Finished with my viewing. Ironically, watched the same movie JohnG did, but had a completely opposite reaction to it - I loved every second of it, especially the performances and the score and the fact that there's not one shot of CGI in this movie. As to the scene in question, the character deserved it and more, in my opinion. I'll talk about it more in the notes - JohnG may want to skip it or maybe he'll enjoy hearing the why of why it captured me so much.