Wonderful film!
Added 11/9/2009
I have always loved this movie and am happy to own it now. Beautifully filmed.
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its great to find this dvd i have been looking a long time for it it got here in a few days opened it and put it on it was great for all of us to watch going to watch it again this weekend
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I remembered seeing the previews for this movie before it come out in the theaters. I was thinking about how colorful and magical it seemed.
I didn't see it in the theater but finally saw it on DVD when it came out. Yes, this movie is so vividly colorful and amazing.
But on the flip side, it is profoundly sad and gut-wrenching too. I ended up having to stop watching it half-way through and come back to finish
watching it a few hours later.
One thing that bothered me though was the discontinuous story-line. It was often hard to follow as the story seemed to jump around chronologically
and some of the situations were confusing and unclear.
But all in all, I did like the movie and found it amazing to watch. I would recommend it. I think its a good example of "love conquers all" even through
heaven and hell and the afterlife.
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Not a bad depiction of astral realm afterlife, but terrible casting and script.
Added 10/30/2009
First and foremost, if you are interested in Samkhya Philosophy / Yogic self-cultivation and death and dying, this film was pretty much made for you. If not, you may be disappointed. Please do a modicum of research on this topic before watching as it will make the entire premise of the film more understandable. For example, you'll notice that no one knows who or what God is at this stage, which just follows suit with the philosophy. Divine interaction in the afterlife occurs more intimately at the karana and parusha realms. I my opinion, this film follows the philosophy to a T, so in this sense I think the movie is spot on. I get the feeling that many reviewed this move projecting values upon it that were never there in the first place.
My biggest concern with this movie is that the casting is absolutely horrible. I mean just awful! To boot, the writing seemed just sorta tossed together. It's as if they had this great idea and nifty special effects, but then just figured that if they got a big name star, the rest would just take care of itself. Well, it didn't.
Robin Williams plays a static, overly impulsive and stubborn man who seems to spout useless clichés whenever given the chance. His daughter is pretty much stoic and his son seems a bit out of his league. The only believable character is his wife. As I'm not a big fan of Cuba Gooding jr. I don't feel my commentary on his lack-luster and spastic performance is very meaningful.
Without getting too much into the plot, how the after life functions seems right on. In the film, Williams is met by a spirit guide, allowed to make his peace with this life and then move on to the astral dimension where imagination and creativity reign. As we find out, he's not very good at it at first. Also, the view on personal hell is spot on in my book too. Some of the more broad metaphysical assumption seem a little contrived, like the whole needing a guide to find someone, seemed a little forced, but it added to the plot a bit.
I'll give this film a four stars as I feel that it followed its own philosophy quite well and because I feel it to be good when alternative (pronounced, "non-Christian") views of the afterlife are made accessible to the public. I'm still on the fence about giving it three due to the terrible acting and script, but the visual beauty of some scenes seals the deal at four.
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A love so powerful that it transcends the laws of Heaven and hell...
Added 10/3/2009
...that's the simplest that I can describe this film, which has become very dear to me. It's a story about two people who find each other while on vacation and discover they are soulmates. They eventually marry and have children, and eventually lose those children to a tragic accident. Not exactly a spoiler here, as we fast-forward into the future about 10-13 years when the children are in junior high and high school. But when Chris, magnificently portrayed by Robin Williams, is killed in a tragic accident himself four years after that devastating accident, it leaves a shattered Annie (Annabella Sciorra) behind, all alone and fragile. In a nutshell, she attempts to find solace in suicide, but this act of desperation and despair leaves her forever inaccessible to her family and Heaven, or so one would think... And I'll leave it at that.
Don't look for religious overtones here, as some of the themes depicted may not coincide with your own views. Regardless, it is still a beautiful story; it was when Matheson wrote it, and it was given a new vibrancy with the motion picture. I am anxiously awaiting the Blu-ray version, whenever that may come...
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Wonderful film!
Added 11/9/2009
I have always loved this movie and am happy to own it now. Beautifully filmed.
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its great to find this dvd i have been looking a long time for it it got here in a few days opened it and put it on it was great for all of us to watch going to watch it again this weekend
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I remembered seeing the previews for this movie before it come out in the theaters. I was thinking about how colorful and magical it seemed.
I didn't see it in the theater but finally saw it on DVD when it came out. Yes, this movie is so vividly colorful and amazing.
But on the flip side, it is profoundly sad and gut-wrenching too. I ended up having to stop watching it half-way through and come back to finish
watching it a few hours later.
One thing that bothered me though was the discontinuous story-line. It was often hard to follow as the story seemed to jump around chronologically
and some of the situations were confusing and unclear.
But all in all, I did like the movie and found it amazing to watch. I would recommend it. I think its a good example of "love conquers all" even through
heaven and hell and the afterlife.
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