Comments on: P.S. I Love You

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:05:47 +0000

I agree with you, Dan. Good movie, not great. Very observant and true is your impression of Swank as struggling thru the romantic scenes. She is not believable and lacks a certain softness I suppose.

Gerard is amazing…accent, expressions and passion!!

Having the Irish element made it almost great for me!

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 14:34:07 +0000

Stan-Lee, I wouldn’t recommend it if you wouldn’t be watching it with a girl, but if you are and you happen to accidentally put it in the DVD player, I don’t think you’ll be TOO bored out of your mind.

But if it’s at the bottom of your list, there’s nothing really there that would cause any ascension.

By: Stan-Lee

Stan-Lee — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 02:05:11 +0000

Sadly I have not seen PS I Love you, it was at the bottom of my list. I guess it just isn’t my kind of film.

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:08:13 +0000

That makes sense Scotto. I guess it really depends on the integrity of the film and if it needs to identify itself or allow the audience identify it for themselves. To me, some films NEED to identify themselves for the simple fact that the story/acting alone doesn’t provide enough of a foundation for the audience….where as some films are so good that they don’t need to.

Make sense? Either way, to me P.S. I Love You wasn’t good enough to rely on the audience to figure its identity out, to me, it needed to identify itself.

By: Scotto

Scotto — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:57:56 +0000

In no particular Order:

- Twilight (see what all the hub-bub is about).
- 007
- Star Trek (Christmas, right?)
- Fireproof
- The Express
- W
- HSM 3 (For Lilah, of course)
- Body of Lies
- Pride and Glory (sad I cannot go to sneak preview)

Back to topic – I think that you are correct from the stand point that movies need identity, but you would say that movies (like this one) should try to let the audience find the identity in the movie versus the movie finding an identity with the audience?

Make sense?

By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:17:16 +0000

Scotto, that’s a good point. I agree that when dealing with death, your emotions are very intensified and like a pregnant woman, you can go from depressed to happy to joyful to downright suicidal, all in a day’s time. But, from an audience’s standpoint, from a viewer, I wanted the movie to find its identity…and maybe that’s too much of “in the box” thinking.

That’s a very good counter point though Scotto, thanks for bringing it up. That’s the kind of comments I love, that’s, in essence, what I want ToC to be all about…movie discussion.

New Movie(s) I Can’t Wait To See:
1. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2. Quantum of Solace (if only to see the complete Star Trek trailer)
3. Watchmen
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
5. Defiance

What about you?

By: Scotto

Scotto — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:49:47 +0000

Dan writes: “And that’s where I have the biggest problem with this film: I think the movie confused itself. It didn’t know whether or not it was a drama or a comedy or a plain romance.”

But Dan…isnt that how we deal with death…some drama, some comedy, some love, compassion, and romance (or memories of romance)? Sounds like they got that right in a movie-style way. You and I know each other well, so you know that I am not saying that Hollywood is exact on how things happen, but it sounds like they covered all emotions when it comes to a person that you loved dying. Just a thought.

You review makes me want to snuggle with the Mrs on the couch and watch it.

What new movie is coming that you cant wait to go see???