Lake House, The (2006) :: Reviews
| silver | It was cute (2017-03-16 12:59:57) |
 Forum Posts: 82 Comments: 4 Reviews: 21 | It is always a treat to see Sandra and Keanu together. They both barely age, and look great together ("SanNu" anyone? okay no...just me? my bad). It is a really cute love story that allows you to see two people get together despite the fact that they years away from each other. I don't really see how the two characters fell into such trust and like of each other so quickly. Sandra's character seemed more wooden, or maybe disinterested, than other performances I've seen in her work. There are moments where I don't believe Keanu's acting. The time travel thing is a little difficult to chill with, because of the plot holes it creates, but that's always a risk with time travel. |
| LucaM | forget Google ! (2009-06-06 00:54:23) |
| Forum Posts: 4842 Comments: 381 Reviews: 13 | I've read the reviews on various sites and, frankly, I'm not surprised. I almost saw them coming. "why doesn't she google him ? " "Why don't they send e-mails, pictures, etc" "what's with all this time-travel BS? " and so on and so forth. OK, so this movie is no Oscar material. so what ? it wasn't intended to be in the first place. it's a touching story about loneliness, introversion, search for one's true self, true love, second chances... and the handwritten letters are something that defines the characters. they are not business people, not over-pragmatic, not interested only in instant gratification. Both characters are portrayed as romantic in a nice old-fashioned way, looking for personal touch, for soul-mates, for that "something" that nowadays is , unfortunately, forgotten. this relationship has nothing to do with messenger or google or text messages. it's a connection between two souls, not wireless instant communication.
the timelines aren't too clear, I agree, but that makes the intriguing quality of the movie. nothing is served on a silver platter, we have to think, to figure it out, to try to understand...and finally to let go of logic and follow our intuition . it's not easy. and the movie definitely needs to be seen at least twice, to get it right. |