the holly beach part made me really sad 'cause i had stood right by that house with the porch and to think nothing exists there anymore fills me with strong emotions.......
roger

what was sad is the dude died!!! Do you think it was the Gumbo or whatever that lady made on the house boat!!

I would think that a lifetime of German food would build the kind of fortitude that would allow him to handle anyone's gumbo...
Seriously, though, while I won't argue anything that's been said about the pacing of the movie, etc. For me the bottom line was that it moved me. Here was a guy who is near the end of his life. But he hears something beautiful from far away. He falls in love with it wholeheartedly, and despite the ridicule of his peers, and he goes for it, admittedly in a halfassed sort of way. Good for him! It reminds me of a poem by Bertolt Brecht where he says something to the effect that there is always time for a fresh start....even with your last breath.