At first, I thought this was the other movie about proven afterlife (Rooney Mara is in it, along with Riley Keough and Robert Redford)...I distinctly wasn't a big fan of that flick despite two of my favorite actresses being in it, so was a little worried that this might have the same effect. I can say without a shadow of a doubt, it did NOT. Very happy about that.
Someone complained that this movie wasn't about the actual "science" of the afterlife, that this is a colossal movie faux pas--well, honey, there already IS a movie about the "science" of it and it stunk--so that theory obviously isn't a 100% of a "science." ha
And that is not to say a movie WELL DONE with the topic isn't a huge draw: It is. So...moving along...
Sometimes, it IS the journey that is the best part of the experience. The people that they meet, it is always very unexpected, how it turns out. I think that's the point of this movie...things are not always what they seem. The poor guy at the bar, omg, I was sobbing (sorry if that is a spoiler). The main actress is beating herself up the entire time--only to find out that her crime was already forgiven. I knew who was haunting our lead actress, long before that scene, but I wasn't sure why.
Anyway, I really really loved this movie. I was hoping it was NOT a typical Rom Com, and it most certainly wasn't--I'm not a fan of those. This was complex (to me), we got some peeks of Hell from various characters.
The thing I hated the most about this movie was Karen Gillan's voice. There's a limited series out there called The Dropout w/Amanda Seyfried. The character is Elizabeth Holmes who (painfully) tried to lower/deepen her voice and it's obnoxious and...humiliating. Karen Gillan sounds like this. Trying waaay too hard to deepen her voice to the point of it being embarrassing. So I hope she stops doing that/only did it for this movie. Utterly repellant.
Someone complained that this movie wasn't about the actual "science" of the afterlife, that this is a colossal movie faux pas--well, honey, there already IS a movie about the "science" of it and it stunk--so that theory obviously isn't a 100% of a "science." ha
And that is not to say a movie WELL DONE with the topic isn't a huge draw: It is. So...moving along...
Sometimes, it IS the journey that is the best part of the experience. The people that they meet, it is always very unexpected, how it turns out. I think that's the point of this movie...things are not always what they seem. The poor guy at the bar, omg, I was sobbing (sorry if that is a spoiler). The main actress is beating herself up the entire time--only to find out that her crime was already forgiven. I knew who was haunting our lead actress, long before that scene, but I wasn't sure why.
Anyway, I really really loved this movie. I was hoping it was NOT a typical Rom Com, and it most certainly wasn't--I'm not a fan of those. This was complex (to me), we got some peeks of Hell from various characters.
The thing I hated the most about this movie was Karen Gillan's voice. There's a limited series out there called The Dropout w/Amanda Seyfried. The character is Elizabeth Holmes who (painfully) tried to lower/deepen her voice and it's obnoxious and...humiliating. Karen Gillan sounds like this. Trying waaay too hard to deepen her voice to the point of it being embarrassing. So I hope she stops doing that/only did it for this movie. Utterly repellant.