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Just seen it for the First time. Absolutely Loved It!!

posted 9 years ago by stewieboy2008
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It came on a few Saturday's ago during the early afternoon. My dad had seen it before and I decided to watch the whole thing. It was a really good movie. Mel Gibson was teriffic in this movie, same with Jamie Lee and young Elijah Wood. And JJ Abrams actually penned the script (before he became a well known Sci fi director and writer). The only thing I hated about this movie was Mel Gibson started getting old way too fast towards the end. That part felt a bit rushed. They could have had him aging slower than rush it in the last half an hour/45 mins. But it was an enjoyable film and certainly kids would somewhat enjoy it. An underrated classic!

[–] Ameliex 8 years ago

i watched it for the very first time today and i loved it too
truly a wonderful movie

[–] Hans-Wilhelm (1372) 5 years ago

It is sweet.
A bit tragic too.
He loses 50 years of life with his love.
He loses 50 years of youth, health and vitality.
Some other man does his love for 45 years.
He gets 5-10 years at best as some old, old, shriveled man with some old, old woman.

They end up together.....sweet.
So much was lost though.

[–] GolfnGuitars (3123) 2 years ago

I actually saw this movie in the theater when it first came out in 1992. I really enjoyed this movie also...I agree that there probably were flaws in how the end of the movie was handled (with respect to aging), but I still enjoyed it.

I really enjoyed the casting. I thought Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis were great, plus I enjoyed seeing George Wendt and Joe Morton also. Elijah Wood was excellent also.
I also enjoyed the scenes from the 1940s...the Billie Holliday music that was selected really added a lot to those scenes, IMO.

And, yes, it is indeed a bittersweet movie. I think about Fate a lot as I get older...what might have been, how I wish there were things I'd done differently, picked up faster, etc. As Richard Ashcroft wrote years ago, Life is indeed a "Bittersweet Symphony" and this movie definitely illustrates that.

[–] April-151-CT (10210) 2 years ago

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