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DVD shouldn't say 'thinking man's GHOST'

posted 18 years ago by scottgriffiths1
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I saw this at the cinema when it came out, absolutely loved it.
I had no idea what was going to happen, it was devastating watching Nina with her
therapist, I almost wished i hadn't come. When Jamie appears after the Bach piece i was so,
so moved. I am very glad that i didn't know the theme was similar to Ghost, I would have been
waiting for Jamie to appear, which really would have spoiled the surprise when it did.
I guess this is a hard movie to advertise.

[–] tsrts 17 years ago

I saw this at the theatre when it came out also.
Pretty much all the critics were calling it "Ghost For Grown-ups".
By now, they shouldn't bother linking the two.
I heard one woman on the radio recently mention that Truly Madly Deeply was a remake of Ghost.

[–] mickeykost 17 years ago

I heard one woman on the radio recently mention that Truly Madly Deeply was a remake of Ghost.

Obviously, someone who never saw T,M,D!

[–] delphine090 17 years ago

This film has nothing to do with Ghost. Spoilers:

Ghost is a thriller, and it's more about him than about her. TMD is Nina's film. As much as I love Alan Rickman, it's about Nina's journey. Jamie comes to help her, but the focus is on her, not him.

Also, Ghost doesn't have near the subtlety of TMD. Ghost jerks our tears with a giant chain, while TMD tugs quietly without us realizing it as we grow to understand what Jamie's been up to . . .

Plus, Ghost elevates this guy to a savior for her; whereas they indicate he wasn't much there for her when he was alive, he was everything and more, a mythical being to her as a ghost. How will she ever move on, we are left asking ourselves. Because he leaves her with pretty much just "ditto" but what lesson has she learned?

In TMD, the central question is not "will Ghosty guy save the girl from the bad dude?" but "how will Sad Girl find a way to heal and move on" - a much more thoughtful question and a much more poignant answer.

So Jamie isn't some fantastic being filled with God's light being drawn up to heaven. He's a guy, in love, sacrificing hugely, and completely selflessly, to help her, by in fact being FLAWED and human, not quasi-angelic. He's not magical.

Two totally different films. DVD shouldn't say "thinking man's GHOST" because it's misleading, in addition to giving away the re-appearance of Jamie.

[–] Enrique-8 13 years ago

How ELSE can they sell this movie to the millions of mindless dolts?

Enrique Sanchez

[–] 13 years ago

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[–] limonali 13 years ago

LOL, sadly (as I wanted to like this film) I have to agree with the Snob's Ghost ;)
And before people attack me, I'm neither British nor American, I love movies from everywhere, I think that Hollywood sometimes produces great movies, and I find it quite snobbish the way people approach lots of those themes. There, I said it ;)

I disagree on Stevenson's performance. I actually found it quite unrealistic...
I loved Rickman's under-toned (is there a word like this?) performance however.

Silence is Real Dance. My dance is all motion without. All silence within.

[–] moonbather1971 12 years ago

I think this is a lot more like Kiss Me Goodbye than Ghost.