there are no old people like them, is because in order to become old, you first have to survive being young.