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I liked the ending. Thought it was a very good movie. I see the ending as a metaphor for "uncertain times ahead" . The world is a scary, frustrating place at the moment. And we are able to control it less and less as the years go by.
It's a melancholy thought. But the movie at least makes us think about it. This was the finest Salma Hayek performance I've ever seen.
Yes. But nobody knows what it was. Even on the movie set she was the only one who knows and claims to have forgotten what it was.
In the movie, the ghost obviously has some sense of final closure upon reading the note.
Agreed. Lovely poignant experiment about time, life, love, death, grief and the human condition. Not for everybody, but happy to say it was definitely for me.
I totally agree. It's one of the most beautiful movies I've seen in the last few years.
Very sad to see so much discourse around Spiderman 13 yet this amazing movie barely gets a mention anywhere.
Yeah that's a fair enough post. At the end of the day it just didn't do it for me.
The only other option is talking to myself. My wife doesn't like movies.
This is a movie discussion site. A site that discusses movies. That means we discuss movies when they are great. And also when they are not great.
The answer is - because this movie was hyped up as "something different", yet it wasn't.
I feel the shelf life of this type of movie has expired now. And I wish the efforts and money of the people that put this type of movie together would go into something else instead.
Watched this last night and confirm that it is an exceptional piece of film-making. The utter torment and frustration that we are hearing is mind-blowing. Dan Renton Skinner does an amazing job as John Hull.
The agony of not seeing his kids, not working, being a useless parent must have been aching.
This is a tremendous film.
Terrific film. And even more so considering it's his debut.
So the "many gay men who criticize critically beloved movies" are all people you know?
What an odd, niche sentence to write about on a public internet forum.
Is that a fact? Have you got any examples?
It's on Hulu I think. I seriously recommend it. It's one of the best tv shows of the decade.
He should direct more. 'Lonesome Jim' was good.
My favourite role of his is in 'Horace and Pete' though. That's just extraordinary.
I'm interested in why the old men are "gay" ? Can you expand on that particular point. Thanks.
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I seem to remember there is a fetus like shape in the hotel scene somewhere. Similar to Kubrick's 2001. So this was another thing that I thought might be a nod to her "being born again" in another plain etc.
I can't remember though. So it might not be 100%.
I think when she was dressed in white, standing on the swimming pool diving board - that gives off the feeling that she is in limbo, and so maybe everything that happens after the hotel scene is some sort of weird trip.
I'm not certain. It's just a theory. But it's a great film.
The reason that she doesn't call the police is that it is HER that is getting assaulted next door. She's listening to her own death. It's the moment she dies and then becomes stuck in limbo.
Wow, I can't believe you've been put through that. I hope you're strong enough to keep smiling and know that you are being the best person you can possibly be. Which can't be said of that horrific woman.
I quite enjoyed 5 nights in Maine. It didn't really go anywhere and the 3rd act really needed more closure. But the first half was quite good. I can see how you resonate with it.