sounds like an interesting film. i might even see it. sounds gut-wrenching on many levels. ick. thanks, scot.
but, you know what? the ‘spoiler’ warning tells me my alzheimers must be kicking in early because i just can’t follow most plot lines anymore. everything’s so back and forth and back. the prestige – my head nearly blew up. that season-ending house episode – i’ve heard you can play DSotM perfectly in sync with it. whatever happened to the pace of ‘The Waltons’?
that’s probably why i always liked music and never liked movies. with music, you can play your Jethro Tull A Passion Play record (a circular disc, generally black, 12″ in diameter… it spins round and you scratch it with diamonds to hear the music. for real.) over and over and read the lyrics and with each play you understand a little more, until you finally piece the whole picture together in your mind.
with a movie, it’s BBBBBBBBBBBBBB and then nothing.
with music, you get to go look up who magus perde was, identify all the animals in the loo, and come back home on the fulham road.
ssshhhhhh….
mike rucker
fairburn, georgia, usa

Scot, thanks for this review. I did wonder, however, if you gave the movie a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down.”

Scot, thanks for this review. I did wonder, however, if you gave the movie a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down.”

Neil,
We watched it last night; it is almost noon now and the movie has not left me. Most movies, by the next morning, are forgotten. I can’t get this one out of my head.

Scot: you know our stance on abortion because of the geneticide against Down syndrome fetuses. And you all know that my daughter Teri is a student at NIU. Reality ITSELF hasn’t “left me.” I didn’t see the movie but how close to home is this? Thanks so much for the exposure and the sensitivities.
Mike R (#1, you poor old sod): how ironic. Years ago I read a critic (not Ebert, btw) who said that Tull’s “Aqualung” was the ultimate musical statement about man’s inhumanity to man. Oh, thank God I got Jesus!

My husband and I saw “The Life Before Her Eyes” last night. I can’t say I actually disliked the movie; but at the end it leaves you with many more questions than answers. My husband and I both interpreted the ending differently while trying our best to sort it out. It is like the power went out right before the last ten minutes, and you have no idea how it really ended. I could say more, but don’t want to give away too much for the ones who haven’t seen it yet.