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WHAT DREAMS MAY COME review
Every now and again through the powers of secret-agents and power brokers I get to see something unique, something that most will not get to see. Today was one such day. Due to the nature of the event I will not detail whether or not I was in Austin or L.A. or N.Y. or Chicago. You see, the location is not very important in this case.
I saw WHAT DREAMS MAY COME on this day. I've been harping about how beautiful the dang poster has been forever. Or the effects that Digital Domain, Mass.Illusions, LLC, POP Film , CIS Hollywood, Cinema Production Services, Inc have contributed to. But specifically I think the issue that's been drawing the biggest ink upon the page is the tampering with the ending. I have heard there are now 3 different versions, I know of two of them. The third, the latest, I have not yet seen. And the print of the film I saw had an Ennio Morricone score, and the version you are likely to see will have a Michael Kamen score. I saw no incomplete effects shots, the film was immaculate, with flawlessly beautiful effects. But let's get into the review, which of course has no real spoilers.
The film is, I fear, not for all. I hate to say that because I looooooooooooooooooove this wonderful movie. Why then do I say it's not for all? Because there are many people that don't look at death, they don't stare at it, they don't contemplate what comes after. It's something they can neither see nor feel. It's the unknown, and when dealing with the unknown, tempers flare, feelings are trampled and the world is divided into black and white. Vincent Ward has given life to one of Matheson's best in my opinion. And the film hangs well above SOMEWHERE IN TIME, which I have loved my entire life. Why? Because it is astonishingly non-traditional. This film is quite honestly a $100 million dollar (looking) art film. I would feel completely at home watching this in that art house dive we all love. Whether that be here in Austin, or at any of the Art House 'dives' you collect yourselves to. Ya know the places, it's where you first discovered Peter Jackson, Robert Rodriguez, Richard Linklater, The Coens, Tarantino, Soderberg, Branagh, Del Toro, Spike Lee, etc etc etc... And it's most likely where you first saw Vincent Ward's work.
But this is not a film for 245 screens, no, this film will play in over a thousand screens, and maybe if I click my heels and wish upon a star the film will find that thread... that cultural thread. You know the one, it's the thread that you were sewn to with a flick like Forrest Gump. But deep down I have that sick feeling that mass culture will turn a cold shoulder.
I've often pondered the dead. There was a period, about the time I started the site, where I obsessed on it. When you can't get out of bed, death is never far from one's thoughts. Laying in my room I often contemplated heaven and hell. What that would be like, would it be like a big comic convention.. You know where you would go up to Monet and geekily ask for a moment of his time. Could you eat? And if so, how much. Is there a bartering system, or is everything free and paid for so long as you do your part in the hereafter... Is it set up in a strata of goodness. With really great good people up top, while the rest of us merely decent types stare up thinking... "I wish I had the skybox seats" Maybe it's like Jason and the Argonauts, and we all become gods playing big games of chess with pieces that represent people. And perhaps that's why life is so arbitrary, because some yahoo from the 1800's is controlling your piece and enjoys getting you in trouble.
Then there's that nightmarish vision of them damn cherubs running around with bows and arrows herding the normal afterlifers into herds then thinning the herd down, one person at a time. What happens to these thinned out types... noone knows..
Would hell be a conformist nightmare of paperwork and cubicles processing the moments of the living in nice easily readable text in preparation for Satan Claus? Or maybe it's that face first in a pile of boiling pig shit that Dante was oh so fond of. Perhaps Hell is being a talented screenwriter with a project in production at Warner Brothers. Or perhaps it's being a fly on Hallenbeck's wall. Or perhaps it's being stuck your scariest horror film. But if that were the case what would happen if you suddenly stopped...pointed and said, Rob Bottin and Tom Savini did that better!!!
Basically this is all a way of saying I have always looked at the afterlife with that morbid gallows humor that I have, and this is the first time that I've seen a filmed portrayl of how I wish it to be. The film deals with issues of what makes a man/woman/being. Is it merely our mortal coil, or are we something a bit more. My friend Copernicus and I have had this discussion, and Copernicus is a quite a bit on the atheist side of things. I, myself, am not a churchgoer. I have often times come to the personal understanding (which is always my belief for how one should deal with this sort of belief system) that there is something more. But is it something that can be written about, ordered and filed in the drawer beside one's bed in a foreign land. Or is it an intangible part of reality that we are not aware of. Is a tornado actually a square dance of the undead gone insane? A hurricane as a giant unseen finger stirring the soup? I don't know, but it's wonderful stuff to contemplate.
Ultimately the film portrays some of the most beautiful and stunning use of digital effects yet. Prior to digital effects, this would have been impossible. Matte Paintings don't begin to allow the level of background movement that this has.
PERFORMANCES---
Robin Williams is a national treasure when he isn't doing a "for the money" gig. Here he is a human being, not a hamster on speed. He's tender, vulnerable, joyious, melancholy, bitter, loving and on and on and on. His eyes, his smile, his wretched face... he's amazing.
Annabella Sciorra is a real being. A portrait of someone who's life has been torn asunder. This is far and away her best role. She plays the flipside of the soul mate coin which she is joined with Robin.
That term soulmates... that is explored in this film. And when you watch the connection these two have you should believe it, at least I did, but I'm a notable cream puff remember. But it made me long to stare into a pair of eyes and for there to be an instant mutual acknowledgement of eternity. To be breathing the same breath from the moment of birth, till finally with your first embrace you share the breathing of that breath. A relationship where language is of no use, because the world is revealed in glances and stares, of hand tremblings and baited breaths. To have someone with whom time does not exist, not because you're in the afterlife, but because so long as the other exists there is oxygen in your tank. They become your Thompson's Water Seal, allowing you to weather any storm. That, more than anything, is what I want.
And this film expresses that. It's about not being able to exist in death without the other. It's about giving up paradise, rational thought, your mind... all to be with the other. It's about not being able to go on. It's a painful story, but then these stories always are. Pain never hurts so bad as when it matters.
This is where I begin cheering POLYGRAM for the existance of this film. This is a film I can't imagine being made, but I think the gods it does. It's a movie that for some strange reason I feel exists just for me. My sister feels the same way. But there is one thing I've heard that you won't. Morricone's score. It's beautiful. The best score I've heard this year. It's gone. POOF! Apparently they want something a bit more oomphy.... so they'll go with Michael Kamen, and I like Michael Kamen, but I love Morricone's score. It's as if you mixed Gabriel Yared's CITY OF ANGELS with Morricone's THE GOOD THE BAD THE UGLY mixed with a soft touch of Handel. It's gorgeous. I love it. It's exquisite. I'm sure the memory of this music will slowly fade over time, the Kamen score will become the final music, and we will find ourselves with another solid Kamen piece. I hope and pray that Kamen's works on so many nuances like the Morricone, I do, I really hope that, because this movie deserves the very best. Cause it should be with like.
It comes out the same day as ANTZ. I suggest seeing both films, ANTZ second. Well sleep is beckoning and I can't keep that witch away forever.... Adios...
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I heartily enjoyed your review, Harry. I have not seen this film yet (I will be there on opening day) but I have read the novel, and what you said about feeling as though it was made just for you really hit homr for me. I've just read the novel recently at a time in my life during which believing in the idea of there being one person out there just for me gives me strength to go on. I'm glad to see that this film keeps those elements of the novel in mind. (I don't see how any successful adaptation of that book could do away with them.) I can't wait. It may very well be Saving Private Ryan's only competition this year.
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Enjoyed your review. You are very lucky to see this film before major changes are made to it. I truly hope that the director's vision is not compromised for the sake of pleasing test audiences. Anybody know of any sources close to the production who have commented on the motivation behind these decisions? Hopefully this will all turn out for the best. Otherwise, a film that can potentially reflect what I like most about the medium could turn in to something that represents what I dislike about the industry.
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I saw clips from this film (on Access Hollywood I think) awhile back, and was amazed by the fantastic scenery they were able to create for the afterlife. Now Harry, you're telling us the film is also worthwhile (aside from the effects)? I'm in heaven!:) Now, anybody, when will it be released, as I don't know when Antz comes out. Thank you.
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It comes out October 2nd, and btw, the trailer is at http://www.movielist.simplenet.com its pretty damn cool, nice review harry :P
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EFILM has had the pleasure of scanning and recording for all of the Post Production companies listed for What Dreams May Come...The images are truly a work of art..
I trust not only by its images but also its story it will come out on top.
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harry had mentioned this film has had three alternate endings and it got me thinking...are there any websites out there dedicated to telling what the original endings of films were? I loved seeing the different ending of "Fatal Attraction." I heard both of Michael Douglas' "The Game" and "A Perfect Murder" had different endings. It has been widely reported about the different ending for "Snake Eyes." Please email me with any help. Thanks.
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Pardon me, suits, but how in the hell would you pull a score from Morricone at the last minute and replace him with Kamen????
This was one of the primary reasons I was looking foward to this movie, but the ill-advised powers that be have stripped this Morricone moment away from us. -
I saw a trailer for WDMC on the VHS version of The Big Lebowski (which came out on August 11; love that film, by the way) and the on the credits title card at the end, it said, and I quote, "Music by Ennio Morricone". Unless they've ordered the Kamen score since they mastered the Big Lebowski VHS release, then it looks like Morricone's score made it after all.
Incidentally, while I realize that Harry likely doesn't even read these things, I would love to know: are the other endings any good? Are Polygram's changes bad or merely different?
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I saw a preview with Zorro a couple days ago, and I seem to recall it mentioned the score being by Morricone.
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I would like to respectfully correct "David" of EFILM regarding the subject of who provided the scanning and recording for the effects shots on What Dreams May Come. The shots composited by our facility, POP Film, were scanned and recorded entirely on our own premises along with several shots from other facilities. This was a significant task considering POP Film was responsible for roughly HALF of the effects shots that have ended up in the film. This includes, I might add, the shot which was used to create as numerous people on this site, including Harry, have labeled as the most beautiful poster in recent years. While we do acknowledge EFILM's participation in the project, we do want to make sure that correct credit is given where it is due.
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Getting to this review a little late. No one will ever see this I'm sure. Funny that I should see this review today. I just rented The Thing (one of the best sci-fi movies of all time) for a lady friend of mine (had never seen it!) last night and couldn't shut up about Morricone's score (I think he should score all Carpenter's films). Every Morricone score is distinctive, artful, fitting, perfect in its specific way and ultimately very listenable even apart from the film. Hello!!! The Misson? The Untouchables? Hamlet? Exorcist II (You better believe it)?
Michael Kamen is the anti-Morricone. How could anyone conceive of flipping from Morricone to Kamen? You'd have to know nothing about film scoring to make a choice like that? Oh, Kamen did Robin Hood: Prince of Shit, let's get him. Hello!!! All the LW and Die Hard movies would have been that much better if someone else had done the scores. Highlander was mostly Queen, mercifully. Mr. Holland's Opus? The Last Action Hero? The Last Boy Scout? Hudson Hawk? Don Juan DeMarco? Jack?
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Thanks for your correction, but I meant baited breath. Why? Due to seeing this film with a girl that, well is about as special as one gets, my baited breath was what I call that stutter breath that calls for some beautiful woman to steady. It's kinda like fly fishing, without the stinkbait. One usually has a key lime mint in advance.-----------Harry
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Thanks for the fine and personal review of WDMC; I found out about your site through ET I believe or Dateline, perhaps, last night. You do a great service and I'm sure people appreciate it.
Your insights on death interested me; I publish Florida's new age magazine (http://horizonsmagazine.com) and i believe we truly do not die, merely evolve from form to form to final formlessness.
Thanks for a great website.
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I just read your review of "What Dreams May Come", and had to write in. I have been checking out your web site for a month or so, and have been very impressed!
My wife and I have been waiting for this film to come out, and to have one of our favorite actors, Robin Williams, star in the picture has only made us that much more eager to see it. I read the book twenty years ago, and have lost two copies after lending them to others to read!
When I wanted my wife to read it, we had to go to the local public library to find a copy. I hope the novel is reissued with the release of the movie.
I agree with you that this film will have a tough go at the box office. That`s a shame, as millions of people will miss out on a wonderful story, and I`m sure a fabulous film!
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I had the good fortune to see the trailer here on the net. I couldn't get over the beauty of it! In my mind I thought "Yeah, but what about the movie? You've been fooled before."
Your review cinched it. I am going no matter how stacked I am at work! I really am happy for your heads up on what promises to be a very good film.
Jim -
I came to your website because of Roger Ebert's comments about it, and at first I thought (and still do) that the site is too busy, and things are hard to find. But when I read your review of "What dreams may come", I couldn't believe you're a "guy". What you described you are looking for in a mate is so pure and true, I was amazed. Your site is now bookmarked because of your great reviews. Thanks and keep up the good work!
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I saw the movie at a preview in N.Y.C. 9/23 (Kamen score). I expected to be moved to tears but I only sniffled a bit at the very end. Maybe I was sitting too close -- fifth row center -- and the print wasn't quite in focus, but I looked at my watch all the time until Williams got to Hell. Basically, you've got the Orpheus story, updated and retold with two upper-class saints in the main roles, with two kids and a dog. (I kept thinking of the producer saying to the screenwriter, "Make him more sympathetic. Give him a dog, give him a limp." And the screenwriter says, "Give the dog a limp?") And not fitting any of those roles, it was hard to identify with Williams, whose story it is. Too many closeups of him, also, which are hard to take that close to the screen.
He and Sciorra meet cute, and it's much too cute to take without a double insulin shot. And then they go on to have this perfect life, except for their kids die and then he dies, and that takes at least 45 minutes. There's a whole lot of explaining and there's a lot to explain, and that slows things down.
But the film's look is stunning. In fact, the real star is Special Effects. The actors take second billing. And maybe that's the real problem.
On the other hand, all of your buttons might be pushed by the plot points. Take along a wad of tissues just in case, and don't sit too close to the screen -
Go to this movie for the experience. This movie is a visual, artistic, creative and shared experience for the audience. Don't go expecting the theology of death or the spirituality of afterlife. Experience the development, death of and rebirth of a relationship. Experience color and fantasy to the ultimate degree. I saw a sneak preview in Austin and came away stunned, relaxed, re-created and happy.
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The music used in the full length trailer is an original score written specifically for the trailer. I read this at the movietunes.com site. I don't know about anyone else but I am relieved. I was worried it was Morricone's score and we were getting a taste of what was thrown out. -
Saw it at a preview last nite at the Gateway, north Austin. This is a STUNNING film. Robin Williams and Annabella Sciorra give remarkable performances. A-mazing! Hey, Harry, what's the deal with the alternate endings? S*P*O*I*L*E*R: I'm curious about that cause the resolution of this otherwise perfect and mind-blowing film seemed rushed, abrupt, like the suits got their filthy mitts on this before release. There seemed to be something they took out, what is the "deciding event" that takes the characters to the happy end? And shame on whoever thought throwing Morricone over for Kamen was a good idea. Why do those Hollywood Front-Office Hacks, that know nothing about creating, think we're all so stupid and mindless? I'm sick of it and whoever tampered with Vince Ward's work or decided Kamen was a good idea should be strung up. Thanks for the wonderful review, you're Top Drawer, as far as film critics go. I enjoy your honesty about where your head's at when you're seeing a movie. No other critic I've ever read has the guts for that. Keep up the excellent work.
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When I first heard that they were making a movie about this book I just about shit my pants!!! I absolutely LOVED that book. Unfortunately at the time it was out of print and very hard to find and I had it stolen from me.
All the same I was both elated and scared shitless at the prospect of Hollywood getting their hands on it. I am thoroughly pleased at the notion that they have not screwed it up and it has maintained its virtue!!!!
I holdheartedly recommend seeing this movie, and since it will propably be rereleased, READ THE BOOK! You will never regret it! -
Harry;
I've become a devoted visitor to your website, which I truely love; I admire your writing abilities greatly. I read with much anticipation your review of "What Dreams May Come" after seeing the trailer which totally beguilded me with it's stunning visuals. After reading your review, and having great confidence in your opinion from reading your comments on all things related to film on this site, I was really looking forward to the movie.
Harry, my confidence in your opinion is really shaken. This film did not work for me in any other way other than the visuals. The script here was completly lacking. There was no development of the relationships and therefore no sense of the emotinal bond between the two "soul-mates". The characters were completly 1-dimensional to me. Even the stunning look of the movie was not enough to overcome the total failure of the script.
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I echo the previous post... I loved your review and was very excited from the trailers....I was so looking forward to this film today... I love afterlife/soulmate themes, particularly a big fan of Jane Roberts' Oversoul 7 fiction series and this sounded like a visual treaty on her 'you create your own reality' theme. How sad that this was such an unimaginitive piece of work. Robin Williams is terrible. He is not believable for even a moment except for maybe the "NOT - GIVING - UP" line that's all over the trailers which comes out of nowhere. Cuba is dorky, Max is wasted. The flashbacks are excrutiating. And there is nothing new in the afterlife that can't be gleaned from the trailers. They really could have gone in some very interesting exciting directions with the YOU CREATE YOUR OWN HEAVEN idea, but all we get is pure cliched christian theology. Which is NOT the book!! If this film had been billed as some sort of Dante's Inferno trip, that would have been fine - I woulda lowered my expectations & probably been vaguely pleased - but the TITLE and all the over-spouted new age gobblety-gook promises a LOT more and totally wastes a great opportunity as well as betrays a great book. The departure from the book is significant and very disappointing. They dropped the whole dreams theme. They dropped the instantaneous mind trips into many many different dimensions. They killed the kids (not in the book) and turned heaven into a disneyland family vacation! How can anyone give a positive review of this flick? Is it the christian thing that makes u feel cumfy? Otherwise I cannot fathom it - oh oh - and whenever we have a peak moment where we're gonna see a spectacular image of heaven or hell - someone onscreen has to be there to explain what we're seeing at that moment. Totally ruins it! They dumbify every single f*cking thing. And they KEEP explaining it. I hadda keep pulling my hat over my eyes or I felt I'd have that SCANNERS thing happen. and ROBIN WILLIAMS REALLY SUCKS. I mean he does. His performance seemed more an act of subduing comic impulses rather than generating any emotional realism and believable interaction. Sciorra is good tho. Woulda loved to see her paired with someone like Tim Robbins or Harrison Ford or Daniel Day Lewis... or even Tom Hanks. And btw - the music SUCKS as well... several moments where it wells up in the Spielberg way before you have a chance to feel anything and tells you you're sposed to be feeling something humungous...and well, i wasn't, for sure. FILMS ARE SO BAD LATELY - what is up?!!?
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Just saw What Dreams May Come. I don't know if it was the rainy evening on Friday or the theater, which I rarely watch movies at,but I didn't enjoy this movie. It wasn't because of the subject matter. Visually is was beautiful, I enjoyed Heaven and Hell. But, I don't know..., the movie seemed to be missing something. It didn't grab my attention. Which also made me not care for any of the characters. They just seemed to be going through the motions. Just to get to the effects. But, once they got to that point, it seemed to repeat itself. I was disapointed and wanted to like this movie. I enjoyed "Ghost" more than this. And that movie had Demi and Patrick. I might go to see it again in a differenct theater, probably with a better sound system. Maybe that
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Take time out to read my review at my site -- members.aol.com/Clocwyrk/dreams.html
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I read your review, and its wonderful....this film is as far as I am concerned one of the best of the year. Yet, everyone is trashing the hell out of it, Back in July you were right there sticking up for ARMAGEDDON, which was no where near as good as this. I notice that you dont even have this review listed with the most recent ones....and you arent advocating it like you did TRUMAN or Armageddon......whats up?
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I am another person who feels bitterly disappointed with "What Dreams May Come". All I could think of on the drive home was "How could they have botched this story, and how could they have done it better?" The film didn't work on ANY level for me, even the supposedly "amazing" visuals... most of the stuff looked absurdly FAKE to me... I realize that what we were shown lives in the fantasy realm, but it is possible to make fantasy look REAL. I did like the "painting-come-to-life" motif, but much of the other effects looked WORSE than old matte effects! As for the script, I found it horribly disjointed, and WAY too talky... why must we be pandered to so? Is everyone really that dumb that they need every nuance explained to them? I also never once felt connected on an emotional level with the characters. I'm a softy of the highest level, but I felt really unengaged by the movie. I didn't care about whether or not Robin found Annabella. Mr. Williams wasn't TOO bad, but what is with this clenching jaw thing he does in all of his "big moments"? It's like a big neon sign that shouts from the screen, "Mr. Williams is clecnhing his jaw, he WILL NOW BEGIN...ACTING!!!" I didn't like the characters in heaven switching bodies. I felt bad for Cuba Godding, Jr., because it seemed like he didn't really get much direction. He looked lost a lot, with an expression that seemed to say, "Am I doing this right?" And of course the ending on Earth with our reincarnated soulmates was among the most nauseating contrivances I've ever seen in a movie. UGH. I really wanted to love this movie, and I am sad to say that it's really not any good. Unfortunately, it's just a big mess, and I don't know that anything could have been done to save it.
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Harry, first let me say that I really enjoy your web site. I have come to trust your opinions of movies and usually will check out your reviews before plunking down the $ to see something new. And I find that you often explain how you feel about a movie exactly the way I would. Such is the case again with WDMC. The minute I saw the trailer for this I KNEW I had to see it, of only for the "art". The visions of heaven and hell are fantasitc--and so much like I've pictured them in my mind. I am not the emotional type and NEVER cry at movies, but must have cried through 2/3 of this one (perhaps it had to do with the fact that a friend had just died of cancer the day before). My husband and I, who have known each other since we were 14, feel that we are "soul mates" just like the characters in the film, and it really touched us both. I did feel that there was something missing, however, but can't quite put my finger on it. And I wish I had heard the other score--I DID NOT like the one in this finished product! Thanks again for the great site!
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What are the other two endings? I've only seen one, the happy one. What are the other two? Anyone know? E-mail me.
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Completely overrated. I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels like there was something(s) missing in this film. I will agree that it was a visually attractive movie, but everything else was lousy. The only other saving grace was Robin Williams. He brought a little bit of interest to a movie that was boring, unmoving, unafectionate, and simply failed on basic levels of film-making. I also agree with several other people that there were lame plot-twist, especially the ones involving the identities of his children in the afterlife.
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This movie was definitely very beautiful, and the acting was stupendous. Robin Williams once again comes through with the pathos and Cuba Gooding, Jr. shows more of what we love him for. The only thing this movie lacks is a conflict we can feel. Yes it shows two lives destroyed and two souls reunited, but I don't feel the conflict or the resolution of the conflict. It just sort of moved along and carried on the tide, but there were no 10' swells or rip currents.
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I went to this movie expecting quite a bit, but somehow, I don't think I got it. The exposition was way too long and weepy, Anabella Sciorria's subplot seemed to drag on. . and on. . and on. . and by the end, I was staring at the tops of people's heads.
The visuals were stunning, Robin Williams was as good as he usually is, and I did like the ending that made it into the film, but on the whole,I was disappointed. Forrest Gump this is not. -
Perspective, guys, perspective. I try to think what the cynical-about-love me of a year ago would have thought of this one...I would have thought the visuals were stunning, but would have sneered at the sentimental parts--ESPECIALLY the ending. But things change, fortunately.
If there is someone you would go to Hell to find, if you've really, really loved until it swept you away, and the word "soulmate" has crept into your vernacular, and it would be better to be in the cold and dark with him/her than on your own in heaven, or if you would like this to happen to you someday, then see this. Just see it. It set me on fire. -
OK, I saw this film with my girlfriend, and although I have prided myself on not being a knuckle dragging typical man when it comes to films, I regretfully must declare that this is totally a chick flick.
She loved it, I was bored stupid by it.
I think the deciding vote on whether or not you decide to see the film is your personal views on life after death. If you are an atheist like me, the movie is sappy, and banal. It's a "think happy thoughts" film on death. It allays the fears of the masses that they actually have to get things right in this life, because it might be their only chance... I did like the special effects though, reminded me of this square of paper I ate once.
My girlfriend loved it, and if yours does too, you look her straight it the face, and tell her you loved it too. Smile and keep your fool mouth shut like I did, or you'll be in the argument of lifetime. -
This movie had a great story, effects, and performances. I think it lacked tight direction and editing. It wanted to have 4 or 5 BIG moments, but only scored on one of them (Christy's reunion with his daughter). The other big moments were clearly marked but they just didn't work for me. This is hard to do, though; most movies aren't this ambitious. Heart and Souls managed to make all big moments work, IMHO.
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Petty thoughts: Why is a water fight while washing the car the standard movie/tv/commercial way of showing a family having a good time? This was in the rapid montage that showed about 20 years of life during the opening credits. It put me on guard for more cliches. Also, was Christy's scene with the little migraine girl filmed on the set of Patch Adams? He shoves a bunny at the mother, lets the kid doodle on the wall, then diagnoses her while talking to his wife on a cell-phone. Also, the incessant giggling that permeated the first 20 minutes of the movie sounded sort of dubbed and off-camera, kind of spooky, like a laugh-track that was to inform us that here was a family life based on lots of chuckles. -
Feb 13, 2001 5:25:50 PM CST
No, MrWilliams. It is in fact a wonderful medatation on berea
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However, the movie is betrayed by a woefully bad ending...like Hollow Man is. Reading this review confirms my suspcion that the ending was fucked with. Too bad. Three endings, huh? Well, this is the wonderful age of DVD, and this film is in much need of a DVD revision (only as far as the ending is concerned). No, this is not a love story. It is more like a Last Tango in Paris deal except that it's with death and loss instead of sex and loss. Or something like that.
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