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Ok, I'm thinking we really need to have Elton find the people he's looking for.  It just doesn't sit well to have him have this anti-climactic sort-of connection with a fellow lonely person at the end.  All the current ending does is affirm Elton's lonely state.  He doesn't grow as a person and he doesn't develop any relation with anyone.  All the old man represents is a downward spiral of mutual enabling of the lonely lifestyle.  What we need is for Elton to find this Freddy, who he fears because throughout the film he has come to expect a tough-guy drug dealer or some such thing; but Freddy needs to turn out to be someone who can broaden Elton's horizons.  Additionally, we need to set up the rest of Elton's journey so that it's obvious that he is coming out of his shell and becoming more confident as he approaches people to enlist their aid in finding the originator of the text.  Furthermore, on the subject of the text, I really think the shoes thing has got to go.  We need something that more immediately creates intrigue and adventure, something that might actually entice Elton to want to find out what's really going on.  "Yo Julio, I got the goods... the show is on"  I don't know, something more interesting.  Is it a drug deal, is it a robbery, is it a murder... some crime of some sort.  As the story climaxes and Elton believes he's going to have to do something heroic and selfless, he discovers his quarry is actaully quite benign and has much to offer in friendship.  On a slight tangent, why is Elton lonely to begin with?  Is it because he is awkward socially, or perhaps he's a snob, or a an anti-social, or some other something where the root cause is his own deep desire not to be liked for some reason.  Maybe he goes out of his way to make sure no one likes him or remembers him and he discovers some self-worth and can allow himself to let people know him.  Sorry for rambling.  Specific Ideas aren't coming together too well at the moment.