Re: I thought it was horrible... - jamesgarvin

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Re: I thought it was horrible...

Posted by jamesgarvin (A) on May 26, 2005 at 13:20:07

In Reply to: I thought it was horrible... posted by mkuller on May 26, 2005 at 12:50:09:

I agree that the film would not to everyone's taste. But would you not agree that an actor can do a very good job in a film that you may not like? Kidman sold me on the plot, and her actions, which is all I can ask an actor to do.

Would Kidman leave her adult fiancee for the kid? I do not think she ever intended to do so. She was not leaving him for the kid, but for the person she thought was "inside" the kid, for lack of a better explanation. Consider two scenes: the first, when her fiancee is toasting their engagement, and informs the guests how difficult it was for him to get a date with her, and then, to get her to agree to marry him. Why? Clearly, she was, and is, still in love with her deceased husband, and has difficuly letting go of him. The second scene, which further explains that point, is at the end, after the wedding, when she is in the ocean in her wedding dress. The answer has been provided to her. What reason would she have for her depressed, distant attitude at her wedding? She realizes that she is still in love with deceased husband, to the point that she obviously cannot move on to another man. Whether Kidman's character would act that way? I see and hear humans doing something everyday that I do not expect, and do not understand how they could do. Kidman falling in love with the thought that her husband is still alive in another body does not really surprise me.

The ending was unsatisfying, but perfectly logical. As the film was progressing, I kept wondering how they were going to get out of this. I think that there is no ending which could be satisfactory, given the inherent limitations of the plot. The alternative is to have to magic resolution, a la "Big." But then, that would have not been logical. I thought the ending was as good as they could do, given the plot.

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Topic - Birth - jamesgarvin 09:26:44 05/26/05 (12)

Re: That scene at the opera - rico 07:36:43 05/27/05 (1)

Gaffe: no self-respecting opera twit would have ever gone in that late! * - mr grits 17:28:17 05/27/05 (0)

I thought it was horrible... - mkuller 12:50:09 05/26/05 (1)

Re: I thought it was horrible... - jamesgarvin 13:20:07 05/26/05 (0)

Re: Birth - rico 12:31:09 05/26/05 (2)

Make it quiet and dark for the MOOD. * - mr grits 12:44:54 05/26/05 (1)

Re: Make it quiet and dark for the MOOD. * - rico 07:35:08 05/27/05 (0)

Absolutely love this movie . . . - mr grits 10:40:52 05/26/05 (4)

My wife called the ending just a few minutes in(WARNING- POSSIBLE SPOILER) - draggcj 11:06:34 05/26/05 (3)

Re: My wife called the ending just a few minutes in(WARNING- POSSIBLE SPOILER) - jamesgarvin 13:22:31 05/26/05 (1)

Re: My wife called the ending just a few minutes in(WARNING- POSSIBLE SPOILER) - draggcj 15:25:20 05/26/05 (0)

Re: My wife called the ending just a few minutes in(WARNING- POSSIBLE SPOILER) - mr grits 11:42:49 05/26/05 (0)

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