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Perhaps someone can tell me the appeal of this movie...

posted 12 years ago by ggh7664
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When it was originally released, I was dragged to see it by a girl that I liked. She thought it was the best film she had ever seen and being a 16 year old boy, thought it was laughable.

Fast forward a number of years and I saw it again because my then fiancee - who is now my wife of 22 years - made me watch it with her, as it is her favorite movie. I didn't laugh at it like I had as a teenager, but I found it incredibly boring.

I just don't get it. Why does this movie have so many fans?

[–] jmbwithcats 12 years ago

Thoughts on the movie Somewhere in Time (1980)

Simply put, it's the most romantic movie ever made. It's about love being unbounded, conquering all. The music is hauntingly beautiful. The film informs us that perhaps there is something greater than what our limited senses apprehends for us, something profound, something wonderful, and that not even linear time and physical space can stop it. It's a movie for dreamers.

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[–] TVholic 12 years ago

This sounds like a cliché, but if you need an explanation, you'll never understand it. Just accept that lots of people love the movie and you never will.

[–] iamemi 8 years ago

This.

Either you get it or you don't.

emi 

[–] Howlin Wolf 12 years ago

It's like trying to explain to somebody else why you're in love... It's a personal thing.

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[–] texasbillyaustin 12 years ago

You all pretty much hit it on the mark. It is a personal thing with this movie. To think of the enless amount of times I've seen this movie in the last 31 years...you'd think I'd be sick of it. But without sounding condescending...if we have to explain it to you, you wouldn't understand. And I doubt you will, as it doesn't affect you personally the way it does others. And nothing wrong with that at all.

[–] ggh7664 12 years ago

I actually understand what these responses are saying. I feel the same way about baseball that you folks feel about this movie.

[–] wendycscott9 9 years ago

Well, considering I think baseball is incredibly boring, you have a point.

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[–] box_398 12 years ago

I can tell you a few things that majorly appeal to most fans of this movie.

1) The music. If you are not a fan of John Barry's music, in particular this score, don't know what to tell you.......if it doesn't click, it doesn't click.

2) The cinematography, the scenery, where it was filmed.......if that didn't click....it doesn't click

3) The fact that this was a time travel movie without any CG

[–] Who (5146) 4 years ago

The music really defines it.

Anyone who has been to Mackinac Island loves this film, just to see the Grand Hotel

[–] darkwave2000 12 years ago

The ending alone makes it! So tragic and sad, then happy, When I saw Titanic, I was like, "Rip off!" LOL

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[–] sarasdad91 12 years ago

First of all, you have to have a romantic soul in you to appreciate this movie. It's like trying to see a 3.D photo with 1 eye. You have to have 2 to really see the depth. The same with "Somewhere In Time" You have to have a heart that understands romance to get this movie. I really feel sorry for you if you can't see it, because you don't know what you're missing. This is by far the greatest romance movie of all time. And as perfect as a movie it is, there are just some who will never get it.

[–] JW-7 12 years ago

It's hard to believe that anyone would not get it...and a little scary too, to think of a person so bereft of romance as to find this film boring. Even if you are not a romantic, the plot elements--the suspense, the time travel, the accomplishment of going back in time only to be robbed of it--are entertaining and enthralling. Its difficult to imagine it not grabbing everyone on some level.

[–] angelroom 12 years ago

i think this is so well received is that the idea ...."you know in your knower" that THIS is the one through all time and absolutely nothing could change it..visually reafirms that belief.

[–] jacobmounter 12 years ago

Basically it's a film made for girls. Why do they fall in love? There is little chemistry except the physical. They never actually get to know each other. He maybe her, and her maybe him in the future but not at the same time. Huh, just writing that kinda makes me understand a little but still. Loop holes galore too.

[–] angelroom 12 years ago

definitely a chic flick...:)

your "not at the same time" comment.. is exactly the appeal that it was more than just chemistry.

the Lake house is on the same train of thought.. i think

[–] nitestar95 9 years ago

"basically, it's a film made for girls". Nope. It's a film for people who feel love. Lots of men only feel sexual desire. Horniness. That's it. After they come, they don't feel anything. And you know what, that's fine. Find someone who feels the same way you do, there are a few women out there like that. But for those of us who know what love feels like? There's nothing else like it, and it has NOTHING TO DO WITH SEX. NOTHING. Some men understand that, better than women do, that sex and love are two entirely seperate things. Women almost always combine the two. Men usually don't have any comprehension of what love is until they have a child.

[–] liscarkat (18605) 4 years ago

"Lots of men only feel sexual desire. Horniness. That's it. After they come, they don't feel anything."

Jeezuz H. Christ, what a toweringly ignorant statement! You demonstrate that you know absolutely nothing about men. I certainly hope you have grown up in the intervening five years.

[–] JoWilli (20278) 3 years ago

pretty true statement though, sex for women is an event, they like the foreplay, non-sexual and sexual.. ie, dinner, dancing, flowers, etc.

after its over women want to know your thoughts, what were you thinking about, do you love me, cuddle, etc.

for me I just wanted to take a shower and get something to eat.

of course this is not true for everyone but the majority of men and women are like this.