Can we just pause for a moment and think about the fact that she's sitting against Sam's row boat that sunk when Sam died? It makes that whole idea that he's there with her that much more believable. It's so tragic. 😩😞
+Cameron Howe I get chills every time I hear her say that along with the, "Start digging Trout." Serves him right. He will spend the rest of his life looking for something he'll never get. I think at the point where he's an old man still looking for the loot, it's not about the loot (wealth) anymore, but the satisfaction of finding what Kate tried to keep from him.
+Leslie Ix That was the end of the curse on Stanley's family. The end of the curse on the lake was when the walker family lost ownership of the lake. It's two curses that Stanley basically stumbled upon breaking them both.
I think that god felt sad that Sam, the most innocent man was killed and as a result didn't bless the land with rain because Trout and the townsfolk didn't deserve it. and he only let it rain again once Stanley and Hector had broken the curse the Walkers caused.
For people wondering why Kate didn't just kill Trout and avenge Sam's death, she left him alive because she wanted him to suffer. He lost everything, ended up with a wife who only was with him for his money, and spent the rest of his life driving himself crazy digging holes in a dried up lakebed in the desert looking for a treasure that he would never find. She left him to a fate worse than death and inflicted the same agony on him that he inflicted on her (wanting something so desperately and knowing he will never have it.) Kate got her revenge.
@@SaiyanSweetheart45 Yeah and not to mention his wife is their and if she were to kill her she most likely would not kiss cause she's not a lesbian or bi.
Don't forget the other part of it: The Yelnats still existed back then. Even if they did find it, it was still in someone else's name. They lost the treasure before they ever dug the first hole.
@@videohistory722 Maybe they wouldn't have been able to sell the stock deeds but they still could have sold the jewels. And there was likely more treasure buried in the sand that belonged to other people.
Well yes and no yellow spotted lizards are real lizards but how they are depicted in the movie those kinds of lizards don't exist and by that I mean a lizard that looks like a bearded dragon that's venomous
I love this entire scene, but I think one of my favorite lines is, "Oh Linda, you were such a good student. You must have married him for his money." Kate still has enough humanity in her to be disappointed by the bad life choices a promising student made.
Because she loved Sam for who he was and hated who she became not only without him, but because of the betrayal of the town she once felt apart of. The promise left when they killed Sam, and seeing a student she once taught marry the man that killed him only verified why she lost promise to begin with.
You say this about fictional characters but when it comes to real life criminals, people are like "I've been through a lot but you don't see me murdering anyone"
@@morbidsearchYes and No. People say that when the murderer goes around murdering innocent people because of their pain. However, most people usually cheer at revenge stores agent just the people who have truly wronged you. Murdering an innocent person you care about for example.
I know what you mean. Kissin Kate Barlow may have been the worst outlaw that ever lived, but it wasn’t entirely her own fault. I think Trout is the real outlaw, before the outlaw.
This is a good example of a change from the source material done _right._ In the book, the lizard was just a happy accident. There's a lot more emotional weight to Kate simply picking up the lizard and coaxing it to bite her. Coupled with that line she delivers so calmly to Trout. Trout: When I'm through with you, you're gonna wish you _was_ dead! Kate: I've been wishin' I was dead for a _long_ time... There's really not much he can do to threaten her at that point. She's already been through enough pain, it's almost as if she's grown numb to it all. She's lost her lover, her home, her livelihood, _her sanity..._ there's really nothing else he can take from her, nothing else he can do to hurt her and she knows it. In her last moments, she defies this man who managed to ruin her life for petty reasons, both by refusing to tell him what he wants to know and by mocking him over the fact that, at this point, he can't hurt her anymore.
@@mckenzie.latham91 This story / film is really great at how it deals out curses as a plot point. Stephen King's Thinner is one good curse story, but Holes is in a class all its own.
@@Bro-cx2jc I just love this style of the story. It’s like a puzzle that’s gradually filled in with bits of info at a time. I would love to write my own book like that.
@@terminallumbago6465 Same. I'm a small time author on the side, and want to make things beautiful and mysterious. I don't know if I have this level of talent.
Just went through a breakup and taking it out on everyone else.Now I feel completely lost and alone,thats the whole reason I'm even viewing this video rn.Just wish I wasn't such a fuck up,im alone and in the dark now.I ain't gonna kill myself but I wish I was dead right now.So I can also relate to those words
I lost my mother earlier this year…my best friend. Honestly, I feel the same. For being gay and having her being concerned for my safety constantly…it wasn’t fair to her
Kbear2097 she was laughing because she knew she was leaving this awful world to go be with the love of her life. On her own terms. Those other two peasants will most likely die from starvation/poverty, due to their own greed.
She was laughing because she was leaving that awful world to go be with the love of her life, on her own terms. Plus, she got revenge on Trout by safely hiding the treasure and causing misfortune to his family.
When Trout was asking Kate where the loot is, I feel he has no one to blame for his poverty but himself. Kate lost her lover to racism. If Trout had minded his own business that night, Sam would still be alive and nothing would have changed. Trout would still have his wealth, green lake wouldn't dry up and Kate wouldn't go insane because of him. This was God's punishment for him and all the other people in the town who were racist.
Kate’s last stand was prophetic, she stated that Trout, his children and his children’s children will continue to dig, but they will never find the loot. This was her last laugh against the man who had ruined her life and destroyed his own fortune when the lake dried up. Trout became obsessed with finding the chest, wanting to get the last laugh at the woman who spited him. He even instilled this obsession into his own granddaughter. Ironically, Kate did get the last laugh since the Walkers didn’t find the chest - but rather the rightful owner’s descendant, Stanley Yelnats IV.
Not only that, Kate's peaches and Sam's onions saved Stanley IV and Hectro Zerony while stranded in the desert. More than even that, Kate Barlow met Stanley Yelnats I, robbed him for his chest including bank bonds and instead of killing him, she left him alive within walking-distance of Sam's old onion field. She sparred somebody who's descendent's who got the last laugh on Trout Walker's granddaughter, and ensured she met justice for horrible crimes going back generations.
I feel like this story could be a movie all by itself. Kate is such a complex character. Not necessarily evil but someone who went down a dark path because of their circumstances. A good reminder that how someone is treated often does impact how that person treats others. Her story is also a reminder that you don’t know someone until you know their story. Some characters just see her as a fearsome outlaw, but when you dive deeper into her story you realize she was someone who was only driven to brutality as a response to the brutality shown to her. Had the circumstances been different she probably never would have went down that path. She was a character who’s motivations you could definitely understand, even if you don’t necessarily condone them (especially when she started targeting innocent people).
I love how he murdered Sam out of hate and racism and in return he lost everything by his own hand. This story was so devastating and so underrated. I feel so sad for the world history because similar real story’s like this will have happened with no justice. Sam saying I can fix that was telling her at the end that it was time to come home ❤️
I love that she subjected him to a life of going crazy trying to find his precious fortune. A fate worse than death, and that’s why she chose not to kill him.
you your children and your childrens children will dig for the next 100 years and you'll never find it... something about that part gives me goosebumps!
Anyone notice how the music is broken and weird when she's alone - it shows just how heartbroken and lonely she is and then when she see's Sam's mirage the music pics up into a soft romantic symphony, she loved that boy a lot. And the music reflects how broken she is over his death.
Yeah, the music itself makes this scene powerful. Kate lost her lover to racism and jealousy, so she spent the next twenty years of her life as an outlaw until one day she came back to Camp Green Lake and made peace with herself. She buried the Yelnats family chest so that Trout Walker and his family would never find it; it was her final act of revenge. She allowed herself to be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard, knowing that she would die and reunite with Sam.
WHEN SHE SAYS "I BEEN WISHING I WAS DEAD FOR A LONG TIME" 😭 THAT IS SO HEARTBREAKING. SHE MISSES SAM SO MUCH AND LIFE DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING WITHOUT HIM.💔
Is it bad that EVERY TIME, ever since the first time I watched this movie, whenever she says "It's so hot Sam, but I feel so cold." It always makes me cry or want to cry because I can feel the broken sorrow in her voice? 💔 Can we just take a moment to appreciate how good her acting skills are? They seriously sound and seem real!!!🥺😩👌👏👏👏❤
She only robbed & killed other outlaws. She didn’t kill innocent people, like how she didn’t kill Stanley’s great great grandfather... but she killed everyone els in the horse carriage he was in... she became darkness, feeding on other darkness.
They do it, to make us more entertained and make us think of even more things once it is read. It’s meant to throw us off and I believe it was a fictional book.
One of the best scenes in movie history honestly and its a DISNEY MOVIE like what!? Her whole story could have been a movie itself. This whole movie could have been a show with seasons and flashbacks and life stories of everyone involved just wow. This movie and scene is so slept on and I say that cause it only got 7 out of 10 stars .
Same here! Sam’s ghost is warm and compassionate towards Kate because he knows that she’s heartbroken over his death and that’s what led her to become an feared outlaw.
I love how, even though the lizards are portrayed as a menacing, deadly force of nature, they actually helped the protagonists the most. This one put Kate out of her misery. Years later, a nest of them saved Stanley and Zero from being taken by the Warden.
SoloraGoldsun The lizards would have been the death of them, but because they found the onion garden, they would not be bit. Because in the novel, Sam said that onions acted as lizard repellant.
Notice that Sam looked up at Trout and Linda before Kate even noticed them. If she were hallucinating, if Sam was just in her head, then how did Sam notice them?
I think the two things that really stand out to me, is swell of emotion in the musical score. And then how you can just feel her love for Sam when she says his name. It honestly was so perfect it almost felt like they were lovers off camera. Also the voice acting in this scene is just fantastic. Kate's character was acted with so much finesse that she feels like a real person who lived and died on this earth.
Probably also excited she didn't have to kill (and kiss) Trout and was leaving on her own terms, cealing the curse that they wouldn't find the loot when she killed herself with the lizard. Definitely powerful - id go out laughing too!
In some respects, Kate was a victim. She didn't find herself attracted to Walker when everyone wanted a minute of his time or to be associated with him. She was just born in the wrong time period before interracial relationships would become legal in America. Granted, becoming an outlaw and bank robber wasn't a second left that could right the wrong of Sam's murder, but she went down a dark path with no one to bring her back to redemption. Kate lost everything she ever wanted, but to see her die knowing that she never gave Charles Walker anything to work with beyond "Start digging" was a moment of savagery beyond measure. In her final moments, Miss Katherine Barlow of Green Lake, Texas, did what she had always done: Spurn Trout Walker.
I like the fact that she's got a gun in her face held by the man who killed the love of her life, and she just ignored him to talk about her former student's poor decisions. Boss move.
Notice how she didn’t even flinch when trout walker shot his shot gun right next to her to kill the lizard goes to show that she really didn’t care how she died as long as she was dead
@@SethKolbePrefectActually Kate was careful up until the moment where she and Sam kissed. She never said her love openly, but she would keep asking him to fix something in the schoolhouse as an excuse to see him. It was only when she ran out of assignments to give him that she couldn’t hide it anymore.
This is my logic on this. This movie is full of curses so when she says. “You, your children and your children’s children will dig” Etc. trout walker had a fearful look in his eyes right as she said that. And That’s exactly what happened. His granddaughter was the warden of the camp and she drove her self crazy looking for that loot. and as soon as kissing Kate barlo said “you will never find it”. To trout walker The lizard came out and she said “come here sweet heart” to the lizard but almost as if the lizard were Sam himself and she gave her life to him. Like they both out the curse on their family together. Also As soon as the warden gets arrested Stanley’s curse is broken and I believe that madam zeroni may have been an elder relative to Sam because she could curse people and Sam had majestic onions that cured many things They are all related in some way shape and form and it’s just my theory but it makes the most sense to me
Yeah, killing Sam cursed the land, Kate cursed trout and his family line for all the evil they had done, Stanley's ancestor was cursed for failing to fulfill his promise...
Actually they were two seperate curses. Through sheer coincedence both of them happened to lined up. Zero plays an important role because zero is madame zeronis descendant. When stanley heals zero the curse is broken which allows them to break the curse of green lake through stanleys good luck
@Paul Pablo Except it wasn't coincidence. The main theme of the book/movie was destiny. The actions of evil people in the past only ultimately contributed to the well-being of the innocent much later.
Even though its sad, I love how she got back at Trout- she was able to screw him over by dying and keeping her loot's location a secret- She made sure that not he would suffer but his entire family! Damn, she was angry
Trout deserved it. He killed Sam just because he was an African American who won Kate's heart. Sam's death destroyed Kate and caused her to become an outlaw for twenty years. So, in return, Kate got her revenge on Trout by hiding the Yelnats family treasure so that Trout and his family will suffer for all eternity.
@@leoroemer6085 I dislike the concept of generational curses. While it's likely that a douche like Trout raising a child will cause them to turn into a douche in turn, it's effectively punishing the blameless. Someone who had no relation to the initial wrong is punished despite not being at fault. The warden was certainly a douche herself, but as we hear from her story it's because he made her spend every single day digging holes, even on holidays. It's basically all she knew, and all she could do was peg her hopes on one of the children finding the treasure so she could finally escape the hell she had lived in her whole life.
I've always wondered why is it that Kissing Kate didn't kill Stanley Yelnats , despite the fact she killed his driver and stole the man's treasure. Yelnats became a rich man, someone Kate obviously wouldn't have much sympathy for. Then I remember Walker's fate: His lake and wealth was dried up, he was married to woman with no love for him, and he spent his final years digging for a treasure he couldn't find. A man who seeks wealth, and spends his life getting nothing is the ultimate curse. Yelnats himself achieved wealth, only to lose it at the hands of Kissing Kate, and later his sanity by wandering around in the desert. His descendants were also cursed with rotten luck. So maybe Kate realized this while holding Yelnats at gunpoint, and decided this man's fate. So maybe after punishing Yelnats that way, she realized that it would be a great way to punish the man who ruined her.
Nathan Seper She unwittingly set off the events that would reunite the Yelnats family with the Zeroni family, fulfill the deal they made in the past, and thus end their cycle of misfortune.
well it's weird how Linda didn't deny she married Walker for his money. also it disappeared and she still stayed w/ him. theyre both set on finding the fortune.
I know your comment is old but what do you mean by that? That Linda remembers the kind schoolteacher Kate used to be, or that she knows Kate would have no problem dying without telling them where the treasure was and thus rendering their threats meaningless?
@@terminallumbago6465 What I mean is, look at her facial reaction after Kate says it. I think Linda still remembers how Kate was, and hasn't disregarded her as such.
@@Sharkie626 I never really thought about that, but now that I see it, I agree with you. After all, she did warn Kate that Trout was a desperate man and she'd better tell him what he wanted to know; maybe she wasn't threatening Kate at all but trying to spare her whatever Trout had in mind if she didn't cooperate. I believe the book didn't actually do this, which makes the movie that much better. This movie scene just gives me such nostalgia for their past, even though it's not one I was a part of, or even a real one. I have no idea how that even works, but it sure speaks for a good movie.
Martin Peralta I was in 7th grade when this came out too. Didn't see it in theaters though. We had read the book the year before in my 6th grade English class.
I love how even with all of the CGI, someone still left the half second of the bearded dragon wiggle in the scene. They did that. They did that for us.
JadeToniRitsa L this is a great adaptation don't get me wrong but (correct me if I'm wrong i haven't read the book in a long time) didn't they have Kate wandering for days in the desert before she let the lizard kill her
poker8100 Hence, adaptation. It's implied she's been wandering the desert for a while with the haze and the hallucinations of same. Some things in books simply can't or don't translate well in visual media. That's why adaptations are a thing. But for a lot of movies, they end up glossing over or skipping important feels and messages the author originally tried to convey.
JackInTheWild how much worse would itve been if Kate let the 🦎 bite her throat right on the Adams apple? Would her skin turn purple and she start bleeding out her eyes before succumbing to the sweet sweet release of death?
At least she and Sam are together and they can both RIP. The Warden's family deserved to be punished for what her grandfather did to Sam and creating Kissing Kate Barlow.
Kate: It's so hot Sam, but I feel so cold. (Sam's ghost appears) Kate: Sam. Sam: I can fix that. Trout: You got 5 seconds to tell me where you buried the loot. Ruined the moment
My favorite parts in this movie were scenes that involve the bearded dragons walking or sitting on the cast members. From what I’ve heard, they were very welled behaved and never bit anyone, which doesn’t surprise me, because bearded dragons are generally sweet lizards. I know they can bite, but as long as they’re in good hands, they’re great animals.
I don't know if anyone noticed this but i recently watched this film for nostalgia. When Stanley is riding on the bus to the camp you see someone with a cart out the window, it's there for a split second, i didn't see who because i thought it wasn't crucial to anything however it was Sam with Mary-Lou. THIS IS CATCHING ME IN MY FEELINGS AND IT DOESN'T FEEL NICE >:[
In the book, Kate wasn't armed when Trout found her. They probably added the "I ain't gonna kill you" to explain why she never went out of her way in the first place to kill him. To fill in that hole, she spares him for the same reason she did with Stanley Yelnats I: she lets them live with curses.
I can't remember well, but I think once I thought that lizard was her angel or something. This always made me so sad. Still makes me cry. I have to say though, this is a pretty good villain. I always liked her transition. Dunno if any of her other victims deserved it, but the sheriff sure did.
Poor Kate She was a good teacher who educated so many students And she lost it all when they took her true Love 💓 She then became am outlaw because of her grief She is with Sam now in heaven
The song is called "Fate Turns" and it's off the score for the movie written by Joel McNeely. The score can be somewhat difficult to find for purchase, but if you look it up on youtube there is a full album streaming option. :)
Can we just pause for a moment and think about the fact that she's sitting against Sam's row boat that sunk when Sam died? It makes that whole idea that he's there with her that much more believable. It's so tragic. 😩😞
Kim Mowery Good observation my friend! I didn't realize how much powerful it made this scene.
U can dig under the boat
You know it would have fit if she buried the treasure under the boat since it would be the one place Sam's murderer would never look.
Ikr, Kate's past sucked
@@George-Hawthorne Why would it be the one place they never look? It's literally the only noticeable object out for miles in the desert.
"You, your children, and your children's children will dig for the next 100 years...and you will never find it."
Love this!
+Cameron Howe I get chills every time I hear her say that along with the, "Start digging Trout." Serves him right. He will spend the rest of his life looking for something he'll never get. I think at the point where he's an old man still looking for the loot, it's not about the loot (wealth) anymore, but the satisfaction of finding what Kate tried to keep from him.
Cameron Howe ikr
Cameron Howe Yellnats.
That's too damn bad!!
Me to
I love how it hadn't rained there since they killed Sam.
Up until they lost the camp. That was the end of the curse.
+Stephen Wigandt The end of the curse was when Stanley carried Zero up the mountain and sang to him.
+Leslie Ix
That was the end of the curse on Stanley's family. The end of the curse on the lake was when the walker family lost ownership of the lake. It's two curses that Stanley basically stumbled upon breaking them both.
The Yelnats family curse and the curse of green lake.
I think that god felt sad that Sam, the most innocent man was killed and as a result didn't bless the land with rain because Trout and the townsfolk didn't deserve it. and he only let it rain again once Stanley and Hector had broken the curse the Walkers caused.
For people wondering why Kate didn't just kill Trout and avenge Sam's death, she left him alive because she wanted him to suffer. He lost everything, ended up with a wife who only was with him for his money, and spent the rest of his life driving himself crazy digging holes in a dried up lakebed in the desert looking for a treasure that he would never find. She left him to a fate worse than death and inflicted the same agony on him that he inflicted on her (wanting something so desperately and knowing he will never have it.) Kate got her revenge.
Damn right, she did!
Plus if she'd killed him, she'd have had to kiss him and there's no way in hell she would've willingly done that
@@SaiyanSweetheart45 Yeah and not to mention his wife is their and if she were to kill her she most likely would not kiss cause she's not a lesbian or bi.
Don't forget the other part of it:
The Yelnats still existed back then. Even if they did find it, it was still in someone else's name.
They lost the treasure before they ever dug the first hole.
@@videohistory722
Maybe they wouldn't have been able to sell the stock deeds but they still could have sold the jewels. And there was likely more treasure buried in the sand that belonged to other people.
I always felt bad for Kissing Kate Barlow how she went from a loving school teacher to a murderer. Sad scene...
Predalien Raven It doesn't say in the book.
All because she fell in love with an onion picker. But then again, it was during the time when racism was quite bad
She was all ready a murder
heayawn kim Racism is still bad
KeithJMcG1987 just goes to show what any of us are capable of given a hard enough time
Kate aged a lot better than Trout did
Coral Roper I have a feeling she was no older than like 45 in this scene.
Isn’t it weird how her student Linda grew up to look 30 years older than her teacher? Lol
Coral Roper Yea,, he was cursed like hell lol...
That's my favorite part, how far he has fallen.
Her hair was meant to be a whitish blonde and weinkles under eyes to shownage
Kate: "I've been wishing I was dead for a long time."
Sam (in the form of a yellow-spotted lizard): "I can fix that."
That’s dark. Also, it’s a bearded dragon in real life. They’re nothing like the lizard in this movie.
JAIL💀💀
Well yes and no yellow spotted lizards are real lizards but how they are depicted in the movie those kinds of lizards don't exist and by that I mean a lizard that looks like a bearded dragon that's venomous
I can fix that too
I love this comment
I love this entire scene, but I think one of my favorite lines is, "Oh Linda, you were such a good student. You must have married him for his money." Kate still has enough humanity in her to be disappointed by the bad life choices a promising student made.
How terrible that she went and married a man twice her Age.
Because she loved Sam for who he was and hated who she became not only without him, but because of the betrayal of the town she once felt apart of. The promise left when they killed Sam, and seeing a student she once taught marry the man that killed him only verified why she lost promise to begin with.
@@ryderbenson8472 that was common then though
Is it me or at 1:07 Linda Miller looking kind of rabid?
Nothing wrong with that
Honestly kudos to the cast of this film. It was way better acted than it really had to be.
Actors will always raise their game for a good script
This movie pretty much had an all-star cast.
Best actors where the beardies
They condemn you for being a monster but never themselves for turning you into one
The ignorance and hypocrisy of society.
That's a Fact(100).
Society 101
You say this about fictional characters but when it comes to real life criminals, people are like "I've been through a lot but you don't see me murdering anyone"
@@morbidsearchYes and No. People say that when the murderer goes around murdering innocent people because of their pain. However, most people usually cheer at revenge stores agent just the people who have truly wronged you. Murdering an innocent person you care about for example.
This honestly has got to be one of the best scenes in movie history.
Psycho1nsane same it's so sad though
Psycho1nsane this was such a good movie.
I mean, I think it's a really good scene from an underrated movie, but I don't know if I'd go that far. Kudos to you and your opinion, though.
I know what you mean.
Kissin Kate Barlow may have been the worst outlaw that ever lived, but it wasn’t entirely her own fault.
I think Trout is the real outlaw, before the outlaw.
This is a good example of a change from the source material done _right._ In the book, the lizard was just a happy accident. There's a lot more emotional weight to Kate simply picking up the lizard and coaxing it to bite her. Coupled with that line she delivers so calmly to Trout.
Trout: When I'm through with you, you're gonna wish you _was_ dead!
Kate: I've been wishin' I was dead for a _long_ time...
There's really not much he can do to threaten her at that point. She's already been through enough pain, it's almost as if she's grown numb to it all. She's lost her lover, her home, her livelihood, _her sanity..._ there's really nothing else he can take from her, nothing else he can do to hurt her and she knows it. In her last moments, she defies this man who managed to ruin her life for petty reasons, both by refusing to tell him what he wants to know and by mocking him over the fact that, at this point, he can't hurt her anymore.
Not too mention the curse she puts on trout and his family line...doomed to dig forever without ever touching the treasure.
@@mckenzie.latham91 This story / film is really great at how it deals out curses as a plot point. Stephen King's Thinner is one good curse story, but Holes is in a class all its own.
@@Bro-cx2jc I just love this style of the story. It’s like a puzzle that’s gradually filled in with bits of info at a time. I would love to write my own book like that.
@@terminallumbago6465 Same. I'm a small time author on the side, and want to make things beautiful and mysterious. I don't know if I have this level of talent.
"Start digging, Trout."
I'm pretty sure those words taunted Walker for the rest of his life.
one of the most heartbreaking disney moments EVER
James Brewer I forgot this was a Disney movie
Jackson Pickup It’s actually a book
Written by Louis Sacher
Don't watch Bridge to Terabithia
@@jacques5525 me too
“I’ve been wishing I was dead for a long time”. I felt that.
I felt so bad for Kate. That was a powerful line, especially "It's so hot, Sam. But I feel so cold..."
Just went through a breakup and taking it out on everyone else.Now I feel completely lost and alone,thats the whole reason I'm even viewing this video rn.Just wish I wasn't such a fuck up,im alone and in the dark now.I ain't gonna kill myself but I wish I was dead right now.So I can also relate to those words
@@goldenbeaver157 we’re not bad people just damaged goods. Destined to walk alone through out this life.
@@derkyderk1900 I deeply felt that
I lost my mother earlier this year…my best friend. Honestly, I feel the same. For being gay and having her being concerned for my safety constantly…it wasn’t fair to her
I'm happy that she was able to get some closure and she went out with a bang, but her little laugh at the end always makes me a little sad.
Kbear2097 she was laughing because she knew she was leaving this awful world to go be with the love of her life. On her own terms. Those other two peasants will most likely die from starvation/poverty, due to their own greed.
It's shown later Trout was the grandfather of warden Louise and he spent the rest of his life looking for that treasure and he never found it.
She was laughing because she was leaving that awful world to go be with the love of her life, on her own terms. Plus, she got revenge on Trout by safely hiding the treasure and causing misfortune to his family.
When Trout was asking Kate where the loot is, I feel he has no one to blame for his poverty but himself. Kate lost her lover to racism. If Trout had minded his own business that night, Sam would still be alive and nothing would have changed. Trout would still have his wealth, green lake wouldn't dry up and Kate wouldn't go insane because of him. This was God's punishment for him and all the other people in the town who were racist.
Marigold0156 Thats whats makes this book/movie so unique.
It tests the sins of humanitys ignorance.
Marigold0156 no she lost him to envy as well. Trout wanted her
Tell me about it. Trout is nothing but an egotistic, narcissistic sociopath.
PREACH!!!
Nate didn't go crazy, she realized the world she lived in wasnt civilized, so she raised a little hell to even the odds and to cope with sams death
Kate’s last stand was prophetic, she stated that Trout, his children and his children’s children will continue to dig, but they will never find the loot.
This was her last laugh against the man who had ruined her life and destroyed his own fortune when the lake dried up.
Trout became obsessed with finding the chest, wanting to get the last laugh at the woman who spited him. He even instilled this obsession into his own granddaughter.
Ironically, Kate did get the last laugh since the Walkers didn’t find the chest - but rather the rightful owner’s descendant, Stanley Yelnats IV.
Not only that, Kate's peaches and Sam's onions saved Stanley IV and Hectro Zerony while stranded in the desert. More than even that, Kate Barlow met Stanley Yelnats I, robbed him for his chest including bank bonds and instead of killing him, she left him alive within walking-distance of Sam's old onion field.
She sparred somebody who's descendent's who got the last laugh on Trout Walker's granddaughter, and ensured she met justice for horrible crimes going back generations.
And Stanley Yelnats I had been avenged.
And the Walkers lost in the end.
I feel like this story could be a movie all by itself. Kate is such a complex character. Not necessarily evil but someone who went down a dark path because of their circumstances. A good reminder that how someone is treated often does impact how that person treats others. Her story is also a reminder that you don’t know someone until you know their story. Some characters just see her as a fearsome outlaw, but when you dive deeper into her story you realize she was someone who was only driven to brutality as a response to the brutality shown to her. Had the circumstances been different she probably never would have went down that path. She was a character who’s motivations you could definitely understand, even if you don’t necessarily condone them (especially when she started targeting innocent people).
"I can fix that" is now one of my favourite phrases.
"you're gonna wish you was dead"
Kate: *laughs*
holy moly that's so sad.
“I’ve been wishing I was dead for a long time”
Linda’s reaction after that made me think that she felt sorry for her for a second
I love how he murdered Sam out of hate and racism and in return he lost everything by his own hand. This story was so devastating and so underrated. I feel so sad for the world history because similar real story’s like this will have happened with no justice. Sam saying I can fix that was telling her at the end that it was time to come home ❤️
I love that she subjected him to a life of going crazy trying to find his precious fortune. A fate worse than death, and that’s why she chose not to kill him.
you your children and your childrens children will dig for the next 100 years and you'll never find it... something about that part gives me goosebumps!
Anyone notice how the music is broken and weird when she's alone - it shows just how heartbroken and lonely she is and then when she see's Sam's mirage the music pics up into a soft romantic symphony, she loved that boy a lot. And the music reflects how broken she is over his death.
Yeah, the music itself makes this scene powerful. Kate lost her lover to racism and jealousy, so she spent the next twenty years of her life as an outlaw until one day she came back to Camp Green Lake and made peace with herself. She buried the Yelnats family chest so that Trout Walker and his family would never find it; it was her final act of revenge. She allowed herself to be bitten by a yellow-spotted lizard, knowing that she would die and reunite with Sam.
WHEN SHE SAYS "I BEEN WISHING I WAS DEAD FOR A LONG TIME" 😭 THAT IS SO HEARTBREAKING. SHE MISSES SAM SO MUCH AND LIFE DOESN'T MEAN ANYTHING WITHOUT HIM.💔
The moment where she looks back with her hand still outreached and realizes he’s not really there is honestly one of my favorite bits of acting ever.
Is it bad that EVERY TIME, ever since the first time I watched this movie, whenever she says "It's so hot Sam, but I feel so cold." It always makes me cry or want to cry because I can feel the broken sorrow in her voice? 💔
Can we just take a moment to appreciate how good her acting skills are? They seriously sound and seem real!!!🥺😩👌👏👏👏❤
True. I have to admit that I choked up watching this scene.
Even though she was a killer, I felt so bad for Kate... 😔
GameAddict51 Her first vistim deserved it for sexually harassing her when she needed help
She only robbed & killed other outlaws. She didn’t kill innocent people, like how she didn’t kill Stanley’s great great grandfather... but she killed everyone els in the horse carriage he was in... she became darkness, feeding on other darkness.
Who mad her a killer?
Trout, his family and their bought and paid for sheriff...
Maybe she was more of an instrument in God's punishment against the sins of humanity, like racism to start with.
most of the people there at that time were racists so most of the victims there probably deserved it
Ah, the bloody bit ultimately tragic tale of Kissin' Kate Barlow. It's an amazing subplot.
Duckling Plays yea I love that book I don't like when they don't do what the book has in it
They do it, to make us more entertained and make us think of even more things once it is read. It’s meant to throw us off and I believe it was a fictional book.
One of the best scenes in movie history honestly and its a DISNEY MOVIE like what!? Her whole story could have been a movie itself. This whole movie could have been a show with seasons and flashbacks and life stories of everyone involved just wow. This movie and scene is so slept on and I say that cause it only got 7 out of 10 stars .
Okay now you got me wanting one it would have been great what would the theme song be
Can anyone see the warmth and compassion in Sam's eyes? I can!
Same here! Sam’s ghost is warm and compassionate towards Kate because he knows that she’s heartbroken over his death and that’s what led her to become an feared outlaw.
“It’s so hot Sam, but I feel so cold”
Cause she been turned into a cold blooded killer and she was over it..metaphoric I think
I can fix that 🤣😂😂
@@spetes5324 Feeling cold despite the heat is also a symptom of sunstroke. But I like your idea too, more poetic.
I felt that line. 😔
I love how, even though the lizards are portrayed as a menacing, deadly force of nature, they actually helped the protagonists the most. This one put Kate out of her misery. Years later, a nest of them saved Stanley and Zero from being taken by the Warden.
SoloraGoldsun The lizards would have been the death of them, but because they found the onion garden, they would not be bit. Because in the novel, Sam said that onions acted as lizard repellant.
@@WillieMangaSam also said the lizards didn’t like his spicy onions
This scene always makes me cry!
"I was wishing I was dead for a long time."
I feel nothing but sympathy for Kate in this scene. She had such a long hard and sad life.
Anyone else really think that was Sam's ghost and not her imagination?
Yes!
jkrfan7 Yeah, especially since Stanley sees Sam while on the bus to camp.
he was there for her. didn't have to wait very long either
GameAddict51 that was a mirage
Notice that Sam looked up at Trout and Linda before Kate even noticed them.
If she were hallucinating, if Sam was just in her head, then how did Sam notice them?
I think the two things that really stand out to me, is swell of emotion in the musical score. And then how you can just feel her love for Sam when she says his name. It honestly was so perfect it almost felt like they were lovers off camera.
Also the voice acting in this scene is just fantastic. Kate's character was acted with so much finesse that she feels like a real person who lived and died on this earth.
on the laughing part near the end she is NOT insane she is exited to see SAM again. that is what i firmly believe
Probably also excited she didn't have to kill (and kiss) Trout and was leaving on her own terms, cealing the curse that they wouldn't find the loot when she killed herself with the lizard. Definitely powerful - id go out laughing too!
In some respects, Kate was a victim. She didn't find herself attracted to Walker when everyone wanted a minute of his time or to be associated with him. She was just born in the wrong time period before interracial relationships would become legal in America. Granted, becoming an outlaw and bank robber wasn't a second left that could right the wrong of Sam's murder, but she went down a dark path with no one to bring her back to redemption. Kate lost everything she ever wanted, but to see her die knowing that she never gave Charles Walker anything to work with beyond "Start digging" was a moment of savagery beyond measure. In her final moments, Miss Katherine Barlow of Green Lake, Texas, did what she had always done: Spurn Trout Walker.
I like the fact that she's got a gun in her face held by the man who killed the love of her life, and she just ignored him to talk about her former student's poor decisions. Boss move.
And made him and his family suffer even in the future
Notice how she didn’t even flinch when trout walker shot his shot gun right next to her to kill the lizard goes to show that she really didn’t care how she died as long as she was dead
She was totally numb to the pain trout caused her.
@@SethKolbePrefect she didn’t deserve what happened to her
@@VRALLSTARS17 Sam and Kate were careless. They knew they’re in the south… they could’ve went in the woods or moved up north. Such a shame
@@VRALLSTARS17 really sad
@@SethKolbePrefectActually Kate was careful up until the moment where she and Sam kissed.
She never said her love openly, but she would keep asking him to fix something in the schoolhouse as an excuse to see him.
It was only when she ran out of assignments to give him that she couldn’t hide it anymore.
The cast really did justice to this great book
This is my logic on this. This movie is full of curses so when she says. “You, your children and your children’s children will dig” Etc. trout walker had a fearful look in his eyes right as she said that.
And That’s exactly what happened. His granddaughter was the warden of the camp and she drove her self crazy looking for that loot. and as soon as kissing Kate barlo said “you will never find it”. To trout walker The lizard came out and she said “come here sweet heart” to the lizard but almost as if the lizard were Sam himself and she gave her life to him. Like they both out the curse on their family together.
Also As soon as the warden gets arrested Stanley’s curse is broken and I believe that madam zeroni may have been an elder relative to Sam because she could curse people and Sam had majestic onions that cured many things
They are all related in some way shape and form and it’s just my theory but it makes the most sense to me
Yeah, killing Sam cursed the land,
Kate cursed trout and his family line for all the evil they had done,
Stanley's ancestor was cursed for failing to fulfill his promise...
Yeah I always thought Madame Zeroni and Sam were related since this movie was all about ancestry.
Actually they were two seperate curses. Through sheer coincedence both of them happened to lined up. Zero plays an important role because zero is madame zeronis descendant. When stanley heals zero the curse is broken which allows them to break the curse of green lake through stanleys good luck
Arty Munoz the curse was broken when stanley carried hector *zeroni* up the mountain and sang while he drank
@Paul Pablo Except it wasn't coincidence. The main theme of the book/movie was destiny. The actions of evil people in the past only ultimately contributed to the well-being of the innocent much later.
I love that I been wishen I was dead for a long time
Sam's face at 0:42 gets me every time.
I wonder how come her skeleton wasn't up against the boat when Zero was hiding in it? And where was Sam's skeleton, he was shot in the boat.
Actually she wasn’t killed in the cabin... it mentions she gets blisters from walking without shoes, For walking so long.
They did say in the movie that buzzards are out there and they likely picked at her body until there was nothing left.
That's Future oscar winner Patricia Arquette playin Kate!
She deserved one for this movie tbh
Some of the best acting ever in a Disney movie. Hell of a scene
Just in case anyone is wondering, the song used here is called, "fate turns" by Joel mcneely. There's a full holes soundtrack on RUclips
Even though its sad, I love how she got back at Trout- she was able to screw him over by dying and keeping her loot's location a secret- She made sure that not he would suffer but his entire family!
Damn, she was angry
Trout deserved it. He killed Sam just because he was an African American who won Kate's heart. Sam's death destroyed Kate and caused her to become an outlaw for twenty years. So, in return, Kate got her revenge on Trout by hiding the Yelnats family treasure so that Trout and his family will suffer for all eternity.
@@leoroemer6085 I dislike the concept of generational curses. While it's likely that a douche like Trout raising a child will cause them to turn into a douche in turn, it's effectively punishing the blameless. Someone who had no relation to the initial wrong is punished despite not being at fault.
The warden was certainly a douche herself, but as we hear from her story it's because he made her spend every single day digging holes, even on holidays. It's basically all she knew, and all she could do was peg her hopes on one of the children finding the treasure so she could finally escape the hell she had lived in her whole life.
@@kyuubinaruto17the Warden was very evil but Trout made her that way
I've always wondered why is it that Kissing Kate didn't kill Stanley Yelnats , despite the fact she killed his driver and stole the man's treasure. Yelnats became a rich man, someone Kate obviously wouldn't have much sympathy for.
Then I remember Walker's fate: His lake and wealth was dried up, he was married to woman with no love for him, and he spent his final years digging for a treasure he couldn't find. A man who seeks wealth, and spends his life getting nothing is the ultimate curse.
Yelnats himself achieved wealth, only to lose it at the hands of Kissing Kate, and later his sanity by wandering around in the desert. His descendants were also cursed with rotten luck. So maybe Kate realized this while holding Yelnats at gunpoint, and decided this man's fate. So maybe after punishing Yelnats that way, she realized that it would be a great way to punish the man who ruined her.
Nathan Seper She unwittingly set off the events that would reunite the Yelnats family with the Zeroni family, fulfill the deal they made in the past, and thus end their cycle of misfortune.
A domino effect
well it's weird how Linda didn't deny she married Walker for his money. also it disappeared and she still stayed w/ him. theyre both set on finding the fortune.
What a cursed fate…
This scene always gets to me...
"I've been wishing I was dead for a long time...."
You can tell Linda didn't like to hear that.
I know your comment is old but what do you mean by that? That Linda remembers the kind schoolteacher Kate used to be, or that she knows Kate would have no problem dying without telling them where the treasure was and thus rendering their threats meaningless?
@@terminallumbago6465 What I mean is, look at her facial reaction after Kate says it. I think Linda still remembers how Kate was, and hasn't disregarded her as such.
@@Sharkie626 I never really thought about that, but now that I see it, I agree with you. After all, she did warn Kate that Trout was a desperate man and she'd better tell him what he wanted to know; maybe she wasn't threatening Kate at all but trying to spare her whatever Trout had in mind if she didn't cooperate. I believe the book didn't actually do this, which makes the movie that much better.
This movie scene just gives me such nostalgia for their past, even though it's not one I was a part of, or even a real one. I have no idea how that even works, but it sure speaks for a good movie.
I love this movie
Sam has always been her guardian angel, poor Kate/Kathy
This movie did the book a lot of justice. So good!
“I’ve been wishing I was dead for a long time.” Same😔😔💔😢🥺
love the movie holes one of my favorite all time classics remember watching it in 7th grade at the theater field trip from school good times
Martin Peralta I was in 7th grade when this came out too. Didn't see it in theaters though. We had read the book the year before in my 6th grade English class.
Amazing scene. I wish they made an entire movie out of the flashbacks. ❤
I love how even with all of the CGI, someone still left the half second of the bearded dragon wiggle in the scene. They did that. They did that for us.
Yes and no, the actual lizard is a bearded dragon and it's spots are painted on the director said so! And no the bearded dragons are harmless
See all you shit books-turned-movies out there! THIS is how you take a book and make it into a fucking GREAT FILM!
except the movie Is the same as the book
To be fair the movie doesn't stem far from the book unlike other novel based movies that make drastic changes
JadeToniRitsa L this is a great adaptation don't get me wrong but (correct me if I'm wrong i haven't read the book in a long time) didn't they have Kate wandering for days in the desert before she let the lizard kill her
in the book yeah
poker8100 Hence, adaptation. It's implied she's been wandering the desert for a while with the haze and the hallucinations of same. Some things in books simply can't or don't translate well in visual media. That's why adaptations are a thing. But for a lot of movies, they end up glossing over or skipping important feels and messages the author originally tried to convey.
Such a sad story. "I've been wishing I was dead for a long time." :(
I just now realized there is every possibility that Sam’s skeleton was buried under the boat and no one ever realized 🥺
"Start diggin' Trout"
Trout's actor, Scott Plank, died in an accident not long after filming was finished, and the film was subsequently dedicated to him.
Idk why I jus can with the MIsS KAtHErInE😂😂
“It’s so hot Sam, but I feel so cold…”
The bearded dragon started basking after it ''killed" her lol
JackInTheWild how much worse would itve been if Kate let the 🦎 bite her throat right on the Adams apple? Would her skin turn purple and she start bleeding out her eyes before succumbing to the sweet sweet release of death?
@@Quinna5537 your evil 💀
Classic Disney film, I’m grateful for my teacher in school who made this one of our subjects
At least she and Sam are together and they can both RIP. The Warden's family deserved to be punished for what her grandfather did to Sam and creating Kissing Kate Barlow.
When she says i been wishing i was dead for along time. I feel that . Ill meet u again one day dad
Iconic behavior from Kissing Kate Barlow and Iconic perfomance by Patricia Arquette.
This is my favorite scene from the movie. It's so heartbreaking but also beautiful.
That Lizard scared the shit emoji out of me when I was young 💩
In rl the lizard is harmless
@@angeluvlyy6091 wait how
“i been wishing i was dead for a long time”
ouch
Kate: It's so hot Sam, but I feel so cold.
(Sam's ghost appears)
Kate: Sam.
Sam: I can fix that.
Trout: You got 5 seconds to tell me where you buried the loot.
Ruined the moment
In the end, she had the last laugh and she made sure of it.
That was a nice middle finger to trout
lol
I love sam's face
I find that really sad.
Jacob Sandford it is
Same here.
My favorite parts in this movie were scenes that involve the bearded dragons walking or sitting on the cast members. From what I’ve heard, they were very welled behaved and never bit anyone, which doesn’t surprise me, because bearded dragons are generally sweet lizards. I know they can bite, but as long as they’re in good hands, they’re great animals.
poor kate...she really just died of a broken heart...
"I BEEN WISHING I WAS DEAD FOR A LONG TIME."
ONE OF THE SADDEST LINES I'VE EVER HEARD.....💔😭
"It's so hot, Sam...but I feel so cold..."
It gets worse the older you get.
I been wishing I was dead for a long time. ❤️🔔❤️🔔
I don't know if anyone noticed this but i recently watched this film for nostalgia. When Stanley is riding on the bus to the camp you see someone with a cart out the window, it's there for a split second, i didn't see who because i thought it wasn't crucial to anything however it was Sam with Mary-Lou.
THIS IS CATCHING ME IN MY FEELINGS AND IT DOESN'T FEEL NICE >:[
Poor Kate. While yes she did become an outlaw and kill many people, when you really get down to it she was a victim as well.
One of the best movies that ever came out of disney. Simple storytelling that lasts forever.
In the book, Kate wasn't armed when Trout found her. They probably added the "I ain't gonna kill you" to explain why she never went out of her way in the first place to kill him. To fill in that hole, she spares him for the same reason she did with Stanley Yelnats I: she lets them live with curses.
Sam made Green Lake inhospitable in his dying breath
I can't remember well, but I think once I thought that lizard was her angel or something. This always made me so sad. Still makes me cry.
I have to say though, this is a pretty good villain. I always liked her transition. Dunno if any of her other victims deserved it, but the sheriff sure did.
Start diggin', Trout.
Sam was always there with her.
I swear everytime i watch a clip from this movie i always tell myself "man i gotta watch this movie again"
Best part of holes
the actress is so talented. I can't believe she also played the mother in the act. That is so wild to me.
So sad this movie didn’t win an award
It's pretty cool that both Kate's peaches and the source of Sam's onions both kept Stanley and Zero alive in their destined journey.
Kate pretty much put a curse on the Warden's family.
Just not the way Madam Zeroni did to the Yelnats
Poor Kate
She was a good teacher who educated so many students
And she lost it all when they took her true Love 💓
She then became am outlaw because of her grief
She is with Sam now in heaven
What's the name of the music in the background. Beautiful piece ❤️
The song is called "Fate Turns" and it's off the score for the movie written by Joel McNeely. The score can be somewhat difficult to find for purchase, but if you look it up on youtube there is a full album streaming option. :)
When she Chuckles and says "I've been wishing I was dead for a long time"💔💔💔