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Mar 20 13:12 UTC 1999 |
FORCES OF NATURE (B+) - This movie won't be to everyone's
taste, but I liked it a lot. If you want it to be a
screwball comedy, as one reviewer did, you'll be very
disappointed. There are a couple of discernible themes,
one of which is the idea of Nature herself using all her
formidable powers to throw the two main characters
together and prevent the young man from marrying the
wrong woman, the one he's trying to reach through fire,
flood, hail, wind, you name it. Some of the effects are
enchanting, to use an old-fashioned word. In the end,
as fun as it was to imagine an all-powerful benevolent
Force at work, you realize it was all just random
coincidence -- beautiful, scary, sometimes hilarious,
but with no "mind" or "purpose" driving it. The other
theme is the theme of marriage, in particular the
problem of finding just the right person, which also
involves chance and luck. Take it, run with it, says
the movie.
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response 164 of 165:
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Dec 27 03:35 UTC 2019 |
DOCTOR SLEEP
"Doctor Sleep" is a good sequel to "The Shining". It may be the "2010: The
Year We Make Contact" to The Shining's "2001: A Space Odyssey". It's a
worthwhile movie in its own right, but doesn't come up to the legendary level
of the original.
It's not a typical horror movie, which is a point in its favor. There is one
very disturbing scene which I won't spoil (contact me privately if you've seen
the movie, or want to know how disturbing the scene is before deciding if you
want to see it), and two or three jump scares. It is almost more of a
superhero movie than a horror movie.
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