at the end of this movie i saw something which ive never ever seen before...
no one in the theatre moved...for almost 5 mins after the movie there was complete silence...ppl were just too shocked/moved by it to react...i dont think theres a better way of expressing what a brilliant movie it is...
I ususally stay for credits.. but was surprised that so many others did too..
shareI just saw this movie at Chicago Film Festival.It really touched me and I'm glad that I had a chance to see such a beatiful film.
shareI saw it earlier this week at the Seattle Int'l Film Fest. I've tried to write about it four times; what can I say but that I found it brilliant and devastating. I've never seen a film where love, in its various manifestations, is so subtly conveyed. Most films offer a degree of escapism, they remove you from life. Be With Me brought one in contact with it. I can tell when I'm being manipulated, and I didn't feel it here -- at ALL. A very unique film; humane and seemingly, and quite strikingly, genuine. The majority of the audience stayed for the credits -- esp. notable on Monday night with the movie starting at 9:45pm-- and there were an abundance of kleenexes at the end.
I find the comments on the "mishandling" of the Theresa Chan documentary section incredibly misguided. The more or less "typical" weaving of the various characters, at a certain pace, is shifted by the space and shift in tone of her story; we are then restored to the fictional naratives, and Theresa is woven in at the end.
The combination of fiction and documentary is intriguing. The pace, while slow, isn't laboriously so. The tone was spot on. I have never seen anything quite as distinctive, and while dealing with some heavy material, it manages not to overstate itself.
Devastating and ultimately restorative in its effect. I've seen a lot of movies this year, several of which I'll probably end up owning. Ten years from now, there's no doubt that I will fondly recall this one.
the same thing happened to me!!
we were watching the movie and then the screen turned blue and the ending credits appeared, but no one movied or talked.
I was trying to diges the movie, the images, the feelings, sadness and loneliness.
I absolutely love this movie 9/10
... & perhaps those who remained motionless as the movie ended were simply bored stiff, as I was.
Given that I am an Eric Rohmer* fan, it's really saying something that I found this movie's lethargic pacing to lack any engagement whatsoever. Moreover, I could struggle to find any redeeming feature when considering all aspects of the movie. So this was a most unusual movie for me insofar as I could not admire anything about it - its musical score, the acting, the screenplay, the direction, the filming. Nothing! Nadda. Zilch.
The blurb states that: "Be With Me is a tapestry of three stories woven around the themes of love, hope and destiny". Yet, I ended up feeling like I just stared at *exactly* that: a lifeless roll of tapestry for an hour and a half - such was the lack of any engagement with its characters that I experienced.
How could anyone be enthused by this movie? I'm astounded.
3/10
(* edit: for those who are not aware... In most of Rohmer's films, the 'action' consists of seldom more than the verbal exchanges between the characters)
You might get beat up for saying that, but I have to agree- but not so strongly. I thought there were good moments but loosely held together by its strange presentation. The three stories were too similar to be revealing. I think the idea of love here was immature and overstated to be overwhelming as some people claim. Well, hey, in my own life I feel things a lot more complexly than this- that's all I'm trying to say.
shareThis is really directed at each of the previous two posts:
Satisfy my curiosity: how does a film that has the exploration of different degrees of love as it's sole purpose end up overstating love? Odd that you claim personal complexity but thought the three different story threads to be essentially the same. Yes, two of the storylines examined immature degrees of love, but that doesn't make the films exporation of those degrees immature. While I didn't have quite as powerful response as some, I think the overly bored/simplistic relationship that you and the previous poster had with the film reflect more your inability to connect with the nuance and unprocessed emotion presented then it does a lack of depth or message within the film. Some of that burden does fall on the filmmaker and some falls on the viewer. Obviously, you and the filmmaker didn't connect. It happens.
Maybe they should have thrown in a car chase for people like you.
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