I think he was really there. If he'd been her wish fulfillment, we wouldn't have seen his viewpoint.
Spike? It's you. It's really you! My therapist thought I was holding on to false hope, but…I knew you'd come back. You're like…you're like Gandalf the White, resurrected from the pit of the Balrog, more beautiful than ever. Oh…he's alive Frodo. He's alive.
Andrew ,'Damage'
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Betsy HP - Sep 30, 2004 7:47:00 am PDT #4295 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Vonnie K - Sep 30, 2004 7:54:51 am PDT #4296 of 10001
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Yeap, I agree with Betsy there. It's the last shot of Jamie looking at Nina moving on with the Dove Guy that cinches it, I think. Up until then, it could have been all in Nina's imagination.
§ ita § - Sep 30, 2004 8:25:46 am PDT #4297 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I didn't think she had enough sense to dream him up without making his manifestation extremely self-destructive.
But I liked neither her nor the movie.
Sue - Sep 30, 2004 8:30:03 am PDT #4298 of 10001
hip deep in pie
SuziQ - Sep 30, 2004 8:30:40 am PDT #4299 of 10001
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Watched West Side Story last night - I have not seen it in YEARS. I was gobsmacked that Anita did not die at the end. It is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet - she is supposed to die. Why did my memory not recall that she lived? Why was I so surprised? I have every song memorized, yet I forgot this. What is up with my brain?
eta: SLUT!
jentk421 - Sep 30, 2004 8:38:17 am PDT #4300 of 10001
Generally speaking, things have gone about as far as they can possibly go, when things have gotten about as bad as they can reasonably get.
In the DVD commentary for TMD, Minghella says that he initially planned to leave the question up to the viewer, but that he was aware that including the last shot ruined that idea. He knew that it would give the answer that he was really there, but he loved Jamie's sad goodbye so much that he had to include it anyway.
Alibelle - Sep 30, 2004 8:41:56 am PDT #4301 of 10001
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
Watched West Side Story last night - I have not seen it in YEARS. I was gobsmacked that Anita did not die at the end. It is an adaptation of Romeo and Juliet - she is supposed to die. Why did my memory not recall that she lived?
Perhaps so that you could enjoy the movie? Because that whole "she lives" thing completely kills it, for me. I think it really cheapens the climax. I mean, the way it ends is sad, yes, but it is not starcrossed tragic, and that was supposed to be the whole point. Pfft. That movie irritates me.
The music is good, though.
Gris - Sep 30, 2004 8:54:03 am PDT #4302 of 10001
Hey. New board.
I kinda get the same feel from Rent.
It's an adaptation of La Boheme, for God's sake. Well, sort of. Either way, Mimi needs to bloody die.
t /not-movie-talk
DavidS - Sep 30, 2004 9:07:40 am PDT #4303 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
In the DVD commentary for TMD, Minghella says that he initially planned to leave the question up to the viewer, but that he was aware that including the last shot ruined that idea. He knew that it would give the answer that he was really there, but he loved Jamie's sad goodbye so much that he had to include it anyway.
Donnie Darko was better in the original cut with that kind of ambiguity. TMD is richer for including Jamie's story and his sacrifice for her good.
Sue - Sep 30, 2004 9:52:17 am PDT #4304 of 10001
hip deep in pie
Even more time for rumors about who the next Bond will be. New Bond film postponed unitl 2006.