Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 12:31 pm
I just wanted to add that LiT is like the Mona Lisa painting. There are so many ways to appreciate it and the artwork speaks differently to each viewer.
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Certainly does. Unfortunately for me, that means almost no one I know actually likes it, or appreciates it. On the other hand though, it's a personal thing really, and it wouldn't be the same if everyone I knew liked it, and for the same reasons.Pockets wrote:I just wanted to add that LiT is like the Mona Lisa painting. There are so many ways to appreciate it and the artwork speaks differently to each viewer.
You know, both of them were unhappy in their respective marriages. Perhaps finding each other made them not only more aware of this, but forced them to resolve their respective situations. So, it's not that Bob is going back home to be a better husband to a nagging wife...or Charlotte to be a better wife to an absent husband...it's about Bob and Charlotte waking up in their respective lives to actually do something about it. Meaning, moving on with their own lives. Waking up to the fact, the reality that they are not happy, in fact, miserable in their respective lives. Finding each other has made them awaken to a deeper reality. They no longer feel they have to be locked into a marital situation anymore. They can both break free from it now.Otherwise, in the short whisper scene, I don't see how Bob and Charlotte would have arranged to contact each other later on in the States without their spouses getting involved. The whisper was some sort of farewell and closure. To say that he loved her, would have given Charlotte false hope of a future together, interfered with her current state of matrimony and made their encounter less special imo.
I think that with movies of quality, I enjoy watching them the first time by myself. There are some things best savored alone and after the movie, I can dwell on the details in peace and without the input of others. If I really like the film, I will rewatch it again in the company of select friends.Bren wrote:Certainly does. Unfortunately for me, that means almost no one I know actually likes it, or appreciates it. On the other hand though, it's a personal thing really, and it wouldn't be the same if everyone I knew liked it, and for the same reasons.
No comment.Pitman wrote:We all know I'm right anyway.
Yeah, same for me. Where it differs for me though is that watching it with others has proved to be a bad idea, because it never has the same effect. Also, for me, time and place is important as to trully appreciate the film and really 'connect' with it, in the way that makes it so special to watch.Pockets wrote: I think that with movies of quality, I enjoy watching them the first time by myself. There are some things best savored alone and after the movie, I can dwell on the details in peace and without the input of others. If I really like the film, I will rewatch it again in the company of select friends.
The phone call scene in 'Swingers' is the funniest thing I've ever seen...watching it with others (especially,it must be said,people of the female persuasion),I end up being the only one laughing.Bren wrote:
Yeah, same for me. Where it differs for me though is that watching it with others has proved to be a bad idea, because it never has the same effect. Also, for me, time and place is important as to trully appreciate the film and really 'connect' with it, in the way that makes it so special to watch.
Pockets is speechless?? Ayy-yah!!!! This is a first!!!Pockets wrote:No comment.Pitman wrote:We all know I'm right anyway.