There are a few things about the film that don't quite make sense, such as
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how does Sean know where Sean died? I guess maybe he looked it up.
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but I still think this is easily one of the best films I've seen all year.
― kyle (akmonday), Saturday, 30 October 2004 15:15 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam... (nordicskilla), Saturday, 30 October 2004 21:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:33 (nineteen years ago) link
― adam... (nordicskilla), Sunday, 31 October 2004 02:51 (nineteen years ago) link
the last scene was a bit overwrought though. the film as a whole doesn't really build to any sort of revelation, and maybe that's the point, but the kidman character doesn't really go through any change at all. (in fact the whole movie seems to be about raising her expectations and then destroying them--c'est la vie, perhaps, but i felt mugged, yeah life sucks glazer, thanks for reminding me.)
― ryan (ryan), Sunday, 31 October 2004 22:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― ryan (ryan), Monday, 1 November 2004 02:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Unravelling the basically irrelevant Rertour de Jock Ewingesque plot late on felt kind of pointless - maybe it was just there to show that it doesn't matter whether love is warranted or not, but we all knew that, right?
But never mind. The point, as Jonathan Romney said in his Independent on Sunday review, is to follow it emotionally, and that I did. But it wasn't quite all there for me. I don't think I blame NK.
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 01:45 (nineteen years ago) link
― Alba (Alba), Tuesday, 16 November 2004 01:46 (nineteen years ago) link
I love this movie
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 June 2012 01:41 (eleven years ago) link
This movie is still brilliant.
― rhymes with "blondie blast" (cryptosicko), Friday, 25 November 2016 21:15 (seven years ago) link