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Two things that insulted my intelligence!

posted 10 years ago by ffattahi
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Ok, I didn't hate this movie. In fact, as modern fairy tale, I rather liked it and accepted all the fantasy elements. But I can't get past the following two problems:

1- Willa's age in the modern days should be well over 100. This is also a subject of another thread so I won't get into it much.

But specific to this thread:

2- There is an early scene where the parents lower the baby protagonist onto the ocean in a miniature ship. OK, I will go as far as accepting that the tides will eventually takes him to the shore, but COME ON(!!!) those miniature ships where for display and not sea worthy. They were not sealed for the purpose of floating on real water. In a matter of minutes the ocean water would have filled it up and sunk it. Right before the stupid parents' eyes!

Are you with me?!

[–] dellascott2004 10 years ago

"I didn't betray you--I simply put a stop to you."

I'm with you. I paid $1.31 to see this movie, since I got it at Redbox. But if I had to sum it up in one sentence, it would be "When magical realism goes wrong." It did make me curious to read the book, however. I couldn't help but think of The Time Traveller's Wife, a good book made into a movie with even less redeeming value than this one.

Fantasies, magical realism and and films on spiritual topics are tough to bring off.

[–] with_blackstars 10 years ago

There is an early scene where the parents lower the baby protagonist onto the ocean in a miniature ship. OK, I will go as far as accepting that the tides will eventually takes him to the shore, but COME ON(!!!) those miniature ships where for display and not sea worthy. They were not sealed for the purpose of floating on real water. In a matter of minutes the ocean water would have filled it up and sunk it. Right before the stupid parents' eyes!

Are you with me?!

I am VERY MUCH WITH YOU!! What's even more ridiculous is the fact that as they lower the boat, the narrator goes like, "As we seek out light, darkness gathers", and cue the thunderstorm on the horizon, and guess what, the baby still makes it!!

I just could not with this movie!!

[–] nt-41 9 years ago

JFC--this movie was a turd. Sorry, but the last 30 min. were ridiculous.

[–] Jazzie-too 9 years ago

I rather agree and I didn't spend a dime. OnDemand. I just ordered it at public library, because I'd forgotten I'd even seen it--just two months ago! Saw on my Excel sheet and will need to cancel the order. Pulled it up again to see why I forgot it. It just never quite got to me or pulled me in. From the beginning, it lost me. Too much left out or assumed understood. And then that ridiculous little boat and discarding the baby. Colin Firth and Russel Crow, both annoyed me as the script moved forward. I may not have finished it. And won't, for sure, this time.

[–] gremma 9 years ago

Either you get fantasy or you don't. The year Peter met the family was never really established, it could have been the 1900's, but it did go to 2014, and Willa was a child, so even if she were born in 1914 she would have been 100, you got me there I don't know the exact times. I can assure you when you tell this story to a child they won't ask either of those questions. Three Little Pigs don't live in houses, Purple dinosaurs don't dance, and no heroes hide away and the evil ones become the new good guys. Come on, horror movies are even worse. I watched one the other day "Annabelle," it wasn't the best horror movie I've ever seen; but in 1969 you didn't dial 911 you dialed for the Operator (O) and told her you needed police or ambulance; and they did not have ultrasound for checking on pregnant women yet, I know I was pregnant in 1969 and in 1974, no ultrasound. But that was not what the story was about, I noticed it but I was watching a movie about a devil doll, not looking for mistakes, it takes away from the story, good or bad, I did want to see how they ended it.

[–] shempXIV 8 years ago

Only two things?!?