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Give it some time...
by Daniel (movies profile)
Jan 14, 2006
4
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4 people found this review helpful
**This review may spoil the movie for those who have never seen it**
I saw this movie in the theaters when it first came out in 2001, and left the theater a little skeptical. After seeing it three times since, I have come to think that the confusion was Crowe's intent. He wanted to create a movie that people can talk about after the movie had ended-- something that stuck in people's minds, and made them think.
Three years went by, and I got around to seeing it for the second time. Obviously, a little more made sense to me. I already knew how the film ended, so I was able to pick up clues that led to the conclusion that blew my mind the first time. Okay, so why don't I just buy it?
The third time I watched it, it clicked.
David Aames had everything. Money, good looks, friends. The only worries and frustrations in his life came about from the seven dwarves, the group of executives holding 49% control of the company that he did nothing to gain control of except be the son of his father. While just lightly brushing off his "buddy" Julie Giani, he finally falls in love, with a beautiful woman named Sophia, and it comes easily to him. But this love has little time to blossom, and his carelessness towards Giani causes him to lose it all--love, that is. His disfiguredness and current psychological problems prevents him and Sophia from being together. Being so used to having everything handed to him on a silver platter, and never having to face adversity once in his life, he selfishly commits suicide, and wishes to live in a dream world. He can't handle the pain and agony of not having what he once had. His own selfishness to kill himself and purchase the Lucid Dream led the dream, itself, to become a nightmare. Finally, when he is informed by Technical Support at Life Extension of his purchase of the dream, he has finally come to realize that he wishes to live in reality. His suffering has taught him of his own selfishness, his self-centeredness, and his pride, and wishes to change it all. He chooses reality, even if it means that he may never be with Sophia ever again.
This movie has grown on me, and I've given it the time-- everything makes sense after seeing it a few times, and I'm glad I gave it the chance. Its powerful message on life, consequences, and change is something I believe to be an extremely valuble lesson in life, and Cameron Crowe's way of doing it in such a complex manner amazes me. |
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